Financing a Claim or Defence

Investor–state disputes are not cheap. Recent studies on investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) cost trends reveal that the mean party costs incurred in ISDS proceedings for respondent state entities are approximately US$4.7 million. For investors, the mean costs exceed US$6.4 million. Trends show that investor costs have reduced slightly from 2017, but that they are still undoubtedly high in comparison to other areas of dispute resolution.