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.
In the past four years, the SCC has had a steadily high
number of investment treaty disputes.
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.
Not exact matches
In addition they profit from the bilateral
investment treaties that Spain has entered into with a significant
number of jurisdictions.
One
of the big strategic questions for the
investment treaty system in the next few years will be whether the loyalists, reformists or revolutionaries will be able to attract a critical
number of the undecideds to their cause in order to create a reasonable measure
of convergence on a particular approach.
Advising Silver Ridge Power on an
investment treaty arbitration against the Italian Republic, which is based on several violations
of the Energy Charter
Treaty concerning a
number of solar energy projects in Italy.
In 2017, eight new
investment treaty arbitration were registered by the SCC, bringing the SCC's total
number of investment disputes to 98.
Investment treaty cases, has acted for a number of investors in the protection of their investment under bilateral and multilateral investment
Investment treaty cases, has acted for a
number of investors in the protection
of their
investment under bilateral and multilateral investment
investment under bilateral and multilateral
investmentinvestment treaties.
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.
Matt has argued before multiple state and federal courts in the U.S., and has been directly involved in a
number of trials, arbitrations, and appeals, including major ICSID bilateral
investment treaty arbitrations and ICC arbitrations; a notable trial victory before the Court
of Chancery
of the State
of Delaware; and proceedings before the High Court
of Australia.
We have team members with particular experience in successfully acting on arbitrations in the financial sector, including a large
number of commercial arbitrations, as well as
investment treaty claims.