ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v GOVERNMENT OF CANADA (Award)
ICSID · Investment (ICSID and treaty) · International (investor-state)
Why it matters
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v GOVERNMENT OF CANADA is an investment-treaty arbitration, in which a foreign investor argued that a state had fallen short of the protections it had promised under a treaty. Disputes of this kind turn on the balance between an investor's protections and a state's freedom to regulate in the public interest. The tribunal's full reasoning, and any sum awarded, are set out in the original.
Summary
This is the award in ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v GOVERNMENT OF CANADA. It comes from the field of investment-treaty arbitration, in which a foreign investor brings a claim against a state, contending that the state has fallen short of the protections it promised investors under a treaty. The matter proceeded under the UNCITRAL Rules and the relevant trade agreement, administered by ICSID, under case number UNCT/14/2. The tribunal's reasoning, and any sum it awarded, are set out in the original; this entry links to the case on ICSID's own record.
The detail
Parties: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
Case number: Case No. UNCT/14/2
Outcome: Award in case UNCT/14/2. See the original for the disposition and any quantum.
Applicable law: UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; the applicable trade agreement; ICSID-administered.
Issues in play: A foreign investor's treaty protections against a sovereign state's right to regulate.
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