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Business, human rights, and extraterritoriality in American law
Beyond Borders: Non-US plaintiffs continue to make inroads towards holding multinational corporations liable under US law for alleged human-rights …
New Investor's Guide to Sierra Leone launched at UN on 10 July 2015
Herbert Smith Freehills, together with the assistance of Standard Chartered and Prudential plc, has produced an Investor's Guide to Sierra Leone. The …
Video post in "Observations on Arbitration" series: "Introduction to Investment Arbitration"
In this video post in the "Observations on Arbitration" series, Christian Leathley provides an Introduction to Investment Arbitration, discussing the …
High Court rules that payment under a guarantee would breach EU Libya sanctions regime, and considers contractual exemption provisions
In a recent judgment, the English High Court has considered some of the exemption language commonly found in EU sanctions regimes which is applicable to …
Iran sanctions – parties reach agreement on Iran's nuclear program and sanctions relief
In the early hours of July 14, 2015, it was announced that the P5+1/EU3+3 and Iran had reached agreement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action …
The future of ISDS in the TTIP: European Parliament recommends a "new system" of judicial decision-making
As reported in our previous blog posts (please click here and here), the proposed inclusion of investor-state-dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions in the …
Iran Sanctions Update
Further to our previous briefing, it has been announced that negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran regarding Iran's nuclear program have been further …
Signature of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA) on 10 June 2015: the first step towards a united African free trade bloc?
On 10 June 2015 the TFTA was signed in Cairo, uniting three of Africa's principal trading blocs: the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the …
First enforcement of an Emergency arbitrator award against a state in investment treaty case
It has been announced in Global Arbitration Review that Ukraine has been the first state to have an emergency arbitrator award enforced against it …
Iran nuclear program negotiations and sanctions
In April 2015, the US and EU announced the agreed framework for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the "JCPOA") regarding Iran's nuclear program. At …
EU sanctions update: EU extends duration of sanctions against Russia
The EU has recently announced an extension of its sanctions imposed in response to the situation in Ukraine. EU leaders had previously confirmed …
A step towards finalising the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: what does this mean for businesses?
As discussed in our blog post here, the TPP is a major free trade agreement between twelve countries in the Asia Pacific and the Americas that has been …
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