Archive for January, 2009

Piercing Corporate Veil May Invite Close Scrutiny of Corporate Family Tree

What exactly is a foreign investor?
To the layperson, it may seem self-evident: a national of one country who invests in another country.
But in an era when foreign investors often enjoy much more favourable legal and financial benefits than their domestic counterparts, it seems that everyone is scrambling to be classified as a foreigner these days.
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The Nature of International Arbitration

The Kluwer Arbitration Blog is a project that has been in the works for months, and we are excited about what the future holds for this new venture. As the managing editor of this new blog, I wanted to offer a few quick thoughts about the nature of international arbitration and why I think [...] read more »

Welcome to Kluwer Arbitration Blog

Early last summer I discussed the idea for a blog on international commercial arbitration with Gary Born, one that would feature posts of the highest possible quality. Later that summer I bumped into Roger Alford at the annual ITA Workshop in Dallas and realised that he was considering the very same idea and had already [...] read more »