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Faster, more effective research in international investment law

Investment Claims

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Editor-in-Chief Frédéric G. Sourgens, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board Ian A. Laird, Senior Editorial Adviser Todd Weiler, and Bilateral Investment Treaties Editor Peter Muchlinski

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Faster, more effective research in international investment law

Investment Claims

Editor-in-Chief Frédéric G. Sourgens, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board Ian A. Laird, Senior Editorial Adviser Todd Weiler, and Bilateral Investment Treaties Editor Peter Muchlinski

Description

Investment Claims is a regularly updated collection of materials and analysis used for research in international investment law and arbitration. Described as an invaluable resource by its users, Investment Claims contains fully searchable arbitration awards and decisions, bilateral investment treaties, multilateral treaties, journal articles, monographs, arbitration laws, and much more, all linked and cross-referenced via the Oxford Law Citator.

Subscribers to Investment Claims have access to awards and decisions with full headnotes, including English translations of key portions of non-English decisions, and peer-reviewed analysis provided by one of the Investment Claims contributor team. The contributor team also provide overviews of bilateral investment treaties for major jurisdictions, while the editorial team have selected a collection of journal articles and key monographs, including The Oxford Handbook of International Investment, Redfern & Hunter, on International Arbitration, and Principles of International Investment Law. Other materials in Investment Claims include multilateral treaties, institutional rules, national arbitration laws, and a list of arbitrators and counsel.

Investment Claims is regularly updated with new content throughout the year, with all new and updated awards and decisions announced on the homepage. New awards and decisions are regularly added to Investment Claims when they become publically available, ensuring the site is continually up-to-date with this key material and making it available to search alongside all other content.

Faster, more effective research in international investment law

Investment Claims

Editor-in-Chief Frédéric G. Sourgens, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board Ian A. Laird, Senior Editorial Adviser Todd Weiler, and Bilateral Investment Treaties Editor Peter Muchlinski

Editorial Board

Contributors:

Editors:
Kabir Duggal, Senior Associate, Baker and McKenzie's, New York
Borzu Sabahi, Curtis Mallet Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP

Assistant Editor:
Andrea Ernst, Lecturer, Heidelberg Center for Latin America, Santiago de Chile

Editorial Board:
Dapo Akande, University of Oxford
Meriam Al-Rashid, Dentons, New York
Teddy Baldwin, Baker & McKenzie, Washington, DC
Freya Baetens, University of Oslo, Norway
Chiann Bao, Skadden Arps, Hong Kong
Andrea Bjorklund, University of California, Davis, School of Law
Nigel Blackaby, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington , DC
Marinn Carlson, Sidley Austin LLP
Tai-Heng Cheng, Quinn Emmanuel, New York
Justin D'Agostino, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong
Diane Desierto, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu
Kabir Duggal, Arnold & Porter, New York
Filippo Fontanelli, University of Edinburgh
Chiara Giorgetti, University of Richmond
Judge Christopher Greenwood, International Court of Justice, The Hague
Kaj Hober, University of Uppsala
Mark Kantor, Independent Arbitrator, Washington, DC
Meg Kinnear, ICSID, Washington, DC
Campbell McLachlan, Victoria University at Wellington
Loukas Mistelis, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
Michael Nolan, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Washington , DC
Eloïse Obadia, Derains & Gharavi, Washington, DC
Martins Paparinskis, University College London
Antonio R Parra, Consultant with the World Bank
Dietmar Prager, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York
Sergio Puig, University of Arizona, Tuscon
José Antonio Rivas, Arbold & Porter, Washington, DC
Catherine Rogers, Penn State University, PA, and Queen Mary, London
Lisa Sachs, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, New York
Abby Cohen Smutny, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC
Marie Stoyanov, Allen & Overy, Paris
Matthew Weiniger, Linklaters, London
Katia Yannaca-Small, University of Southern California

Faster, more effective research in international investment law

Investment Claims

Editor-in-Chief Frédéric G. Sourgens, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board Ian A. Laird, Senior Editorial Adviser Todd Weiler, and Bilateral Investment Treaties Editor Peter Muchlinski

Reviews and Awards

OGEMID Investment Dispute Resolution Project of the Year 2009

Faster, more effective research in international investment law

Investment Claims

Editor-in-Chief Frédéric G. Sourgens, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board Ian A. Laird, Senior Editorial Adviser Todd Weiler, and Bilateral Investment Treaties Editor Peter Muchlinski

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Faster, more effective research in international investment law

Investment Claims

Editor-in-Chief Frédéric G. Sourgens, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board Ian A. Laird, Senior Editorial Adviser Todd Weiler, and Bilateral Investment Treaties Editor Peter Muchlinski

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The reign of law in international investment decision-making

The second Investment Claims Summer Academy took place on 6-7 July 2017 at Lady Margaret Hall and focused on the role of international law in international investment decision-making. The Summer Academy opened with a quote from Sir Hersch Lauterpacht's 1933 The Function of Law in International the International Community:

Posted on October 19, 2017

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Unauthorized transfer or assignment of interests or shares in investor-state arbitration

By Borzu Sabahi and Diora Ziyaeva Contracts for exploitation of natural resources are usually awarded to foreign investors following demanding bidding processes during which the host government carefully vets qualifications of foreign investors. The process is designed to ensure that the investor has, among other things, sufficient expertise and resources to work on the project.

Posted on May 20, 2014

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Transparency in investor-state arbitration

By Ian A. Laird The recent adoption in July 2013 by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) of the Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration marks an important milestone in the development of international investor-state arbitration.

Posted on March 3, 2014

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US Supreme Court weighs in on BG Group v. Argentina

By Fr©d©ric G. Sourgens On Monday, 2 December 2013, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a significant appeal for investor-state arbitration conducted in the United States. Last year, the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit set aside an award rendered by a UNCITRAL tribunal seated in Washington DC and constituted pursuant to the United Kingdom-Argentina BIT in BG Group PLC v Republic of Argentina.

Posted on December 2, 2013

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A bit of a virtual vade mecum

By Fr©d©ric G. Sourgens Surveying recent scholarship, one could be forgiven to think that 'international investment law' is a fad. Articles suggest that, like vuvuzelas at football games, 'investment law' made a rather noisy entrance, annoyed the majority of onlookers, and destroyed the integrity and purity of a centuries' long tradition.

Posted on July 24, 2013

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