Sophie Bourgois

Articles - Belgium is the 65th country and 16th European member state to have modelled its arbitration legislation on the Uncitral Model Law. With this, Belgium aims to affirm its pro-arbitration stance and to attract more international arbitration proceedings. 

Articles - On 30 November 2012, an ICSID Arbitral Tribunal rendered a much-awaited award in a dispute between Electrabel and the State of Hungary regarding early termination of a power purchase agreement (“PPA”) following a binding decision by the European Commission that such PPA contained unlawful State aid. This case is one of several arbitration cases that deal with the possible conflict between EU law and the guarantees that are offered to private investors under the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”).