Clara Lopez
@claralopez.bsky.social
Lecturer at KCL, Deputy Director Centre for Climate Law and Governance, researching on mining, human rights and investment arbitration
π± Overcompensation in these terms leads to regulatory chill, affects the implementation of human rights and environmental norms, and provides perverse incentives to investors. I am very happy to receive feedback so contact me if you have any!
June 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
π± Overcompensation in these terms leads to regulatory chill, affects the implementation of human rights and environmental norms, and provides perverse incentives to investors. I am very happy to receive feedback so contact me if you have any!
π« DCF cannot account for radical or Knightian Uncertainty: using DCF to value an investment that does not yet exist (a mine) leaves mining investors better off.
β Additionally, the way DCF is used in investment arbitration does not align with Fair Market Value.
β Additionally, the way DCF is used in investment arbitration does not align with Fair Market Value.
June 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
π« DCF cannot account for radical or Knightian Uncertainty: using DCF to value an investment that does not yet exist (a mine) leaves mining investors better off.
β Additionally, the way DCF is used in investment arbitration does not align with Fair Market Value.
β Additionally, the way DCF is used in investment arbitration does not align with Fair Market Value.
Very excited to share my new paper on Compensating Uncertainty: The Case of Mineral Resource Exploration in ISDS published by JIEL. TL/DR: I argue that Discounted Cash Flow should not be used in investment arbitration to value early stage investments academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
Compensating uncertainty: the case of mineral resource exploration in ISDS
Abstract. This article uses the concept of Knightian uncertainty to analyse reparation and damages valuation in the context of mining disputes in Investorβ
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June 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Very excited to share my new paper on Compensating Uncertainty: The Case of Mineral Resource Exploration in ISDS published by JIEL. TL/DR: I argue that Discounted Cash Flow should not be used in investment arbitration to value early stage investments academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
Hi, sorry this one is in person only. We will have more on the series and will make them online!
June 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Hi, sorry this one is in person only. We will have more on the series and will make them online!
π What role can international courts play in addressing the climate emergency?Join us for a powerhouse panel on the Inter-American Courtβs upcoming Advisory Opinion on Human Rights & the Climate Emergency.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/iacth...
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The IACtHR Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights
The IACtHR Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights will shape the legal landscape of climate governance
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June 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
π What role can international courts play in addressing the climate emergency?Join us for a powerhouse panel on the Inter-American Courtβs upcoming Advisory Opinion on Human Rights & the Climate Emergency.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/iacth...
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/iacth...
Its an excellent book Julia, I really enjoyed reading it!
February 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Its an excellent book Julia, I really enjoyed reading it!
Happy to share that my review of The Politics of Investment Treaties in Latin America by @juliacalvert.bsky.social has been published by the @jlpe.bsky.social
Review of @juliacalvert.bsky.social, The Politics of Investment Treaties in Latin America (Oxford University Press, 2022) by @claralopez.bsky.social escholarship.org/uc/item/5md2...
Review of Julia Calvert, The Politics of Investment Treaties in Latin America (Oxford University Press, 2022)
Author(s): Lopez, Clara
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February 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy to share that my review of The Politics of Investment Treaties in Latin America by @juliacalvert.bsky.social has been published by the @jlpe.bsky.social