PCA TRIBUNAL FINDS INDIA IN BREACH OF TREATY IN VODAFONE TAX DISPUTE

The Government of India has lost the first of three keenly anticipated decisions on the retrospective tax liabilities introduced by statute in 2012 to reverse the ruling of the Indian Supreme Court in the Vodafone case. The legislation was introduced in the Finance Act 2012 to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling that Vodafone was not … Read more

India and Brazil conclude negotiations of Bilateral Investment Treaty

As previously noted in April 2015, India amended its model bilateral investment treaty (the Indian Model BIT) and has reportedly been deploying it in recent months to seek to re-negotiate bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with over 47 countries (see previous post of July 2016). One of these negotiations was with Brazil, a country historically known … Read more

Head of India Arbitration Practice, Nick Peacock, comments on India’s draft Model BIT 2015 for CNBC TV18’s “The Firm”

As reported in our recent blog post here, India has recently released a draft  “Model Text for the Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty” (“Model BIT“).  Head of the India Arbitration Practice, Nick Peacock was invited to comment on the Model BIT for CNBC TV18’s The Firm, India’s only television programme covering corporate law, M&A, financial regulation, … Read more

Indian Government seeks comments on a proposed draft Model Text for the Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty

The Government of India (“GOI“) has recently published a draft “Model Text for the Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty” (“Model BIT“), which is understood to be intended to revise India’s model bilateral investment treaty of 1993 and to serve as a framework for the renegotiation of India’s over 80 bilateral investment treaties (“BITs“) which are currently … Read more