Brookings | 18-mar-2021
A plurilateral “interpretative statements,” whereby governments endorse joint statements clarifying and defining their positions on contentious clauses in their existing investment treaties would be a practical, flexible and low-cost option.
Oil Price | 17-mar-2021
Nigeria has unleashed one of the most spectacular legal attacks on one of its key oil and gas investors, to an extent previously unseen in the country’s more than 60 years of hydrocarbon production.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 17-mar-2021
Only 21% of cases administered by ICSID involve African investors, however, this may change with the introduction of AfCFTA, and we may begin to see more disputes involving African investors and African states.
SOMO | 17-mar-2021
How investment treaties and investor-to-state dispute settlement grant foreign investors greater rights than Dutch and EU law.
Morning Star | 16-mar-2021
The continued existence of ISDS in numerous treaties is a testament to the enormous influence and power wielded by transnational capital over governments the world over.
Yahoo | 15-mar-2021
An international court has dismissed a lawsuit for 4.8 trillion pesos ($1.3 billion) filed by Spanish company Naturgy against Colombia over the seizure of its subsidiary Electricaribe.
Telefónica | 15-mar-2021
La compañía reclama el cumplimiento del acuerdo de inversiones suscrito entre España y el país latinoamericano.
CIAR Global | 15-mar-2021
Colombia ha comunicado el fallo a su favor en el arbitraje internacional abierto por Naturgy ante la intervención Electricaribe en el que la española -anterior Gas Natural- demandaba 1.310 millones de dólares por daños y perjuicios.
CIAR Global | 12-mar-2021
Un tribunal mexicano ha suspendido temporalmente la controvertida reforma a la Ley de la Industria Eléctrica impulsada por Andrés Manuel López Obrador, que prioriza la energía de compañías nacionales como Pemex y la Comisión Federal de Electricidad sobre la de compañías privadas, y sobre la que muchos expertos han advertido de la amenaza de demandas de arbitraje internacionales.
ICLG | 12-mar-2021
The African Arbitration Association (AfAA) has launched an online tool that provides an overview of arbitration legislation and international arbitrators in Africa.