Latin America continued to play a central role in the global investment arbitration landscape in 2025. While the year did not witness sweeping treaty reform, it was marked by an increased reliance on…
On 30 June 2025, the tribunal in ICSID Case No. ARB/20/46 (“Tribunal”) issued its final award (“Award”), ordering the Republic of Peru (“Peru”) to pay USD 40 million to a Canadian investor, Lupaka…
When I first began teaching international economic law subjects to law students, the use of the Internet was just beginning to gain global traction. Today, some decades later, both the legal and…
In August 2024, resolving a district split, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit (“DC Circuit”) set a significant precedent in NextEra Energy Global Holdings BV v. Kingdom of Spain, ruling that…
International arbitration can be reasonably attributed to the crème de la crème of the legal profession. This is especially true when counsel represents governmental interests in either investment or…
On 17 April 2025, the London Commercial Court rendered a watershed judgment in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd and Others v. India, finding that the ratification of the Convention on the Recognition and…
In recent years, investment treaty arbitrations involving bankruptcy issues have been on the rise, reflecting the growing intersection between insolvency and international investment law. This…
IntroductionOn May 30, 2025, an ICSID Tribunal rendered its award on damages in AES Corporation v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/17). The dispute arose from a series of measures adopted…
On 19 August 2024, a UNCITRAL tribunal rendered a Final Award in the dispute Alicia Grace et al. v. Mexico, concerning a series of contracts between Pemex, the Mexican State-owned oil enterprise, and…
