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HSF holds two successful webinars: 'Enforcing Arbitration Awards on the Fringes of EMEA' and 'What Value Your BIT Protection Now?'
Over the last two weeks, Herbert Smith Freehills' global arbitration practice has delivered two live audio seminars delivered to the listener's desktop. …
UNCTAD proposes ISDS reforms
On 26 June 2013, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published a report proposing a series of paths to reform and improve the …
Upcoming Webinars
Herbert Smith Freehills' global arbitration practice continues its webinar series in July with two live audio seminars delivered to your desktop. …
Comment
The TDM article by Larry Shore and Amal Bouchenaki has been cited by BG in its Supplemental brief for the Petitioner dated 21 May 2013 in support of …
Cert petition in the BG v Argentina case: No support from the US Solicitor General
In the latest development in Argentina’s challenge of the BG Group v Argentina arbitral award, the United States Solicitor General ("SG") has argued that …
HSF held first in a series of webinars: 'A Beginner’s Guide to BITs: What are they and why do you need them?'. Have your say on what you want to hear next….
On Thursday 11 April 2013, Herbert Smith Freehills delivered a live audio webinar entitled: 'A Beginner’s Guide to BITs: What are they and why do you …
BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations
Following a decision of the United Nations Human Rights Committee ("UNHRC") in 2010 that a Turkish businessman had suffered violations of his human …
Upcoming Webinar: A Beginner's Guide to BITs: What are they and why do you need them?
On Thursday 11 April 2013 at 9.30am (BST time), Herbert Smith Freehills will deliver a live audio webinar entitled: A Beginner's Guide to BITs: What are …
Further steps given by Ecuador to terminate its bilateral investment treaty with the USA
On 6 March 2013, Ecuador's President, Mr Rafael Correa, requested that Ecuador's legislature (the National Assembly) approve the denunciation of the …
President Hugo Chavez's Legacy: What Future for Investors in Venezuela?
Overnight the Venezuelan government has confirmed the death of President Hugo Chavez after a long battle with cancer. President Chavez had been a …
Australia and investor-state-dispute resolution mechanisms in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
In 2011, Australia’s Gillard government announced a new policy not to include investor-state-dispute resolution mechanisms in future investment treaties …
Ambiente Ufficio S.p.A. and others v Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No ARB/08/9)
In Ambiente Ufficio S.p.A. and others v Argentine Republic, an ICSID tribunal held that it had general jurisdiction over a multi-party claim commenced by …
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