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Report on the Rule of Law and Foreign Direct Investment Published

The Economist Intelligence Unit, on behalf of Hogan Lovells and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the Investment Treaty Forum of the not-for-profit research body the British Institute of International Comparative Law, conducted a survey on the relationship between corporate Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) decision-making and the Rule of Law.

This survey sought to identify the factors multinational corporates consider in selecting where to invest internationally, and to gauge in particular the role of the Rule of Law, defined as 'certain, accessible and prospective laws; equally enforced; with access to justice (...) where rights may be asserted (...) through fair trials before an independent judiciary'. The survey was conducted with 301 senior decision makers at Forbes 2000 companies with global annual

revenues of at least USD1bn. Most companies surveyed were headquartered in the US and Canada (40.9%), Western Europe (32.9%) and Asia (14.3%).

This study was supported by Hogan Lovells and Visiting Fellow Julianne Hughes-Jennett, and led by the Director of the Institute's Investment Treaty Forum, N. Jansen Calamita, and Research Fellow, Justine Stefanelli.

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