International Arbitration Outlook

Insight: Representations and Warranties in Ibero-American Contracts: a problematic legal transplant — 'Robot arbitrators': current obstacles and future prospects — Expedited Arbitration Is Here to Stay: the 2026 ICC Rules and the EPP as a case study in Procedural Proportionality
Global Briefing: The Overhaul of the People’s Republic of China’s 1995 Arbitration Law: unveiling itsambitions on the world stage — ISDS, the Energy Transition, and the Rule of Law: The First Arbitration Claim against the United Kingdom under the UK–Singapore BIT — Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Reopens the Door to Investment Arbitration
In Focus: Tax Arbitration in Portugal and Preliminary Rulings before theCJEU — Una lectura de Reibel a la luz de la Directiva (UE) 2024/1226 — When EU Competition Law Meets Private International Law: jurisdiction and forum shopping in antitrust damages litigation

Insight: Sanctions on International Trade in Goods — Preexisting Contracts and EU Sanctions: legal challenges and practical implications — Addressing allegations, findings and sanctions concerning corruption in international arbitration
Global Briefing: Investor-State Dispute Settlement as a Response to Sanctions — Posibles efectos de la Directiva (UE) 2024/1226 sobre el arbitraje comercial
In Focus: Clarifying the Impact of EU Sanctions in International Arbitration: the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Insight: ‘Green’ is the new ‘grey’: resolving disputes arising from the transition towards green hydrogen
Global Briefing: Reform of the English Arbitration Act 1996: what it means for practitioners — Absolute sovereign immunity? The Colombian Supreme Court’s denial of recognition of the Rusoro Mining v Venezuela Award — Arbitrators’ duty to disclose: the Portuguese case in light of the new trends and guidelines in international arbitration
In Focus: Endeavours clauses: an international perspective — Brief notes on arbitration clauses in consumer contracts, illustrated by the Disney case: a US & Spain comparison

Editorial: The Rise of ESG Considerations in International Arbitration
Insight: ClientEarth v Shell Plc: a landmark case on climate change risk management and directors’ duties
Global Briefing: Landmark Climate Change Decision in Milieudefensie et al v Royal Dutch Shell PLC and its aftermath — The Contributions of the International Court of Justice to International Environmental Law — International Climate Change Disputes: current trends and future prospects — Los Reportes de Sostenibilidad en Colombia
In Focus: The Growing Impact of ESG Principles on Contractual Commitments — Towards Sustainable Investment: integrating ESG into Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Insight: Binding the Unbound and Other Magical Creatures: latest trends on extending arbitral agreements to non-signatories
Global Briefing: Decoding the Colombian Supreme Court Ruling Denying the Recognition of the PV Investors v Kingdom of Spain Award: at the crossroads of investor protection — Singapore’s Recipe for Becoming a Top International Arbitration Hub — The Constitutional Court of Ecuador Deems Investor-State Arbitration Clauses in Trade Agreement with Costa Rica Unconstitutional — An ICSID Annulment Committee Refuses to Revoke an Award against Italy
In Focus: UNCITRAL Working Group III’s Procedural and Crosscutting Draft Provisions: a sign of the times to come? — Semenya v Switzerland: human rights pushed further and fully into the international sports arbitration system

Insight: The High Court of Australia enforces ICSID Award against Spain and clarifes scope of sovereign immunity defence
Global Briefing: Ubuntu: the Africa Arbitration Academy Model Bilateral Investment Treaty — News on Third-Party Funding in the EU: the Parliament’s recent proposal for a regulation — Décision de la Cour d’Appel de Paris sur la transmission par voie diplomatique d’un acte à une autorité étrangère
In Focus: Economic sanctions and investment arbitration: substantive, jurisdictional and enforcement issues — Artificial intelligence and international arbitration: uses and challenge — Changes to ICSID’s administrative and financial regulations