Published on 14 December 2021 in Client Alerts

Satellite owners must be compensated for space debris damage

Robert Volterra, Partner, together with Gunjan Sharma, Counsel at Volterra Fietta, wrote an article on “Space Debris” that was published by The Times. The article explores how, under current international law, satellite owners may not be fully compensated for damage done by space debris. To read a copy of the article, please click here

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Publication of Law Over Borders: Arbitration Guide, edited by Volterra Fietta Partners Ahmed Abdel-Hakam, Gunjan Sharma and Robert G Volterra

The second edition of the “Law over borders: Arbitration Guide” has been released by the publishers. The Guide is edited by Volterra Fietta Partners Robert G Volterra, Gunjan Sharma and Ahmed Abdel-Hakam.

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Revamping India’s Model Bilateral Investment Treaty

Nearly ten years after its 2015 Model Bilateral Investment Treaty was released, India is now set again to revamp its approach to bilateral investment treaties (“BITs”) – this time, in order better to attract and incentivise inbound foreign investment. 

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International Maritime Organization approves new net-zero regulations for global shipping

In April 2025, after nearly 10 years of negotiations, the International Maritime Organization (the “IMO”) approved new net-zero regulations for global shipping.

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Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania set to become first States to exit global land mines treaty

Between April and June 2025, the Parliaments of Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania each voted to approve their country’s exits from the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (the “Ottawa Convention”).

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