ESG

Brazil, CBAr 21st, Climate change, Corporate, Corporate disputes, Environment, ESG, International environmental disputes, Latin America, South America

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From 28 to 30 September 2022, the Brazilian Arbitration Committee – CBAr held its 21st International Arbitration Conference (“21st CBAr IAC” or “Conference”) in Rio de Janeiro. Considering the rising number of arbitration proceedings related to corporate disputes, the subject of this year’s Conference was “Arbitration and Corporate Law”. The 21st CBAr IAC was a…

ECT Modernisation, Environment, ESG, EU Law, Investment Arbitration, Investment Disputes, Investment law, Investor-State arbitration, ISDS Reform

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Negotiations towards a modernized Energy Charter Treaty (ECT, Treaty) ended on 24 June 2022, with the States Parties reaching an agreement in principle following discussions towards reform that began in November 2017. While the final text of the modernized Treaty has not yet been published, the Secretariat of the ECT in June issued a public…

Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, ESG, LIDW2022, Litigation

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London International Disputes Week continued on 11 May 2022, with a session focused on ESG – regulatory, practice, and risks.   First Panel Discussion:  Key global trends: The new frontiers of business ethics and corporate accountability The first panel, moderated by Heather Gagen, Chair, Partner, Travers Smith, focused on discussing the contours of business ethics and…

ADGM, Advocacy, Corruption, ESG, ICSID, ICSID Amendments, MENA, Sovereign Wealth Funds, state-owned

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On 17 March 2022, Abu Dhabi witnessed an event which was five years in the making: a joint-conference by ICSID and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) titled “Investment Arbitration in the Middle East”. This post recaps some highlights from the event, as well as offering further views and commentary.   Event Kick-off and Its…

Corruption, Environment, ESG, International Investment Arbitration, Investment Arbitration, Investment Disputes, Investment law, Investor-State arbitration, Renewable energy, YSIAC Conference

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YSIAC

Earlier this week, the YSIAC Conference 2021 took place virtually for the first time since its inception. The opening webinar was a panel discussion titled “Resolving ESG Disputes Through International Arbitration”, which agenda was to analyse the disputes in the buzzing environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) domain, distil the trends and lessons learnt therefrom, and…