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D.C. Circuit Resolves District Court Split on the Enforcement of Intra-EU Investment-Treaty Awards in the United States

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In a highly anticipated ruling published last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in NextEra Energy v. Spain that U.S. district courts have jurisdiction to enforce arbitral awards issued in intra-EU...more

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B2B, B2C, BVI – Crypto Disputes in the Caribbean

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In the crypto world, does it really matter where you are? Is there a sunny offshore paradise perspective on the click of a button and a fintech trade? The answer lies as usual in how to unravel a problem should it arise. Both...more

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Green Power and the Protections of Intra-EU Energy Investment

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The tribunal in Green Power v. Kingdom of Spain declined jurisdiction, finding that the parties had not validly consented to arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty. A tribunal seated in Sweden has become the first...more

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Intra-EU disputes cannot be arbitrated under the Energy Charter Treaty, says the Court of Justice of the European Union

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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

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Creeping expropriation of investment by foreign state

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In the first known English court ruling to set aside an investment treaty arbitration award, the court ruled that an investor seeking redress for allegedly wrongful acts by a foreign State, which it claims constitute a...more

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The Court of Justice of the European Union finds the arbitration provision in The Netherlands-Slovakia BIT incompatible with EU...

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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

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Investors' rights of protection against Venezuela's sovereign debt default

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On 13 November 2017, it was confirmed that Venezuela had defaulted on its sovereign debt after failing to meet the deadline for payment of US$200m of interest on its sovereign bonds due in 2019 and 2024.1 It is expected...more

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Court Dismisses Challenge Of FINRA Arbitration Award For Lack Of Jurisdiction

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In a case involving a FINRA arbitration between investors and their financial advisor, Judge Anita S. Brody of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found that she did not have the...more

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