Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses for Western Investment and Joint Ventures in Eastern Europe

Authors

Mary Theresa Kaloupek, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

This Note discusses issues the practitioner should consider in drafting a dispute resolution provision for a client investing in one of the newly democratizing countries. Part I will discuss arbitration law in Eastern Europe; the dispute resolution provisions in the various foreign investment laws; the applicable national law; and each nation's enforcement procedures for arbitral awards issued in other nations. Part II reviews the dispute resolution provisions in various bilateral and multilateral treaties relating to foreign investment including the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID Convention) and the informal agreements between the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the chambers of commerce of Hungary, Poland, and the C.S.F.R..

Recommended Citation

Mary T. Kaloupek, Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses for Western Investment and Joint Ventures in Eastern Europe, 13 Mich. J. Int'l L. 981 (1992).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol13/iss4/8