ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This year’s annual round-up reviews some of the most significant investment treaty arbitration...
STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is being reviewed in light of the 5 May 2020 agreement by most EU Member States to terminate their intra-EU bilateral investment treaties....
The recognition and enforcement of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) awards in Germany is governed by Chapter IV, section 6 of the...
A definition of expropriation In the context of investment treaty arbitration, expropriation occurs when a state has taken a foreign investor’s property for which...
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): Many arbitral organisations have responded to the coronavirus pandemic with practical guidance and/or changes to their usual procedures and ways...
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): Many arbitral organisations have responded to the coronavirus pandemic with practical guidance and/or changes to their usual procedures and ways...
ICSID Click here to download a PDF of the Getting The Deal Through arbitration guide for ICSID. The attached Getting the Deal Through guide gives information on the...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. To access the 2019 tracker, see Practice Note: Investment treaty arbitration—2019—key arbitral...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This Practice Note tracks the details of key awards and decisions issued by tribunals in investment...
This Practice Note tracks the details of key awards and decisions issued by tribunals in investment treaty arbitration proceedings, principally those administered by the...
This Practice Note links to a broad range of model arbitration clauses from leading, and less well-known, arbitral institutions, organisations and industry bodies. The...
What is a most favoured nation clause? A 'most favoured nation' (MFN) clause is commonly found in investment treaties. The clause provides a standard of protection that...
Under bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and other investment protection treaties such as multilateral investment treaties (MITs), host states typically will promise to...
STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is being reviewed in light of the 5 May 2020 agreement by most EU Member States to terminate their intra-EU bilateral investment treaties....
This Practice Note considers the role of state immunity in relation to arbitration proceedings in general terms. For more detailed information on state immunity and...
The major gateway issue for any claim brought under a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), multilateral investment treaty (MIT) or foreign investment law will be whether...
What is an umbrella clause? An umbrella clause (known also as an umbrella agreement or an observance of undertakings clause) is a provision in a bilateral investment...
The Transparency Rules—background and purpose The UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (the Transparency Rules) were adopted by the...