In 2006, I conducted a review of the most frequently selected arbitrators in the then-pending 103 ICSID cases. (See "Precedent in Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Citation Analysis of a Developing…
As arbitration continues its upward trajectory in the world of dispute resolution, eyes have remained fixed on legal developments in China. With the significant growth of international transactions…
Conference: Fifty Years of Bilateral Investment Treaties
December 1-3, 2009, Frankfurt
Fifty years ago, Germany and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan concluded the first ever bilateral investment…
Dedicated to the late Thomas Wälde, The Future of Investment Arbitration examines some of the current pressures on investment arbitration and looks toward the future of the system as a whole. The…
In the early 1990's, then World Bank Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Ibrahim Shihata, and then ICSID Legal Advisor, Antonio Parra, observed that there "was hardly any case law" on the full…
In light of interest in the international arbitration community concerning investment treaty cases against Argentina since the 2001 economic crisis, we thought it could be useful to share Freshfields…
Parties involved in foreign litigation have a powerful U.S. discovery tool at their disposal in 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a). Section 1782(a) provides that a federal district court “may order” a person “resid…
