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A tale of three cities: Why parties should specify the governing law of their arbitration agreement

November 13, 2024

Our international arbitration team, in conjunction with Turkish law firm Pekin Bayar Mizrah, have written an article discussing the importance of specifying the governing law of an arbitration agreement and the approach taken by different courts to determining the governing law.

Supreme Court explains decision to uphold an anti-suit injunction in respect of foreign-seated arbitration

October 09, 2024

Our international arbitration team have written a briefing note discussing the Supreme Court’s decision in UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] UKSC 30.

Commercial Litigation Round-Up – Sep 2024

September 03, 2024

Catch up on important legal developments in the past 4 months

Court grants injunctive relief where Russian proceedings brought in breach of asymmetric jurisdiction clause

August 23, 2024

Discussing the recent judgment in Barclays Bank PLC v PJSC Sovcombank & Anor [2024] EWHC 1338 (Comm) where the High Court granted the Applicant a final anti-suit injunction and anti-enforcement injunction.

English Commercial Court upholds comity in refusing anti-anti-arbitration injunction against Malaysian proceedings

July 17, 2024

Discussing the recent decision of Euronav Shipping NV (Euronav) v Black Swan Petroleum DMCC (BSP) [2024] EWHC 986 (Comm), where the English Commercial Court underscored the role of comity in international disputes.

Commercial Litigation Round-Up – April 2024

April 30, 2024

A brief round-up of important recent cases, procedural developments and hot topics for businesses to help in-house counsel stay up to date.

English Court grants final anti-suit injunction in support of Paris seated ICC arbitration

March 08, 2024

Our litigation and disputes team have written a briefing note, discussing the recent English Court of Appeal judgment in Unicredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC.

International Arbitration Report: Issue 21 out now

February 15, 2024

The latest version of our International Arbitration Report produced by the global International Arbitration team has just been released.

Case review: non-assignment clauses and transferring the right to arbitrate by operation of law

January 17, 2024

The disputes team have written an article discussing an interesting recent Court of Appeal decision regarding non-assignment clauses

Court considers evidentiary standard for service out of the jurisdiction where permission not required

January 04, 2024

The High Court considered the evidentiary standard a party must satisfy when seeking to rely on Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 6.33(2B)(b) as the basis for serving a claim form out of the jurisdiction.