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In an earlier post, I’d highlighted five notable legal highlights from 2012. Below, and somewhat belatedly, I offer my post-mortem on some key policy developments from 2012.
1. Venezuela and South…
Those who feared that following Sir David Steel J’s ruling in Injazat Capital Limited and Injazat Technology Fund B.S.C. v. Denton Wilde Sapte & Co before the Dubai International Financial Centre…
Last year, international media reported that the Ministry of Defense of Iran and Aerospace Industries Organization have commenced an arbitration against their Russian state-owned defense contractor…
The problem of arbitral discretion has major implications on the rights of the parties. It is a concept foundational to international arbitration. Yet, it has proven to be so elusive as to escape any…
Co-authored by Christopher Boog and Benjamin Moss, Schellenberg Wittmer
An arbitral tribunal's duty to render an enforceable award is frequently used by commentators and counsel alike in support of…
So you placed your bets on Argentina’s recovery after the 2001 crisis? It is not too late to give it another thought. While Argentina’s economy grew by approximately 9 percent in 2011, it fell…
If the answer is London, Paris, Geneva, New York, Tokyo and Singapore, what is the question? International cities? Fashion hot spots? Location of Manchester United supporters' clubs? It may well be…
On 2 November 2012, President Thein Sein approved, after several months of intense debate between Parliament and the Government, Myanmar’s new Foreign Investment Law ('FIL' or 'the Law'). The new…
by Patricio Grané and Brian Bombassaro
The year 2012 brought eight new investor-state arbitration decisions on umbrella clauses. Although tribunals in three of the disputes resolved claims…
