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Jenner & Block Secures Trial Victory for Chance the Rapper
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Jenner & Block Named Law Firm of the Year, Earned Additional Honors Across Categories by The American Lawyer 2025 Industry Awards
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Chicago Bar Association Names Jenner & Block Law Firm of the Year
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Jenner & Block Team Secures Exceedingly Rare Vacatur of International Arbitration Award
A Jenner & Block team led by Partners Wade Thomson, Annie Kastanek, and Ken Beale secured a rare order by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacating an arbitration award against Meleveetil Damodaran, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which is akin to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jenner & Block has expanded its International Arbitration Practice on both sides of the Atlantic with the double appointments of partners Kenneth Beale and James Rogers. Ken joins the Washington, DC office, and James joins the London office, adding a combined total of 45 years of international arbitration and litigation experience.
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Jenner & Block DC Earns 29 Chambers USA 2026 Rankings Across 16 Practice Areas
Chambers USA 2026 has recognized Jenner & Block’s Washington, DC office as a hub of legal excellence, with 29 individual lawyers ranked across 16 key practice areas.
Arbitration Lexology Index Recognises Three Lawyers as Leading Arbitration Practitioners
Jenner & Block is pleased to announce that three of its International Arbitration lawyers have been recognised in the Arbitration Lexology Index Report, which highlights the leading arbitration practitioners worldwide and features lawyers, expert witnesses, and future leaders.
Lawdragon Names Six Jenner & Block Partners to 2025 “500 Leading Global Litigators” List
Six Jenner & Block partners have been named to Lawdragon’s 2025 “500 Leading Global Litigators” list. The award honors top litigators and trial attorneys globally.
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SEC Reverses Position on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in IPOs
On September 17, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a policy statement (the Statement) that allows companies to include mandatory arbitration clauses in their governing documents for investor claims, reversing its longstanding practice of prohibiting companies intending to go public from doing so.
European Commission Decision at Odds with International Arbitration Practice
Many readers will be familiar with the Spanish renewables saga which centers on changes made by Spain to a renewable energy support scheme in 2007, which led to over 50 investment treaty arbitrations, including a number brought by Japanese investors. The European Commission has now invoked state aid to justify the non-payment of the resulting awards against Spain.
Welcome to the first edition of the Jenner & Block India Newsletter, a publication containing updates that would be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the India legal and business communities.
Client Alerts
The threshold for challenging awards and their enforcement in the UK remains high, a key reason why London remains one of the busiest arbitration venues in the world and a key jurisdiction for the enforcement of arbitral awards, including those against state entities. As such, there are several prominent enforcement cases pending in England which are testing the scope of the State Immunity Act 1978 (the “SIA”). In the latest decision,1Sir William Blair, sitting as a Judge of the High Court, has
The Yukos Saga Continues: English Court of Appeal Rejects Russian Plea of Sovereign Immunity
As all eyes focus on peace talks and the future of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, Russia recently suffered another defeat in the long running Yukos saga, with the English Court of Appeal confirming that Russia could not invoke immunity against enforcement of the infamous Yukos award.
OFAC Casts Wide Net with Sanctions Against Russia-Linked Indian Targets
On October 30, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 19 Indian private sector entities and two Indian nationals for facilitating the circumvention and evasion of US sanctions against Russia. OFAC announced its conclusion that these individuals and entities (“persons”) were involved in supplying Russia with advanced technology and dual-use equipment needed for its war in Ukraine. In total, OFAC targeted over 120 persons across 17 jurisdiction