Arbitration Notes

English court continues anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions in support of arbitration agreement despite Russian judgment obtained in breach

Overlapping dispute resolution clauses: the Court of Appeal rejects anti-suit injunction application to prevent Moscow proceedings in connection with English law governed Facility Agreement

Cross post: Court of Appeal grants UniCredit's request to discharge final anti-suit injunction in its favour in order to avoid Russian court-imposed penalty

Hong Kong court grants anti-suit relief against sanctioned Russian bank

German bank obtains injunctions to restrain Russian court proceedings commenced in breach of HKIAC arbitration agreement; argument that court lacked …

The EU takes action: New Sanctions to Counter Russian Measures

The European Union ("EU") has introduced EU Regulation 2024/1745 which imposes the 14th Sanctions Package against Russia.

TRILOGY OF APPLICATIONS FOR ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTIONS – 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T BAD!

There has been a trilogy of applications for anti-suit injunctions (ASIs) in the English courts brought by three banks (Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank and …

HONG KONG COURT REJECTS ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN ANTI-ARBITRATION INJUNCTION IN RUSSIA SANCTIONS CASE

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has dismissed an application to discharge an anti-suit injunction restraining Russian court proceedings brought in …

NAVIGATING UK SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIAN PERSONS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

This blog was first published by Kluwer Arbitration and can be found here. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has created an environment ripe for controversy …

RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CLARIFIES RUSSIAN ARBITRATION LEGISLATION UPON JOINT REQUEST OF HKIAC AND VIAC

RUSSIAN COURTS TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER SANCTIONED PERSONS

English Commercial Court refuses to grant interim injunctive relief requiring a party to withdraw a claim in another jurisdiction

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN "CRIMEAN" INVESTMENT ARBITRATION CLAIMS