Forty-Fourth ITF Public Conference: Evolving Standards of Investment Protection: Recent Developments and New Trends

Event Details

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is pleased to announce a forthcoming conference exploring the evolving landscape of investment protection. This conference will offer a comprehensive analysis of the latest developments in key investment protection standards. It will provide an opportunity to review and understand recent cases, new treaties, and other significant changes that impact investment protection policies and practices.

The keynote address by Professor Federico Ortino, Co-Director of the Centre for International Governance & Dispute Resolution (CIGAD) at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, will examine the "drivers," "techniques," and "outcomes" that have shaped the development of international treaty standards. It will explore the evolution of both arbitral practice and treaty-making (policy), focusing on (a) the contextual factors behind this evolution, (b) the tools used by key actors—primarily investors, tribunals, and States—to drive change, and (c) the key results and implications of this evolution.

This event will bring together leading practitioners, government officials and experts in international investment law, arbitration, and policy reform to discuss recent developments and reform proposals. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the current state and future of investment protection standards. 

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Programme

09.00 - 09.30 | Registration with coffee & tea

09.30 - 09.45 | Welcome and Introduction

Prof. Yarik Kryvoi, Director of the Investment Treaty Forum, BIICL, London

09.45 - 10.30 | Keynote Address

Prof. Federico Ortino, Centre for International Governance & Dispute Resolution, Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London

10:30 - 12:00 | Panel 1: Overall recent trends in treaties and cases

• Prof. Can Yeginsu, 3VB, London (Chair)
  
• Dr Joachim Pohl, OECD, Paris - Differences between new and old generation international investment agreements (remote)
• Diana Rosert, UNCTAD, Geneva - Overview of general trends in ISDS: key trends in recent years (remote)
• Markus Burgstaller, Hogan Lovells, London - Admission and national security issues in ISDS
  
  

12.00 - 12.15 | Break

12:15 - 13:45 | Panel 2: The right to regulate, umbrella clauses and FET

• Sylvia Tonova, Pinsent Masons, London (Chair)
  
• Álvaro Nistal, Arnold & Porter, London - The right to regulate and the police powers doctrine
• Noah Rubins KC, Freshfields, Paris - Umbrella clauses and contractual disputes
• Guled Yusuf, A&O Shearman, London - Fair and equitable treatment
  
  

13.45 - 14.45 | Lunch (provided for all participants)

14:45 - 16:15 | Panel 3: Treatment regimes, expropriation and ESG

• Prof. Attila Massimiliano Tanzi, University of Bologna and 3VB (Chair)
  
• Robert Hunter, Osborne Clarke, Frankfurt am Main - National treatment and most-favoured nation treatment
• Dr Inga Martinkute, Vilnius University, Vilnius - Expropriation
• Anna Kirkpatrick, Clifford Chance, London - Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations

16:15 - 16.30 | Closing Remarks

Audley Sheppard KC, Twenty Essex, London 

*This programme is subject to change

Pricing and Registration

The event is free for members of the Investment Treaty Forum (ITF). Free of charge bookings can be made by emailing the Events team.

If you work for a government or an intergovernmental organisation that is not currently a consultative member of the ITF, please contact Prof. Yarik Kryvoi to apply for free consultative membership.

For other attendees, the following charges apply:

BIICL Member
In-person: £239 | Online: £209

Non-member
In-person: £399 | Online: £349

REGISTER HERE