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Expropriation—investment treaty arbitration

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US District court grants an anti-suit injunction to NextEra and severely criticises Spain’s stubborn

Arbitration analysis: Dutch companies NextEra Energy Global Holdings BV and NextEra Energy Spain Holdings BV (NextEra) invested in Spanish solar energy plants benefiting from the then favourable economic tariffs for investors. These projects were hindered by dramatic regulatory changes stressed by

US court rejects orders to complete discovery in international commercial arbitration (In re Webuild SPA)

Arbitration analysis: In re Webuild SPA (‘Webuild’) the US District Court for the Southern District of New York was presented with a motion to vacate the court’s order granting ex parte application for discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 and a motion to quash a subpoena. The court held that the

Expropriation—investment treaty arbitration

Expropriation—investment treaty arbitrationA definition of expropriationIn the context of investment treaty arbitration, expropriation occurs when a state has taken a foreign investor’s property for which compensation is required.One of the core protections provided by nearly all bilateral

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).