Update: From Russia With Love
The post on Foreign Courts, Arbitration and Protectionism at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum last month attracted some comments in the LinkedIn International Arbitration Group. I reported...
View ArticleRussian Arbitrazh Court Not an Arbitral Tribunal, Says Munich Court of Appeals
The Munich Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) has held that a Russian Arbitrazh Court (Arbitragegericht, in the German original) is a state court, and not an arbitral tribunal. As a result, the...
View ArticleUpdate: Russian Arbitrazh Court Not an Arbitral Tribunal
A couple of comments in the LinkedIn International Arbitration and Arbitration Experts groups discussed my post on the Russian Arbitrazh court’s judgment before the Munich Court of Appeals...
View ArticleRecognition of Russian Judgments, Arbitrazh Courts and the Requirement for...
Earlier this month, I had written about the Russian Arbitrazh court’s judgment before the Munich Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) – the Munich court held that a Russian Arbitrazh Court is not an...
View ArticleRussia and England: Resolving Jurisdictional Disputes
My posts on Russia and the Russian arbitrazh courts were the ones that attracted the most comments, both here and in some LinkedIn groups. As discussed in the context the reciprocity requirement, there...
View ArticleNew German Judgment on Recognition of Russian Judgments
My earlier posts on Russian matters (here, and here, for example) have attracted more comments, in particular in LinkedIn fora, than any other topics covered in this blog. So I guess that readers will...
View ArticleFederal Supreme Court: Sedelmayer vs. Russia – No Set-off with Tax Claims
This decision published by the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) a couple of days ago on its website appears to be the latest instalment in the on-going saga of Franz Sedelmayer’s quest to...
View ArticleEconomic Sanctions, Commercial Contracts and International Arbitration –...
Economic sanctions are a hot topic, in particular, but by no means only in relation to Russia. Rechtsstandort Hamburg, an initiative promoting Hamburg as an international legal venue, is takling the...
View ArticleIBA Litigation Committee: Impact of COVID-19 on Court Operations and...
The IBA Litigation Committe has produced a survey looking at the impact of COVID-19 on court operations and litigation practice across 37 different jurisdictions – from Argenina to the United States....
View ArticleKoblenz Court of Appeals Denies Recognition of Russian Arbitral Award in Germany
These days, a court decision related to Russia is likely to attract special attention. Therefore, it is worth pointing out at the outset that this matter is unrelated to Russia’s war against Ukraine....
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