Dr Abba Kolo
Lecturer in Energy/Investment Law
Publications
Articles and Chapters in Books (only major ones included)
- “Transfer of Funds: The Interaction between the IMF Articles of Agreement and Modern Investment Treaties: A Comparative Law Perspective,” in Stephan Schill (ed), International Investment Law and Public Law (OUP, 2010)
- “Witness Intimidation and other related abuses in Process in Investment Arbitration: Possible Remedies available to the Arbitral Tribunal,” 26(1) Arbitration International 43-85(2010)
- “Fat Cats and ‘Windfall’ Taxes in the Natural Resources Industry: Legal and Policy Analysis in the Light of Modern Investment Treaties, in Jacques Werner & Arif Ali (eds), Liber Amicorum: Thomas Walde, (Cameron & May, 2009)
- “Tax ‘Veto’ as a Special Jurisdictional and Substantive Issue in Investor-State Arbitration: Need for Reassessment?”, 32 Suffolk Transnational Law Review 475-501 (2009)
- “Economic Crisis, Capital Transfer Restrictions and Investor Protection under Modern Investment Treaties,” (with T. Wälde), 3(2) Capital Markets Law Journal 154-185 (2008)
- “Coverage of Taxation under Modern Investment Treaties,” (with T. Wälde), in Peter Muchlinski et al (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of International Investment (OUP, 2008)
- “Investor Protection vs Host State Regulatory Autonomy during Economic Crisis: Treatment of capital Transfers and Restrictions under Modern Investment Treaties”, Vol. 8, No.4 Journal of World Investment & Trade 457-503 (2007)
- “Investor-State Disputes: The Interface between Treaty-Based International Investment Protection and Fiscal Sovereignty”, 35 Inter Tax 424-449 (2007) (with Wälde)
- “Managing Post-Privatisation Political and Regulatory Risks in Nigeria: A Law and Policy Perspective”, 22(4) Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 473-506 (2004)
- “Managing Political and Regulatory Risks in Long-Term Investment in a Liberalised Economy: A Law and Policy Perspective”, 7 University of Madiguri Law Journal 78-99 (2004)
- “Environmental Regulation, Investment Protection and ‘Regulatory Takings’ in International Law”, 50 International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 811-848 (2001) (with Thomas Wälde)
- “Legal issues arising from the termination of Oil Prospecting Licenses by the Nigerian Government”, 19 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 164-175 (2001).
- “Renegotiation and Contract Adaptation in the International Investment Projects: Applicable Legal Principles and Industry Practices”, 1(1) Journal of World Investment 5-58 (2000) (with Thomas Wälde).
- “Renegotiating Previous Governments’ Privatisation Deals: Assessing the 1997 UK Windfall Tax on Utilities under International Law – A Lesson for Privatisation Investors in Post-Privatisation Blues”, 19(3) North-Western Journal of International Law and Business 405-424 (1999) (with Thomas Wälde)
