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Affaire Samir: Entre Carlyle et le Maroc, le jeu de tactique juridique continue
LesEco | 9-Jan-2020
Le géant américain estime qu’une récente démarche du Maroc a pour but de retarder le dénouement de l’affaire de la liquidation de la raffinerie.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Morocco
The EU plurilateral draft termination agreement for all intra-EU BITs: An end of the post-Achmea saga and the beginning of a new one
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 8-Jan-2020
This termination agreement marks the culmination of the European Commission’s and several Member States’ efforts to abolish intra-EU investment arbitration proceedings from the European legal order.
keywords: ECT , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , leaks
Intra-EU investment reform: What options for the Energy Charter Treaty?
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 8-Jan-2020
The leaked treaty for the termination of intra-EU BITs can be seen as the culmination of an ongoing effort by the EU Commission to discourage investment arbitration between Member States, reflecting a tension between public international law and EU law.
keywords: ECT , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Ncell backed by international tribunal in Nepal tax row
Developing Telecoms | 8-Jan-2020
The ICSID has issued an interim order preventing Nepal’s government from collecting capital gains tax on Axiata’s acquisition of Ncell.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Nepal
Agreement for the termination of bilateral investment treaties between the Member States of the European Union (EU draft, Nov 2019)
IAReporter | 8-Jan-2020
As leaked by IAReporter
keywords: BITs (texts of) , ECT , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , leaks
Graña y Montero retira arbitraje CIADI tras acuerdo con Perú
CIAR Global | 7-Jan-2020
La constructora peruana Graña y Montero ha comunicado el desistimiento del arbitraje presentado ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones, CIADI, tras haber llegado a un acuerdo con el gobierno peruano
keywords: energy , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru
China’s new policy on foreign investment and the security of intellectual property
Biopharmapress | 7-Jan-2020
Proper mandatory licenses will be exempt from claims for expropriation under the China BIT model.
keywords: China , intellectual property , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Graña y Montero presenta solicitud de arbitraje contra Perú en CIADI
Ciar Global | 3-Jan-2020
La constructora Graña y Montero S.A.A. ha presentado una solicitud de arbitraje ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones, CIADI, tras haber agotado la vía de trato directo, contra Perú.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru
Telenor’s legal notice through the eyes of int’l investment law
Daily Star | 2-Jan-2020
Telenor, the principal investor of Bangladesh’s leading mobile phone operator Grameen Phone, has served a legal notice to the President of Bangladesh seeking arbitration.
keywords: Bangladesh , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Singapore , telecommunications
Why don’t we just… wake up to the threat of ISDS?
Big Issue North | 2-Jan-2020
Commercial ISDS adjudications trump democratically established laws and controls.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy , UK , US