ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J. Benton Heath is an Assistant Professor of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His research and published work focus extensively on international investment law and arbitration, including on treaty reform and on the relationship between investment treaties and matters of state regulatory autonomy, disease control, and security. Professor Heath previously worked in both government and in private practice and has represented clients in investment treaty arbitrations, commercial arbitrations, and related matters.

The views expressed in the foregoing report are the author’s own independent expert opinion as a scholar of international investment law and policy. These views are not meant to represent the views of any of the author’s former clients, nor do they constitute legal advice to any particular government, person, or party, such as a treaty party or a party to an investment dispute.

This report is produced at the initiative and with the financial support of Saskia Bricmont, Green MEP.