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Client Alert March 10, 2026
Hong Kong Court Confirms Finality of Arbitral Awards and Grants Anti-Arbitration Injunction
On 11 February 2026, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (Chan J) issued an important decision in G&G v CNG [2026] HKCFI 902 confirming the finality of Hong Kong-seated arbitral awards and the limited circumstances in which parties may seek to challenge them.
Firm News March 9, 2026
Gibson Dunn Secures Major U.K. Supreme Court Win on International and English and Welsh Arbitration Law
Gibson Dunn has secured a major victory for Border Timbers Ltd in the U.K. Supreme Court on an important point of international and England and Wales law.
Client Alert March 6, 2026
Waived Through: UK Supreme Court Confirms No State Immunity Defence Against ICSID Award Recognition in the UK
The judgment materially strengthens the enforceability of ICSID awards in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has unanimously …
Client Alert January 4, 2026
Change in Venezuela
The arrest and extradition of Nicolás Maduro will impact governments and multinational businesses around the world. We expect that many business leaders will wonder what these events mean for parties litigating against Venezuela, how creditors will be impacted, what it will mean for the crude market, how to navigate fast-moving changes in U.S. and foreign sanctions regimes, and what opportunities will develop to re-enter Venezuela in the near- to medium-term.
Client Alert October 9, 2025
D.C. Circuit Affirms Denial Of Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking Monetary Relief For Venezuelan State-Owned Company’s Expropriation Of U.S. Company’s Wholly Owned Venezuelan Subsidiary
On October 3, Gibson Dunn secured a significant victory when the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a Venezuelan state-owned energy company’s (PDVSA) claim of sovereign immunity in an international takings suit by a United States energy company, seeking to hold PDVSA liable for Venezuela’s nationalization of the U.S. company’s Venezuelan subsidiary. The D.C. Circuit also rejected PDVSA’s personal jurisdiction and act-of-state defenses.
Firm News September 2, 2025
Incoming Partner Christopher Harris KC to Lead Gibson Dunn’s New Zurich Office
Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Christopher Harris KC, who joins the firm as partner and Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group and the Judgment and Arbitral Award Enforcement Practice Group, will be Partner in Charge of our new Zurich office.
Article July 25, 2025
Annekathrin Schmoll Authors ICSID Award Enforcement in Germany Practice Note for LexisNexis
Associate Annekathrin Schmoll is the author of the LexisNexis practice note, “Enforcing ICSID Awards in Germany.”
Firm News July 23, 2025
Barrister Christopher Harris KC Joins Gibson Dunn as Co-Chair of International Arbitration Practice Group
Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Christopher Harris KC will join the firm as Co-Chair of the International Arbitration and the Judgment and Arbitral Award Enforcement Practice Groups.