International arbitration in Latin America : energy and natural resources disputes / Gloria M. Alvarez, Mélanie Riofrio Piché, Felipe V. Sperandio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alvarez, Gloria M.

Contributor:

Riofrio Piché, Mélanie.

Sperandio, Felipe V.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 518 pages)

Place of Publication:

Alphen aan den Rijn : Wolters Kluwer Law International, 2021.

Summary:

This detailed book focuses on the entire Latin American region and elucidates the extensive treatment and examination of arbitration practice particularities, including arbitrability, public order, enforcement, and the complex public-private nature of energy transactions. Penned down by the most experienced and respected arbitration practitioners in the energy and arbitration market, the book explicates the following issues and topics:state-owned entities as co-investors or contracting parties; role of environmental law, indigenous rights and public participation; issues related to political changes, corruption, and quantification of damages; climate change, renewable energy, and the energy transition;force majeure, hardship, and price re openers; arbitration in the electricity sector; take-or-pay contracts; recognition and enforcement of awards;tension between stabilization clauses and human rights;mediation as a method for dispute settlement in the energy and natural resources sector; and different comparative approaches taken by national courts in key Latin American jurisdictions.The book also highlights the impact of COVID-19 on the arbitration process, emerging laws, political circumstances’ changes, global economic trends in the oil & gas market, the energy transition, and the rise of new technologies.

Contents:

States as International Actors in Energy and Natural Resources Disputes : The Latin-American Experience / Mélida N. Hodgson & Pablo Garrido Cardozo

Complex Procedural Issues Arising from Energy and Natural Resources Disputes / Eduardo Zuleta-Jaramillo & Rafael Rincón-Ordóñez & Juan Ignacio Guerra-Toro

Complex Substantive Issues Arising from Energy and Natural Resources Disputes / Eduardo Damião Gonçalves, Flávio Spaccaquerche Barbosa & Caio Gabra & Ana Clara Nascimento

Petroleum Contracts, Applicable Laws and Lex Petrolea in Latin America / Enrique A. Jaramillo & Marlon M. Meza-Salas

Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas Disputes in Latin America, Issues of Force Majeure, Hardship, and Price Reopeners / Emmanuel E. Kaufman & Sofia Svinkovskaya

International Investment Arbitration in the Latin-American Electricity Sector / Alvaro Galindo & Catalina Echeverri

Renewable Energy Arbitration in Latin America / John Adam

Corruption in Energy and Natural Resources Investment Disputes in Latin America / Mélanie Riofrio Piché & Patricia Saiz

Damages in Energy and Natural Resources Arbitrations in Latin America / Noiana Marigo & Michael Seelhof

Recognition and Enforcement of National and International Arbitration Awards in Latin America: Energy and Natural Resources Disputes / Adrián Magallanes & Montserrat Manzano & Claus Von Wobeser

Arbitration in Brazilian-Related Energy and Natural Resources Disputes / Felipe V. Sperandio

Disputes in the Brazilian Electricity Market Renato Stephan Grion

Take-or-Pay Contracts in Project Finance: Focus on Gas-Supply Contracts in Brazil / Peter Christian Sester

Three Notable Issues from the Venezuela Experience / Hugh Carlson & Anton Chaevitch & Liz Snodgrass

Intimate Enemies : Are Stabilization Clauses and Human Rights Compatible under International Law? / Fabio Núñez del Prado & Eugenia Simo García & José Ignacio García Cueto

Measuring Public Participation in International Investment Treaty Law : A Study of the Latin American Extractive Industries Gloria M. Alvarez & Ilias Kazeem

Enabling Frameworks for Energy Investment in Latin America: A Global Perspective / Ernesto Bonafé

Achieving Latin America's Energy Transition : Looking into the Roles of International Arbitration and Dispute Avoidance / Eric Franco & Alejandra Verdera

Climate Change and International Arbitration in Latin America / Daniela Páez-Salgado & Emily Westphalen

Mediation in the Energy and Natural Resources Sector : The Latin-American Experience / Fernando Navarro & Joe Tirado

Concluding Thoughts on the Energy Arbitration in Latin America / Mélanie Riofrio Piché & Celia Cañete & Gloria M Alvarez.

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ISBN:

90-411-9974-8

90-411-9973-X

OCLC:

1252425081