17 March 2025

In an article published in German private international law journal IPRax, Professor Dr Maxi Scherer, Dr Ole Jensen and Cem Kalelioğlu analyze the UK Supreme Court’s decision in UniCredit v RusChemAlliance [2024] UKSC 30.  They address the two main themes of the Supreme Court’s decision – (i) anti-suit injunctions against Russian courts’ assumption of jurisdiction despite the existence of a valid arbitration agreement; and (ii) the law governing the arbitration agreement.  The authors conclude that the new rule on the law governing arbitration agreements in the recently enacted English Arbitration Act 2025 provides much needed clarity that the UK Supreme Court had not offered.

See Scherer M, Jensen O and Kalelioğlu C, ‘The Law of the Arbitration Agreement Meets Russia-Related Anti-Suit Injunctions: The United Kingdom Supreme Court’s Decision in UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC’ [2025] IPRax 200-211

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