Investor Presentaiton
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various arbitral rules and forums, such as ICSID,
UNCITRAL and others;
the relationship between international arbitration
proceedings and related proceedings in domestic courts
or administrative tribunals;
the appointment of arbitrators and challenges to
arbitrators;
claims by foreign investors on their own behalf and on
behalf of their subsidiary enterprises;
the treatment of frivolous claims;
the imposition of provisional measures (interim
measures of protection) by tribunals;
the consolidation of related proceedings;
counterclaims by respondent States;
issues relating to transparency and confidentiality of
proceedings;
the substantive law applicable to resolution of claims;
States' involvement in the interpretation of IIAS;
remedies available in ISDS proceedings;
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the costs of arbitration;
• review and annulment of arbitral awards;
the enforcement of arbitral awards;
. the impact of the most-favoured-nation (MFN)
treatment clause on ISDS; and
issues raised by claims submitted to ISDS under the
IIA "umbrella" clauses.
Broadly speaking, States have taken two approaches to
devising ISDS clauses in their IIAS. The first is a minimalist
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