Investor-State arbitration (“ISA”) has been criticised for giving investors room to pressure host states. While most ISA cases proceeded all the way to the issuance of arbitral awards, around one…
In our data-centric economy, disputes related to the safeguarding, access and use of data are on the rise. That Microsoft has ‘stashed’ almost half a billion dollars in anticipation of a potential…
In March 2021, a major newspaper broke the story that a Hong Kong investor had filed what may be considered the very first investment treaty arbitration claim against Japan under the Hong-Kong…
Singapore has emerged as one of the leading international arbitration centers not only in Asia but also in the world. To keep this title, the Singapore Ministry of Law (“Ministry of Law”) played a…
