Conflict and conflicts in investment treaty arbitration : ethical standards for counsel / Philippe Sands -- Recent developments in the approach to identifying an 'investment' pursuant to Article 25(1) of the ICSID Convention / David A. R. Williams and Simon Foote -- Investment treaty...

Obwohl ausländische Direktinvestitionen nach wie vor von großen multinationalen Unternehmen dominiert werden, gewinnt die grenzüberschreitende Investitionstätigkeit kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) zunehmend an Bedeutung. Julian Kimmerle widmet sich der Frage, ob das internationale...

The five contributions in this legal working paper discuss various aspects of investment arbitration. They were originally presented at the ECB legal colloquium on ‘The new challenges raised by investment arbitration for the EU legal order’ which took place in Frankfurt am Main in 2019.

As a result of the 2010 sovereign debt crisis and the subsequent restructuring operations, bondholders have pursued different dispute resolution strategies. Litigation before US courts has proved to be a viable option, as demonstrated by Argentine cases. State court litigation, however, is not...