Las investigaciones de corrupción por autoridades gubernamentales y el arbitraje de inversión: los desafíos creados por la creciente convergencia de dos mundos hasta ahora (casi) separados - Iurgium [previously Spain Arbitration Review] View Las investigaciones de corrupción por autoridades gubernamentales y el arbitraje de inversión: los desafíos creados por la creciente convergencia de dos mundos hasta ahora (casi) separados by - Iurgium [previously Spain Arbitration Review] Las investigaciones de corrupción por autoridades gubernamentales y el arbitraje de inversión: los desafíos creados por la creciente convergencia de dos mundos hasta ahora (casi) separados 2014 21

This article explores the relationship between investment arbitration proceedings and regulatory authorities in the context of allegations of corruption relating to the underlying investment. This article discusses a number of awards in which arbitral tribunals have addressed allegations of corruption relating to the underlying investment, and where in many cases there has been a concurrent investigation by the host State or other regulatory authorities into that alleged corruption. Further, this article explores the challenges which can arise for an arbitral tribunal, including situations where the arbitral tribunal may have access to more information than regulators, where an arbitral tribunal may be called upon to scrutinize the actions or inactions of a host State regulator and where a regulatory finding contradicts a finding of a tribunal. This article also explores core conceptual issues such as the evidential burden of proof in relation to a corruption allegation, whether an allegation of corruption relating to an investment is a jurisdictional or substantive issue and the extent to which arbitrators have a duty to uphold anti-corruption norms.

Iurgium [previously Spain Arbitration Review]