In 2017, eight new investment treaty arbitration were registered by the SCC, bringing the SCC's total
number of investment disputes to 98.
Not exact matches
In the wake
of tax uncertainty, threats to withdraw from NAFTA, and a
number of other international
disputes that Trump sits in the middle
of, these new
investment flows appear to be running out
of steam.
With a limited pool
of experts to choose from, law firms face a
number of challenges in choosing the right expert witness when it comes to banking,
investment and insurance
disputes.
Norburg & Scherp has extensive experience
of disputes in a
number of different industries and fields, including mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, construction, insurance, foreign
investments, mining, energy, manufacturing, company law, renting law, IT and telecom, intellectual property, marketing and licensing.
In the past four years, the SCC has had a steadily high
number of investment treaty
disputes.
He acts as counsel, representing investors and states in a large
number of disputes under bilateral
investment treaties across a variety
of sectors, including hydrocarbons, banking and financial services, water, electricity, telecommunications, food distribution, mining and steel industries.
He is a highly regarded litigator, having acted for a
number of prominent
investment banks and other financial institutions in a wide range
of high - value structured finance, derivatives and securities
disputes, many
of which had a cross-border element.
The authors view that the
number of investment treaty
dispute may rise gradually due to the active
investment environment and the fact that more bilateral
investment treaties are concluded between states.
He has handled post-M & A
disputes, corporate shareholder
disputes, foreign
investment disputes and intellectual property
disputes in a
number of sectors (engineering and construction, power and energy, mining, cement, real estate, and insurance).
I have advised states and investors in international
investment disputes and acted as expert counsel, expert witness and lead associate in a
number of investment arbitration proceedings.
In the longer term, the obvious problem
of a proliferation
of individual, treaty - specific
investment courts is sought to be overcome by the establishment
of the MIC referred to above, which would have jurisdiction over
disputes arising under any
number of investment treaties.