This article discusses how Portuguese-speaking countries may take advantage of the linguistic and cultural bond that unites them to create an arbitration market. Apart from Brazil and Portugal, arbitration is still almost nonexistent in the Portuguese-speaking world. This article discusses the...

The recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China is not always subject to the same legal rules. Foreign arbitral awards may be divided, according to their origin, into four different groups: awards made in a...

Amicus curiae is a developing feature of modern international investment arbitration. This chapter starts by describing how investment arbitration shifted from a confidentiality-based practice to a model that is more open to the participation of civil society. It then proceeds to discuss the...

The flux of foreign investment into the water industry that took place over recent decades had a significant impact on the relationship between water companies and states. The creation of a global network of international investment agreements also altered the method of adjudication of possible...

Over the last three years the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has been devoting significant attention to the issue of concurrent proceedings in international arbitration. The problem basically arises when one arbitration is initiated in relation to a certain...

One of the most meaningful paths of China’s economic and diplomatic ‘charm offensive’ is the promotion of high-level contacts with the Portuguese-speaking countries. China is well aware of the potentials which derive from the use of the Portuguese language as a means of strategic...