Organisation: International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
Albania threatens ICSID withdrawal as German investor brings new claim
A German shipping company has brought an ICSID claim against Albania, as the state threatens to withdraw from the centre’s jurisdiction after failing to reopen a €110 million award in a separate case.
13 April 2023
Australia’s top court rejects Spain’s immunity defence
Australia’s highest court has affirmed that Spain cannot invoke sovereign immunity to avoid the recognition and enforcement of a €101 million ICSID award – and that the European Court of Justice’s prohibition against intra-EU investment arbitration is irrelevant to this question.
12 April 2023
Ex-OECD adviser joins Arnold & Porter
Katia Yannaca-Small, who worked for two decades at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, has joined Arnold & Porter as a senior international arbitration adviser in Washington, DC.
10 February 2023
Intra-EU investment treaty disputes in US courts
Featured in The Arbitration Review of the Americas 2023
29 July 2022
Covid-19: leading institutions speak with one voice
In a display of unity, leading arbitral institutions have published a joint message in response to the coronavirus pandemic, emphasising their commitment to working together to overcome challenges.
16 April 2020
ISDS appointing authorities under scrutiny in OECD report
The important role that appointing authorities play in investor-state dispute settlement is marked by limited transparency or accountability and serves to foster “reciprocal relationships” among a small group of institutions and lawyer-arbitrators, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
17 April 2018
