WTO Investment Facilitation is approaching a stabilized negotiating text. Read
Irish Supreme Court weighs in on CETA constitutionality. Read
Dutch court denies compensation to RWE and Uniper. Read
EU and Angola conclude Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement—the first EU agreement of this kind. Read
Awards and decisions
Bolivia found liable for violating the FET standard and the prohibition to adopt arbitrary measures when implementing nationalization on the pension system. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. v. Bolivia, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/18/5. By Marina Montero Frasson. Read
Tribunal finds Spain’s changes to its regulatory regime to have violated investors’ legitimate expectations under ECT’s Art. 10(1). Mathias Kruck and others v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/23. By Raza Ali. Read
Tribunal decides on who may properly represent Venezuela in arbitration. Venezuela Holdings, B.V., et al (case formerly known as Mobil Corporation, Venezuela Holdings, B.V., et al.) v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/27. By Aishwarya Suresh Nair. Read
