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Client Alert July 1, 2025
Ruling of the German Federal Court on the Impact of Arbitration Clauses on General Terms and Conditions in Business Transactions
This decision is likely to promote the continued – and possibly expanded – use of arbitration clauses in commercial contracts.
Article June 18, 2025
Penny Madden KC and Ceyda Knoebel Author Article in Guide to Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards
Partner Penny Madden KC and of counsel Ceyda Knoebel have co-authored the chapter “Arbitrability and Public Policy Challenges” in the fourth edition of Global Arbitration Review’s Guide to Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards
Firm News June 6, 2025
Gibson Dunn Secures Spain’s €32 Million Arbitration Award Payment in Favor of Blasket Renewable Investments
Gibson Dunn has secured Spain’s payment of a €32 million judgment enforcing an arbitration award in favor of our client, Blasket Renewable Investments LLC.
Client Alert June 5, 2025
Supreme Court Rejects Additional “Minimum Contacts” Requirement For Personal Jurisdiction Under The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., Nos. 23-1201, 24-17 – Decided June 5, 2025 Today, a unanimous Supreme Court held …
Client Alert April 23, 2025
Draft French Arbitration Code Unveiled – A Structural and Strategic Reform
The French Ministry of Justice has unveiled the first draft of the reform of French arbitration law, a major step in modernizing the country's arbitration framework. This draft reform builds on the 2011 overhaul, aiming to consolidate France's position as a leading place of international arbitration.
Client Alert February 18, 2025
UK Court of Appeal Affirms That Issue Estoppel May Preclude States from Re-Arguing State Immunity Issues in an Enforcement Context
The Court of Appeal judgment means that States can be prevented by the doctrine of issue estoppel from relitigating state immunity issues before the English courts if those issues have already been decided in another forum. As such, the judgment provides a potential shortcut through otherwise lengthy and expensive proceedings on questions of state immunity.
Client Alert October 23, 2024
UK Court of Appeal Confirms Sovereign States Are Not Immune from Enforcement Proceedings for ICSID Awards
The UK Court of Appeal has confirmed that ICSID Contracting States’ agreement to Art. 54 of the ICSID Convention is to be interpreted as a “written agreement” waiving State immunity and a submission to jurisdiction under the UK’s State Immunity Act 1978. The decision is positive news for parties looking to enforce ICSID awards in the UK; it re-affirms the UK’s pro-enforcement stance in relation to investor-State awards.
Client Alert June 22, 2023
Supreme Court Holds That Foreign Plaintiffs Can Pursue Civil RICO Claims If They Suffered An Injury That Arose In The United States
Our lawyers discuss a U.S. Supreme Court decision which rejected a bright-line rule that would have precluded foreign plaintiffs from pursuing civil RICO claims, and instead held that foreign plaintiffs can satisfy civil RICO’s domestic-injury requirement if their injuries arose in the United States.