This edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly considers an arbitration award obtained by fraud, the appropriate forum for a claim of forced labour in Malaysia and two decisions involving attempts to resist enforcement of security for financing.
The new UK Energy Act 2023 gained royal assent on 26 October 2023. In this first of a series of articles, we explore the changes it has introduced.
Thailand has introduced a new law to regulate digital platform services providers and protect consumer interests.
Watson Farley & Williams advised Natixis CIB on a circa €700m greenfield project financing granted to Spanish Portfolio, S.L, a subsidiary of Grupo Cobra, for the construction, development, and operation of a 1,231 MWp photovoltaic portfolio comprising 21 plants located in Spain.
This article summarises the recent judgment in Kuvera Resources Pte Ltd v JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., where the Singapore Court of Appeal confirmed that an objective approach is to be adopted when interpreting sanctions clauses in letters of credit.
The recently signed upgrade to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement brings important changes for investors and sets up a work programme to review the agreement’s investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
Join Watson Farley & Williams for the third webinar of our German webinar series “Recht trifft Praxis” (“Law Meets Practice”).
Read the 130th edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
It discusses a recent judgment regarding two arbitration awards issued in 2013, ordering a P&I Club to pay damages to France and Spain relating to the pollution caused by the MT Prestige oil spill in 2002.
Join Watson Farley & Williams for our Maritime breakfast seminar in Hong Kong on 22 November 2023, in conjunction with Hong Kong Maritime Week 2023.
In this episode, Mhairi Main Garcia and Joe Levin discuss the important role of the oil and gas industry in the drive towards achieving net zero, placing a huge responsibility on the sector.
Back from a break, this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly looks at decisions on sanctions, the ongoing M/T Prestige saga and the grant of anti-suit injunctions to prevent breach of arbitration agreements.
