Can an Investor Claim Lost Profits for Breach of Pre-contractual Relations?
LAWIN and Rapolas Kasparavičius, LAWIN An abundant number of agreements have been and will be concluded between states and investors operating under the bilateral investment regime and even a larger...
View ArticleUncertainty Continues to Loom Over BG Group v. Argentina After Supreme Court...
DLA Piper, for DLA Piper It has been over two years since the DC Circuit Court of Appeals (“Circuit Court”) vacated an award in a bilateral investment treaty arbitration (BG Group PLC v. Republic of...
View ArticleThe invocation of “denial of benefits clauses”: when and how?
Hogan Lovells, for Hogan Lovells By Carmen Núñez-Lagos and Javier García Olmedo In an award rendered on 31 January 2014, an arbitral tribunal constituted under the UNCITRAL Rules declined jurisdiction...
View ArticleCase Note – Guaracachi America Inc & Rurelec Plc vs Bolivia: Multiple bites...
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, for Herbert Smith Freehills An arbitral award (PCA Case No. 2011-17, 31 January 2014) arising out of the nationalisation of an electricity generation business in Bolivia...
View ArticleNew Procedures for HKIAC Administered UNCITRAL Arbitration
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP The HKIAC has recently updated its 2005 Procedures for the Administration of Arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (the 2005 Procedures). This is one of several...
View ArticleIndian Courts’ First Brush with Investment Treaty Arbitration: Taking Some...
Aarna Law On 29 September 2014, the Calcutta High Court in Board of Trustees of the Port of Kolkata v. Louis Dreyfus Armaturs SAS & Ors delivered the first decision by an Indian Court on a case...
View ArticleA Step toward Greater Transparency: The UN Transparency Convention
On 17 March 2015, the UN Convention on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration was opened for signature. So far, nine countries have signed the treaty (among them, Canada, France,...
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Breaking Arbitration’s 5-Minute Barrier: from the Archives
General Electric Company Summer fun Dear Readers, you may have noticed the dearth of recent posts, for which we make no excuses. It is late summer for the northern hemisphere contributors. At this...
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