In a final award dated 22 September 2026 (the “Award”), the arbitral tribunal in the dispute between Tullow Ghana Limited (“TGL”) and the Republic of Ghana (“Ghana”) rejected TGL’s contractual challenge to a USD 393.1 million tax-and-penalty assessment. The London-seated arbitration proceeded under the 2021 Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) […]
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 […]