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You are currently accessing Global Arbitration Review via your firmwide account. GLOBAL ARBITRATION REVIEW - Arbitration News, Features and Reviews Tobacco group Philip Morris will not proceed with a threatened investment treaty claim against Ukraine over a US$23 million tax bill, A Nigerian bad bank has failed in an attempt to set aside an LCIA award won by Qatar National Bank in a dispute over share dividends, after the Commercial Court in London held that the challenge was “no more than a thinly disguised attack on the correctness of findings European Union’s judgment in Achmea and its unintended consequences”, with one speaker saying we can still save quite a Arbitration Committee of the Japan As*ociation of Arbitrators has held its first event in Tokyo in conjunction with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre - including discussion of how As*an jurisdictions should respond to Achmea and other recent developments A Dutch as*et management company has threatened Peru with an ICSID claim worth more than US$65 million over the destruction of its gold trading business and reputational damage in the wake of an investigation into alleged illegal mining. An ICC tribunal has ruled that a Qatari state-backed foundation validly terminated a contract for the construction of a €1.7 billion medical facility in Doha, while ordering it to pay €44 million to the Spanish-Egyptian contractor. A Texas state court has reinstated an ICDR award in favour of Chinese telecoms company ZTE in a long-running dispute over a project in Liberia, rejecting arguments that it was obtained through fraud. Ever wished there was a 'hot take' on the pros and cons of different arbitral seats> Well, now there is. The GAR-CIArb Seat Index rates seats against 10 principles that fuel a supportive arbit climate. See how the first six cities to be measured – London, Paris, Hong Kong, Brazil’s state-run oil and gas company Petrobras has urged a US court not to enforce a US$622 million award arising from a contract