A Practical Guide to Investment Treaties—Asia Pacific provides the reader with an understanding of the essentials of international investment law, as affected by a bilateral or multilateral investment treaty.
In this complex area of law a concise and practical guide has been missing - until now. A Practical Guide to Investment Treaties – Asia Pacific offers an explication of the core principles of international investment law, as affected by a bilateral or a multilateral investment treaty. Containing an analysis of the key protections in over 500 treaties involving States from the Asia-Pacific region, this text provides an introduction to the structure, content, and application of those treaties, with a focus on the experiences and future of this field in the region. The key protections afforded by investment treaties and the means by which those protections can be enforced are set out in a concise and accessible manner.
Features
• Overview and introduction to key topics for understanding international investment treaties
• Flowcharts enabling easier comprehension of complex concepts
• Analysis of over 500 treaties
• Practice precedents and online resources
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Kanaga Dharmananda SC LLB (Hons) (W.Aust), BCL (Oxon), LLM (Harv) practices at Francis Burt Chambers and at Fountain Court. A fellow at UWA Law School, teaching International Commercial Arbitration and International Investment in Mineral Resources he has previously worked at the United Nations, and with Mitsubishi Corporation in Tokyo. He is a founding director of PCERA.
Baxter Roberts LLB (Hons) (W.Aust) is an associate in the International Arbitration Group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, based in Paris. He advises investors and States in disputes under investment treaties, as well as corporate clients in international commercial arbitrations (PCERA).
Michael Feutrill LLM (Dist.) LLB BEc (W.Aust) is a barrister at Francis Burt Chambers and Fellow at the Law Faculty at UWA, where he co-teaches International Commercial Arbitration and International Investment in Mineral Resources. He has worked in the International Arbitration Group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, in Paris and is a founding director of the Perth Centre for Energy and Resources Arbitration (PCERA).