Re-discovering the Origins of Bilateral Investment Treaties
Published on Opinio Juris on 20 May 2020 Tracing back the origins of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) may have a bearing on...


Norway just like Turkey? ICSID Arbitration/s against Norway over Svalbard’s Natural Resources
Published on Wolters Kluwer Arbitration on 15 May 2020 A few days ago, the first-ever treaty-based arbitration against Norway was...


Assignment Without Privity: Disposal of Investment Claims
Published on Wolters Kluwer Arbitration on 5 April 2020 This post examines the admissibility of investment claim assignments based on the...


Arbitration to Fight Piracy: Greece, France, Italy, USA, Israel, Qatar, South Korea vs. Turkey
Published on Wolters Kluwer Arbitration on 27 February 2020 This is a follow-up post that updates on developments in the escalating...


Investment Arbitrations Ready to Land at Florence Airport?
Published on Wolters Kluwer Arbitration on 12 January 2020 It is our tentative prediction that a recent ruling from the Regional...


Interplay between the Formation of an Arbitration Agreement and the Sales Contract under the CISG
Published on Wolters Kluwer Arbitration on 27 August 2019 This post analyzes the problem stemming from the different form requirements...


Investment Arbitrations Ready to Land on Florence Airport?
A recent ruling from the Regional Administrative Court of Tuscany (TAR) blocking the project to expend Florence airport’s runaway – and...


Key Spain Supreme Court's case law in relation with the formation of a valid arbitration agreement
1) ATS 1332/1998,17 Feb.1998: Application for the exequatur of an award of the Court of Arbitration of the Hamburg Commodity Exchange....


A Critique of EU’s Double Standards on Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in BITs and DTTs
Published on Wolters Kluwer Arbitration on 18 May 2019 This post aims at highlighting an inconsistency in the law of the European Union...


Brexit: Screaming for Vengeance? Enforcing Intra-EU Arbitral Awards in the Post-Brexit UK
Published on Wolters Kluwer Arbitration on 21 April 2019 A special thanks goes to my friend Professor Josep Gálvez (Galvez Pascual SLP)...

