Investment Arbitration

One of the more intriguing investment arbitration decisions rendered in 2008 has to be the final award in Desert Line Properties (DLP) v. Yemen. In their February 2008 award, a tribunal of three…

What could be more basic? Arbitrations begin with each side naming an arbitrator. References are occasionally made to "the fundamental right" to name one's arbitrator. But there is no such right. …

American Bar Association's International Law Section Criticizes the ABA Dispute Resolution Section's Subcommittee Draft on Arbitrator Disclosure Guidelines It has been interesting to watch the strong…

In recent weeks, there has been widespread condemnation of the Sudanese government’s decision to expel 13 international aid agencies operating in Darfur. The expulsions came, of course, as…

This week, many are talking about the long-awaited European Court of Justice judgments which have held Sweden and Austria in breach of their European Community Law obligations. (A third case against…

On August 14, 2008, while the armed conflict over Abkhazia and South Ossetia between Georgia and Russia was raging, Georgia filed a request for the indication of provisional measures with the…

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…

As reported several months ago – and confirmed last week – the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has a new Secretary-General. Meg Kinnear comes to the post after…

I spent yesterday afternoon with a group of Latin American business journalists at Columbia University as part of an ongoing training program for developing country journalists. After an hour of…