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Washington – January 3, 2022: Crowell & Moring elected 13 lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2022. The firm also promoted seven to the position of senior counsel and 19 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s London, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices and from across several practice groups, including Advertising & Media; Antitrust & Competition; Corporate; Energy; Environment & Natural Resources; Government Contracts; Health Care; Technology & Intellectual Property; International Dispute Resolution; Litigation; Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation; and Privacy & Cybersecurity.

Washington – July 20, 2021: Crowell & Moring’s International Dispute Resolution Group has been included in the 14th edition of Global Arbitration Review's GAR 100, a guide to the top 100 law firms with international arbitration capabilities. GAR is one of the leading journals of public and private arbitration.

On 1 August 2025, the UK’s Arbitration Act 2025 (the “Act”) came into force. It applies to arbitrations and arbitration-related court proceedings commenced on or after that date and reinforces London’s status as a leading hub for international arbitration.

The case of Jardine Strategic Limited v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd and 80 others (No 2) (Bermuda) [2025] UKPC 34 addresses significant issues regarding shareholder rights and legal professional privilege in corporate transactions. In particular, the case concerned the Shareholder Rule. This was a principle shareholders relied on to prevent companies from asserting privilege over documents, thus requiring companies to hand privileged documents over to them. On 24 July 2025, the Privy Council unanimously held that the Shareholder Rule no longer applies. Although the case concerned the law of Bermuda, the Privy Council issued a declaration (known as a Willers v Joyce direction) that its decision is binding on English courts as well. In so doing, it overturned an aspect of English law in force for almost 140 years.

On 18 September 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] UKSC 30.  The judgment considers several significant issues relevant to international arbitration.  Primarily, though, it reaffirms: (i) the English court’s strong support for arbitration, in general; (ii) the steps it is prepared to take to hold parties to their agreement to arbitrate; and (iii) the current position for determining the governing law of an arbitration agreement, in the absence of an express election by the parties.

During this half-day event, we will consider the circumstances in which arbitration can prove a valuable tool in a commercial party’s dispute resolution arsenal. We will also consider how to maximize the benefits of arbitration, as well as give an overview of the current trends you should be aware of.

We are pleased to inform you that Crowell & Moring’s 2015 Annual Seminar on International Arbitration will be held on Thursday, 18 June in Brussels. During this half-day event, we aim to bring to our audience a comprehensive update of recent developments in the field which will be presented in an analytical and thought-provoking way by a high-level panel of speakers from across our London, Washington, and Brussels offices.

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating unprecedented disruption to businesses’ operations. In this webinar, our International Dispute Resolution practitioners will guide you through English contractual and common law mechanisms to help manage commercial problems.