For AfricArb
The evolution of foreign direct investment in the African continent
The African continent has been an important recipient of foreign investment for many decades, with a significant rise…
The short answer, I submit, is that it does.
Nonetheless, there is no shortage of articles and commentaries purporting to explain some of the reasons why court-ordered anti-suit injunctions continue…
The New York Convention’s 60th Anniversary renewed the debate about its future.
One must recognize that a treaty that is sixty years old and has been ratified in almost 160 countries can no longer be…
Five years after filing the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Case No. 2013-32 under the European Development Fund Arbitration Rules (EDF Rules), the claimant, Consta JV (an Italian contractor),…
Diversity in arbitration is currently topical, and this drove our engagement with it in relation to race (particularly African) in this survey. Related to this, is the entrenched perceptions against…
The 30th Annual ITA Workshop on Multiple Proceedings, Multiple Parties, and International Arbitration: What a Tangled Web We Weave, took place in Dallas, Texas on 20-22 June 2018. Co-chairing were…
On 6 March 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") issued its long-awaited decision in the Achmea case (C-284/16) between the Slovak Republic and Dutch insurer Achmea BV.
In Achmea…
Investor-state tribunals frequently face allegations of economic crimes, especially in jurisdictions with a weak rule of law.
For instance, the largest ever investor–State award of $50 billion in…
A plethora of business transactions today have evolved into complex structures of multi-faceted sub-transactions. Multiple parties enter into several distinct, yet interconnected and interdependent…
In recent years, consumers, governments, and public interest groups have increasingly raised concerns over human rights abuses in the mining sector. Businesses are facing growing pressure from the…
