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Umbrella clauses in investment treaty arbitration

Umbrella clauses in investment treaty arbitrationWhat is an umbrella clause?An umbrella clause (known also as an umbrella agreement or an observance of undertakings clause) is a provision in a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) by which a state agrees to comply with all of its obligations owed to

Investment treaty arbitration—an introduction

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California renewable energy investor fails to qualify as an ‘investor’ under the NAFTA (Tennant v Canada)

Arbitration analysis: An UNCITRAL tribunal (with its president appointed by ICSID) and administered by the PCA, has ruled that Tennant Energy LLC, a California investor in an Ontario wind project, failed to prove it was a qualifying investor under the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The meaning of 'investor' and 'investment' in investment treaty arbitration

The meaning of 'investor' and 'investment' in investment treaty arbitrationThe major gateway issue for any claim brought under a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), multilateral investment treaty (MIT) or foreign investment law will be whether the investor actually qualifies as an 'investor' and