Work Area: Arbitration

Panama has agreed to pay Italian energy company Enel to settle an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) case over delay in the construction of an electricity transmission line.

24 August 2021

São Paulo firm WZ Advogados has hired a partner from Lobo de Rizzo Advogados, strengthening its disputes practice.

13 August 2021

Ecuador has deposited its instrument ratifying the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Convention with the World Bank and is now less than 25 days from rejoining the treaty.

10 August 2021

Estudio Echecopar member of Baker McKenzie International has appointed two partners and two of counsel through promotions, reinforcing its labour, trade, disputes and banking groups.

06 August 2021

A Spanish construction company has reportedly agreed to withdraw a US$125 million International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) claim against a Panamanian state entity over a hospital project that was disrupted by a bribery investigation and the covid-19 pandemic.

06 August 2021

Bahamian oil company Perenco says Ecuador has defaulted on an undertaking to pay a US$391 million International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award, as a US court lifts a stay on its enforcement.

03 August 2021

Brazil’s Muriel Advogados, which recently rebranded as a disputes boutique following the departure of several former name partners, has hired a lawyer from Latin Lawyer 250 firm KLA Advogados as partner.

29 July 2021

Mexico’s DLA Piper Gallástegui y Lozano has strengthened its arbitration and telecoms practices by hiring a partner from local firm Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle SC and adding a counsel from the country’s telecoms regulator.

28 July 2021

An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal in Frankfurt has ruled in a billion-dollar dispute over a distributor’s right to import Hyundai cars to Brazil, blocking the Korean company from terminating their contract and ruling it should run for another decade.

28 July 2021

Several partners have parted ways with Brazilian firms Muriel Medici Franco Advogados and Santos Neto Advogados, branching off to form separate ventures.

28 July 2021