Swaziland ICSID Arbitration Notice Of Dispute For The Expropriation Of Shareholding In Joint Venture A notice of dispute against Swaziland has been submitted to the King of Swaziland, His Majesty the King Mswati III, as well as his Prime Minister and other Government entities. Brought on behalf of the foreign investor Southern Africa Resources Limited (“SARL”), the […]
Collective Arbitration Against Russia By Ukrainian Businesses Expropriated In The Crimea
Collective Arbitration Against Russia By Ukrainian Businesses Expropriated In The Crimea Is collective arbitration against Russia for the expropriations of Ukrainian assets occurring in Crimea possible? An article in the New York Times dating from 11 January 2015 notes that the plunder of Ukrainian-owned assets is continuing in the Crimea on a large scale today. Armed forces known as the “people’s militia” are invading […]
Security For Costs In ICSID Arbitrations
Security For Costs In ICSID Arbitrations. For the first time, an arbitral tribunal has ordered security for costs in an ICSID arbitration. The arbitral tribunal has ordered the oil and gas exploration and production company RSM Production Corporation to provide a guarantee of USD 750,000 as security for the costs of an investment arbitration. This followed on […]
The Relationship between International Investment Arbitration and Sovereign Debt Restructuring
Abstract: The two cases of Abaclat and others v. Argentina Republic and Ambiente Ufficio S.p.A. and others v. Argentine Republic have attracted much attention in the application of international investment arbitrationin sovereign debt restructuring. However, the relationship between the international investment law and the sovereign debt restructuring is complex and controversial, since the […]
Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies Reports On Dispute Against Belarus
Below, please find a recent article about our client’s investment dispute against the Republic of Belarus, which concerns his wrongful imprisonment for six years in inhuman conditions, following the expropriation of his seamless steel tube plant, located in Gomel, with no compensation. – William Kirtley A Ukrainian businessman and his Swiss company accuse Belarus of […]