Apart from its obvious benefits for practitioners, the book should, with its impressive array of data, help to inform the public debate on investment arbitration, which so often focuses on matters of procedure (such as transparency). The authors are also to be congratulated for making their discussion of the seemingly dry topic of procedure an entertaining and thought-provoking read.
Antonio R. Parra, Honorary Secretary-General, ICCA
This is an extremely valuable tool for practitioners and academics alike. It covers the most important procedural issues in international investment arbitration in a systematic and comprehensive manner. The extensive tables are a treasure trove of information on a wide range of questions.
Christoph Schreuer, zeiler.partners
Procedural Issues in International Investment Arbitration is nurtured with broad practical experience, extensive knowledge of cases and the literature, and two very sharp minds [...] The books main advantage, however, is that as a practical guide, it has immense potential to empower inexperienced investors, lawyers and government officials [...] This is writing as a means of empowerment, at a time when it is most needed for the future of investor-state dispute settlement.
Professor Nicolas Angelet, Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick
This is a genuinely useful book on procedural practice in treaty arbitration, for counsel and arbitrators alike. I have had my copy for less than a week, and have already used it for guidance on three occasions. The appended tables of publicly available jurisprudence on specific procedural matters are invaluable.
Lucy Reed, National University of Singapore
The approach of the text, essentially taking readers through the life cycle of an investment arbitration, makes it all the more readable and user-friendly. The authors have written a clear, concise and very helpful treatise that will certainly become a 'go to' guide for those interested in ISDS.
Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General, ICSID (From the Foreword)
Arbitration practitioners and students will welcome this book, which is a useful tool and invaluable resource on key procedural issues.
Andrea Sesin-Tabarelli, Asian Dispute Review
Procedural Issues in International Investment Arbitration is a concise handbook, which is informed by the authors' first-hand experience with investment disputes and garnished with extensive footnote references to relevant case law. There is no comparable step-by-step explanation of the investor-State arbitration process on the market, and the book deserves a wide readership. Less experienced counsel or arbitrators will appreciate the book as a primer to investment arbitration, which, for a legal text, makes for an astonishingly good cover-to-cover read. Advanced practitioners will find a competent expert compendium of each step of the arbitral process. The authors have succeeded in writing an advanced book that remains highly accessible.
Dirk Pulkowski, ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin
In sum, this book is another excellent addition to the Oxford International Arbitration Series providing an up-to-date practitioner-orientated guide through the intricacies of investment treaty arbitration procedures. In light of the increasing costs and time involved in investment arbitration proceedings, a deep knowledge and understanding of the procedural nuances is very valuable and can help avoid unnecessary delays and procedural mistakes to the detriment of a party.
Prof. Nikos Lavranos, European Investment Law and Arbitration Review