Corporate Restructuring

Corporate Restructuring, ICSID, ICSID contract-based disputes, ICSID Convention, ICSID denunciation, MFN extension, Peru, Sunset clause

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Before winning Peru’s presidential race in June 2021, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo vowed to withdraw Peru from the ICSID Convention and to renegotiate several of the country’s Bilateral Investment Treaties (“BIT’s”). According to the then-presidential candidate’s government plan (chapter XXI), ICSID tribunals are biased and “at the service of the multinational companies” in prejudice of…

Corporate Restructuring, Investment Arbitration, Investor, Investor-State arbitration, Investor-state tribunals, Piercing of the Corporate Veil

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Traditionally, nationality for corporate entities has been regulated by national law, often by reference to whether a corporation has a seat in a country or was incorporated under its laws. However, international investment law has departed from the generally accepted rules of international law on the nationality of corporate persons. Already in the 1960s, the…