Investment Law and the Energy Transition

Kaj Hobér is a leading figure in the field of international arbitration (commercial and investment). He has been the chair, sole arbitrator, and party-appointed arbitrator in over 300 arbitration matters. He was previously a partner with the leading Nordic law firm, Mannheimer Swartling and is now an Associate Member with 3 Verulam Buildings Gray’s Inn, London. He has acted as counsel in several hundreds of international arbitration matters, commercial and investment.Volker Roeben is Professor of International Law and Dean at Durham Law School. He is also a visiting professor at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, a docent at the University of Turku, and an associate at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy of the University of Dundee. Formerly, Volker previously was senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative law and Public International Law, and a professor at Swansea University and the University of Dundee.Ylli Dautaj is Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Commercial Arbitration at Durham Law School, UK. Ylli graduated with a PhD from University of Edinburgh (UK) as a stipendiary scholar of the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities. He has taught in various jurisdictions, including at Penn State Dickinson Law, Jindal Global Law School, and Uppsala University. Meanwhile, Ylli founded DER Disputes and stands as counsel in international commercial and investment arbitration. He represents individuals, private enterprises, State-owned enterprises, and States in various disputes, including matters incidental or ancillary to arbitration. He focuses primarily in East-West disputes and energy-related disputes.

• List of ContributorsForewordChapter 1 - Investment Law and Energy Transition: Promotion, Protection and Arbitration Kaj Hobér, Volker Roeben, Ylli Dautaj Chapter 2 - The International Legal and Regulatory Framework of Climate ChangeSofia KovacevicChapter 3 - The Economics of Energy TransitionNima FarrahiChapter 4 - Climate Litigation: Climate Change, Transition, and Human Rights María José AlarcónChapter 5 - The International Energy Architecture and Energy TransitionVolker Roeben Chapter 6 - Planning and Drafting, and Interpreting Investment Treaties in the Era of Energy TransitionSamira SulejmanovicChapter 7 - Critiques of ISDS and the Arbitration Community’s ResponseGeorge BermannChapter 8 - Reforming International Investment Law to Align with Climate Change: Substantive Issues and SolutionsKabir Duggal, Andrés Alvarez CalderónChapter 9 - Reforming Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Procedure for Energy Transition Disputes: From Obstacle to Tool for Sustainable DevelopmentFahira BrodlijaChapter 10 - The ‘Modernised’ Energy Charter Treaty: The Bridge and the Pathway ForwardYlli Dautaj, Lei ChenChapter 11 - Case studies of energy transition casesFilip BalcerzakChapter 12 - The Role of Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Global Governance of Energy InvestmentsAna StanicChapter 13 - Trends in Energy DisputesKaj HobérIndex