The arbitration between Urbajet Sarlau (“Urbajet”) and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (“Equatorial Guinea”), administered by the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), illustrates both the strength of a State’s agreement to arbitrate and the evidentiary limits of contractual compensation. In its final arbitral award dated 21 November 2025 (“Award”), the three-member arbitral tribunal (“Tribunal”) upheld […]
Near-Global Enforceability of Arbitration Awards: Sierra Leone Becomes the 166th State Party to the New York Convention
Sierra Leone became the 166th State Party to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, also known as the “New York Convention” (the “Convention“), by depositing its instrument of accession to the UN Secretary General on 28 October 2020. The Convention will enter into force for Sierra Leone on 26 January […]
International Arbitration in Africa
Many practitioners and arbitrators are unfamiliar with international arbitration in Africa and have very little actual experience with it. Yet, sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions where the use of international arbitration to resolve international disputes is expanding the most swiftly in the world. This should come as no surprise, as the International Monetary […]