Any future Multilateral Investment Court's independence and impartiality must be guaranteed. If it does not live up to the standards of independence expected of a modern international court, there is little point in contemplating this reform as it is unlikely to remedy the criticisms leveled at...

This article analyzes new developments in the interaction between international investment law and EU law. The analysis focuses on the consequences resulting from the recent changes that have been introduced by the Lisbon Treaty and the jurisprudence of the ECJ. The author argues that the new...

The EU is about to conclude an FTA with Canada (CETA) which includes an investment chapter. A similar free trade agreement (FTA) will soon be concluded by the EU with Singapore and India. Moreover, the EU has obtained a negotiation mandate to conclude an FTA with Japan; very soon FTA with the US...

This chapter focuses on how the European Commission and the Member States are reasserting their control in the new EU investment treaties. In addition, the analysis also looks at the efforts of the European Commission to reassert control over existing BITs of the Member States. It also tries to...

This paper was written by several authors, including individuals who are not affiliated with the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA). Its original purpose was to provide a reasoned commentary to the proposal, advanced by the European Union (EU), to include in the...