Publications
- Article 10 January 2015
The Consistency of Capital Flow Regulation under the US Model BIT 2012 vis à vis the IMF and the WTO (Trade and Investment Research Papers, Graduate Institute (Geneva) (2015))
This paper compares capital flow regulation across the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, Bilateral Investment Treaties (specifically the US Model BIT 2012), and the GATT and the GATS agreements administered by the World Trade Organization. Revisiting these regulatory frameworks is significant in the context of increased global liquidity following the extensive use of unconventional monetary policies in recent…
- Article 1 January 2012
The White Industries award – Shades of Grey (The Journal of World Investment & Trade (2012) 13(4) 661-686)
This article assesses and provides context to India’s first (complete) investor-state arbitration i.e. the recent award in White Industries v. Republic of India. It discusses the general framework of India’s investment treaty obligations and, in specific, the ‘denial of justice’ and ‘effective means’ standards via three sections: the first introduces India’s experience with investment arbitration and its BIT framework, the second…
- Article 5 July 2010
International Investment Law — Questions Riddling an Answer (Editorial 2(1) Trade Law & Development 9 (2010))
Cross-border investment has steadily grown to become an outstanding feature of economic integration and is increasingly perceived as a direct indicator of development. Recent statistics are telling: over $1.5 trillion in investment flows under the regulatory umbrella of an estimated 2000 bilateral investment agreements and 300 regional agreements. However, those sunny statistics are in contrast to the shadows in the underlying legal…