12 Dec, 2024 Adoption of the modernised Energy Charter Treaty: retaining the key role of cross-border investment in the energy transition By Boris Kasolowsky Carsten Wendler Alexandra van der Meulen Gregorio Pettazzi Veronika Timofeeva Domen Tursic +3 more... Show less The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has long been the cornerstone of investment protection in the energy sector, offering enhanced legal...
02 Sep, 2024 Major hurdle cleared: US courts have jurisdiction to examine enforcement actions of intra-EU awards By Noiana Marigo David Livshiz Carsten Wendler Lee Rovinescu Ruth Montiel Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar +4 more... Show less The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) issued a landmark ruling on 16 August 2024 with significant...
21 Aug, 2024 ICSID Background Paper on Compliance and Enforcement of Awards: Valuable insights on the monetisation of ICSID claims By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Marta García Bel Gregorio Pettazzi Rosario Galardi Gonzalo Salazar +3 more... Show less The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) plays a vital role in facilitating the resolution of disputes...
26 Jul, 2024 Foreign Subsidies Regulation: The European Commission's guidance on assessing market distortions By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Paul van den Berg Fabian Bickel Justyna Smela Wolski Maxim Betivu +3 more... Show less More than one year after the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) started to apply, many elements of the EC’s substantive assessment...
23 Jul, 2024 New EU Measures to Protect European Parties from Legal Actions and Expropriations in Russia By Noah Rubins KC Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Leane Meyer Gonzalo Salazar Valerio Letizia +3 more... Show less As part of the 14th package of sanctions against Russia adopted on 24 June 2024 as Regulation 2024/1745, the EU has introduced three...
13 May, 2024 Update: The EU keeps the ball rolling in its battle against money laundering – next on the agenda: professional football By Jan Struckmann Marcel Michaelis Mathis Schwarze Professional football is not just an entertaining happening for millions of fans around the world; it is also a big money game. During...
08 May, 2024 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Spain draws closer to signing By Laura Lozano Carlos Hernandez Amr Omran On 23 April 2024, the Spanish Government’s Council of Ministers (Consejo de Ministros) authorised the signing by the Kingdom of Spain...
23 Feb, 2024 Increased investment protection: The ratification of the Iraq-UAE BIT By Sami Tannous Ann Matthias Ahmed Mazlom Background Iraq has historically proven to be a challenging market for investors. Investment protection treaties such as bilateral...
08 Aug, 2023 Intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitration: the German Federal Court of Justice’s new inadmissibility ruling By Carsten Wendler Gregorio Pettazzi Leane Meyer On 27 July 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice (German FCJ) declared three intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitrations inadmissible...
28 Jun, 2023 Evaluation of Scientific Evidence in Investor-State Arbitration: A Suggested Framework By Joaquin Terceño Campbell Herbert Pedro Ramirez Freshfields lawyers Joaquin Terceño, Campbell Herbert, and Pedro Ramirez published an article in TDM's Special Issue International...
19 Jun, 2023 Fourth EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council summit: the transatlantic partnership shows first achievements By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Pablo Artero Lines Renea Kamenjasevic Following the launch of the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on 15 June 2021, both jurisdictions have maintained intensive...
25 May, 2023 Enforcement of intra-EU awards: current outlook By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar Daria Karman +2 more... Show less Since our last update on the issue in late February 2023, further decisions on the enforceability of intra-EU investor-State awards came...