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Fletcher leaves Clifford Chance

03 July 2009

After 23 years at Clifford Chance LLP, Nic Fletcher has joined Berwin Leighton Paisner in London as head of international arbitration.

Kosovo joins ICSID

03 July 2009

Kosovo has become a member of ICSID, paving the way for foreign investment and also perhaps bilateral investment claims that raise difficult issues of state succession under international law.
Hober accepts post at University of Dundee
Kaj Hober

Hober accepts post at University of Dundee

03 July 2009

Mannheimer Swartling partner Kaj Hobér has been appointed professor of international law at the University of Dundee, the post formerly occupied by the late Thomas Wälde.

Tribunal rules on cancelled ICC award

03 July 2009

An ICSID tribunal has said that the annulment of an ICC award by a Bangladeshi court amounts to an expropriation and has awarded an Italian oil company US$6 million.

Supreme Court turns away Chevron's appeal

03 July 2009

The US Supreme Court has refused to hear Chevron's appeal against a ruling that the company may not take Ecuador's government to arbitration over its liability for damage to its rainforest from oil production.

Emergency Law case settles

03 July 2009

Chilean energy company CGE has settled its long-running ICSID arbitration with Argentina over legislation to mitigate the financial crisis, after renegotiating electricity tariffs with three provinces.

Versailles team wins Madrid moot

03 July 2009

A team from Versailles University has won the first Spanish language moot in Europe, their second triumph in a matter of weeks.

New ICC court members named

01 July 2009

The ICC court's 41 new members were named today, as it begins a new term.
Clifford Chance hires in South-East Asia
Nish Shetty

Clifford Chance hires in South-East Asia

01 July 2009

Clifford Chance has hired a partner and arbitration specialist from a well-known Singapore firm to lead a new South-East Asia dispute resolution practice.

CIETAC moves headquarters

01 July 2009

CIETAC in Beijing now offers a whole floor of hearing rooms for parties and arbitrators, following a move across town.