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Malawi becomes latest state to accede to New York Convention
Pinsent Masons | 23-Mar-2021
Malawi has become the 167th country to accede to New York Convention which governs the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made in other countries.
keywords: COMESA , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Malawi , SADC
Portuaria Katoen Natie y Uruguay llegan a acuerdo para evitar el arbitraje
CIAR Global | 19-Mar-2021
A finales de febrero el gobierno uruguayo llegó a un acuerdo con el operador portuario belga Katoen Natie a través del que se resuelve un conflicto que amenazó con llegar a arbitraje de inversiones en un aviso anunciado hace un año.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Uruguay
Union Fenosa Gas abandonne sa procédure contre l’Egypte pour défaut de livraison de gaz
Ecofin | 19-Mar-2021
Unión Fenosa Gas a annoncé l’abandon de la procédure de confirmation de sentence, engagée contre l’Egypte en 2014 pour défaut de livraison de gaz naturel.
keywords: Egypt , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Unión Fenosa Gas retira demanda para confirmar laudo contra Egipto
CIAR Global | 19-Mar-2021
Unión Fenosa Gas y Egipto han llegado a un acuerdo y ponen fin al arbitraje que le concedió a la española un laudo de dos billones de dólares tras el conflicto por la planta egipcia de Damietta.
keywords: Egypt , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Egypt’s Damietta liquefaction plant agreement enters into force
Egypt Today | 19-Mar-2021
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced the entry into force of the agreement related to the Damietta Liquefaction Plant, and the settlement of all claims.
keywords: Egypt , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
India has till mid-April to appeal against Cairn award on limited ground
Business Standard | 19-Mar-2021
India has time till mid-April to file an appeal against an international arbitration tribunal ordering it to repay UK’s Cairn Energy Plc USD 1.2 billion-plus interest and cost, but the challenge can only be on limited grounds such as procedure not being followed.
keywords: energy , finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Reforming the investment treaty regime: A ‘backward-looking’ approach
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.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Nigeria’s lawsuits against Shell could cause oil major exodus
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.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Nigeria
To what extent will the AfCFTA impact the number of ISDS cases involving African States?
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.
keywords: AfCFTA , investor-state disputes | ISDS
“Super-protections” for corporations
SOMO | 17-Mar-2021
How investment treaties and investor-to-state dispute settlement grant foreign investors greater rights than Dutch and EU law.
keywords: Canada , ECT , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands