The first comprehensive study of the law and jurisprudence on provisional measures in investment arbitration as an important mechanism for investment protection.

• Part I: Overview and Basic Texts


• 1: Overview of Provisional Measures


• 2: Basic Texts


• Part II: Requirements for Granting Provisional Measures


• 3: Prima Facie Jurisdiction


• 4: Merits of the Claim


• 5: Urgency of the Requested Measures


• 6: Duration of the Requested Measures


• 7: Necessity of the Requested Measures


• 8: Prejudice to the Other Party


• 9: Other Limiting Factors


• Part III: Provisional Measures and Parallel Proceedings


• 10: Provisional Measures in Aid of Arbitration


• 11: Provisional Measures Impacting Parallel Proceedings


• Part IV: Enforcement of Provisional Measures


• 12: Enforcement Tools Available to Arbitrators


• 13: Enforcement Tools Available to the Parties


• 14: Enforcement in National Courts


• Part V: The Future of Provisional Measures


• 15: Increase in Scope of Measures Granted


• 16: Provisional Measures as a Tool for Harmonization

Noah Rubins is a partner in the international arbitration and public international law groups of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, based in Paris, and serves as the head of Freshfields' global CIS/Russia dispute resolution practice. US-trained, his practice focuses on commercial and investment disptues in the energy sector and arbitration in the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe.
Ben Love is a senior associate in the international arbitration and public international law groups of the Paris office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He has acted as counsel in more than 30 investment treaty arbitrations and has advised clients on a wide range of public international law issues. He serves on the Peer Review Board of the ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal, as a Corresponding Editor of International Legal Materials, and has written a number of book chapters and articles on topics related to public international law and international arbitration.