Panthera Resources PLC has been highlighted by VSA Capital as one of a growing number of small caps offering potentially significant upside via international litigation.
The company announced on its intention to file a case with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes following a setback related to the environmental assessment.
The Latin America Regional Aviation Holding has intensified its legal dispute with Uruguay following the country’s failure to comply with the arbitral award related to the closure of Pluna.
The dispute concerned Uruguay’s national airline Pluna, where the Claimant, a Panamanian company – Latin American Regional Aviation Holdings S. de S.R.L. acquired in 2007 a 75% stake through its subsidiary Leadgate.
Our ranking reveals that the Energy Charter Treaty remains the most dangerous investment treaty to the energy transition by protecting over 300 megatonnes (Mt) of greenhouse gas emissions.
The proposed India-EU Free Trade Agreement is likely to focus on investment liberalisation, while keeping investment protection and arbitration out of the pact, to be negotiated separately in a bilateral investment treaty.
This treaty marks a significant step in Venezuela’s recent trend of executing BITs, particularly following its withdrawal from the ICSID Convention in 2012.