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Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Volume 5

Author(s): 
Todd J. Weiler, MCIArb
Ian A. Laird
ISBN: 
978-1-937518-06-6
Page Count: 
410 pages
Published: 
June, 2012
Practice Areas: 
Authority of the Arbitral Tribunal,
Investment Disputes,
Institutional and Administered Arbitration,
Arbitral Awards,
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards,
ICSID
Jurisdictions: 
International

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This volume contains the papers and proceedings of the fifth annual Juris conference on international investment arbitration. In this volume, once again a talented group of young authors has tackled difficult and topical issues, with the guidance of established members of the international investment bar. This year's focus, on the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) addressed some of the key concerns facing this World Bank institution, as it comes to grips with an ever-increasing workload. As the premier body for the resolution of investor-state disputes, is the ICSID equipped to confront an uncertain future? Are institutional changes required to help it function more effectively? Answers to these and many related questions are provided in volume 5 of this series.
 
The four topics addressed in this book include:
 
• Inherent powers of ICSID tribunals
• The meaning of investment under the ICSID Convention
• Compliance with, and enforcement of, ICSID awards; and
• The choice between annulment and appeal in future ICSID institution-building

PDF of Title Page and T.O.C.

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Ian A. Laird and Todd J. Weiler
Profiles
 
 
 
 
CHAPTER 4 The Inherent Authority of and ICSID Tribunal: What Is the Limit?
Martins Paparinskis 
Constantinos Salonidis
Timothy Nelson
Ian A. Laird
Todd J. Weiler
Antonio Parra
Wendy Miles
Nigel Blackaby
Mara Senn
PANEL DISCUSSION
 
 
 
CHAPTER 7 “Investment” under the ICSID Convention: Have We Moved beyond Salini?
Joshua Fellenbaum
Sungjin Kang
Michael Nolan
Stanimir Alexandrov
Federico Ortino
Miriam Harwood
PANEL DISCUSSION
 
 
 
CHAPTER 10 Compliance and Enforcement of Awards: Is There Really a Practical Difference between ICSID and Ad Hoc Arbitration?
Freya Baetens 
Sylvia Tonova
Baiju S. Vasani
Margrete Stevens
Philippe Pinsolle 
Christopher Gibson 
Marco E. Schnabl
Borzu Sabahi
PANEL DISCUSSION
 
 
 
CHAPTER 13 Appeal versus Annulment: Is the ICSID Annulment Process Working or Is It Now Time for an Appellate Mechanism?
Silvia Marchili
Claire Stockford
Jeffrey Rosenthal 
Gonzalo Flores
John Fellas
Sabine Konrad
Oscar Garibaldi
PANEL DISCUSSION
 
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX

Editors:
 
Ian A. Laird is a Special Legal Consultant in the International Dispute Resolution Group of Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, DC. His practice is focused on the field of international investment law and arbitration. He is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of OUP Investmentclaims.com.
 
Todd J. Weiler is an independent arbitrator, counsel and advisor on investment treaty arbitration. Highly regarded for his engaging and creative style, Dr. Weiler is recognized as a leading expert on the NAFTA and CAFTA, and on international economic law generally.
 
Assistant Editors:
 
Devin Bray and Heather Bray are recent LL.M. graduates from the University of Western Ontario, both now completing their articles of clerkship with Dr. Todd Weiler in London, Ontario.
 
Authors:
Freya Baetens, Assistant Professor, Leiden University
Joshua Fellenbaum, Associate, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB
Sungjin Kang, Counsel, LG Display Co. Ltd.
Silvia Marchili, Associate, King & Spalding
Martins Paparinskis, Junior Research Fellow, Oxford University
Constantinos Salonidis, Associate, Foley Hoag LLP
Claire Stockford, Associate, Crowell & Moring LLP
Sylvia Tonova, Associate, White & Case

Panelists:
Stanimir Alexandrov, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Nigel Blackaby, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
John Fellas, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Gonzalo Flores, Legal Counsel, ICSID
Oscar Garibaldi, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Christopher Gibson, Professor, Suffolk University
Miriam Harwood, Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Sabine Konrad, Partner, K&L Gates LLP
Wendy Miles, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
Federico Ortino, Reader, King’s College London
Antonio Parra, Honorary Secretary General of the ICCA
Philippe Pinsolle, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Borzu Sabahi, Associate, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Marco E. Schnabl, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mara Senn, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Margrete Stevens, Consultant, King & Spalding

Moderators:
Timothy G. Nelson, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Michael Nolan, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Jeffrey Rosenthal, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP
Baiju S. Vasani, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Praise for the Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Series:

"This volume is not for the beginner, nor was it meant to be. It does not provide answers to the many open and difficult questions in the area of investment treaty arbitration, for the simple reason that there are none. The publication is invaluable, however, for anyone who wishes to follow and understand the developments and the debates in this field."
- Kaj Hóber, Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm; Professor of International Law, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee.

"This is not a book for the novitiate, nor is it a ready guide-book to investment treaty arbitration; this is a thought-provoking and substantial presentation of ideas in five particular topics and rightly deserves its place in the library of all who practice in this area. It is not a book for one to settle down and digest in one easy bite -- this book requires and commands time to properly consider. It is all the better for that attribute. Further volumes are awaited with much anticipation."
- Klaus Reichert, Brick Court Chambers is a Barrister and Chartered Arbitrator. He is Co-Chair of the IBA Litigation Committee, is a member of the LCIA European Users' Council, the ICC Commission on Arbitration, IBA delegate to the Hague Conference on Private International Law

"This is a very wide-ranging work that brings together several generations of legal specialists from very different cultures of law; it includes highly original, even brilliant contributions."
- Droit Et Pratique Des Investissements Internationaux - (International Investments Law And Practice)

Author/Editor Detail: 
Editors:
 
Ian A. Laird is a Special Legal Consultant in the International Dispute Resolution Group of Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, DC. His practice is focused on the field of international investment law and arbitration. He is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of OUP Investmentclaims.com.
 
Todd J. Weiler is an independent arbitrator, counsel and advisor on investment treaty arbitration. Highly regarded for his engaging and creative style, Dr. Weiler is recognized as a leading expert on the NAFTA and CAFTA, and on international economic law generally.
 
Assistant Editors:
 
Devin Bray and Heather Bray are recent LL.M. graduates from the University of Western Ontario, both now completing their articles of clerkship with Dr. Todd Weiler in London, Ontario.
 
Authors:
Freya Baetens, Assistant Professor, Leiden University
Joshua Fellenbaum, Associate, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB
Sungjin Kang, Counsel, LG Display Co. Ltd.
Silvia Marchili, Associate, King & Spalding
Martins Paparinskis, Junior Research Fellow, Oxford University
Constantinos Salonidis, Associate, Foley Hoag LLP
Claire Stockford, Associate, Crowell & Moring LLP
Sylvia Tonova, Associate, White & Case

Panelists:
Stanimir Alexandrov, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Nigel Blackaby, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
John Fellas, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Gonzalo Flores, Legal Counsel, ICSID
Oscar Garibaldi, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Christopher Gibson, Professor, Suffolk University
Miriam Harwood, Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Sabine Konrad, Partner, K&L Gates LLP
Wendy Miles, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
Federico Ortino, Reader, King’s College London
Antonio Parra, Honorary Secretary General of the ICCA
Philippe Pinsolle, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Borzu Sabahi, Associate, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Marco E. Schnabl, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mara Senn, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Margrete Stevens, Consultant, King & Spalding

Moderators:
Timothy G. Nelson, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Michael Nolan, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Jeffrey Rosenthal, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP
Baiju S. Vasani, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
Reviews: 

Praise for the Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Series:

"This volume is not for the beginner, nor was it meant to be. It does not provide answers to the many open and difficult questions in the area of investment treaty arbitration, for the simple reason that there are none. The publication is invaluable, however, for anyone who wishes to follow and understand the developments and the debates in this field."
- Kaj Hóber, Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm; Professor of International Law, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee.

"This is not a book for the novitiate, nor is it a ready guide-book to investment treaty arbitration; this is a thought-provoking and substantial presentation of ideas in five particular topics and rightly deserves its place in the library of all who practice in this area. It is not a book for one to settle down and digest in one easy bite -- this book requires and commands time to properly consider. It is all the better for that attribute. Further volumes are awaited with much anticipation."
- Klaus Reichert, Brick Court Chambers is a Barrister and Chartered Arbitrator. He is Co-Chair of the IBA Litigation Committee, is a member of the LCIA European Users' Council, the ICC Commission on Arbitration, IBA delegate to the Hague Conference on Private International Law

"This is a very wide-ranging work that brings together several generations of legal specialists from very different cultures of law; it includes highly original, even brilliant contributions."
- Droit Et Pratique Des Investissements Internationaux - (International Investments Law And Practice)

Table of Contents: 

PDF of Title Page and T.O.C.

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Ian A. Laird and Todd J. Weiler
Profiles
 
 
 
 
CHAPTER 4 The Inherent Authority of and ICSID Tribunal: What Is the Limit?
Martins Paparinskis 
Constantinos Salonidis
Timothy Nelson
Ian A. Laird
Todd J. Weiler
Antonio Parra
Wendy Miles
Nigel Blackaby
Mara Senn
PANEL DISCUSSION
 
 
 
CHAPTER 7 “Investment” under the ICSID Convention: Have We Moved beyond Salini?
Joshua Fellenbaum
Sungjin Kang
Michael Nolan
Stanimir Alexandrov
Federico Ortino
Miriam Harwood
PANEL DISCUSSION
 
 
 
CHAPTER 10 Compliance and Enforcement of Awards: Is There Really a Practical Difference between ICSID and Ad Hoc Arbitration?
Freya Baetens 
Sylvia Tonova
Baiju S. Vasani
Margrete Stevens
Philippe Pinsolle 
Christopher Gibson 
Marco E. Schnabl
Borzu Sabahi
PANEL DISCUSSION
 
 
 
CHAPTER 13 Appeal versus Annulment: Is the ICSID Annulment Process Working or Is It Now Time for an Appellate Mechanism?
Silvia Marchili
Claire Stockford
Jeffrey Rosenthal 
Gonzalo Flores
John Fellas
Sabine Konrad
Oscar Garibaldi
PANEL DISCUSSION
 
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX