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Uzbekistan is often seen as an attractive destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), largely thanks to its vast … supply of natural resources. However, inward FDI in Uzbekistan remains below expectations due to the lack of transparency and … stability of the domestic regulatory environment. Uzbekistan has recently undergone lengthy reforms aiming at economic …
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Uzbekistan is often seen as an attractive destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), largely thanks to its vast … supply of natural resources. However, inward FDI in Uzbekistan remains below expectations due to the lack of transparency and … stability of the domestic regulatory environment. Uzbekistan has recently undergone lengthy reforms aiming at economic …
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International investment agreements (IIAs) almost universally define their temporal validity and thus set conditions for States’ exit from these treaties. This study presents the results of the survey of language that determines the temporal validity of 2,061 bilateral investment agreements...
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Claims by company shareholders seeking damages from governments for so-called "reflective loss" now make up a substantial part of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) caseload. (Shareholders’ reflective loss is incurred as a result of injury to “their” company, typically a loss in...
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Investor-State dispute settlement mechanisms (ISDS) are an important component of most International Investment Agreements (IIAs) and have significant influence on how disputes between States and investors are resolved. This statistical survey of a large sample of 1,660 bilateral investment...
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Government-controlled investors, including state-owned enterprises and sovereign wealth funds, have greatly expanded their international activities in recent years. This paper describes the existing policy landscape of international investments by government-controlled investors under both...
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Advanced systems of domestic corporate law generally apply a “no reflective loss” principle to shareholder claims. Shareholder claims are permitted for direct injury to shareholder rights (such as voting rights). But shareholders generally cannot bring claims for reflective loss incurred as...
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Corporate law in advanced domestic legal systems on the one hand, and typical treaties for the protection of foreign investment on the other hand, treat claims for damages by company shareholders differently. Advanced domestic systems generally bar shareholders from claiming for reflective loss...
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Governments have been examining the potential role of joint government interpretations of investment treaties at OECD-hosted intergovernmental investment roundtables. Now well-established in the model BITs and treaty practice of the NAFTA governments, express provisions for such joint...
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