The start of Lithuania’s transition to free market economy meant that Lithuania had become a member of international commercial market and, as a developing country, had to attract foreign investment fast. This circumstance facilitated the conclusion of a vast number of BITs between Lithuania...

In this essay, analysis of a specific question related to the notion of investor's nationality will be asked - can one consider an investment and, respectively, investor as foreign, if the investor who invests abroad (e.g. purchase of shares of local company) also borrows abroad? In order to...

Corporate nationality in investment arbitration was and still is an area of much debate. The number of bilateral investment agreements (BIT's) have grown significantly over the past 20 years, including also other international agreements, such as North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or...

Pagrindinis klausimas, kuris analizuojamas šiame straipsnyje – ar arbitražo teismai turėtų investicijos apibrėžimą interpretuoti kuo plačiau, ar, atvirkščiai, – jie turėtų laikytis formalesnio požiūrio ir pripažinti investicija tik tokią veiklą, kuri konkrečiai nurodyta...

This article is purposed to introduce an upcoming research starting in September, 2013 on a complex issue arising in the theory and practice of modern investor-state arbitration. To this end, readers are encouraged to treat this research summary as interactive and to contact the author with...