Arbitration is currently central to the fabric of settling international energy disputes, whether in its commercial or investment modes. When arbitration applied it needs consider presence certain distinct features that can influence process. This article identifies and examines eight such features, as complexity, scale, duration projects, their cross-border character, market volatility, strate...

with the emergence of new legal regimes such as intellectual property rights, new complexities in the process of determination of applicable law are involved in private international law. the dilution of physical center of gravity for disputes related to intellectual property rights and the effects of utilitarianism in law with an emphasis on public interest has led to the adoption of new metho...