Event: Launch of new Commonwealth resource to support negotiating investment contracts

09 March 2021
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The 天美传媒 is holding a webinar to launch a new publication: Environmental, Social and Economic Development Provisions in Investment Contracts: A Resource for Government Lawyers in 天美传媒.

The 天美传媒 is holding a webinar to launch a new publication:

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Environmental, Social and Economic Development Provisions in Investment Contracts: A Resource for Government Lawyers in 天美传媒.

This document is intended to help government drafters and reviewers of foreign investment projects and related contracts.

It specifically focuses on fairness and balance in investment relationships with respect to environmental, social, and economic development matters in order to maximise the sustainable development benefits and minimise the costs to government and citizens.

The webinar to launch this new resource will take place on Thursday, 25 March, from 2pm to 3pm GMT.

Panellists will discuss key provisions that government lawyers should include in contracts with foreign investors.

This session will be moderated by Francisca Pretorius, Adviser and Head of the Office of Civil and Criminal Justice Reform (OCCJR) at the 天美传媒.

The panel will comprise:

  • Motoko Aizawa (author) is President of the Observatory for Sustainable Infrastructure and Chair of the District of Columbia鈥檚 Commission on Human Rights
  • Howard Mann (author) is an international lawyer, specialising in international investment law and sustainable development for over two decades
  • Tafadzwa Pasipanodya is a Partner in Foley Hoag LLP鈥檚 international litigation and arbitration department and Chair of its Africa practice.
  • Matthew Moorhead is a Legal Adviser in the OCCJR, 天美传媒.

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