ICSID Tribunal Won’t Bifurcate Intra-EU Objection Before It’s Filed In Coal Case

Mealey's (March 28, 2022, 3:27 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal on Feb. 22 rejected two coal power investors’ request to bifurcate an objection to the tribunal’s jurisdiction over an intra-EU arbitration that the Kingdom of the Netherlands is expected to file, as well as the investors’ request to block the Netherlands from suing in Germany to declare the arbitration inadmissible under EU law....