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In this dynamic global landscape, investors have always been required to make savvy, smart choices. This requires navigating through the intricate web of bilateral treaty protection, exploring the vital role these agreements...more
Investors seeking to invest abroad – including investment funds – should safeguard and strengthen their investments by considering treaty protections. Investment Treaties can provide foreign investors access to substantive...more
Strong diplomatic and economic ties have long existed between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and North Africa but there are other levers at play for deepening economic relations....more
Prudent African investors—and investors within Africa—can ensure that their foreign investments are protected from wrongful conduct that the state and its organs can inflict. ...more
State conduct may adversely affect foreign investors and their investments. Investors protected under international investment treaties may bring arbitration proceedings against States in those cases, seeking financial...more
Learn more about the changes to improve transparency and efficiency in the amended ICSID Rules, which go into effect July 1, 2022. Approved by the ICSID Administrative Council on March 21, 2022, the amended ICSID Rules will...more
Climate change litigation is often viewed by companies as a risk. However, it is also an opportunity—if brought in the right forum—for companies exposed to certain climate-related government measures to vindicate their...more
On February 7th, 2022, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published the latest edition of its Caseload Statistics, confirming the strong demand for ICSID Arbitration despite challenges...more
In the final part of this three-part series podcast, partners Raja Bose, Ian Meredith, Matt Weldon, and associates Robert Houston and Hena Sial discuss the pandemic-related claims and concerns a Host State may have, such as...more
In the second part of this three-part series podcast, partners Raja Bose, Ian Meredith, and Matt Weldon, along with associate Robert Houston, discuss the scope for, and how investors might be able to recognize, potential...more
In the introductory episode of this three-part series, partners Raja Bose, Ian Meredith, and Matt Weldon, along with associates Ed Brown-Humes and Rob Houston, provide an overview of Investor-State arbitration in the context...more
On 30 December 2020, the leaders of China and the European Union jointly announced the completion of the negotiation of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) as scheduled. Following the post-Brexit trade...more
Foreign investors currently benefit from a large number of bilateral treaties and trade agreements, which contain investment protection provisions such as protection against direct and indirect expropriation, a guarantee...more
All around the world, new investment treaties are redefining the protections that are available to foreign investors and their investments. Under the current system, thousands of bilateral investment treaties or trade...more
In late 2017, South Africa modernized its International Arbitration Act (the “IAA”) and showed potential to become the arbitral seat of choice for arbitrations involving African parties. Just a few months later, however,...more
The Situation: The Netherlands has 79 bilateral investment treaties ("BITs") in place with non-EU countries. On March 22, 2019, the Dutch government published a new model BIT ("2019 Model") as a template for negotiating new...more
For various reasons–including fairness, efficiency, and avoiding inconsistent results–courts and arbitration tribunals apply a range of procedural tools to discourage or prevent parties from pursuing multiple, separate...more
Investors in the water industry in the UK are well advised to consider if their shareholding structure affords them appropriate investment treaty protection and access to investment arbitration in the event of possible...more
The United States, Canada, and Mexico have reached an agreement to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after more than a year of negotiations. Rebranded as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, the...more
On September 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico and Canada announced they had reached an agreement to revamp the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which now will be known as the United...more
Como lo informó previamente Holland & Knight, el Secretario de Economía de México, Ildefonso Guajardo, firmó la adhesión de México al Convenio del Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones...more
As Holland & Knight reported earlier, Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo signed Mexico's accession to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Convention. (See Holland & Knight's...more
In Slovak Republic v. Achmea B.V. (Achmea), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the existence of an independent arbitral tribunal established under a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between EU Member States is...more
As the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") Agreement on promotion, protection and guarantee of investments among Member States ("OIC Agreement") reaches its 30 years anniversary since its entry into force in 1988, we...more
Energy and Finance Sectors Drive Growing International Arbitration Caseloads - International arbitration case filings are surging and show no signs of letting up, according to recent reports from the world’s leading...more