Angola Becomes the 158th State to Join the ICSID Convention

The Republic of Angola is the 158th Contracting State to join the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes, after the International Centre...

Could a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Limit Opposition to Growing Calls on States to Phase-Out Fossil Fuels?

On 14 September 2022, the World Health Organization’s director-general joined hundreds of health professionals, scientists, academics and ...

Peru Dismisses as Frivolous US Firm’s Claim that Peru Destroyed its Worldwide Business

On 5 August 2022, the Republic of Peru submitted its Memorial on Jurisdiction and Counter-Memorial on Merits in response to US-based Kaloti Metals...

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Dirección General de Asuntos de Economía Internacional, Competencia e Inversión Privada, Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, Lima, Peru.

Unchallenged Arbitrators Dismiss Orazul’s Proposal to Disqualify Tribunal President in Proceedings Against Argentina

Will a tribunal member’s failure to disclose a relationship with a party’s legal expert lead to that member’s...

White & Case LLP, Procuración del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina

ICSID Tribunal Denies RWE Investors’ Request for Provisional Measures Against the Netherlands (For Now)

Are court proceedings to challenge the validity of an arbitration before an ICSID tribunal a threat to that tribunal’s exclusive competence?...

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH