The FSR is applicable in the EU from 12 July 2023. It introduces a control regime for foreign subsidies, with a view to address distortions caused by such subsidies on the internal market and to ensure a level playing field.

For our final post on this topic of the top 100 European independent firms, our first stop is the Iberian peninsula.

The London, Madrid, Stockholm and Luxembourg offices of Ashurst LLP and Chile's Claro & Cía have helped Spain's Abertis Infraestructuras take full control of a concession to run Chile's busiest toll road.

In this edition of who wins where and why, we look north to Scandinavia. What started as a fact finding mission on a recent trip to Stockholm quickly revealed that a wider investigation...

The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has announced that it will provide reasons for its decisions on challenges to arbitrators, making it the third institution to do so.

As funding activity becomes more and more widespread in both arbitration and litigation, various jurisdictions and arbitral institutions are introducing regulations to address the risks posed by this evolving practice.

In view of the historic financial crisis which hit the world in 2008 and still affect us it was expected that disputes within the industry would increase.

In a dispute over professional fees which the claimant surveyors referred to adjudication, the respondent client submitted that there was no adjudication agreement and that the adjudicator had no jurisdiction.

Halliwells, the client, as respondent in an adjudication, invited the RICS-nominated adjudicator to withdraw for lack of jurisdiction and denied liability for his fees and expenses.