…need to satisfy not only the requirements of the BIT but also those of the ICSID Convention since the latter was intended to protect only qualified investments and not ordinary…

…Priority in Favour of the Arbitrators, Chapter 8 in Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and International Arbitral Awards: The New York Convention in Practice (E. Gaillard, D. Di Pietro, eds., 2008)]….

Singapore and Hong Kong. Indeed, until recently, Singapore went so far as to prohibit TPF for international arbitration proceedings, and Hong Kong did not expressly permit it. In both cases,…

…recourse in Singapore or London may be more appealing. PMA’s jurisdictional issue An early issue in the Arbitration concerned the place of the arbitration. PMA proposed Singapore on the basis…

…about disclosure of funders. Today we have several new sources—including the IBA Guidelines, the ICC Practice Note, proposed Hong Kong and Singapore legislation, and some new BITs—which establish standards for…