Renewables Projects - Ten reasons you should be seeking to secure investment treaty protection
25 March 2022
25 March 2022
If any of the above apply, you likely need to know more about how your investments can be structured to take advantage of international investment protection treaties. These can provide invaluable protection for foreign investments and direct recourse against host states in the event of interference with the investment. Ensuring investment treaty coverage at the outset of a new project or investment is key – restructuring the project or transaction in order to secure treaty protection at a later date could run the risk of 'abuse of process' type defences, and thus ultimately be unsuccessful.
We explain investment treaty protection for renewables projects in our Renewable Energy Disputes podcast series.
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Authors: Emma Johnson and Matthew Saunders
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