Season 6 Episode 11 - The French Connection

With Joel on holiday, the others talk about one of the more crucial early steps of any arbitration - the advance on costs [TIME 07:33]. We then interview, much overdue, Dorieke Overduin, Senior Legal Advisor with the Dutch Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat about her work with drafting the Dutch Model BIT, and about the role and function of model BITs more generally [TIME 27:19]. Saadia and Brian also have a happy fun time talking about the Metaverse [TIME 59:33].

Season 6 Episode 10 - The Uncharted Territory

We manage to clock in under an hour, by restricting ourselves to two topics. First, we discuss the notion of territory in investment arbitration, from several different angles that cover both annexations and the metaverse [TIME 11:21]. We then discuss experts for Happy Fun Time, more precisely how to shop for them, how to find them and how to replace them in an arbitration [TIME 34:14].

PS: With eerie timing, the Stabil and others v. Russia award was made public on the same day we recorded, so our statement that all Crimean cases remain unpublished it’s no longer true. The award can be found, among other places, at our favorite IAReporter.