Basel Winter Arbitration School is inviting its faculty, participants and the public to attend the keynote lecture ‘Reviewing Arbitration: Contradiction in Terms or Necessary Virtue?’ of Professor August Reinisch. Professor Anna Petrig (Basel University) will introduce the speaker and Professor Yarik Kryvoi (BIICL) will moderate the Q&A session. One of the main advantages of arbitration […]

The British Institute of International and Commercial Law and Baker Botts concluded a study dealing with annulment in ICSID Arbitration. This empirical study examines over 150 annulment decisions rendered by ICSID ad hoc committees and offers a unique insight into how the ICSID system deals with annulment. It provides a detailed examination of the entire […]

A new empirical study examines costs, damages and duration in investor-State arbitration. This study is co-authored by Professor Yarik Kryvoi, Director of the Investment Treaty Forum of BIICL, with Matthew Hodgson and Daniel Hrčka of Allen & Overy examines over 400 investor-State cases conducted under ICSID, UNCITRAL and other arbitration rules, and over 70 ICSID annulment […]