Salini v. Morocco sparked one of the liveliest controversies in the dynamic field of international investment disputes. Salini held that the word investment in the ICSID Convention, although undefined, has an objective meaning that limits the ability of member states to submit disputes to ICSID...

In every economy, it is commonly accepted that the financial health and stability of its banking sector is a key indicator of that economy's performance. As a result, the volume of banking transactions is bound to rise with increased economic activities. A primary result of these increased...

DynCorp International, LLC, a U.S. company, and Aramco, a Saudi-owned corporation, entered into a contract for a computer system which was to be manufactured in the U.S. and installed at Aramco's facilities in Saudi Arabia. The contract contained a “choice of law” provision requiring the...

This open access book examines the multiple intersections between national and international courts in the field of investment protection, and suggests possible modes for regulating future jurisdictional interactions between domestic courts and international tribunals. The current system of...

COVID-19 has been a crisis unexpected in scale and nature. It has changed many assumptions that we have about life and work. It has also forced drastic behavioural changes. Dispute lawyers everywhere are not spared. To a large extent, technology and the internet avoided a complete collapse in...