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The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review: The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Lars Markert and Shimpei Ishido co-authored the chapter on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review - Seventh Edition, published by Law Business Research.
The chapter provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the investment protections and investor-State dispute settlement provisions of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which is currently in force between Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam and Peru. Also, the United Kingdom, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan and Ecuador have submitted applications for accession to the CPTPP. Negotiations for the UK’s participation in the CPTPP are on track, with a view to letting the UK join the CPTPP by the end of 2022.
Lars’ practice is focused on commercial and investment arbitration. He has particular expertise in contentious proceedings involving post-M&A, commercial, manufacturing, construction, and distribution matters, in areas such as life sciences, automotive, and energy. Lars also deals with cases involving governments, and has advised foreign investors and sovereign states on issues of foreign direct investment and public international law, including related negotiations and investor-state disputes. He has been involved in more than 50 international arbitrations as counsel and arbitrator under the arbitration rules of institutions such as the ICC, DIS, SAC, NAI, ICDR, KCAB, JCAA, SIAC, and ICSID, as well as under the UNCITRAL Rules.