Have governments ever terminated or expropriated concessions?
Yes — concessions have been terminated for default, bought out for convenience, and in some markets taken back into public hands; the disputes frequently end up in international arbitration. Concessio tracks documented termination and renegotiation events linked to the underlying concessions, alongside infrastructure arbitration cases, so precedent research starts from records rather than recollection.
Last updated: July 2026
Termination is the tail risk in every concession underwrite, and it is researched badly: a few remembered headlines, a law-firm client alert, a colleague's recollection.
Concessio structures the precedent base instead — turning precedent research into a query.
Concessio structures the precedent base instead. Documented termination and renegotiation events are recorded against the concessions they happened to, each citing a primary source; infrastructure arbitration cases are tracked alongside; and where the underlying contract is public, the termination clauses that governed compensation are in the clause library, linked.
That turns precedent research into a query: which documented terminations exist in a given country or sector, what triggered them, and what the contractual compensation framework said.
Lenders' counsel use it in credit papers; investors use it in political-risk underwriting; bidders use it to price termination regimes in new markets.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Concessio track arbitration cases?
- Yes. Infrastructure arbitration cases are tracked and linked to the underlying concessions where identifiable.
- Are termination events sourced?
- Every documented event cites a primary source, per the Concessio methodology.
- Can I see the termination clause behind a case?
- Where the underlying contract is public, the governing termination clauses are in the clause library and linked to the asset.