Arbitre Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

• Definition • Standards • National laws • Institutional rules • IBA Guidelines o Part 1 o Part 2 • Conflicts of interest • Procedure o Commencement of arbitration o During arbitration o After award/Annulment of award • Consequences o Before appointment o After appointment o After award • Challenges o National laws  Similarities  Differences o Institutional rules • Secretary

Regulatory framework MITs - NAFTA - USMCA - CAFTA - ASEAN Agreement - ECT BITs - Provisions  Preamble  Definitions  Conditions for admission of investments  Substantive rights  Compensation for Losses (War clauses)  Free transfer of payments  Subrogation of risks  State-to-state disputes  Duration - Arbitration  Cooling off period  Written notice  Litigation  Fork in the road  Compensation ICSID Convention ICSID Additional Facili...

• Substantive relief o Choice of law o Governing laws  National laws  Institutional rules o Limits to arbitrators’ remedial powers o Types of substantive relief  Monetary relief  Declaratory relief  Injunctive relief • Specific performance • Restitution • Rectification  Fill gaps/Adapt contract terms  Punitive/Exemplary damages • Interest o Arbitrators’ power to award interest o Simple vs Compound interest o Governing laws  Mandatory rules...

• Recognition • Enforcement • Execution • Substantive provisions o Enforcing state o Final award o Stay of enforcement o No review o Pecuniary obligations • Procedural provisions o Award notice o Federal courts • Non-ICSID awards o Reservations o BIT/MIT o More favourable provisions o ICSID v New York Convention o Enforcement procedure  Rules of procedure  List of documents  Refusal to enforce/recognise • State immunity • State immunity o Definitio...

Treaty Breach Consequences – Sources of Law - Investment treaty provisions  Treaty provisions • War, armed conflict & insurrections • Monetary damages  No treaty provisions - Customary international law  Chorzow Factory case  ILC Draft Articles • Reparation - Restitution  Material v Juridical - Satisfaction  Declaration  In lieu of damages  No damages - Compensation  Valuation methods  Loss of profits  Moral damage  Causation  C...

Admission & Establishment of Foreign Investments - Terms - Models - Performance requirements - Prior approval/registration - National laws Promotion of Foreign Investments - Promote/Encourage - Create favourable conditions - Restrict economic measures Transfer of funds - Multilateral agreements - Scope of right to transfer funds - Types of permitted transfers - Convertability - Exceptions Prohibition of arbitrary/unreasonable/discriminatory measures - FET relationship - D...

Standards of treatment o Contingent/Relative o Non-contingent/Absolute Fair & Equitable Treatment o Definition o Treaty adoption methods o Autonomous v Minimum standard o Substantive content  - Case-by-case  - Creeping violations  - State functions o Violations  - Frustration of Investor’s expectations  - Denial of justice/due process  - Arbitrariness/Discrimination  - Absence of good faith o ECT  - Conditions  - Reliance on Host State’s commitm...

Defences - Express Exceptions in Investment Treaties - Security Exceptions - Interpretation - General Exceptions (Art XX GATT/Art XIV GATS) - Tax measures - Government procurement/subsidies/grants - State's financial infrastructure - Existing/Future non-conforming measures Defences - Customary International Law - Consent - Force Majeure - State of Necessity State Counterclaims - Treaties/ICSID Convention/Arbitration Rules - Instruments of consent - Variations of scope of co...

National Treatment o Definition o Drafting provisions o Violation of standard  Comparator - Business sector - Not like products - Legal regime  Less favourable treatment - Treatment - No less favourable - Discriminatory intent  No reasonable justification for differentiated treatment Most Favoured Nation Treatment o Relationship with Customary International Law o Ejusdem Generis principle o Scope of application  Treaties  Treatment of TP Investors  De...

Non-ICSID arbitration o UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules  - History  - Transparency o ICSID Additional Facility Rules  - Schedules  - Proceedings  - Disputes  - Secretary-General's prior approval  - Tribunal's constitution  - Provisional measures  - Applicable law  - Remedies vs Award  - Fees & Costs o Non-ICSID Investment Treaty Arbitration  - Lex arbitri  - Parties' chosen rules  - Law of the seat (Directly function/Mandatory function/Sup...