Volterra Fietta Client Alert
6 July 2020
Client Alert: Increased control of foreign investment in response to COVID-19
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9 June 2020
Client Alert: Business and human rights in a global pandemic
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
19 May 2020
Client Alert: What are the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for States and investors under the Energy Charter Treaty
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
12 May 2020
Client Alert: The United Nations Human Rights Committee does not give States a carte blanche to violate their human rights obligations in response to the COVID-19
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
7 May 2020
Client Alert: Effects of COVID-19 on Document Production
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
29 April 2020
Client Alert: Restructuring, COVID-19 and Investor-State Arbitrations: Often Overlooked Issues
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
22 April 2020
Client Alert: COVID-19 and Investment Treaty Claims
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
22 April 2020
Client Alert: Legal actions demanding reparations from China over COVID-19
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
14 April 2020
Client Alert: Could the COVID-19 pandemic inspire the development of a United Nations Convention on Pandemic Suppression?
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
9 April 2020
Volterra Fietta Client Alert: The impact of COVID-19 on arbitration proceedings and due process
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
30 March 2020
COVID-19 and the WHO’s International Health Regulations (2005)
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
24 March 2020
Client Alert: Dutch Court of Appeal reinstates USD 50 billion Yukos awards
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
17 March 2020
Client Alert: The Court of Appeal of England and Wales rules Heathrow expansion unlawful owing to climate change obligations
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
6 March 2020
Client Alert: Ruling of the Dutch Court of Appeal Confirms Functional Immunity of NATO entities
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
25 February 2020
Class action filed in US court against tech companies for benefitting from human rights violations in cobalt mining
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
25 February 2020
The Dutch Supreme Court orders the Netherlands to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
25 February 2020
US sanctions on Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream pipeline projects
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
9 January 2020
International arbitration heavyweight Peter Flint joins Volterra Fietta
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
19 December 2019
Volterra Fietta hosts seminar on “Financing and Debt Instruments: Often Overlooked Issues of Public International Law”
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 May 2019
UK Supreme Court allows Zambian villagers to continue UK suit against London-based mining company Vedanta
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
2 May 2019
International organisations may consider taking practical steps to limit their exposure to U.S. lawsuits after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Jam v. International Finance Corporation
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
1 May 2019
Volterra Fietta promotes Álvaro Nistal to counsel
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
26 April 2018
Jesner et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC – The United States Supreme Court decides that foreign corporations may not be sued under the Alien Tort Statute
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
3 April 2018
African Union States sign the African Continental Free Trade Area
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
26 March 2018
Partner Graham Coop to chair a panel on “Brexit and the Energy Charter Treaty” at the Association for International Arbitration (AIA) conference on “The Future of Investment Arbitration in Europe”
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
13 March 2018
Graham Coop and Isabella Seif co-author a chapter in “International Arbitration in the Energy Sector”
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
12 March 2018
ECJ considers whether investor-State arbitration under intra-EU BITs is compatible with EU law
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
14 February 2018
Mexico signs ICSID Convention
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
26 January 2018
Ecuador adopts a new approach towards foreign investment
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
15 December 2017
Award debtors beware: UK Supreme Court affirms public interest in the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
6 November 2017
“Formidable”: Volterra Fietta repeats top-tier rankings in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners categories: public international law and investment treaty arbitration.
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
31 October 2017
Arbitral tribunal finds claims by labour unions against global brands admissible and within its jurisdiction
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
24 October 2017
Court of Appeal upholds decision that Zambian villagers can claim in the UK against a London-based mining company
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
14 August 2017
University College London and Volterra Fietta to host seminar on “Brexit and the Energy Charter Treaty”
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
24 July 2017
The King is Dead, Long Live the King: the EU and the Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
28 June 2017
Volterra Fietta and King’s College London host the third London International Boundary Conference
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
15 June 2017
Volterra Fietta hosts its third and final Energy Breakfast Seminar
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
25 May 2017
Volterra Fietta hosts its second Energy Breakfast Seminar
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 May 2017
Volterra Fietta hosts its first Energy Breakfast Seminar
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
30 March 2017
India set to remodel its investment regime with new BITs
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
27 March 2017
Romania set to terminate its intra-EU BITs
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 March 2017
Professor Robert Volterra to speak at the “Negotiating Brexit” workshop at St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
27 February 2017
New Zealand Law Foundation 2017 International Dispute Resolution Fellow
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
27 January 2017
CETA moves a step closer to provisional application
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
26 January 2017
Timor-Leste withdraws claims against Australia in arbitration proceedings
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
23 January 2017
Timor-Leste notifies Australia of its desire to terminate the Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
21 December 2016
Business and Human Rights: Standing Rock goes to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 December 2016
United Nations General Assembly grants observer status to International Chamber of Commerce in unprecedented move
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
10 November 2016
World’s largest marine protected area declared in Ross Sea in Antarctica
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
5 November 2016
CETA signed by Canada and the European Union
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
2 November 2016
Volterra Fietta again ranked tier 1 in public international law 2016 edition of the Legal 500
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
20 October 2016
CETA both upheld and defeated within 24 hours by divided EU internal political dynamics
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
6 October 2016
Global Arbitration Review headlines a Volterra Fietta victory
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
20 July 2016
Robert Volterra and Suzanne Spears host International Business and Human Rights roundtable.
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
15 July 2016
Tribunal issues landmark decision in South China Sea Arbitration
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
2 June 2016
Professor Robert Volterra and Professor Dan Sarooshi launch a collaborative new legal blog “Foreign States in English Courts”
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
24 May 2016
Austria, Finland, France, Germany and the Netherlands propose an intra-EU investment agreement with traditional investment-treaty arbitration for all 28 EU Member States
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
29 April 2016
Yukos awards set aside by Dutch court
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
25 April 2016
Suzanne Spears promoted to partner at Volterra Fietta
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
11 April 2016
CETA to establish permanent tribunal and appellate tribunal for investor-State disputes
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
29 March 2016
Tribunal finds Kazakhstan a legal successor to USSR treaty
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
24 March 2016
The European Commission finalises its proposal for new permanent Investment Court System
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
15 March 2016
Volterra Fietta ranked as a top-tier firm for public international law in London by Chambers & Partners UK 2016
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
5 December 2015
Switzerland’s highest court upholds UNCITRAL award
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
24 November 2015
The London International Boundary Conference 2015
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
11 November 2015
The London International Boundary Conference 2015
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
3 November 2015
The London International Boundary Conference 2015
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
19 October 2015
Volterra Fietta hires investor-State disputes and human rights specialist
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
8 October 2015
Early bird rates for the London International Boundary Conference 2015 ending soon
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
6 October 2015
Agreement reached on Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
24 September 2015
Volterra Fietta ranked tier 1 in public international law by The Legal 500
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
22 September 2015
The European Commission proposes a new permanent Investment Court System
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
21 September 2015
Now Accepting Applications for Volterra Fietta – BIICL Internship Programme in Public International Law
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
19 September 2015
Thursday 24 September. International Law in Domestic Courts: A Global Perspective Event
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
17 September 2015
The London International Boundary Conference 2015 is now open for registration
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
25 August 2015
Victory for Volterra Fietta client the United States of America in sovereign immunity case before the English courts
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
30 June 2015
Robert Volterra, Graham Coop and Álvaro Nistal write chapter in global guide “Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards”
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
19 June 2015
Time to consider restructuring – The European Commission commences infringement proceedings against intra-EU BITs
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 July 2014
Annex VII Arbitral Tribunal delimits maritime boundary between Bangladesh and India in the Bay of Bengal
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
6 January 2012
International Criminal Law Expert and Judge Antonio Cassese, 1937-2011
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