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.

14. juli lanserte EU-kommisjonen «Fit for 55», en omfattende forslagspakke med energi- og klimalover med 13 forslag som blant annet sikter på avkarbonisering av flere områder innenfor europeisk næringsliv.

Sanksjoner og eksportkontroll

ESG, compliance og risikostyring

Shipping

Kontraktsrett og entreprise

Engelsk rett

Olje og gass

Tvisteløsning

Advokatfullmektig

Lina er en del av International Arbitration teamet. I tillegg til å jobbe med handelssanksjoner, har Lina bistått innenfor tvisteløsning, særlig internasjonal voldgift, engelsk rettstvist og mekling. Hun har opptrådt for klienter innenfor ICC-, LCIA-, LMMA- og UNCITRAL- voldgiftssaker, samt Commercial Court-prosesser relatert til shipping, energi og konstruksjon av offshore-enheter.

Lina er kvalifisert som advokat både i Norge og England & Wales.

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Lina er medlem av firmaets International Arbitration Team, og arbeider primært med internasjonal kommersiell tvist innenfor energi, handel, shipping og offshore.

Lina Malone

Associate (Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales)