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Martin Dietrich Brauch
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Martin Dietrich Brauch is a law advisor and associate with IISD, based in Brazil. He works on international investment law and policy, and is editor-in-chief of IISD’s Investment Treaty News (ITN). Previously as an NYU International Law Fellow with IISD's Investment Program in Geneva and a consultant for Trade Knowledge Network, he conducted research for IISD on climate-friendly investment and on sustainable public procurement.
Prior to joining IISD as an associate, Martin was Senior Attorney for the media conglomerate Grupo RBS (Brazil), responsible for regulatory and contracts matters, and Associate Attorney at the Brazilian law firm Lippert Advogados, focusing on contract, international, environmental, and real estate law. As a graduate student, he undertook an internship with the Legal Affairs Programme of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC). Martin is qualified to practice law in Brazil and in New York.
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly (ITN), Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2017Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship quarterly journal on international investment law and policy. -
A Risky Tango? Investment facilitation and the WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos AiresInvestment facilitation—if structured right—could reshape global investment law frameworks for the better. However, this solution-oriented cooperative approach is not well-suited for the WTO. -
Contracts for Sustainable Infrastructure: Ensuring the economic, social and environmental co-benefits of infrastructure investment projectsThis report defines sustainable infrastructure, outlines its expected characteristics and co-benefits, and presents why governments must and how they can integrate sustainability into public–private partnerships (PPP) and other infrastructure contracts. -
Is “Moonlighting” a Problem? The role of ICJ judges in ISDSSitting judges of the International Court of Justice have worked as arbitrators in at least 90 investor–state dispute settlement cases. This commentary presents new data and examines the implications. -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly (ITN), Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2017Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship quarterly journal on international investment law and policy. -
Investment-Related Dispute Settlement: Lessons from international accountability mechanismsIf investment-related dispute settlement mechanisms at the international level were to be built anew, what should they look like? This expert meeting focused on ways forward on a compliance and dispute settlement mechanism on investment. -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly (ITN), Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2017Investment Treaty News is IISD’s flagship quarterly journal on international investment law and policy. -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly (ITN), Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2017Investment Treaty News is IISD’s flagship quarterly journal on international investment law and policy. -
IISD Best Practices Series: Exhaustion of Local Remedies in International Investment LawPart of IISD’s Best Practices Series, this advisory bulletin reviews state-of-the-art options and approaches to the exhaustion of local remedies requirement in international investment law. -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly (ITN), Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2016Investment Treaty News is IISD’s flagship quarterly journal on international investment law and policy. -
Mining a Mirage? Reassessing the shared-value paradigm in light of the technological advances in the mining sectorThis report uses real-world mining data to estimate the impacts of new technologies on employment and employment-related procurement, which drive major benefits in host countries. -
Investment-Related Dispute Settlement: Towards an inclusive multilateral approachThis document outlines results from an IISD expert meeting discussing investment-related dispute settledment which was held in Montreux, Switzerland, May 23–24, 2016 -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly (ITN), Volume 7, Issue 3, August 2016Investment Treaty News is IISD’s flagship quarterly journal on international investment law and policy. -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly (ITN), Volume 7, Issue 2, May 2016Investment Treaty News (ITN), published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), is a quarterly journal on international investment law and policy and sustainable development. -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2016In this issue: Is investor-state dispute settlement legal under EU Law? -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 4, November 2015Does the Green Economy Need Investor–State Dispute Settlement? Read more in our quarterly periodical on investment law and policy. -
Brazil's Innovative Approach to International Investment LawOne of the more contentious aspects of international economic law are so-called bilateral investment agreements (BITs).Dating back more than 50... -
Comparative Commentary to Brazil’s Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreements (CIFAs) with Mozambique, Angola, Mexico, and MalawiUnlike traditional bilateral investment treaties (BITs), which are geared toward investor protection, Brazil’s Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreements (CIFAs—or ACFIs in their Portuguese acronym) focus primarily on cooperation and investment facilitation. -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2015This issue explores the new Brazilian Agreement on Cooperation and Facilitation of Investments (ACFI); the legal regimes governing farmland investments and water rights in Africa; and new ideas to empower U.S. and European workers in TTIP. -
Side-by-side Comparison of the Brazil-Mozambique and Brazil-Angola Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreements Brazil has developed a new model investment agreement, the Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreement (CIFA). Unlike traditional bilateral investment treaties (BITs), which are geared towards investor protection, CIFAs focus less on investor protection and more on institutional arrangements and agendas for investment facilitation and cooperation. -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 2, May 2015In this issue:The Merits and Limitations of General Exception Clauses in Contemporary Investment Treaty Practice; Rethinking Investment-Related... -
Curso de Capacitación: Construyendo Capacidades para Implementar el Marco de Políticas Mineras en la Republica DominicanaDe 15 a 19 de septiembre de 2014, el Instituto Internacional para el Desarrollo Sostenible (por sus siglas en inglés, IISD) y la Dirección General... -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2015In this issue:State Regulatory Autonomy and Tobacco Control in International Trade and Investment Law; Political Change vs. Legal Stability:... -
The State of Play in Vattenfall v. Germany II: Leaving the German public in the darkTwo years after Vattenfall brought Germany to international arbitration for a second time (Vattenfall II), the German public is still left out in the dark. This briefing note reviews the background to the case on Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear power and outlines its current state of play. -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 4, November 2014In this issue:In Accordance with Which Host State Laws? Restoring the ‘Defence’ of Investor Illegality in Investment Arbitration; Who is Afraid of... -
Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 3, August 2014In this issue:Risky Business or Risky Politics: What Explains Investor-State Disputes?; Aron Broches and the Withdrawal of Unilateral Offers of... -
Opportunities for Sustainable Public Procurement in MozambiquePublic procurement—the processes used by governments for the contracting of goods, services and construction works—can promote sustainability and... -
Sustainable Public Procurement in the Sao Paulo State Government: Policy BriefGovernments are highly influential consumers. Their purchasing decisions can affect the decisions made by firms regarding the quality of their... -
Sustainable Public Procurement in the Sao Paulo State Government: An in-depth case studyThe State Government of Sao Paulo, Brazil has made significant strides in integrating sustainability into its public procurement processes, and, as... -
International Public Finance for Climate-friendly Investment: Vehicles, availability, and governanceSustainable development at its heart is an investment problem—a challenge to replace unsustainable infrastructure, productive technologies, and...
Education
Legum Magister (LL.M.) in International Legal Studies (2010): New York University (NYU)
Especialista em Direito Ambiental (two-year Graduate Certificate in Environmental Law) (2009): Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL)
Bacharel em Direito (six-year Law Degree) (2009): Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL)
Bacharel em Economia (Bachelor of Arts in Economics) (2007): Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL)
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Languages
English
Portuguese
Spanish
French