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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: a New Year's resolution of special significance
Following a further round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (the TPP) held in Singapore at the start of December 2013, it is …
Rise in arbitration in the extractive industries
According to a recent report from think-tank Chatham House, arbitration cases have increased nearly fourfold between 2001 and 2010 in the …
Dawn of a new era for investment protection in South Africa - draft investment law to replace protections offered under investment treaties published for public comment
On 1 November 2013, the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has released its new "Promotion and Protection of Investment" bill (PPI …
Argentina settles five outstanding investment treaty arbitration claims in historic break with its anti-enforcement stance
Argentina has agreed to settle five separate investment treaty arbitration claims at a cost of around USD 500 million, in an historic departure from the …
Ecuador to establish commission to audit bilateral investment treaties
On 5 October 2013, the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, confirmed that a commission is to be established to audit the bilateral investment treaties …
Herbert Smith Freehills contributes to Transnational Dispute Management's (TDM) 10th Aniversary Issue
September saw the release of TDM Journal's special aniversary issue: Ten Years of TDM. The TDM Journal is a comprehensive and innovative …
Upcoming webinar: Structuring investment and maximising treaty protection
Tuesday 22 October 2013, 1-2pm UK time. Investors are increasingly alive to the investment protections offered by bilateral and multilateral investment …
Don't count your chickens: tribunal refuses jurisdiction in final stages of UNCITRAL arbitration
In Ruby Roz Agricol and Kaseem Omar v Kazakhstan, UNCITRAL (Award on Jurisdiction) (1 August 2013), Ruby Roz Agricol LLP (Ruby Roz), a Kazakh company in …
Pakistan Supreme Court declares a contract – and the arbitration clause within that contract – void on public policy grounds
In a decision earlier this year the Pakistan Supreme Court declared that a joint venture agreement between a local development authority and BHP for the …
Recent Developments in India-related international arbitration
Herbert Smith Freehills has issued its latest Indian International Arbitration e-bulletin. The e-bulletin considers two decisions of the Delhi High Court …
South Africa terminates its bilateral investment treaty with Spain: Second BIT terminated, as part of South Africa's planned review of its investment treaties.
On 23 June 2013, South Africa served a notice of termination in respect of its BIT with Spain, thus ensuring that the investment treaty will terminate on …
UNCITRAL unveils new Transparency Rules for investor-state arbitrations
On 11 July 2013, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ("UNCITRAL") adopted new rules on transparency in investor-state disputes …
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