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Definition of investment in bilateral investment treaties of South Asian countries and regulatory discretion
SSRN | 29-Apr-2025
This paper analyses the broad asset based definition of investment in the BITs signed by four South Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
keywords: Bangladesh , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan , Sri Lanka
ICSID Tribunal dismisses claims against the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Essex Court Chambers | 12-Mar-2020
The tribunal dismissed the claimants’ invocation of the UK-Sri Lanka BIT on jurisdictional grounds.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Sri Lanka
AAPL vs. Sri Lanka: Triggering an ISDS boom
bilaterals.org | 1-Jan-2020
keywords: fisheries | fisherfolk , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Sri Lanka
Malaysian renewable energy investor initiates ICSID arbitration against Sri Lanka
Colombo Page | 29-Oct-2018
KLS Energy Lanka, the local subsidiary of Malaysian renewable energy producer Energy Sdn Bhd of Malaysia has initiated ICSID arbitration under the Sri Lanka-Malaysia BIT
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Malaysia , Sri Lanka
"Let’s make them poorer, and we’ll get rich"
BuzzFeed | 1-Sep-2016
Financial companies have figured out how to turn a controversial global legal system to their own very profitable advantage.
keywords: Argentina , energy , finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru , Sri Lanka
International arbitration on SL oil hedging tomorrow
Sunday Times | 27-Jul-2010
A dispute initiated by Deutsche Bank against the government of Sri Lanka will be a test case on whether derivatives contracts should be considered ’investments’ under bilateral investment treaties
keywords: Germany , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Sri Lanka