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As a leading opinion maker on investment law and arbitration, Nikos regularly publishes in various blogs and legal journals, which are reproduced on this website.

Nikos is also Managing Editor of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review. The first issue was published in December 2016.

2017

The Hypocrisy of Anti-ISDS Groups – Part 2

[22-maart-17 10:56:12]

I have written a new blogpost focusing on an interesting dispute between two NGOs. This dispute using the Swiss NCP within the context of the...

EFILA publishes its submission for the public consultation on the “reform” of the investment dispute resolution system

[15-maart-17 10:11:02]

EFILA just submitted to the European Commission its position paper regarding the public consultation organized by the European Commission on what it calls “a multilateral reform...

Art. 50 procedure soon to be triggered

[14-maart-17 13:13:15]

Prime Minister will soon trigger the art. 50 procedure. More analysis to come …

This week’s round up from Paris and Geneva

[12-maart-17 14:52:20]

Last Monday (6 March) the OECD Global Forum on International Investment took place in Paris. The focus of the meeting was to develop a new, positive...

Appointment as Guest Professor International Investment Law

[8-maart-17 13:15:02]

In recognition of my academic and practice experience, I have been appointed as Guest Professor International Investment Law at the Free University of Brussels, more specifically,...

The proposal for a multilateral investment court: a work in progress

[1-maart-17 10:30:56]

In my recently published comment in Borderlex, I assess the current situation regarding the proposal of the European Commission for a a multilateral investment court...

The continued lack of adequate investment protection in Europe

[17-februari-17 14:21:59]

In my newest blogpost for the EFILAblog I discuss the broader context of the newest statistics on investment treaty arbitration disputes published by UNCTAD. It is...

Appointed as Mediator for the Energy Community

[16-februari-17 8:59:31]

I am pleased to have been appointed as Mediator for the Energy Community. The Energy Community’s mission is to extend the EU internal energy market...

Just published: The CETA-drama: Entering the dark age of protectionism and nationalism?

[14-februari-17 11:30:02]

My guest lecture on the wider implications of the CETA-drama, which I delivered last November at the Innsbruck University, has just been published in the newest...

The UK’s push for new trade deals: obstacles and opportunities

[7-februari-17 17:55:12]

In this blogpost for Practical Law Arbitration, I discuss the obstacles and opportunities for the UK to negotiate trade deals. WIth the entering into force...

Brexit advisory service launched!

[3-februari-17 12:10:05]

Now that the UK Government published its white paper on Brexit, many complex legal issues arise as to the trade relationship with the EU, but...

anti-trade groups as strange bedfellows of Trump

[2-februari-17 10:06:35]

In this comment for Borderlex I analyze a development, which has not yet been noticed very much, namely, the fact that Trump has strange bedfellows...