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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – what you need to know: Investment protection perspective (Part II)

In our previous newsletter “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – what you need to know: A general introduction (Part I)”, we provided a general overview of the long-awaited RCEP concluded by fifteen Asia-Pacific countries on 15 November 2020, following eight years of negotiations. As of today, the RCEP represents the world’s largest free-trade agreement, exceeding the European Union, the revamped NAFTA (“USMCA”) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (“CPTPP”), in terms of covered population (2.2 billion people) and cumulative GDP (USD 26.2 trillion). In this month’s issue, we will cover the key investment protection provisions under the RCEP. We will also provide an outlook on how foreign investors operating or considering to invest in the Asia-Pacific region could...To read the full article, please see the PDF file

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ラース・マーケルト

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.

アネマリー・ドゥーネンブルグ

Having worked in many different jurisdictions, including in Germany, London, Paris, and Washington D.C., Anne-Marie regularly advises corporations and governments on investor-state and commercial disputes, as well as related negotiations. She is dual-qualified (Germany/England & Wales) and comes from a trilingual background. Prior to joining Nishimura & Asahi, Anne-Marie worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP from 2014 to 2018.