International investment arbitration in Laos: Large issues for a small state

• Main Authors: WEERAMANTRY, Romesh, MOHAN, Mahdev
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: foreign investment; investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS); arbitration; investment treaties; bilateral investment treaties (BITs); Laos; Sanum v Laos; Lao Holdings v Laos; Asian Studies; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration; International Trade Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2596; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4554/viewcontent/International_Investment_Arbitration_in_Laos_Large_Issues_for_a_Small_State_pvoa.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Laos is no stranger to international investment arbitration. Despite its status as one of Southeast Asia's least developed countries, it has had an Investment Law for more than two decades and is also a party to several bilateral and Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)-related inves...