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Energy Disputes 2025: Navigating the New Landscape of International Arbitration

By Jason Czerwiec[1] The energy sector is experiencing unprecedented transformation, and with it, the landscape of international dispute resolution is evolving at breakneck speed. This reality was front and centre at the GAR Live: Energy Disputes 2025 conference, held on July 2nd at the London offices of King & Spalding, where leading practitioners, arbitrators, and… Read More Energy Disputes 2025: Navigating the New Landscape of International Arbitration

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Quarterly Review: April – June 2025

The second quarter of 2025 was another active and transformative period for international investment law and arbitration, particularly in the European context. Several significant developments occurred in the context of the ongoing modernization (and fragmentation) of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT); the enforcement of intra-EU arbitral awards in United States and Europe; and the European… Read More Quarterly Review: April – June 2025

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Report from the Young EFILA Panel: “The Next 10 Years of Investor-State Dispute Settlement”

By Horatiu Dumitru[1] Introduction On 30 April 2025, Young EFILA convened another forward-looking panel discussion, held at the London offices of Gibson Dunn. The discussion focused on the evolving landscape of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (“ISDS”) over the coming decade, and brought together practitioners active in this space to explore the challenges and opportunities that lie… Read More Report from the Young EFILA Panel: “The Next 10 Years of Investor-State Dispute Settlement”

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VARbitration: Advocate General Ćapeta Sees the European Court of Justice as the Ultimate Referee

By Édouard Bruc and Ben Williams[1] Since its inception in 1983, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rapidly established itself as the world’s leading forum for sports disputes.  Yet – despite calling itself a “Court” – CAS is functionally an arbitral institution.  Based in Switzerland, CAS handles around a thousand proceedings a year,… Read More VARbitration: Advocate General Ćapeta Sees the European Court of Justice as the Ultimate Referee

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Hot Topics in EU Economic Security: Challenges & Opportunities

Reflections from the EFILA Conference during Paris Arbitration Week 2025 By Kubra Bayramova and Ana Cheminot[1] Economic security has emerged as a cornerstone of the European Union’s (EU) strategic agenda, especially as geopolitical tensions, technological competition, and foreign influence reshape the investment landscape. Despite its growing importance, the term “economic security” lacks a universally accepted… Read More Hot Topics in EU Economic Security: Challenges & Opportunities

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Young EFILA in Conversation with… Mihaela Apostol

Mihaela Apostol is an independent counsel and arbitrator based in London. Mihaela is a civil (Avocat of the Bar of Bucharest, Romania) and common law (Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales) qualified lawyer with 11 years of practice having worked as counsel, tribunal secretary and arbitrator. She has experience in investment and… Read More Young EFILA in Conversation with… Mihaela Apostol

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Quarterly Review: October – December 2024

The last three months of 2024 saw significant developments in the fields of international arbitration and investment treaty disputes. Key decisions and legislative reforms took place, once again shaping the arbitration landscape and reinforcing legal certainty in several jurisdictions, with repercussions in the following months. ECT Modernisation and Termination of Intra-EU BITs. EU stakeholders body… Read More Quarterly Review: October – December 2024

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Conflicts Between International Climate Law and Investment Arbitration: A proposed exception to the full reparation standard without moving the goalposts

By Claudia Wortmann[1] State Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘UNFCCC’) and the 2015 Paris Agreement are obliged to take steps to mitigate climate change. Such steps include achieving an urgent energy transition away from fossil fuels toward more renewable, ‘green’ energy. However, one of the issues that arises in the… Read More Conflicts Between International Climate Law and Investment Arbitration: A proposed exception to the full reparation standard without moving the goalposts

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UK’s Court of Appeal Affirms No Adjudicative Immunity for States in ICSID Award Registration Proceedings

By Dimitar Arabov[1] Registering arbitral awards rendered pursuant to the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (1965) (the “ICSID Convention” and, respectively, “ICSID Award(s)”) in England & Wales ought to be, at least in principle, a reasonably straightforward matter. The implementing legislation of the ICSID Convention in… Read More UK’s Court of Appeal Affirms No Adjudicative Immunity for States in ICSID Award Registration Proceedings

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