Essays about: "Investment Protection Agreements"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words Investment Protection Agreements.
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11. Covenants in loan agreements—an analysis of practices within the Swedish high-yield bond sector
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : A high-yield bond is a financing option for a non-investment grade corporation, enabling it to raise funds on the capital market. In light of harsher conditions for senior financing, the development of a liquid high-yield market for bonds may prove a necessary way forward to ensure global competitiveness for Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) that typically relies heavily on bilateral- and syndicated bank loans. READ MORE
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12. How to BITe the Apple - Is there a requirement to exhaust local remedies in investment treaty arbitration?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The principle that a mistreated foreign national has to attempt to be remedied in the host State before resorting to international measures has deep roots in international law. It is regarded as customary international law within the field of diplomatic protection, from which it has spread into other legal fields, one of them being arbitral proceedings under international investment agreements. READ MORE
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13. The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and its Protocol on Aircraft Equipment - Predictability and enforcement of international security agreements
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The difference between the laws of different countries and their legal systems when it comes to restrictiveness in the approach to non-possessory securities have bedevilled the financing and leasing of highly valuable assets such as aircraft equipment, for many years. Furthermore, the law in some countries does not give adequate protection to creditors in the event of default by debtors. READ MORE
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14. The Treaty of Lisbon and Foreign Investmen: Crowning a New King? An Early Assessment of the Treaty of Lisbon's Impact on the Distribution of Foreign Investment Policy Powers Between the EU and its Member States.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : When the much-debated Treaty of Lisbon finally came into force on the 1st of December 2009, it introduced “foreign direct investment” as a new explicit competence within the European Union’s (“EU”) Common Commercial Policy (“CCP”). Albeit heartily welcomed by, inter alia, the European Commission, this extension of the EU’s exclusive external powers is not unproblematic. READ MORE
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15. Secrecy as a Part of the Intellectual Value Creation Within a Firm - How to use secrecy as a strategic tool in a business
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Today, wealth and growth are, to a rapidly growing extent, driven by investment in and governing of knowledge. The industrial economy is increasingly replaced by a knowledge-based economy. Focus on knowledge, as a driver of business, requires new strategies for protecting and capturing knowledge within a firm. READ MORE
