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Bilateral investment treaties (“BITs”) are agreements between countries that attempt to provide protections to investors from one state investing in the other (the “host state”). India’s experience with BITs and investor...more
UNCITRAL is a body composed of several working groups tasked with preparing work on topics within the Commission’s mandate, including in the area of dispute resolution. UNCITRAL’s Working Group III is tasked with reforming...more
As Reuters recently reported, Russia is preparing a new law that will allow it to seize the local businesses of Western companies that have left or suspended operations in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. Affected...more
On April 11, 2022, the EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee (CDDC) determined that the state-owned Russian Railways is in default on a missed bond payment. Russian Railways tried to make the interest payment due...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
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
A number of factors have led to a more uncertain environment for infrastructure investment globally as we move into 2022. ...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
The study examines over 400 investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) cases conducted under ICSID, UNCITRAL and other arbitration rules and over 70 ICSID annulment decisions. It provides a comprehensive analysis of how long...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
With the UK General Election on 12 December 2019 only days away, both of the leading parties are promising policies that in different ways may impact inward investors into the UK. Whether this is the rapid Brexit promised by...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
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
In November 2017, S&P Global Ratings declared Venezuela in default after it failed to make a $200 million coupon payment on its sovereign bonds. Many saw this coming. Since 2014, the country has been mired in a recession that...more
On 6 March 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) delivered its judgment in Case C-284/16, Slovakia Republic v Achmea B.V., declaring that the investor-State arbitration provision in the bilateral...more
On 13 November 2017, it was confirmed that Venezuela had defaulted on its sovereign debt after failing to meet the deadline for payment of US$200m of interest on its sovereign bonds due in 2019 and 2024.1 It is expected...more
A federal district court in Washington, D.C. recently confirmed a $1.2 billion arbitral award in favor of Crystallex International Corp. against Venezuela after the country’s Ministry of Environment denied a necessary permit...more