Asia's Changing International Investment Regime Sustainability, Regionalization, and Arbitration

“Asia’s Changing International Investment Regime will certainly become a widely read book for its scope and accessibility to the readership. It comprehensively covers many regional trends in the increasingly fragmented investment protection regime. In this way, it fulfils its main purpose and complements the existing literature on the rapid developmentof the international investment law in the Asia-Pacific region which we are witnessing.” (Ondřej Svoboda, The Lawyer Quarterly, Vol. 10 (2), 2020)

“Provides a succinct and quite comprehensive overview, as well as some detailed analysis, of key developments and themes in the rapidly evolving field of Asia-Pacific international investment treaties. It is particularly useful for readers in the antipodes … . this book provides much food for thought and useful information as well as analysis of trends in FDI, regional investment treaties, and treaty-based dispute settlement, in ‘Asia’ – in a very broad sense. It is definitely worth a closer read.” (Luke Nottage and Ana Ubilava, University of Western Australia Law Review, Vol. 44(2), 2018)

Julien Chaisse is a Professor of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Faculty of Law, Hong Kong. He is an award-winning scholar of international law with a special focus on the regulation and development of economic globalisation. Prior to joining the CUHK in 2009, Dr Chaisse was a senior research fellow at the World Trade Institute (Switzerland). Dr Chaisse has served as Director of the CUHK’s Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development since 2013. He has established forward-looking legal projects and events at the CUHK, including the series “Asia FDI Forum,” which has become the most prominent conference on foreign investment regulation in Asia. In addition to his professorship, Dr Chaisse is an experienced arbitrator and a leading consultant to international organisations, governments, multinational law firms and private investors. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s International Trade and Investment Council. 

Tomoko Ishikawa is an Associate Professor at Nagoya University in Japan. She is a member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Energy Charter Treaty and an arbitrator at Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration. Her professional experience includes serving as a judge at the Tokyo District Court and holding the position of Deputy Director at the International Legal Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Her most recent publications include: ‘Provisional Application of Treaties at the Crossroads between International and Domestic Law’ 31(2) ICSID Review pp. 270–289 (2016); ‘The Rise of the Notion of Illegitimate Debt’ 6(3) Accounting, Economics and Law’ pp. 189–217 (2016) and ‘Restitution as a “Second Chance” for Investor-State Relations: Restitution and Monetary Damages as Sequential Options’ Vol. 3 McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution pp. 154–175 (2017).

Sufian Jusoh is the Deputy Director and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Malaysia and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Dr. Jusoh has been a consultant to many countries and international organisations such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, ASEAN, the World Trade Organisation and the World Intellectual Property Organisation. He plays a key role in the reform of the investment laws in Myanmar, Timor Leste, Laos and the Federated States of Micronesia. Dr. Jusoh holds an LL.B from Cardiff Law School, an LL.M from University College London and a PhD in Law from University of Bern, Switzerland. He is the co-author of the book “The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement The Regionalisation of Laws and Policy on Foreign Investment” (Elgar, 2016).