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Europe consults on investment protection and ISDS in the TTIP
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on its proposed approach to investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) …
Breach of fair and equitable treatment standard (ICSID)
In Ioan Micula and others v Romania (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/20), an ICSID tribunal considered whether Romania was in breach of the Sweden-Romania …
Recent sanctions developments: EU relaxes certain Syrian sanctions and amends measures relating to North Korea, Iran and Tunisia; US relaxes Myanmar sanctions
The EU has recently published a new Regulation (Regulation 697/2013 of 22 July 2013 ("Regulation 697/2013")) which amends Regulation 36/2012, the key …
European Commission publishes employment and recruitment sector guide: Corporate responsibility to respect human rights
The European Commission has published guidance for the employment and recruitment sector on meeting the corporate responsibility to respect human rights …
European Commission publishes oil and gas sector guide: corporate responsibility to respect human rights
The European Commission has published guidance for companies in the oil and gas sector on meeting the corporate responsibility to respect human rights …
Herbert Smith Freehills acts for JUSTICE in intervention in Supreme Court case
Herbert Smith Freehills acted for JUSTICE, a UK based law reform and human rights organisation, in relation to its intervention in Susan Smith & …
ICSID Tribunal discusses hierarchy between EU law and ECT in Electrabel case
Hungary has recently seen claims brought against it by a Belgian investor for breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) dismissed in the case of …
German court confirms the protection of investors under intra-EU BITs
On 10 May 2012, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) in Frankfurt issued a long-awaited decision in annulment proceedings brought against a …
Argentina's "expropriation" of Repsol oil subsidiary: the legal landscape
On 16 April 2012, Argentina's President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, presented a draft Bill to Congress setting out the Government's intention to …
EU implementing Regulations for Iran oil embargo
On 23 January 2012, the European Council adopted Decision 2012/35/CFSP, setting out a range of new sanctions on Iran, including an oil embargo. Many …
Financial and trade sanctions against Iran strengthened
Three measures against Iran adopted on 23 January 2012 by the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council add yet another layer to the extensive Iranian sanctions …
Discrimination and arbitration: where EU law clashes with the freedom of the arbitral process
On 22 June 2010, the English Court of Appeal made a ruling with potentially wide-ranging repercussions in the context of parties' freedom to choose their …
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