Third-party financers are fueling investor-state arbitration battles
2018 saw more investor-state cases filed than any previous year, an indicator that parties may be getting more outside help to advance their claims.
February 13, 2019 at 03:42 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
International arbitration falls into two categories, and for one of them – investment arbitration – 2018 was the busiest year ever.
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), part of the World Bank, handles disputes between foreign investors and host states. It found that more investor arbitrations were registered in the previous calendar year than any other, continuing a growth trend dating to the late 1990s.
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