The Nationality of the Investors under ICSID and UAE investment Treaties -

May 24, 2017

The Nationality of the Investors under ICSID and UAE investment Treaties

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1- The Title will be: The Nationality of the Investors under ICSID and UAE investment Treaties.
2- You should Include Expo 2020 topic in the proposal. Regarding the investments
3- Citation: OSCOLA.
4- The proposal elements should be followed
a) Abstract.
b) Background or Research Problem.
c) Research Question.
d) Analytical Framework.
e) Research Methodology.
f) Purpose and significance Thesis.
g) Literature Review.
h) Structure/ Time Frame.
i) Bibliography.

5- The Research Methodology that you have to mention in the proposal !!
You have to mention these methods
a) Library- based.
b) Academic Legal Books.
c) Journal Articles.
d) Cases.
e) For recent Cases and Articles Im going to use my access to Kluwer Arbitration Website and Westlaw database. So you have to mention this in the proposal
6- Sources: (10 Sources, 5 of them are attached):
– You must use the following attached sources:
a) Principles of International Investment Law (p.44-p.60).
b) The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration (p.230-p.251).
c) International Arbitration (p.441 p.499).
d) The Determination of the Nationality of Investors under Investment Protection Treaties (p.13-p.16)+ (p.37 p.52).
e) International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (Tokios Tokeles v. Ukraine) (p.5-p.30).
f) Dissenting Opinion.
And I want a copy of the additional sources that you are to going to use

7- Research Problem:
Relates to the absence of definition of investors under ICSID.
A. Whether enterprises Constituted or organized under UAE Law but Controlled by non UAE entities (shareholders or parent companies) can be regarded as investors according to both UAE and ICSID treaties?
B. What constitutes investor under ICSID?
(Dilemma between ICSID and UAE BIT(s)).

8- The Structure of the proposal

– Chapter (1):
Introduction.
– Chapter (2):
Growth of Foreign Investment and Investment arbitration.
a) Early Developments.
b) The Emergence of an International minimum.
c) Developments after the second.
d) Recent Developments.
e) Investor Protection Legislation.
– Chapter (3):
a) Private Foreign Investors.
b) Nationality of Individuals.
c) Nationality of Corporations.
– Chapter (4):
a) Article 25(2)(b) of the ICSID Convention: Agreement to treat a local company as a foreign national because of Foreign Control.
b) Nationality Planning.
– Chapter (5):
a) Denial of Benefits.
b) Shareholders as investors.
9- You can change the subtitles and their order.
10- You have to Add subtitles for chapters 3,4 and 5.