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Video post: State immunity and waiver of immunity issues in English law
Andrew Cannon, Partner in our International Arbitration and Public International Law practices has posted a short video on our Public International Law …
TPP deal reached: investment arbitration survives
After a lengthy final period of negotiation in Atlanta, it has been announced that the TPP, the world's largest mega-regional trade and investment deal, …
Arbitration partner and LatAm specialist Christian Leathley moves from London to New York
Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to announce that Christian Leathley, partner in the International Arbitration and Public International Law groups, has …
European Commission publishes draft investment chapter for the TTIP, including investment protection provisions and the establishment of an International Investment Court
On 16 September the European Commission published detailed draft proposals for the investment chapter in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment …
Recent Developments in India-related international arbitration
Herbert Smith Freehills has issued the latest edition of its Indian international arbitration e-bulletin. In this issue, we review a number …
Upcoming webinar: The changing landscape of Investment Treaty arbitration - Tuesday 23 June 2015 - 12.45pm BST
There has never been a time of greater public engagement in the whole system of Investment Treaties and the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) …
EU Commission issues “Concept Paper” on ISDS in the TTIP and beyond: proposals for “profound reform”
Further to its report on the outcome of the consultation on investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement in the TTIP, the EU Commission …
Herbert Smith Freehills and Chatham House event on TTIP: meeting report now available
As reported in our previous post, on Wednesday 4th March Herbert Smith Freehills hosted an event in partnership with Chatham House (the Royal Institute …
Head of India Arbitration Practice, Nick Peacock, comments on India's draft Model BIT 2015 for CNBC TV18's "The Firm"
As reported in our recent blog post here, India has recently released a draft “Model Text for the Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty” (“Model …
Leaked Investment Chapter of the TPP and draft Model India BIT: two very different approaches to investment protection standards and Investor State dispute Settlement (ISDS)
In the past week the Indian Government has issued a draft model BIT for comment and Wikileaks as leaked a 20 January draft of the Investment Chapter of …
Company vs Country: BBC documentary on investor-state dispute settlement on BBC Radio 4 tonight
After decades of governments concluding international investment agreements, reservations concerning free trade agreements (such as the TTIP, between the …
Forthcoming Chatham House and Herbert Smith Freehills Symposium: "TTIP: shaping the future for investor-state dispute settlement" – 4 March 2015
The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US, two of the world's largest economies, is intended to remove …
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