Adopté par le Conseil administratif du CIRDI le 21 mars 2022, le nouveau Règlement du CIRDI (le « Règlement ») est entré en vigueur le 1er juillet 2022, avec l’objectif d’"une rationalisation des procédures pour permettre un...more
Disputes involving statutory and regulatory changes are traditionally subject to litigation before local courts or local administrative bodies. Nonetheless, international investment arbitration offers foreign investors an...more
Following the recent trend of periodic incremental updates to the arbitral rules of major institutions, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has published the draft text of its revised 2021 Arbitration Rules. The...more
Hogan Lovells presents a Protocol for the use of technology in virtual international arbitration hearings as a general guidance on possible best practices in conducting virtual hearings to help ensure a smooth arbitral...more
The 2018-2022 French Programming Act for Justice recently adopted specific provisions relating to online arbitration, in an attempt to decongest French Courts facing increasing caseloads. This important step towards virtual...more
The European Court of Justice's decision: On 30 April 2019, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued its much-anticipated Opinion 1/17 finding that the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism provided in the Canada-EU...more
Since 2011, the compatibility of the States' consent to investment arbitration in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) with European Union law (EU law) has been strongly discussed in Europe. ...more
Will new technologies influence the way cases are arbitrated? That was the topic of a debate that included members of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and Hogan Lovells partners Winston Maxwell and Laurent Gouiffès...more
In this hoganlovells.com interview, Hogan Lovells partner Laurent Gouiffès discusses oil and gas supply chain disruption and litigation trends in North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt....more
Enforcing awards against states – is it becoming more difficult?
Energy companies frequently face disputes against states. If successful in such disputes, claimants have to enforce the award or judgment against the state's...more