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China tried to punish European states for Huawei bans by adding eleventh-hour rule to EU investment deal
Draft text shows Beijing looked to withhold telecoms sector benefits to firms from countries with restrictions on Chinese telecoms companies.
Montero secures US$2.32 million funding for legal proceedings against the Government of Tanzania
Montero has completed a litigation funding agreement with Omni Bridgeway Canada Limited, an affiliate of the litigation funder.
New date for Reko Diq case at BVI court
The High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has postponed the hearing on the enforcement of the $6 billion award in the Reko Diq case until the 18th January.
The multinationals suing governments over their pandemic response
Law firms have been drawing investors’ attention to how they could pass their Covid-19-related losses onto states.
L’Echo: Italian businessman seizes Albania’s assets in Belgium
Italian businessmen Francesco Becchetti has stepped up his attempt to get the compensation awarded to him in international arbitration against Albania that he won, but that is under appeal.
Sempra v Argentina: award annulled for manifest excess of powers in failure to apply BIT defence of necessity
Sempra v Argentina: award annulled for manifest excess of powers in failure to apply BIT defence of necessity
Pakistan's PIA faces asset grab in British Virgin Islands
Pakistan International Airlines could see its assets attached by the High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands, over a longstanding dispute between its shareholder, the Pakistan state, and gold and copper exploration giant Tethyan Copper Company
Unpacking regulatory chill: the case of mining in the Santurbán páramo in Colombia
Do international investment treaties put a 'chill' on environmental policy? To answer this question, we need to see the state as a complex web of actors, not a unitary whole.
Chinese investors file arbitration case against Ukraine over Motor Sich investment
Chinese investors have brought a $3.5 billion arbitration case against Ukraine for blocking the sale of a strategic aircraft engine maker whose fate Washington is closely following.
Clive Palmer could seek 'unquantifiable' commonwealth compensation under Singapore free trade deal
Australian taxpayers could be on the hook for compensation following a dispute between the Western Australian government and Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy, federal budget papers reveal.