Articles in English
IELP Blog | 8-Jan-2018
The recent Eiser v. Spain ICSID award is yet another example of a state being condemned to pay a large monetary sum merely because an investor has been economically disadvantaged by a reasonable and necessary regulatory change.
Allen & Overy | 5-Jan-2018
Update to Allen & Overy 2012 study shows increases on all metrics but, importantly, tribunals taking more nuanced and rigorous approach to parties’ costs
Strategic Review | 5-Jan-2018
After 30 years of neoliberal globalization, it has been increasingly acknowledged that austerity, privatization, deregulation of finance, markets and corporations, and trade and investment liberalization have had a devastating and discriminatory impact on women.
Economic Times | 3-Jan-2018
Since the auto major has approached the Madras High Court, remedy under a treaty would now be barred, the Government said.
Petro Barometer | 2-Jan-2018
Shell used an arbitration case it filed with the International Centre for the Settlement of International Disputes to railroad the government into brokering truce between it and Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd, its estranged erstwhile partner and the original licensee.
Express Tribune | 2-Jan-2018
The government has spent over Rs2 billion to win a case in the international court over the acquisition of assets of Progas Pakistan Limited company – worth Rs2.3 billion.
IISD | 22-Dec-2017
More than 300 experts, including high-level negotiators of international investment agreements and representatives from intergovernmental organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector convened in Geneva.
IISD | 22-Dec-2017
A majority tribunal at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes awarded Caratube International Oil Company LLP USD 39.2 million plus interest for the unlawful expropriation of its oil contract rights by Kazakhstan.
IISD | 22-Dec-2017
Tanzania passed three new laws that significantly change the regulatory landscape governing natural resources and the mining sector in particular.
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The Gleaner | 22-Dec-2017
Businessman Michael Lee-Chin has served notice that he intends to submit to arbitration a claim against the government of the Dominican Republic seeking to recover more than US$300 million in damages for expropriating his investment in that country.
