The dynamics of the new space race significantly increase disputes risks as space becomes more congested and the competition to get ahead intensifies.
Until recently, the thought of humans reaching outer space as tourists...more
Exploiting natural resources, manufacturing products and growing food in space are now well within the realms of possibility. Identifying, assessing and mitigating disputes risks arising from these activities pose a...more
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Disputes risks are an ever-present part of doing business. Indeed, for some, these risks are built into their business model. They like to move fast and accept they may break some things. Disputes are part of the cost of...more
The Net Zero transition will not be smooth. The scale of the investment required and the appetite and ability of countries to implement new policy – both now and in the years to come – will cause unprecedented disruption and...more
4/20/2023
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Electricity Generation Levy Update....more
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement announced the introduction of a new windfall tax of 45% on the “extraordinary profits” of low carbon electricity generators, via the Electricity Generator Levy (the Generator Levy)....more
Few issues have grabbed public attention recently more than the increase in energy prices for consumers. The sudden increase in the price of gas on the wholesale market has both unnerved politicians and thrown into sharp...more
This study examines over 100 investor-State cases, which involved countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as respondent States and were conducted under ICSID, UNCITRAL and other arbitration rules and gives a...more
A number of factors have led to a more uncertain environment for infrastructure investment globally as we move into 2022.
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More activity and more private actors in space means more disputes. Understand how and where those disputes will be resolved to prepare your business. Our global experts bring together multi-sectoral expertise to assess the...more
On 26 October 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) delivered its judgment in Case C‑109/20, Republic of Poland v PL Holdings S.á r.l. (PL Holdings)....more
On 2 September 2021, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) delivered its judgment in Case C-741/19, Republic of Moldova v Komstroy LLC, finding that the acquisition of a claim arising...more
The transition of the global economy to align with the Paris Agreement aims and the UN Sustainable Development Goals is presenting many opportunities for energy and mining investors. However, it is occurring alongside a...more
On 13 November 2020, the French National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) approved an amendment to the draft Finance Law (Projet de loi de finances) for 2021, which seeks to implement a “targeted retroactive revision” of the...more
An introduction to the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) -
Introduction -
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada that provisionally entered into force...more
Introduction -
In a decision rendered on 18 June 2019 (joint Cases T 624/15, T 694/15 and T 704/15), the General Court of the European Union (the Court) annulled the European Commission’s (the EC) decision 2015/1570 of 30...more
ICSID tribunal retains jurisdiction, rejecting Germany and European Commission’s arguments that intra-EU arbitration under ECT incompatible with EU law -
On 31 August 2018, the arbitral Tribunal hearing the claim by...more
Investors see contracts unilaterally 'wound down' or renegotiated -
On 5 July 2018, Ontario's Minister of Energy, Greg Rickford, issued an Executive Order to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) directing it...more
On 6 March 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) delivered its judgment in Case C-284/16, Slovakia Republic v Achmea B.V., declaring that the investor-State arbitration provision in the bilateral...more
Potential arbitration claims arising from three acts affecting investors in natural resources projects in Tanzania
INTRODUCTION -
In July 2017, three new laws (the Acts) entered into force in Tanzania which could have...more
If it ever sees the light of day (and the politics on both sides of the Atlantic are complicated), it will be a broad free trade agreement (FTA) with 24 chapters on, among other things, market access for goods and services,...more
It is a truism that political risk to foreign investment increases in the vicinity of changes of power in host states, including where change comes about democratically. In one of many investment treaty arbitrations arising...more
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