Fernando Dias Simões

A Fair and Equitable Green Transition

This Thursday I will take part in the Workshop “International Investment Law for the Green Transition: the Limits of Plurilateralism”, to be hosted by the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen. The workshop is organized as part of the research project “ENERGIZE: Re-Shaping International Investment Law for the Green Transition”, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF). I will be presenting a paper titled “A Fair and Equitable Green Transition”. I thank the organizers for the kind invitation.

Joining the 2019 Judgments Convention: the Portuguese Experience

Next week I will have the honour of taking part in the ‘HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2023: Access to Justice and Sustainable Development: The Impact of the HCCH in an Inter-Connected World‘, to be hosted by the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong. I will be presenting a paper titled ‘Joining the 2019 Judgments Convention: the Portuguese Experience’. I thank the Hague Conference on Private International Law for the kind invitation.

A reforma da arbitragem de investimento e o mercado da arbitragem comercial

Esta Quarta-feira estarei no Congresso “Os desafios da Arbitragem: Uma perspetiva multidisciplinar”, uma organização do Instituto Jurídico Portucalense (Projeto de Investigação ARBLAW – Arbitragem e Acesso ao Direito). Farei uma apresentação intitulada “A reforma da arbitragem de investimento e o mercado da arbitragem comercial”. Mais informações e inscrições aqui: https://www.upt.pt/noticias/os-desafios-da-arbitragem-uma-perspetiva-multidisciplinar/

New book chapter: ‘Keep on trading in the Free World’

My latest book chapter, titled ‘Keep on trading in the Free World’, has been published in the book “Contestation and Polarization in Global Governance: European Responses” edited by Michelle Egan, Kolja Raube, Jan Wouters and Julien Chaisse (Edward Elgar, 2023), pp. 283-301. You can find it here.

New book chapter: ‘Diversity in Investment Arbitration: Balancing Individual and Community Legitimacy’

My latest book chapter, titled Diversity in Investment Arbitration: Balancing Individual and Community Legitimacy, has just been published in the book “Diversity in International Arbitration: Why it Matters and how to Sustain It“, edited by Shahla Ali, Filip Balcerzak, Giorgio Colombo and Joshua Karton (Edward Elgar, 2022), pp. 33-47.