Bird & Bird wins arbitration case on EU sanctions rules
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Søren Narv Pedersen and Alexander Bastkær Stangerup at Bird & Bird win a multimillion-dollar international arbitration case on behalf of Aalborg Forsyning, a Danish multi-utility company, and prove that sanctions against Russia are enforced.
Aalborg Forsyning was justified in cancelling framework agreement with Russian coal supplier
The case was brought before the Danish Institute of Arbitration and concerned the question whether Aalborg Forsyning's cancellation of a framework agreement for the supply of coal was justified.
Aalborg Forsyning can finally breathe a sigh of relief as the international arbitration tribunal ruled that Aalborg Forsyning was justified in cancelling the supply of coal from the Russian coal company as a result of the EU sanctions against Russia.
The case is particularly important as it is one of the first cases concerning the enforcement of the sanctions rules against Russia after the sanctions rules came into force.…
