The UK Supreme Court has issued a decision clarifying how English law will determine the governing law of an arbitration clause in an international contract.

On 13 November 2020, the French National Assembly adopted an amendment (the "Amendment" or the "Proposed Measure") which, if approved by the Senate and passed into...

On 15 February 2012, the M.V. Enrica Lexie, a commercial oil tanker flying the Italian flag, was transiting in international waters approximately 20.5 nautical miles off the coast of India.

Foreign investors should, in the early planning stages of their investments, carefully assess risks resulting from these regulations.

On 6 January 2020, the Council of Arab and African States Bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (the "Council") was created as a mechanism for improving the security of regional waterways

The High Court (the "Court") has upheld a decision finding that a law firm which charged its client nearly $3m under an unenforceable conditional fee agreement ("CFA") has to repay the money to the client.

On 28 February 2020, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (the "SCC") ruled in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, [2020] SCC 5 that Canadian courts have jurisdiction over modern slavery claims

The United Kingdom ("UK") is in the market for trade deals, with potential new benefits for a number of States and both inbound and outbound investors.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement will usher in a new wave of trade between the EU and Vietnam and foster new opportunities for foreign...

On 4 April 2019, the Belgian Parliament approved a bill setting out a national capacity mechanism aimed at safeguarding the security of electricity supply in Belgium.

On 21 March 2018, the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (the "Agreement") was signed by 44 of the 55 member States...

On 18 September 2020, the Dutch Socio-Economic Council recommended that the Netherlands enact a mandatory human rights due diligence.

The COVID-19 pandemic poses immense challenges for States, their citizens and businesses alike.

On 17 December 2020 the Ukrainian Parliament adopted the draft law No. 3760 On State Support for Investment Projects with Significant Investments in Ukraine (the "Law")...

The COVID-19 pandemic crisis and its economic impact on business more broadly bears certain similarities with the 2008 global financial crisis and the measures taken by States to address its aftermath

The decision only affects third party funders, as it was always clear that DBAs issued by law firms were within the scope of the legislation.

The Court of Appeal has held that the severance of terms rendering a CFA unenforceable was not available to solicitors on public policy grounds and that consequently their clients...

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom's (Supreme Court) ruling in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 28...

Everyone seems to be on holiday. This is of course cheery news for travel practitioners, who depend on people taking holidays as the foundation for our work, and who are, therefore...

In what appears to be the first decision to consider the implications of the Supreme Court's judgment in Paccar Inc v Road Haulage Association Ltd [2023] UKSC 28 (considered in our previous blog post)...