Opening Comment by the Chair: Although TPF (which we can define loosely as dispute funding structured as an investment by non-parties) has only recently been on the upswing and was for a long time illegal in most common law and civil law jurisdictions, it has already generated a lot of interest and controversy in its short but meteoric rise. Today we have the opportunity not only to consider and evaluate the Task Force Report as a response to both the opportunities and risks of TPF, but also to consider TPF itself in the larger context of the future of international investment law: what role does it play, and what role should it play, if we look at investment law from a fairness and governance perspective?
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