The Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) is a membership organisation aimed at promoting global discussion and understanding of topical issues in international economic law. On 12-14 July 2023, SIEL held its eighth biennial conference in Bogotá, Colombia. VBB is proud to be a longstanding sponsor of the event.
On 13 July 2023, sanctions partner Michelle Linderman will be the keynote speaker at an ACSS London Chapter early evening event titled The Lap of Luxury: Navigating Trade Restrictions against Russia. The session will give an overview of current trade restrictions applicable to the export of luxury goods to Russia and discuss practical steps that can be taken to navigate them. Michelle’s speech will be followed by a panel discussion and a Q&A session.
Sanctions partner Michelle Linderman is speaking on 6 July at an early evening event titled Lessons Learned in UK/French/Dutch Sanctions Enforcement organised in Amsterdam by the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS) Benelux Chapter and hosted by Lexis Nexis.
On 17-19 May 2023, Van Bael & Bellis participated in the first edition of the Mexico City Investment Arbitration Days, which took place within the framework of the World Arbitration Update (WAU) Americas 2023. The event reached more than 1000 participants worldwide.
Van Bael & Bellis and RRH Consultores, S.C. are pleased to announce that the first edition of the Mexico City Investment Arbitration Days will take place in person on 18-19 May 2023
CEPANI, the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation, has published new arbitration and mediation Rules, which entered into force on 1 January 2023.
On 30 January 2023, ICSID released the latest issue of its caseload statistics which provides a comprehensive account of ICSID’s case-related trends in 2022, as well as data on all ICSID cases in the past 50 years.
In December 2022, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached an agreement on the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) that will put a price on carbon embedded in some imported products