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9REN Holdings S.À.R.L. v. Spanien, Legal opinion for the Kingdom of Spain on the compatibility of the Investor-State Dispute Resolution rules in the Energy Charter Treaty with Union law for submission to a US federal court

More Information on the Case Legal opinion in particular on the compatibility of investor-state arbitration proceedings under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) in an intra-EU context with Union law following the CJEU decision in Achmea (C-284/16) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, No. 19-cv-1871-TSC1:19-cv-03783-CJN 9REN Holdings S.À.R.L. v. KINGDOM OF SPAIN Other…

Expert Declaration in Enforcement Proceedings before a US Federal Court in the case of Eiser Infrastructure Limited et al. v. Spain

In the enforcement proceedings before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Professor Steffen Hindelang addressed questions of principles of EU Law and the ECT in his expert declaration.

RREEF Infrastructure G.P. (Limited) et al. v. Spain, legal opinion for the Kingdom of Spain on the compatibility of the Investor-State Dispute Resolution rules in the Energy Charter Treaty with Union law for submission to a US federal court

More Information on the Case Legal opinion in particular on the compatibility of investor-state arbitration proceedings under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) in an intra-EU context with Union law following the CJEU decision in Achmea (C-284/16) Other current consultancy projects in the area Expert Declaration on Certain Issues in Public International Law before the Federal…

Expert Declaration on EU Law and Public International Law

Expert declaration on principles of EU Law, public international law, and international investment law.

Preparation of a legal expert opinion in support of Croatia on the relationship of various provisions of the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) to EU law for submission to the OLG Frankfurt

More Information on the Case OLG Frankfurt am Main, Decision dated 11 February 2021, Case No. 26 SchH 2/20 “The assignment of an investment dispute between EU Member States to an arbitral tribunal affects the autonomy of Union law if Union law may be affected by the arbitral tribunal’s decision. In such cases, an arbitration…

Investment Screening – It Is Always Darkest Before the Dawn – Presentation at the Munich Security Conference International Law Forum 2020

It was a great pleasure presenting at the Munich Security Conference International Law Forum on the topic of #investmentscreening and discuss together with other trade panellists Naboth van den Broek, Kathleen Claussen, Shirin Saif, Gustav Flecke-Giammarco, and a distinguished audience. For more on this topic, please join ERA’s Jens Hillebrand Pohl and Steffen Hindelang of…

Service at the ICSID Panel of Conciliators designated by the Federal Republic of Germany (2019-2025)

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) is an international arbitration institution for dispute resolution between international investors and their respective host governments. The ICSID is part of the World Bank Group and headquartered in Washington, D.C. Service at the ICSID Panel of Conciliators designated by the Federal Republic of Germany (2019-2025). Current…

Republic of Poland v PL Holdings S.Á.R.L, legal opinion for submission to the Swedish Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen)

More Information on the Case Republic of Poland ./. PL Holdings S.Á.R.L, Case No. T 1569-19 The opinion deals with questions such as whether an EU Member State court is required to set aside an intra-EU investor-State arbitral award within the respective national procedures providing for setting aside due to a lack of a valid…

Nextera Energy Global Holdings B.V. and Nextera Energy Spain Holding B.V. v. Spain, preparation of a legal opinion for the Kingdom of Spain on the compatibility of the investor-state dispute resolution rules in the Energy Charter Treaty with Union law for submission to a US federal court

More Information on the Case UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, No. 19-cv-01618-TSC NEXTERA ENERGY GLOBAL HOLDINGS B.V. and NEXTERA ENERGY SPAIN HOLDINGS B.V., Petitioners, v. KINGDOM OF SPAIN, Respondent. NEXTERA ENERGY GLOBAL HOLDINGS B.V. and NEXTERA ENERGY SPAIN HOLDINGS B.V., Petitioners, v. KINGDOM OF SPAIN, Respondent. Other current consultancy projects in…

Co-Rapporteur at 2019 UNCTAD High-Level International Investment Agreements Conference

Break-Out Session on “ISDS Reform” UNCTAD 2019 Nicolas Angelet and I had the great pleasure and honour indeed to act as co-rapporteurs in the morning break-out session on “Reform of ISDS” in this year’s UNCTAD High-Level IIA Conference. Broad consensus on the need to reform the current system, diversity of views on how to engage.…