Appointment of arbitrators, Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings, BIT, Investment Arbitration, Reform, UNCITRAL WG III Series, Working Group III

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Arbitrators under the Crossfire While investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) was created with the purported goal of depoliticizing investment disputes, it is currently at the centre of heated political debates. Investment arbitration follows the commercial arbitration paradigm, with disputing parties playing a direct role in the composition of the tribunal. This is perceived as a tool…

Africa, Arbitration, BIT, Brazil, China, Free Trade Agreements, Latin America

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The rise of China as a major economic and political actor is one of the defining features of the twentieth-first century. Much of China’s growing power comes from its ever-expanding economy. In order to expand its blossoming economy, China needs to tap into new markets. In an age of intense market integration and economic competition,…

Arbitral seat, Arbitration, Arbitration Act, Lex Arbitri, UNCITRAL Model Law

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In an article published recently in The New York Times, entitled ‘Cities compete to be the arena for global legal disputes’, Elizabeth Olson discusses a phenomenon that has been labeled ‘the Battle of the Seats’. This concept refers to the competition between different cities to be considered as ‘arbitration hubs’. Cities all over the world…