Toby Fisher

Madeline Snider, a former Freshfields lawyer who acted in high-profile claims against Venezuela and its state-owned oil company, has set up her own practice as an independent arbitrator and counsel in New York.

A US court has enforced an International Centre for Settlement of Investmetn Disputes (ICSID) award worth US$391 million against Argentina over the nationalisation of two airlines.

US private equity firm Gramercy has confirmed it has reached an US$85 million settlement with Peru to satisfy an ICSID award relating to bonds issued half a century ago in compensation for land expropriations.

Clara Brillembourg has left Foley Hoag, where she co-chaired the Latin America practice group, to join a climate change foundation.

A Turkish construction company and Ethiopia’s embattled state railway company are awaiting an LCIA award in a dispute reportedly worth US$2.6 billion over a project that was delayed by civil war.

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has updated it rules for the first time in almost a decade, while also introducing a new fee schedule and a draft protocol for insolvency-related disputes.

The European Commission has referred the UK to the Court of Justice of the European Union over its failure to terminate several bilateral investment treaties with EU member states.

Canadian mining company Barrick Gold has brought an ICSID claim against Mali over a troubled gold project, after its shipments were blocked and an arrest warrant was issued for its CEO.

Tribunals are in place to hear two new claims brought against Australia by mining magnate Clive Palmer, who is already seeking more than US$220 billion in a pair of parallel cases.

A Canadian energy company says that an ICC tribunal has confirmed its ownership of a stake in two gas blocks in Pakistan – while also rejecting counterclaims worth US$483 million.