Sovereign Immunity

State-Owned Entities in International Arbitration
Events & CollaborationsInternationalSingapore Convention Week

Singapore Convention Week 2026 featured a panel on disputes involving State-owned entities, examining contractual risk, dispute-resolution clauses, treaty protection, evidence, damages, sovereign immunity and enforcement in international arbitration.

New York Convention and State Immunity
Case BriefsForeign Courts

The present appeal concerned the interplay between the enforcement obligations under the New York Convention and the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The Court of Appeal examined whether a Contracting State, by ratifying the Convention, submits to the jurisdiction of English courts in enforcement proceedings and held that Article III preserves, rather than waives, State immunity.