The ICSID Convention: A Commentary »

Christoph Schreuer is a graduate of the Universities of Vienna, Cambridge and Yale. Over an academic career spanning more than forty years, he has published numerous articles and several books in the field of international law. He has covered such diverse areas as human rights, adjudication by national and international courts and tribunals, sovereign immunity, the law of international organizations, the sources of international law and the future of sovereignty.

Loretta Malintoppi is Of Counsel with the Paris Office of Eversheds LLP. She has a law degree from Rome University, holds an LLM in Common Law Studies from Georgetown University Law Center and specialises in public international law and international arbitration, including investment arbitration and State-to-State disputes.

August Reinisch is Professor of International and European Law at the University of Vienna, Professorial Lecturer at the Bologna Center of SAIS/Johns Hopkins University and Director of the LL.M. Program in International Legal Studies at the University of Vienna.

Anthony Sinclair is a member of the London-based International Arbitration Group of Allen & Overy LLP, where he specialises in public international law and international arbitration. He is a qualified solicitor in England and a barrister and solicitor in his native New Zealand. He holds degrees in political science and law from the universities of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Cambridge.

This Commentary gives a detailed description of the meaning and application of the ICSID Convention.