Charline O. Yim

Gibson Dunn

Charline Yim is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the Litigation and International Arbitration Practice Groups. Ms. Yim earned her Juris Doctor in 2011 from Harvard Law School, where she was the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard International Law Journal. She graduated summa cum laude in 2008 from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied Economics, English, and Political Science, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Yim is admitted to practice in the State New York, and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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Investment and investor protection under the Energy Charter Treaty

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers the substantive standards of investor and investment protection under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). It does not cover the notions of the investor and investment, the denial of benefits and the dispute resolution mechanism under the ECT, which are considered in a separate Practice Note: Investment treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty. The Practice Note considers the following protections under the provisions of the ECT: fair and equal treatment and constant protection and security, within which are considered: non-impairment of investments, non-discrimination (or non-discriminatory treatment), key personnel protection, war losses compensation, and expropriation under the ECT.

Arbitration

Investment treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers investment treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) (also referred to as investment arbitration under the ECT). It considers the background to the ECT (what is the Energy Charter Treaty?), the investors and investments protected by the ECT (what is a qualifying investment under the ECT; what is a qualifying investor under the ECT), denial of benefits under the ECT, and the options for dispute resolution under the ECT (ie to the courts or administrative tribunals of the Contracting Party to the dispute; in accordance with any agreed dispute settlement procedure; or, to international arbitration in accordance with article 26(4) of the ECT). It also considers amicable settlement under the ECT.

Arbitration