MILaw Group is also
over two decades of legal practice...
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15 years of expertise in unusual investments
Contribution to academic excellence in legal matters. Our expertise is sought after and often recognized at specialized conferences:
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United Nations Conference on International Trade Law;
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
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Inaugural multi-faculty course on international investment law and transnational arbitration.
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12 years of experience in access to justice
Services providing, advisory and technical assistance to States, reform of legal and judicial institutions in a context of transitional development or post-conflict countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
MILaw Group conducts institutional capacity building projects and carries out research mandates on important legal issues relating to the link between investment and environment, rule of law and access to justice.
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Proven expertise in international affairs
Providing technical advice and assistance to international development cooperation agencies:
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United Nations Development Programme;
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International Service for Human Rights;
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International Commission of Jurists;
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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Our flagship projects
Pilot project for strengthening institutional capacities and access to justice for LDCs ...
This project aims to ease the tense atmosphere that characterizes investment relations by promoting access to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms for the least developed French-speaking countries (LDCs).
Welcome to our Conference
as part of the 9th edition of the World Investment Forum
from October 25 to 27, 2025
Thème: Le service juridique en droit international des investissements: nouvelles considérations et perspectives d'avenir
Lieu : (A venir)
Conférencier : Mekpo G. Cosme
Conseiller juridique principal et fondateur de MILaw Group
Senior Legal Advisor PhD (Law)
Pour plus d'information voir le programme (à venir)
SOME USEFUL RESOURCES
Available for download
The balance of interests in international investment law: a general legal principle applicable to the relationship between investment and the environment.
Author: Cosme G. Mekpo,
With the resurgence of environmental problems, international investment law is now facing the urgent need for its own adaptation. As the unique response to this categorical imperative, the balance of interests is emerging as a general principle of law (GPL), flexible and autonomous in nature. Its various functions (logical, axiological, unifying, and corrective) give it operational utility within the international legal order, and its implementation in international investment law reflects its evolving dimension. As a reference principle, it is consubstantial with international investment law and aims to prioritize one normative ideal (the law of balance) over another (the law of protection). However, the paradox of the balance of interests lies in its being both an affirmation of the principle of regulatory sovereignty and a limitation thereof. Initially, its implementation involves taking the public interest into account in the balance between the state and investors, and subsequently, this requirement only materializes after a dual test of proportionality and reasonableness.
"The Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause and its impact on investment arbitration: a look at recent awards"
Does the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause automatically grant parties access to dispute resolution mechanisms? This question remains a recurring one and is currently generating considerable interest among arbitral tribunals. After an analysis of the issue, this article offers a comparative reading of the various positions—both doctrinal and jurisprudential—that continue to fuel the controversy. It first explores the potential for extending the MFN clause to investment arbitration proceedings. It then attempts to define the connection between this extension and the issue of broadening the jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
Author: Cosme G. Mekpo, cosme.mekpo@milawgroup.com