Daily Compliance News: June 19, 2025, The Corruption in Spain Edition
JONES DAY TALKS®: Collective Actions in Spain: A Look Around and the View Ahead
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Spain
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in Spain
Viewpoints: President José María Aznar Examines Economic Landscape in Latin America
Open for Business: Who's Investing in Latin America
The Tel Aviv District Court has, for the first time, considered a request to enforce an ICSID award in Israel. In the case against Spain, the Court declined enforcement, holding that Israel was not the appropriate forum due...more
The English Court of Appeal has clarified the position regarding the interaction between the UK’s State Immunity Act 1978 (the SIA) and the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966 (the “1966 Act”) (which...more
Two ICSID tribunals have recently upheld Spain’s intra-European Union (EU) jurisdictional objections in two arbitrations pursuant to the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”). Both cases arise out of Spain’s decision to modify its...more
The Energy Charter Treaty and the Protocol were signed in December 1994 to promote international investment in the energy sector. On 16 April 2024, Spain gave written notice of its decision to withdraw from the ECT and on 14...more
Some readers will be familiar with the many claims made against Spain for the alleged violation of its obligations to foreign investors under the Energy Charter Treaty (the ECT). In May 2023, the English Commercial Court...more
The much anticipated High Court of Australia (High Court) appeal of the full Federal Court of Australia's decision in Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.à.r.l. (No 3) [2021] FCAFC 3 will now be heard in...more
The tribunal in Green Power v. Kingdom of Spain declined jurisdiction, finding that the parties had not validly consented to arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty. A tribunal seated in Sweden has become the first...more
On Friday 18 March 2022, the High Court of Australia (High Court) granted special leave to appeal the decision of the full Federal Court of Australia (Full Federal Court) in Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services...more
In 2019, companies incorporated in England, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were awarded €229 million against the Kingdom of Spain in an investor-state arbitration. On 24 February 2020, the Federal Court of Australia enforced...more
As detailed in an October 2, 2018, Skadden client alert, the United States’ efforts to revise the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) reached a milestone on September 30, 2018, when the U.S., Mexico and...more
On 13 November 2017, it was confirmed that Venezuela had defaulted on its sovereign debt after failing to meet the deadline for payment of US$200m of interest on its sovereign bonds due in 2019 and 2024.1 It is expected...more
García’s Green Light to Dual Nationals in Investor-State Arbitration. The decision in Serafín García Armas v. República Bolivariana de Venezuela, PCA Case No. 2013-3, Decision on Jurisdiction (Dec. 14, 2014) touches on a very...more
In recent years, project developers, investment funds, and energy companies have invested heavily in renewable energy as a result of incentive programs offered in the legislation of countries such as Germany, Spain, and...more