Investor-State dispute settlement (“ISDS“) is not in crisis – it’s in the middle of its most significant transformation in decades. Singapore has bid to host the Multilateral Investment Tribunal (MIT); the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has opened its first overseas office here; and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has finalised the Advisory Centre Statute and adopted new Supplementary Provisions on ISDS proceedings.
Against the backdrop of this momentum for reform, the European Chinese Arbitrators Association (“ECAA“), with the support of the International Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration, convened a panel on 27 August 2026 at Rajah & Tann Singapore with Partner (Foreign Lawyer) Dr Vanina Sucharitkul, FCIArb to explore what practitioners, investors and State entities can look forward to in the new era of ISDS. The panel was co-moderated by Colin Seow and Dr Alice Meissner, with introductory remarks by ECAA Board member Julie Raneda of Schellenberg Wittmer.
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