Free Trade – Knowledge Transfer
Two Expert Declarations before US Federal Court
In the enforcement proceedings before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Professor Steffen Hindelang submitted an two Expert Declarations. In his Expert Declaration, Professor Steffen Hindelang addressed the issues relating to the relevant rules and principles of EU law, including the principles of autonomy and primacy. In his reply expert declaration,…
Read MoreForesight Luxembourg Solar 1 S.À.R.L., Foresight Luxembourg Solar 2 S.À.R.L., Greentech Energy Systems a/s, (Now known as Athena Investments a/s), GWM Renewable Energy I s.p.a., GWM Renewable Energy II s.p.a. 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 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 ECJ decision in Achmea (C-284/16) United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Foresight Luxembourg Solar 1 S.À.R.L., Foresight Luxembourg Solar…
Read MoreMasdar Solar & Wind Cooperatief U.A. 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 Expert Declarations in Support of Spain’s Motion to Dismiss Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award in Untited States District Court for the District of Columbia, Masdar Solar & Wind Cooperatief U.A. v. Spanien, Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-02254-JEB Other current consultancy projects in the area Preparation of a legal opinion for an…
Read MoreEuropean Parliament INTA Workshop: EU Investment Protection after the ECJ Opinion on Singapore: Questions of Competence and Coherence
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Read MoreInfrastructure Service Luxembourg S.A.R.L., and Energia Termosolar B.V. (formerly “Antin”) v. Spain, preparing 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 Expert Declarations in Support of Spain’s Motion to Dismiss Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award in Infrastructure Services Luxembourg SARL, and Energia Termosolar BV (formerly Antin) v. Kingdom of Spain on the compatibility of investor-State arbitration on the basis of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) with EU law after the CJEU…
Read MoreEiser Infrastructure Limited and Energía Solar Luxembourg S.à r.l. 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 On the compatibility of investor-State arbitration on the basis of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) with EU law after the CJEU ruling in Achmea (C-284/16). UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Case No. 18-cv-01686-CKK Eiser Infrastructure Limited and Energia Solar Luxembourg S.A.R.L., Petitioners, v. Kingdom of Spain,…
Read MoreExpert Declaration on Issues of Investor-State Arbitration, the Energy Charter Treaty and EU Law
More Information on the Case On the compatibility of investor-State arbitration on the basis of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) with EU law after the CJEU ruling in Achmea (C-284/16). More information on the case Novenergia II v. Spain in US Federal District Court of the District of Columbia (Motion to Dismiss and to Deny…
Read MoreExpert Declaration in Enforcement Proceedings before US Federal Court in InfraRed Environmental Infrastructure GP Limited et al. v. Spain
In the case of InfraRed Environmental Infrastructure GP Limited et al. v. Spain, Case No. 1:20-cv-00817-JDB relating to ICSID Case No. ARB/14/12 (“InfraRed v. Spain”), Spain was found to be liable to pay compensation for breach of Article 10 of the Energy Charter Treaty of 1994 (“ECT”). The applicants are companies incorporated under the laws…
Read MorePresentation on Current Developments in International Investment Law at the Spring Conference of the German-Nordic Lawyers’ Association
Presentation on Current Developments and Foundations in International Investment Law at the Spring Conference of the German-Nordic Lawyers’ Association on 09 June 2018 in Riga Presentation Further Information Editorship: YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions (Series co-editor with Andres Moberg), Springer 18 November 2023 Read More → Risking the Rule of Law? The Relationship between Substantive…
Read MoreTestimony in the German Parliament, Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy, on a Multilateral Investment Court
On 6 June 2018, at the invitation of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy of the German Bundestag, Steffen Hindelang testified on the planned establishment of a Multilateral Investment Court. In his written statement, he came to the conclusion that the establishment of a “Multilateral Investment Court” (“MIC”) can make a key contribution…
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