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International investment issues

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • July 18 2007

On 11 June 2007, a tribunal constituted under the investor-state dispute settlement procedures of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Area) Chapter 11 ruled 2-1 against the United Parcel Service of America (“UPS”) in its long-running arbitration against Canada

International arbitration developments: Canada strengthens investor protections

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, Global
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  • March 17 2008

Canada has just passed legislation implementing the ICSID Convention, a very important tool for the resolution of investor-state disputes

Using investment treaties to mitigate political risk

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, Global
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  • November 2 2007

Cross-border investments in emerging markets often engage political risk

Allocation of costs joint order in Canfor v USA applies 'loser pays' rule in investment treaty arbitration

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • October 26 2007

As a result of the wide discretion given to tribunals under both the ICSID and the UNCITRAL rules, there are no precise principles governing the allocation of costs incurred during investment treaty arbitrations

First arbitration judgement issued under Canada-United States Softwood Lumber Agreement, 2006

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • May 31 2008

On March 8, 2008, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) issued its decision regarding the interpretation and application of Canada’s obligations under the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement between Canada and the United States (SLA

Feds near ratification of ICSID important tool for Canadian investors abroad

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, Global
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  • February 28 2008

The federal government is near to completing its share of the legislative role in ratifying a very important tool for the resolution of investor-state disputes

ICSID ratification to provide new tool for Canadian investment disputes

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 3 2007

On March 30, 2007, Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter MacKay introduced the Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act in the House of Commons

Investor-state arbitration, court intervention and the ICSID Convention in Canada

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada, Global
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  • March 26 2010

Canada signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the 'ICSID Convention') on 15 December 2006, but it has not yet been ratified

A snapshot of Investor-State arbitration in the Americas

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 17 2010

This paper provides a comparative overview of the current status of Investor-State arbitration in the Americas

Our “old but still (very) useful” section

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • Canada, Iran
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  • November 17 2010

The Sapphire International Petroleum Ltd. v. National Iran Oil Company (NIOC) award was rendered more than 45 years ago, and to this day remains one of the most relied upon and one of the most discussed cases on standards of compensation