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S. Korea wins annulment in investor dispute over Lone Star’s sale of local bank
Yonhap | 19-Nov-2025
An international arbitration body for investor–state dispute settlement has ruled in favor of South Korea in its challenge to the award for private equity fund Lone Star over its 2012 sale of a local bank.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
Affaire Lone Star : la Corée du Sud finit par remporter le procès
Yonhap | 19-Nov-2025
Le Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements a statué en faveur de la Corée du Sud qui a contesté une décision en faveur de la société de capital-investissement américaine Lone Star concernant la vente d’une banque locale en 2012.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
EU Commission pledges to protect Belgium over Russian assets
Politico | 18-Nov-2025
Belgium fears that using the assets would leave it exposed to Russian legal action. This is a major concern for Belgium, which has a bilateral investment treaty with Russia, first signed in 1989.
keywords: Belgium , EU , geopolitics , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
‘COP30 must declare an end to ISDS’, delegates told
Global Justice Now | 18-Nov-2025
Campaigners launched a new initiative to phase out ‘corporate courts’ which are now a “major impediment to climate action.”
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
El Ciadi alista su resolución sobre Vulcan Materials y presiona a Sheinbaum para lograr un acuerdo
La Política Online | 17-Nov-2025
En su última conversación con el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio, el canciller Juan Ramón De la Fuente entendió que la resolución del CIADI sería inminente y marcaría un precedente incomodo para el Gobierno de cara a la renegociación del T-MEC.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
K-Electric: Govt facing arbitration threat from Saudi, Kuwaiti investors
Business Recorder | 17-Nov-2025
The Government of Pakistan is facing a potential threat of arbitration from Saudi and Kuwaiti investors, key shareholders in K-Electric, who have already served a USD2 billion notice on Islamabad.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan
Tribunal members named in €14bn Fridman claim against Luxembourg
The Luxembourg Times | 17-Nov-2025
No hearing date or location set in Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman’s arbitration case over assets frozen by the Grand Duchy’s government.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Luxembourg , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
Un oligarque russe réclame 14 milliards d’euros au Luxembourg: un tribunal d’arbitrage constitué
virgule | 17-Nov-2025
Aucune date ni aucun lieu d’audience n’a cependant été fixé dans la procédure d’arbitrage du magnat russe Mikhail Fridman concernant les avoirs gelés par le gouvernement du Grand-Duché.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Luxembourg , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
The curious case of S Alam and our investment treaty regime
The Daily Star | 14-Nov-2025
The S Alam arbitration should therefore be seen not simply as a legal challenge but as a policy signal.
keywords: Bangladesh , finance | banking | taxes , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Singapore
MICI sustenta traslado de $4.7 millones para cubrir gastos legales del arbitraje con Minera Panamá
Telemetro | 13-Nov-2025
El ministro de Comercio e Industrias Julio Moltó, sustentó ante la Comisión de Presupuesto de la Asamblea Nacional traslados de partidas por $4.7 millones, destinados al pago de honorarios a las firmas internacionales que representaron al Estado panameño en el arbitraje iniciado por Minera Panamá, cuya demanda asciende a $2,000 millones.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Panama