Tips from the Top: Young ICCA interviews Marie-Odile Désy

Marie-Odile Désy is a Deputy Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris (France). Prior to joining the ICC, she worked as an associate at Derains & Gharavi where she participated in arbitral proceedings conducted under the arbitration rules of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and also acted as administrative secretary.

Marie-Odile received LL.B. (civil law) and J.D. (common law) degrees from the University of Montreal (Canada) and an LL.M. in international commercial arbitration from Stockholm University (Sweden). She is admitted to the Paris and New York bars.

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Eyes on Romania As It Enacts a Law Approving the Termination of All Intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties

By Dr Cosmin Vasile, Violeta Saranciuc (Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners, Bucharest)

On 24 March 2017, Law No. 18/2017 approving the termination of the bilateral investment treaties (BITs) between Romania and the European Union Member States came into force in Romania. The law targets 22 BITs entered with Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, UK, Portugal, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Hungary.

The sole article of the law approves the termination of these BITs by consent or by denunciation.
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