Key Duties of International Investment Arbitrators A Transnational Study of Legal and Ethical Dilemmas

“This study is a welcome contribution to an ongoing debate. … this book is a valuable addition to the stock of books on international investment law.” (Christoph Schreuer, Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht RabelsZ, Vol. 85 (1), 2021)

“Katia Fach Gomez's new work Key Duties of International Investment Arbitrators: A Transnational Study of Legal and Ethical Dilemmas represents a most welcomed addition to the current debate on the role and ethics of arbitrators. … The discussion undertaken within this work has the potential to spark the debate further.” (João Ilhão Moreira, Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, Vol. 16 (63), 2019)

“Her timely analysis will serve as invaluable input into discussions on adjudicators’ ethics in the abovementioned reform processes and in the EU-led establishment of a MIC. … Fach Gómez’s book offers a persuasive account of the potential virtues of codes of conduct in attaining higher ethical standards of investment adjudicators and thus improving the ISDS regime.” (Martin Dietrich Brauch, Investment Treaty News, September 19, 2019)

“This book offers a useful framework for the treatment of the key duties of arbitrators, and serves as a clear signpost for the current fascinating debate concerning the future of adjudicators’ duties, as well as for future studies in the field.” (Anqi Wang, Chinese Journal of International Law, May 28, 2019)