SearchLoginContact AboutResearchBIICL BlogEventsTrainingForumsICLQMembershipSupport Us Home > Investment & Trade Investment & Trade International trade and Investment are at the forefront of international relations and the news headlines from around the globe. International investment law is an area of public international law which deals with issues relevant to foreign direct investments, normally to facilitate and protect such investments. States concluded thousands of international investment agreements, multilateral and bilateral (BITs) adhering to specific standards such as fair and equitable treatment, non-discrimination, protection in the event of expropriation. An important part of International Investment Law is the system of investor-state disputes (ISDS). BIICL serves as a hub for a high-level research and debate on trade and investment through, amongst other things, the annual WTO Conference and its Investment Treaty Forum. Projects View All Empirical Study: Costs, Damages and Duration in Investor-State Arbitration 3rd May 2021 Read More Arbitration+3 Empirical Study: Annulment in ICSID Arbitration Yarik Kryvoi | 28th January 2021 Read More Arbitration+3 Sovereign Wealth Funds: Transnational Regulation and Dispute Resolution Yarik Kryvoi | 26th May 2020 Read More Arbitration+3 Empirical Study: Corporate Restructuring and Investment Treaty Protections Yarik Kryvoi | 23rd March 2020 Read More Arbitration+3 News View All BIICL publishes new study on sovereign wealth funds and dispute resolution 14th September 2021 Read More Arbitration+1 New empirical study on annulment in investor-State arbitration 19th July 2021 Read More Arbitration+1 BIICL publishes new study on costs, damages and duration in investor-state arbitration 3rd June 2021 Read More Arbitration+1 BIICL supports UN Office on Drugs and Crime to set up expert meeting 18th May 2021 Read More Investment and Trade Blogs View All Investor-State Mediation: Trends, Risks and Opportunities Aleksander Kalisz | 18th January 2021 Read More Arbitration+1 Emissions Trading: International Law and Dispute Resolution Aleksander Kalisz | 7th January 2021 Read More Arbitration+3 The Limits of State Regulatory Powers: 34th ITF Public Conference Summary Aleksander Kalisz | 17th November 2020 Read More Arbitration+1 Publications View All Sovereign Wealth Funds: Transnational Regulation and Dispute Resolution Yarik Kryvoi | 14th September 2021 Read More Arbitration+3 Empirical Study: Annulment in ICSID Arbitration Yarik Kryvoi | 14th July 2021 Read More Arbitration+3 Private or Public Adjudication? Procedure, Substance and Legitimacy Yarik Kryvoi | 4th June 2021 Read More Arbitration+1 Empirical Study: Costs, Damages and Duration in Investor-State Arbitration Yarik Kryvoi | 2nd June 2021 Read More Arbitration+3 Upcoming Events View All 2021 BIICL WTO Conference COVID-19 and World Trade: Resilience and Building Back Better Event Date: 10th December 2021 Read More Centre for International law+1 Taking Stock of Work of the Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and International Investments Event Date: 16th December 2021 Read More Arbitration+2 Basel Winter Arbitration School Event Date: 6th February 2022 Read More Arbitration+1 Short Course: Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property Event Date: 4th March 2022 Read More COVID-19+4 People View All Professor Yarik Kryvoi Arbitration+4 Dr Julinda Beqiraj European Law+2 British Institute of International and Comparative Law BookshopPrivacy PolicySitemapContact UsCareersCookies © 2021 BIICL | A company limited by guarantee | Registered in England No. 615025 | Registered Charity No. 209425 Keep In Touch