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4 July 2022
Energy Charter Conference reaches an agreement in principle on the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty
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11 May 2022
Landmark offshore oil project approval brings Canada closer to first-ever international royalty payments under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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3 May 2022
Volterra Fietta welcomes new partner: Gunjan Sharma
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
15 December 2021
World Health Organization takes first steps towards a pandemic treaty
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 November 2021
Yesterday’s alleged Russian anti-satellite missile test may give rise to claims against the Russian Federation
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
11 November 2021
Dutch Supreme Court remands USD 50 billion Yukos case but confirms provisional application of Energy Charter Treaty
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
11 October 2021
Smoke before the fire? – Recent proposed measures across Latin America may ring alarm bells with some foreign investors
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
20 September 2021
Malawi accedes to the New York Convention
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 July 2021
Back to the future – Ecuador (re-)signs the ICSID Convention, admitting the failure of its policy of trying to attract foreign investment whilst simultaneously rejecting investment treaties and international arbitration
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 June 2021
Robert G Volterra gives guest lecture at Jindal University on the topic “How to win cases before the International Court of Justice in the 21st Century”
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
10 June 2021
Mubadala Investments set to acquire stake in Israeli gas field
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
4 June 2021
Oceans and the Law: breakfast roundtable series of the Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
21 May 2021
International Energy Agency calls for a ban on all new oil and gas projects and sets other radical new targets in its “Net Zero by 2050” report
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
12 May 2021
Peter Flint becomes a Volterra Fietta Partner
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
5 May 2021
In a closely watched decision, the CJEU rules that cutting-edge hybrid satellite and terrestrial systems can be authorised under EU regulations pursuant to an overarching requirement not to hold back technological progress
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 April 2021
Volterra Fietta promotes Gunjan Sharma to Counsel
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
7 April 2021
Myanmar, acting through the CRPH, instructs Volterra Fietta to discuss military atrocities post 1 February 2021 with the head of the UN’s Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
31 March 2021
World leaders call for an international treaty to respond to future pandemics
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
24 March 2021
Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law publishes chapter by Partner Graham Coop and Associate Zuzana Morháčová on Energy Charter Treaty Dispute Settlement System
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
23 March 2021
Egypt backs Sudan’s new proposal on Nile River Dam
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
11 March 2021
Myanmar (through the anti-coup parliamentary committee) instructs Volterra Fietta to advise on and pursue international legal proceedings against the unconstitutional and illegitimate military regime
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
9 March 2021
Chambers and Partners recognises Volterra Fietta again as being amongst the leading law firms for Public International Law and International Arbitration in both the UK and global rankings. Founding partner Robert Volterra praised by peers and clients as “a real team player”.
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
26 February 2021
UK Supreme Court allows Nigerian claimants to continue UK litigation against Shell companies over pollution claims
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
19 February 2021
Volterra Fietta Partner Graham Coop wins prestigious award
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 February 2021
Launch of the African Arbitration Atlas
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
15 February 2021
The United Arab Emirates defeats the State of Qatar in the ICJ case concerning the Application of the CERD
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
14 December 2020
Does Achmea apply to the Energy Charter Treaty? Belgium asks the CJEU
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
25 November 2020
Does the sun still shine on solar power in France? The proposed amendment to France’s solar feed-in tariffs and the rights of solar investors
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
12 November 2020
South Africa’s Expropriation Bill, 2020
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
4 November 2020
Enka v Chubb: Recent UK Supreme Court decision might require parties to consider adding additional language to international arbitration clauses where London is the seat of arbitration
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 October 2020
Volterra Fietta confirmed again as Tier 1 firm in Public International Law
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
13 October 2020
Volterra Fietta client Nigeria defeats multi-billion dollar arbitration claim at ICSID
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
30 September 2020
European Commission starts State aid investigation into Belgium’s power capacity mechanism – how could this affect the UK?
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
25 September 2020
Increased Business and Human Rights Risks and Regulations for Companies Operating in the Netherlands
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
31 July 2020
A new era of trade and investment between the EU and Vietnam
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
16 July 2020
An UNCLOS Annex VII tribunal upheld the immunity of the Italian marines but found Italy itself liable for the unlawful killing of two Indian fishermen
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
6 July 2020
Increased control of foreign investment in response to COVID-19
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
9 June 2020
Business and human rights in a global pandemic
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
19 May 2020
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
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
Effects of COVID-19 on Document Production
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
29 April 2020
Restructuring, COVID-19 and Investor-State Arbitrations: Often Overlooked Issues
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
22 April 2020
COVID-19 and Investment Treaty Claims
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
22 April 2020
Legal actions demanding reparations from China over COVID-19
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
14 April 2020
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
Dutch Court of Appeal reinstates USD 50 billion Yukos awards
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Volterra Fietta Client Alert
17 March 2020
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
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
Breakfast Seminar: 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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