Expropriation

BIT, Expropriation, Fair and Equitable Treatment, Investment, Investment Arbitration, Investor, Most Favoured Nation (MFN), Switzerland, Treaty, UNCITRAL Transparency Rules

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ArbitralWomen

The views expressed in this article are those of the authors alone and should not be regarded as representative of, or binding upon ArbitralWomen and/or the authors’ respective law firms. While the press has been full lately of a reported backlash against investment arbitration, Switzerland has been making quiet progress in its efforts to update…

Expropriation, Investment Arbitration, Political Risk Insurance

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YIAG

Readers of this blog are likely to be familiar with the existence of Bilateral Investment Treaties (“BITs”) and the wealth of arbitral awards made publicly available through the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”). Given the publicity afforded to proceedings under BITs, or multilateral investment treaties such as NAFTA, one might be…

BIT, Expropriation, Fair and Equitable Treatment, Fair market value, ICSID Convention, International Court of Justice, Investment, Investment Arbitration, Investment protection, Investor, Permanent Court of International Justice

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and Oleg Temnikov I. Foreword At the end of 2013, the Financial Times reported that a referendum will be held in Berlin on the question whether the State shall take over power supply from the hands of Vattenfall. We use this as an occasion to examine the legal implications in the field of investment arbitration…