Insights on Sovereign Representation

This inaugural issue of ArentFox Schiff’s publication on international mining, energy, and infrastructure disputes aims to provide insights and practical information to general counsels and senior executives of companies operating internationally, particularly in countries that present challenging economic and political conditions for doing business.

On October 25, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) released its 2024 Annual Report, which highlights significant trends and statistics in ICSID’s cases during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2024 (FY2024). ICSID administered 341 cases in that period (which was just five short of 346 cases in FY2022), marking the second-highest caseload in its history — a testament to its pivotal role in global investment dispute resolution.

On June 17, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID or the Centre) published a report on the trends in enforcement and compliance of the awards rendered by arbitration tribunals constituted under the ICSID Convention.

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID or the Centre) announced on August 8, that it had registered its 1,000th case under the ICSID Convention and the Additional Facility.

In this WorldSmart podcast, Arent Fox’s Senior International Advisor, Richard Griffiths, sits down to discuss the firm’s Sovereign Representation Group and its presence in the international market with the International Group’s Co-Chairs Hunter Carter and Malcolm McNeil.

Charges that investor-state arbitration is undemocratic, undermines national sovereignty, and prevents necessary regulations have prompted some states to develop new approaches to the field. Recent initiatives in Africa and South America aim to readjust the system in two very different ways.