Sticking with the mantra of “work with nice, smart, and motivated people,” I had the absolute pleasure of organizing a seminar on international commercial/investment arbitration with wicked smart friends (Eva Chan, Guillermo J Garcia Sanchez, and Bas Van Zelst). Together with students and staff, we discussed topics including, but not limited to the history of Investor State Dispute Settlement mechanisms, trends against ISDS, UNCITRAL Working Group III’s efforts to reform, the EU proposal for a Multilateral Investment Court, and much much more. I promised the audience a mindblowing seminar at the beginning, and I feel like we were able to deliver on that grand promise. Looking forward to more future collaborations with this group, which is going to be on 13 April as Maastricht University and Texas A&M Law School conduct a joint investor-state investment treaty negotiation exercise. For those interested, sign up here!