The authors recall that historically Switzerland has been an attractive location for international corporate headquarters. Switzerland was the first State after Germany to enter into bilateral investment treaties (“BITs”) beginning in 1961. To date, after having signed more than 130 BITs, Switzerland is clearly committed to the availability of investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms as a means of protecting international investments and depoliticizing investment disputes. The country also appears to be committed to addressing head-on controversial issues that have arisen in investment treaty cases by taking a modern and flexible approach to the negotiation and drafting of BITs.