A joint venture begins in shared ambition and, when it fails, ends in a contest over who owns what. A partner stops funding the project, ignores the governance ...

A generation ago, an energy arbitrator's caseload was built almost entirely around upstream oil and gas: joint operating agreements, production sharing ...

International commodity trading moves at a pace few other industries can match. Cargoes of grain, oilseeds, metals and energy products change hands across ...

FIDIC contracts, the standard forms published by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, govern more cross-border construction and infrastructure ...

Two companies disputing a supply contract and an investor disputing a license revocation with a national government may both end up in arbitration, but the ...

A single trade transaction can pass through half a dozen banks before it settles. An issuing bank in Mumbai, a confirming bank in London, a correspondent in ...

Commercial arbitration is often described as a single discipline. Still, in practice it splits into distinct trades, each with its own procedural conventions, ...

Cross-border disputes rarely announce themselves gently. A concession renegotiated by a change in government, a pipeline delayed by permitting disputes, a ...

A well-drafted arbitration clause is only the first step. The moment a dispute crystallizes, the choice of arbitrator and how carefully that arbitrator screens ...

Not every dispute with a foreign government belongs in ordinary commercial arbitration. Many investors only discover this once a regulatory decision has ...