TDM 2 (2008) published April 2008

Venezuela: The battle of Contract Sanctity vs. Resource Sovereignty Editorial Table of contents E-mail Alerts Subscribe today Editorial Team

This OGEL / TDM Special Issue on Venezuela: The battle of Contract Sanctity vs. Resource Sovereignty was prepared by Elisabeth Eljuri, the head of Macleod Dixon's Oil and Gas Department in Caracas, Venezuela. In this Special we have attempted to provide articles on a wide array of topics in the oil and gas as well as the arbitration areas.

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TDM 1 (2008) published February 2008

UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Development Implications of International Investment Rule Making Editorial Table of contents E-mail Alerts Subscribe today Editorial Team

UNCTAD organized an Expert Meeting on Development Implications of International Investment Rule Making, which took place in Geneva on 28 and 29 June 2007 with the participation of experts from 54 states and representatives of various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. This special feature puts together the contributions presented at the meeting. It also seeks to bring attention to UNCTAD's IIA-related activities, which build on more than 30 years of experience in matters related to foreign investment, trade and development.

We would like the thank the UNCTAD secretariate (especially Dr. Joerg Weber and Adriana Garcia Vargas) for their efforts in preparing this issue.

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TDM 6 (2007) - November 2007
Compensation and Damages in International Investment Arbitration

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Dr. Irmgard Marboe from the University of Vienna prepared this special feature on Compensation and Damages in International Investment Arbitration which attempts to shed some light on the existing approaches concerning the question of valuation in international investment disputes. It tries to do so primarily from the legal but also from the economic perspective. The authors of this issue, therefore, include both lawyers as well as valuation experts.

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TDM 5 (2007) - September 2007
Energy Litigation and Arbitration - Expert Perspectives

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This new overall issue of TDM has a series of most key think pieces, articles and numerous case comments. We invite comments - which we would be pleased to publish - in particular on Jan Paulsson's essay on the shortcomings of domestic courts in many developing and emerging countries which sits in almost perfect contrast with Dr van Harten's critique of ad-hoc arbitration tribunals and his call for replacing "appointment-hungry" arbitrators with permanent judges in a "World Investment Court".

Other highlights include: Jeffery P. Commission's work "Precedent in Investment Treaty Arbitration: The Empirical Backing"; Large number of case comments; Coverage of advocacy-related topics; Oil, gas and energy-related disputes...

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Other recent issues:
TDM 4 (2007) - New Aspects of International Investment Law ...
TDM 3 (2007) - Energy Litigation and Arbitration - Expert Perspectives
TDM 2 (2007) - The Legacy & Lessons of Distressed & Failed Infrastructure Investments in the 1990s
TDM 1 (2007) - Arbitration & Mediation
TDM 5 (2006) - December 2006
TDM 4 (2006) - Alternative Dispute Resolution in Asia
TDM 3 (2006) - International Investment Law at a Crossroads

 

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Events

Investment Treaty Awards - Post-Award Remedies: The Latest Swing of the Pendulum?
Speakers: Gavan Griffith QC, Stanimir A. Alexandrov, Professor Nicolas Angelet, Nigel Blackaby, Gabriel Bottini, Lee Caplan, Zachary Douglas, Ken Fleuriet, Norah Gallagher, Ruth MacKenzie, Professor Christoph Schreuer, Professor Thomas Wälde, Matthew Weiniger, Robert Volterra.
May 9. London
More information is available at the conference website.

4th Annual CPR European Congress
Join leadership from Nestlé, Northrop Grumman, CEDR, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, IBM, Duke University, University of Vienna, Shell International, and Pepperdine University as they explore the art and practice of international commercial conflict resolution.
May 15 - 16. Le Méridien Vienna - Vienna, Austria
More information is available at the conference website.

International Arbitration Summer Session
Taught by leading practitioners and arbitrators from throughout the world, the International Arbitration Summer Session focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of international arbitration and provides insights on the practice of international arbitration and the handling of arbitration cases
May 26 - June 13, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
More information is available at the conference website.

Specialised Arbitration & Advocacy Skills in International Oil & Gas Disputes
Seminar Director: J.M. Gaitis, Esq
Seminar Presenters: James M. Gaitis, Esq; Professor T.W. Walde; Tim Martin, Esq; Arif Hyder Ali, Esq; William H. Knull III, Esq and others.
September 08 - 12. Hilton Hotel, Dundee
More information is available at the CEPMLP website

Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration
Establishing Claims for Damages, Costs and Interest in International Arbitration. Speaker: The Hon Sir Vivian Ramsey, QC, Justice of the High Court, London.
September 25, 2008, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
More information is available at the conference website.

Fifth Annual Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration: How to Handle Intellectual Property and Telecommunication Cases
This exclusive seminar has been developed to help private practitioners and in-house counsel meet the challenges of this exciting practice area. Handling international arbitration cases, either as counsel or arbitrator, requires specialized expertise that varies from case to case. At this four-day seminar, a group of distinguished experts will teach participants the skills, strategies, and tactics to successfully handle, either as counsel or arbitrator, Intellectual Property and Telecommunication cases using interactive lectures and mock arbitration exercises.
October 27 – 30, 2008, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
More information is available at the conference website.

Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition - Investor-State Arbitration: Perspectives on Legitimacy and Practice
The FDI Moot promotes an understanding of international investment laws and of arbitration as an effective mechanism for the adjudicating international investment disputes. The event attracts not only the student participants but also lawyers from the around the world, who act as judges as part of a program that allows them also to discuss in a collegial environment developments affecting the field. The FDI Moot involves a hypothetical case in connection with an investment by a private foreign investor. Each year’s hypothetical is prepared by the competition’s Advisory Board, composed of distinguished academics and practitioners in the fields of international arbitration, investor-State arbitration and international investment regulation.
October 31 - November 2. Boston, Massachusetts.
More information is available at www.fdimoot.org.

Amsterdam International Law Clinic
AILC offers legal services to law firms, governmental or non-governmental organisations and companies for a relatively low fee.
More at www.jur.uva.nl/ailc/ or contact

Published Articles

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TDM Studies

TDM also publishes a series of 'Special Studies':

The World Bank Guidelines as a Foundation for a Global Investment Treaty: A Problem-Oriented Approach
by Dr. Claudia Wendrich, LL.M.
The paper - following the structure of the Guidelines - addresses admission and treatment of FDI, expropriation of foreign investments, inter-State and investor-State dispute resolution as well as the proposed Convention's scope of application. In addition, it contains an overview of numerous past attempts multilaterally to regulate FDI. Each chapter selects key problems which often arise out of investment transactions, such as restrictions on admission of foreign investors, monetary transfers and compensation for expropriated investments....

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Arbitrating International Petroleum Disputes: an Analysis of Key Substantive Law Issues by Dr. Zeyad A. Alqurashi

The exploration and development of oil and gas in developing countries have often been conducted by international oil companies rather than the countries themselves. International petroleum companies and host governments and/or governmental agencies conclude agreements for this purpose. Such agreements have over time retained certain fundamental characteristics.

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State Regulation of Foreign Property Rights: Between Legitimate Regulation and Nationalisation - an Analysis of Current International Economic Law in Light of the Jurisprudence of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
by Abba A. Kolo
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Special Features

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