A US appeal court has lifted a global injunction blocking enforcement of a US$17 billion Ecuadorean court judgment against Chevron - the day after an arbitral tribunal in The Hague reasserted its authority to decide on the company's liability under an investment treaty.
Baykitch heads to Aussie-Chinese tie-up
Friday, 03 February
The vice president of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Alex Baykitch, is leaving Holman Fenwick Willan’s Sydney office to join Mallesons Stephen Jaques as it prepares to combine with China’s King & Wood.
Miami boutique hires external counsel to Argentina
Friday, 03 February
An Argentine lawyer who has played a part in the defence of Argentina in investor-state arbitrations, Diego Gosis, has joined Miami boutique Smith International Legal, where he will advise on commercial and investment arbitration.


