The Guardian | 12-May-2023
Palmer’s Zeph Investments could receive compensation if successful in second and potential third dispute beyond existing $296bn case.
Nikkei Asia | 11-May-2023
Japanese investors will soon file a request for arbitration regarding Credit Suisse’s Additional Tier 1 bonds, under the economic partnership agreement between Japan and Switzerland.
La Jornada | 9-May-2023
La reciente aprobación por el Congreso mexicano de la reforma a la ley minera, por diluida que sea según críticos, debería acompañarse de una profunda revisión y modificación de tratados de libre comercio y de inversión que otorgan a empresas mineras gran cancha para seguir demandando al país
Reporterre | 9-May-2023
Perenco, un pétrolier franco-britannique, refuse de payer ses ex-salariés équatoriens. Et impose au pays une amende de 374 millions de dollars. Son tort ? Avoir promulgué une loi sur les superprofits.
Yonhap | 9-May-2023
An international tribunal has accepted the South Korean government’s request and reduced the damages it has to pay to the U.S. private equity firm Lone Star Funds by about US$450 million, the justice ministry said
Reuters | 9-May-2023
The European Union is considering a proposal to quit an international energy treaty that has become mired in climate change concerns, but leave an option for individual countries to stay in an updated version of the accord, a document showed.
El Libertador | 5-May-2023
Un grupo de 33 congresistas estadounidenses, ha solicitado al secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken y la representante de Comercio, Katherin Tai, que se apoye la defensa de Honduras ante la abusiva demanda interpuesta por la ilegal ZEDE Próspera, propiedad de Erick A. Brimen, que busca cobrar a los hondureños 11,000 millones de dólares.
Investing.com | 4-May-2023
El Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversores (Ciadi) ha concluido en un laudo que España debe pagar al fondo británico Infracapital 24,9 millones, más costas e intereses, por los daños que le causó el recorte de las primas a las renovables.
Reuters | 4-May-2023
Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged the U.S. Trade Representative and State Department to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement provisions from current and future trade deals
Yorkshire Bylines | 3-May-2023
If you’ve never heard of ISDS (investor-state dispute settlement) that’s not surprising. ISDS operates in the shadows. It’s a mechanism for solving disputes between parties in cases of foreign direct investment while offering legal protections for the investor. The investment is typically provided by a private company to a foreign ‘host state’.