Sierra Leone hosts inaugural commercial law summit
Organised by the UK Sierra Leone Pro Bono Network (UKSLPBN) and the Sierra Leone government with support from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Standard Chartered and ROLE UK, the Sierra Leone Commercial Law Summit 2017 brought together senior legal and judicial officials from Sierra Leone, UK and...
Strengthening government lawyers’ capacity to negotiate and manage contracts
This project saw ROLE deploying a team of GLD and commercial lawyers to share knowledge and experience directly from one practitioner to another.
Risk and Return: Foreign Direct Investment and the Rule of Law
Every year, well over US$1 trillion in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows across borders worldwide. This study, undertaken by the Economist Intelligent Unit on behalf of Hogan Lovells, the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the Investment Treaty forum focuses on the possibility that arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by the host government will reduce or eliminate the benefits of an investment.
