Melida Hodgson

The United States recently designated, in presidential-level appointments, Arnold & Porter partners Paolo Di Rosa and Mélida Hodgson to serve on the Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the World Bank-affiliated International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), which is the world's leading arbitral institution for investor-State disputes. The U.S. designations were recently published on the ICSID website.

United States: Supreme Court To Decide Whether US Courts Can Assist Discovery In Private International Commercial Arbitrations 06 April 2021 by Elizabeth A. Edmondson , Mélida Hodgson , Laura P. MacDonald and Anna Windemuth Jenner & Block To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.

I INTRODUCTION Who qualifies as a 'covered investor' under an international investment agreement? Whether an investor is covered by the state's offer to arbitrate certain claims is a critical question that often lies at the heart of jurisdictional disputes. If a state has not consented to arbitration with an investor, an arbitral tribunal has no jurisdiction to hear that investor's claim.