R. Doak Bishop is the Co-Chair of King & Spalding's International Arbitration Group. Mr Bishop has over 30 years experience focusing on international arbitration and litigation of oil and gas, energy, construction, and environmental disputes. He has developed a worldwide reputation for his experience in international arbitration, serving both as an arbitrator and counsel in large business disputes. Ranked by Chambers Global: Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers as one of the world's top lawyers in international arbitration and concerning Latin America, and ranked by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the first tier of practitioners in international arbitration and energy. Consistently recognized as a 'Texas Super Lawyer' in the area of international law; recognized in The Best Lawyers in America; Who's Who Legal of International Commercial Arbitration, The Legal 500, and Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration.Silvia M. Marchili is a Senior Associate in King & Spalding's International Arbitration Group. Ms Marchili's practice focuses on representing global companies in complex international arbitration cases. Ms Marchili has substantial experience in commercial arbitrations as well as in investment arbitrations against foreign governments before the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and other arbitration institutions.Prior to joining King & Spalding in 2006, Ms Marchili was an associate for M. & M. Bomchil, a major Argentine law firm, for four years. She has lectured on international dispute resolution at University of Buenos Aires. Ms Marchili regularly speaks at international arbitration conferences and has authored several articles on the subject.

As anyone who sets out to research this subject quickly discovers, there now are many ad hoc committee decisions on annulment and a good deal of scholarly commentary on the subject. This book therefore is a natural first stop because it succeeds in digesting this great quantity of material and presenting it in a well-organised fashion ... It explains concisely the issues that are settled, identifies the areas where authorities remain in tension, and describes the policy considerations that inform the underlying provisions of the convention, the arguments that repeatedly are presented, and ultimately the decision-making. The book surely will become the vital handbook for any counsel facing an ICSID annulment phase and is destined to become a classic reference.

• PART 1: INTRODUCTION; PART 2:GROUNDS FOR ANNULMENT; PART 3: ANNULMENT IN PRACTICE; APPENDIX; SUMMARY OF ICSID ANNULMENT DECISIONS