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I recently wrote about this law, allowing Russian courts to assert jurisdiction over disputes with valid arbitration agreements

Today the European Council decided to prohibit enforcement of Russian court judgements based on the Lugovoy Law in the EU.

The rule of law has declined in #Russia after the Feb 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At a workshop at the Arctic University of Norway earlier this week, we explored the growing dominance of informal governance in Russia. Key takeaways & event video

From my conversation with an old school barrister: “Are you on LinkedIn?" "No, I am at the Gray’s Inn.”

Advanced Training Workshop: Corruption and Arbitration 20 November with Professor Yarik Kryvoi @Kryvoi and Dr Vlad Meerovich, @PetersandPeters #Arbitration #Training #Professional Development Find out more and book your place https://t.co/T9GkQ1PiSV https://t.co/X84mpcvm3S

Join our online training workshop on #Arbitration & #Corruption. Vlad Meerovich & I will cover key issues like proving corruption, red flags, and tribunal duties in commercial and investor-state arbitration using case studies & empirical data. @BIICL #ISDS https://t.co/ItRAh3RFSP

@icon_journal If you do not have access to the journal, here is a draft on @SSRN

Pleased to share my article on #corruption & foreign investments in the Int'l Journal of Constitutional Law @icon_journal. I empirically analysed how international investment agreements & investor-state tribunals address corruption. #FDI #ISDS #arbitration https://t.co/rhyDwS6GV1

Look forward to contributing to the 2024 Winter Arbitration School in Basel. Will be good to catch up with top Swiss lawyers, academics and representatives of arbitral institutions.

NOW ON @SSRN: "GIVE PARENTS THE VOTE," with @KleinfeldJoshua, forthcoming in @NotreDameLRev Parents should be able to cast ballots for their children. And state legislatures can make it happen! From the abstract: Many of America’s most significant policy problems, from failing

It was good to meet with Mr Hiroyuki Mase, Director of the Economic Treaties Division, Ministry of Foreign Afairs of Japan and his colleagues to discuss reform of investment dispute settlement, international law challenges arising out of the climate change and energy transition.

We are likely to see an increasing fragmentation of the world when it comes to enforcement of foreign court judgements and arbitral awards following Russia's full-scale ivasion of Ukraine in 2022. Here is one example.

Look forward to discussing Russian counter sanctions & their effect on arbitration after the landmark case of UniCredit v RCA. The event is organised by @KeidanHarrison, Essex Court Chambers & @lathamwatkins and supported by @BIICL as part of @LIDW_. ➡️ https://t.co/sczIOic4OV

.@BIICL and @WilmerHale just published the first empirical study of how tribunals treat tax measures in #isds, which I co-authored with Danielle Morris, Sam Winter-Barker & Tunç Savaş. Here is a short summary of key takeaways. Full paper here: https://t.co/urh92ehdTp

Pleased to get my editor's copies of our book Public and Private Governance of Cybersecurity published by Cambridge University Press & co-edited with Prof Tomoko Ishikawa. See the attached leaflet to claim a 20% discount. https://t.co/hfk6lBAB2W

Happy to share the 2023 Investment Treaty Forum Annual Report, which covers our events, projects, publications & more. Many thanks to all ITF members and @BIICL team who made it a successful year! Read the full report here: https://t.co/5skKPaSIW2 #ITFLaw #ISDS

It has been an honour to be received in Delhi by Mr Abhishek Singh, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India to discuss ideas and projects in the area of international law and dispute resolution as well as cooperation with @BIICL.

In this blog post, I explain ways in which artificial intelligence can be used in investor-state arbitration and the challenges it poses. I also give examples of specific #AI tools and data-driven studies, which we conducted at @BIICL: https://t.co/0Gi8bw2X6Q #ISDS #ITFLaw

My new book on the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (@icsid) is now on sale. https://t.co/UOQ8r9Co2l