International Commercial Arbitration with Sovereign States

Exploring a range of legal, procedural, ethical, and strategic dimensions, this book provides a comprehensive survey of the unique challenges, issues, and opportunities surrounding international commercial arbitration involving sovereign entities. A team of international experts provide guidance on how to effectively manage these multi-faceted and high-profile disputes.

Key Features:

• Analyzes umbrella clauses, parallel proceedings, and jurisdictional doctrines such as veil piercing and agency theories
• Examines the historical and legal development of state sovereignty and international law, and the ever-present tension between the two
• Explores pre-arbitration engagement with sovereigns, focusing on the dynamics of negotiation and mediation, and providing practical advocacy techniques
• Addresses the process of enforcing and collecting arbitral awards, as well as performance issues in contracts with sovereigns, emphasizing the importance of early intervention in avoiding arbitration
• Presents strategic advice for advisors to foreign sovereigns and private parties to resolve commercial disputes, and outlines procedural roadmaps for arbitration initiation, jurisdictional analysis, and enforcement mechanisms

International Commercial Arbitration with Sovereign States is an essential resource for lawyers, judges, arbitrators, and mediators involved in international disputes, as well as government and institutional legal advisors, and academics.