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China tried to punish European states for Huawei bans by adding eleventh-hour rule to EU investment deal
South China Morning Post | 11-Jan-2021
Draft text shows Beijing looked to withhold telecoms sector benefits to firms from countries with restrictions on Chinese telecoms companies.
keywords: China , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , telecommunications
Montero secures US$2.32 million funding for legal proceedings against the Government of Tanzania
Yahoo | 11-Jan-2021
Montero has completed a litigation funding agreement with Omni Bridgeway Canada Limited, an affiliate of the litigation funder.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Tanzania
New date for Reko Diq case at BVI court
The International News | 11-Jan-2021
The High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has postponed the hearing on the enforcement of the $6 billion award in the Reko Diq case until the 18th January.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan
The multinationals suing governments over their pandemic response
New Statesman | 11-Jan-2021
Law firms have been drawing investors’ attention to how they could pass their Covid-19-related losses onto states.
keywords: covid , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Quanta Services demanda en arbitraje de inversiones a Perú
CIAR Global | 8-Jan-2021
La compañía Quanta Services Netherlands ha presentado una demanda de arbitraje contra Perú ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI).
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru
L’Echo: Italian businessman seizes Albania’s assets in Belgium
Exit News | 7-Jan-2021
Italian businessmen Francesco Becchetti has stepped up his attempt to get the compensation awarded to him in international arbitration against Albania that he won, but that is under appeal.
keywords: Albania , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
En conflit contre l’Albanie, un homme d’affaires saisit des redevances chez Eurocontrol
L’Echo | 6-Jan-2021
Un conflit judiciaire entre un homme d’affaires italien et la République d’Albanie vient de déboucher sur des saisies effectuées sur des redevances dues par Eurocontrol à l’Albanie.
keywords: Albania , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Sempra v Argentina: award annulled for manifest excess of powers in failure to apply BIT defence of necessity
Thomson Reuters | 5-Jan-2021
Sempra v Argentina: award annulled for manifest excess of powers in failure to apply BIT defence of necessity
keywords: Argentina , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Pakistan’s PIA faces asset grab in British Virgin Islands
Ch-aviation | 4-Jan-2021
Pakistan International Airlines could see its assets attached by the High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands, over a longstanding dispute between its shareholder, the Pakistan state, and gold and copper exploration giant Tethyan Copper Company
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan
Emitido laudo final en el arbitraje RWE vs. España
CIAR Global | 22-Dec-2020
El laudo del arbitraje entre la compañía eléctrica alemana RWE y España ha sido emitido el pasado 18 de diciembre de 2020 por el tribunal del Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI).
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain