On 23 September marked not only the beginning of the UNCITRAL Working Group III session in Vienna, but also the highly anticipated ITA Roundtable, hosted by KNOETZL, bringing together practitioners of investment treaty arbitration, arbitrators, States’ representatives and international observers. The panel discussion Denying the Benefits of Investment Treaties: Proposals at UNCITRAL Working Group III, focused…

Join us on 23 September 2024 for the highly anticipated ITA Roundtable at UNCITRAL Working Group III: Denying the Benefits of Investment Treaties: Proposals at UNCITRAL Working Group III, hosted by KNOETZL. The Roundtable will focus on Draft Provision 17 of the UNCITRAL paper A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.244 which addresses the ‘denial of benefits’ clause, allowing States to…

Next week the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III resumes its work in Vienna on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform. On this occasion, Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) and KNOETZL are cordially inviting you to the roundtable dedicated to the question of damages and compensation and, particularly, on addressing Draft…

Last night, our offices hosted a roundtable on the occasion of the UNCITRAL Working Group III, organized together with the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), bringing together practitioners of investment treaty arbitration, leading arbitrators, States’ representatives and international observers. Partner Jurgita Petkute welcomed the esteemed guests and David Probst (UNCITRAL) delivered the introductory note on…

On December 6th, the UNCITRAL Colloquium on Civil Asset Tracing and Recovery was held at the UNCITRAL Headquarters in Vienna. Tapping into her considerable expertise in the field, KNOETZL’s Bettina Knoetzl was assigned the task to moderate the first panel of this unique gathering of international experts in Asset Tracing & Recovery.   Despite her…