The Singapore Court of Appeal (the "SGCA") recently established in Anupam Mittal v Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings [2023] SGCA 1 that the law of the arbitration agreement will, in first instance, govern the arbitrability of a dispute. The judgment also confirms that in the absence of an express choice of law governing the arbitration agreement, the governing law of the main contract shall apply – the SGCA applied a three-stage test in reaching its decision, providing guidance as to when Singapore courts should find the governing law of the main contract will apply.

The recent weeks has seen a high level of activity from EU, US and UK sanctioning authorities, in response to escalated Russian aggression against Ukraine. In this WR Sanctions Alert, we briefly summarise some key developments.

Since our last update on 21 April 2022, the EU has adopted its sixth Russia related sanctions package, while Norway has aligned its sanctions regime with the EU's fifth sanctions package. Furthermore, the UK and US have introduced additional sanctions, and Russia has developed its countermeasures.

Since our previous update on 21 March 2022, the US and UK have implemented additional sanctions in response to Russia's continued military aggression against Ukraine, and Norway has aligned its regime with the latest EU sanctions. Russia has responded with additional countermeasures. We outline the main points of these developments below.

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Lina works with the International Arbitration team. In addition to work with trade sanctions, she has participated in varied contentious work, in particular international arbitration, English litigation and mediation. She has acted for clients in ICC, LCIA, LMAA and UNCITRAL arbitrations as well as Commercial Court proceedings related to shipping and commodities, in addition to energy and offshore construction.

Lina is qualified as a Solicitor of England & Wales.

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Lina is a member of the firm's International Arbitration team, and primarily works on international commercial disputes relating to energy, trade, shipping and offshore.