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06 February 2024

The European Commission's Non-Paper on Model Clauses for Member States' BITs with Third Countries

In October last year, the European Commission released a Non-Paper on Model Clauses with Annotations for EU Member States' negotiation of bilateral …

15 June 2021

CANADA'S NEW 2021 MODEL BIT

28 January 2020

ICSID'S LONGEST RUNNING DISPUTE: TRIBUNAL DISMISSES APPLICATION FOR ANNULMENT OF RESUBMISSION AWARD

30 May 2018

The new draft Dutch BIT: what does it mean for investor mailbox companies?

The Netherlands has released a new draft investment treaty for public comment ("Draft BIT").  If adopted, the Draft BIT may raise questions about …

18 September 2015

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 …

20 July 2015

Video post in "Observations on Arbitration" series: "Introduction to Investment Arbitration"

In this video post in the "Observations on Arbitration" series, Christian Leathley provides an Introduction to Investment Arbitration, discussing the …

13 November 2014

Repaving the Southeast Asian Silk Road: EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement negotiations concluded

In the wake of the recent agreement of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (EU-Canada CETA) and after just over a year of …

16 October 2014

Exxon Mobil is awarded US$1.6 billion in ICSID claim against Venezuela – to be set off against award in parallel contractual arbitration

On 9 October 2014, a tribunal of H.E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume (President), Professor Kaufmann-Kohler and Dr. Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri rendered a final …

02 October 2014

Long-awaited EU-Canada trade agreement agreed - a blueprint to set the standard for future investment protection?

On Friday 26 September, after five years of negotiations, the EU and Canada agreed in principle to a text for the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement …

14 August 2014

The largest Arbitration Awards in history: Three Majority shareholders in Yukos awarded total damages of over $50bn from the Russian Federation

On 18 July 2014, the Claimants in three related arbitrations administered under the 1994 Energy Charter Treaty and the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules …

20 June 2014

No jurisdiction over BIT claims if investor fails to state a prima facie case

In Achmea BV v The Slovak Republic (PCA Case No. 2013-12), the tribunal considered the respondent’s objection that it lacked jurisdiction on the ground …

19 May 2014

Europe consults on investment protection and ISDS in the TTIP

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on its proposed approach to investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) …