Publications

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…

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…