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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Contact

Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

16/09/2021

UK-Australia FTA — what’s in store for investor protection?

The UK’s post-Brexit approach to international trade agreements is being watched closely by business, political and legal observers. To date the UK’s most significant concluded agreement, in both economic and political terms, is the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) itself. The UK is the second largest source of foreign investment in Australia after the US, with 2020 total investment stock estimated at AU$738bn (£390bn) including AU$123bn (£65bn) in foreign direct investment (FDI). Australian foreign investment in the UK was valued in 2020 at £326bn (AU$615bn) including £71.5bn (AU$135bn) FDI.

In a recent article, Gordon Nardell QC provides an analysis on the investment protection and dispute settlement aspects found in the AIP. This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 17/08/2021.

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