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Earlier this year, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (the ″Supreme Court″) confirmed that, if an arbitral award has been issued that is entirely silent on elements which are apparently important for the decision on a dispute, it falls upon the arbitrator and the respondent in an action for annulment…

On 20 December 2012, the Regulation (EU) No 1219/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries (the “Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal of the…

Party autonomy and the freedom to agree on jurisdiction constitute the very corner stones of arbitration as a dispute resolution method. However, in many instances, it is precisely the question of jurisdiction that adds an additional layer of controversy to arbitration proceedings. This is most…

Investor-state disputes are on the rise. Since the late 1990s, the number of such disputes has increased sharply. By the end of 2011, 450 known cases were pending. Investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms allow foreign investors to challenge a wide range of governmental measures, and to sue host…

The signing ceremony which took place on 19 July 2012 was attended by Srdjan Darmanović, Ambassador of Montenegro to the United States and Marija Petrović, First Secretary of the Embassy of Montenegro to the United States and, on behalf of the Convention, by Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General of ICSID.

In recent decades, investment arbitration has continued to be an expanding category of public international law. This growth is fueled by the fact that the law applied to international investment disputes is derived from numerous sources. Examples include bilateral investment treaties (“BITs”),…