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Mining Reform in Mexico: Principal Amendments, Effect, and Implications for Foreign Investors

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In Short - The Background: On May 8, 2023, Mexico published several amendments to laws relating to the country's mining industry. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Expropriations Related to the Russia Sanctions May Trigger Liability under Investment Treaties

Recent news reports out of Russia have advised that it may expropriate or nationalize assets of foreign investors. Investors should be aware that such actions may breach bilateral or multilateral treaties that include...more

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Singapore’s Highest Court Sets Aside Investment Treaty Award

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The Situation: A group of South African mining investors attempted to revive an investment treaty award by which the Kingdom of Lesotho was held liable for its role in disbanding the Tribunal of the Southern African...more

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New NAFTA Creates Opportunities for North American Businesses

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Significantly Curtails Foreign Investment Protection

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The Trans-Pacific Partnership and What It Means for Pre-Existing Treaties"

On November 5, 2015, after seven years of high-stakes negotiations, the Office of the United States Trade Representative released the draft Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed free trade agreement among the United...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The 'Law 42' Arbitrations Against Ecuador and the Importance of BIT Language"

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) afford investors a series of guarantees against expropriation or unfair treatment of investments in foreign jurisdictions. They also typically allow investors to enforce those rights...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The Increasing Appeal and Novel Use of Bilateral Investment Treaties"

Over the last 20 years, bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have provided foreign investors with basic safeguards against expropriation and related risks and guarantee the right to bring claims before a neutral arbitral...more

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TRANSACTIONAL: Transactions Preserving the Economic Stability of an Energy Project by William (Pete) Musgrove

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Economic stability is one of the most important issues for a sponsor to consider when investing in a project in a foreign country, especially when dealing with the governments of developing nations in industries that are...more

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