Mesut Akbaba is a German-qualified Attorney and Doctoral Candidate in International Arbitration at Bucerius Law School, Germany.Giancarlo Capurro is a German-qualified Attorney and Legal Counsel at Statkraft specializing in the fields of construction, energy and dispute resolution.

• Part I: Investment Treaties and Challenges in Their Interpretation1. Taxation Measures in ISDS: Cairn v. India and the Principle of Fiscal Sovereignty 2. Examining the Effects of Waiver Clauses in International Investment Agreements Under the Domestic Rules Governing In solidum Liability 3. Shareholders Protection Under International Investment Arbitration 4. In Favour of Counterclaims by Hosts States in International Investment Proceedings Part II: The Future of Investment Arbitration in the European Union5. Reconsideration of Intra-EU Decisions in Investment Arbitration: Is the Komstroy Judgment Enough? 6. The EU’s Role in Regulating Public Political Risk Investment Insurance7. Foreign Investors’ Access to EU Judicial Review on EU Acts Regarding Foreign Direct Investment Screening Part III: “Domestic” Law Issues in the International Investment Law Regime8. EU Law as a Matter of Fact: The Implementation of Domestic Law Clauses in EU Investment Protection Agreements 9. Procedural Challenges in Investment Arbitration: The Standard of Proof for Corruption Part IV: Arbitrator Appointments: Challenges and Developments10. To Disclose or Not to Disclose: Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Investment Arbitration through Zero-Knowledge Proofs 11. Party Appointments and Unconscious Bias in Investment Arbitration12. Arbitrator (I Choose You): Practice and Theory of Arbitrator Appointment in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Part V: Addressing Efficiency and Structural Parity: Procedural Reforms13. Structural Challenges in Investor-State Mediation and How to Address Them 14. Procedural Discretion in Investment Arbitration 15. The Emerging Regulation of TPF in ISDS: A Snapshot of the Reform Efforts of ICSID, UNCITRAL, and the European Union