Doak Bishop - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Doak Bishop

• Analysis: Tribunal in ICSID case against Tanzania sees no requirement that the investment must have been actively made, and finds that the state unlawfully expropriated retention licences held by foreign investors
  Aug 14, 2023
• [Updated with a copy of the Award] Indiana Resources claims victory in Retention License dispute with Tanzania
  Jul 18, 2023
• Analysis: Tennant v. Canada tribunal finds that claimant did not own or control investment at time of alleged breach, and did not suffer any loss or damages – thus failing to ground jurisdiction under NAFTA
  Dec 23, 2022
• NAFTA tribunal declines jurisdiction over renewable energy claim against Canada
  Dec 22, 2022
• Uncovered: ICC tribunal in Selmani v. Kosovo sees no investment matching the temporal and material scope of the state’s 2014 Foreign Investment Law
  Sep 13, 2022
• Kosovo reportedly fends off opaque 65 million EUR investment law-based claim
  Aug 10, 2022
• Imminent public hearings on jurisdiction to be held in wind energy NAFTA arbitration against Canada
  Nov 09, 2021
• Analysis: In recently-surfaced UNCITRAL award, US-based energy company is found in material breach of product sharing contract, but Georgian state entities are only awarded a fraction of damages claimed
  Jul 26, 2021
• Previously confidential award in high-profile production sharing dispute comes to light
  Jul 22, 2021
• The US and Mexico chime in on limitation period for continuing breach and ownership requirement in NAFTA arbitration
  Jul 05, 2021
• Tennant v. Canada tribunal rules (again) on bifurcation; deadline for amicus curiae submissions is set
  Jun 23, 2021
• Claimant in wind energy dispute with Canada argues that it has standing, and that its claims are not time-barred
  Jun 16, 2021
• Three are in place to hear second mining claim against Tanzania
  Feb 25, 2021
• NAFTA tribunal acquiesces to Canada’s second bid to bifurcate Tennant Energy proceedings
  Dec 22, 2020
• Tennant v. Canada tribunal declines request to bar claimant from relying on allegedly confidential information from another NAFTA arbitration; Canada submits jurisdictional objections
  Nov 23, 2020
• Disclosure of third-party funding agreement prompts request for early document production in Tennant v. Canada – but the tribunal sees no special circumstances warranting a departure from the original procedure
  Jul 20, 2020
• In Tennant v. Canada, tribunal refuses to order interim measures and security for costs, but mandates third-party funding disclosure; bifurcation request is deemed premature
  Apr 05, 2020
• Revealed: Kosovo faces new ICC claim under its foreign investment law
  Mar 13, 2020
• As NAFTA case against Canada goes to a first set of preliminary hearings, parties exchange pleadings on third-party funding, provisional measures, security for costs and bifurcation
  Jan 09, 2020
• Mytilineos v. Serbia: previously-unseen 485 page award reveals how Sachs, Bishop and Vaseljevic dealt with res judicata effect of prior award, collateral estoppel, difference between counsel and agent, and weight of a “no-prejudice” attempt at settlement
  Sep 30, 2019
• Arbitrators decide that EU's GDPR data protection regime does not apply to NAFTA Chapter 11 proceeding
  Aug 19, 2019
• Revealed: reasons why Van Houtte, Beechey, and Landau saw no legitimate expectation to stabilization of Czech solar feed-in-tariffs; newly-seen award also deemed intra-EU objection untimely
  Jun 23, 2019
• Swissbourgh's second arbitration against Lesotho come to an end, as claimants pivot to another avenue of possible redress for decades-old loss of mining project
  Apr 03, 2019
• ANALYSIS: Singapore appeal court grapples with various investment treaty arbitration concepts including "related to", estoppel, unilateral declarations, territorial nexus and exhaustion of remedies
  Nov 29, 2018
• Singapore Court of Appeal affirms that Swissbourgh v. Lesotho award must be set aside; Williams and Bishop had ruled in favor of investor under unusual Southern African treaty, but Singapore court sees no jurisdiction to do so
  Nov 27, 2018
• Set-aside application by Serbia is discontinued in relation to $40 million Greek BIT award
  Feb 27, 2018
• Klaus Sachs-chaired UNCITRAL tribunal awards $40 million in compensation to Greek investor in Serbia BIT dispute
  Aug 29, 2017
• In-Depth (Part 1 of 2): Singapore judge sees investors as clearing temporal jurisdiction hurdle in fight with Lesotho, but disagrees that right to claim before SADC standing tribunal was a protected investment
  Aug 17, 2017
• In-Depth (Part 2 of 2): Singapore judge rejects arbitrators' findings that domestic remedies were exhausted in Lesotho, and that SADC investment treaty is so broad as to allow domestic investors to sue their own state
  Aug 17, 2017
• Singapore Court rules that Bishop and Williams over-reached in taking jurisdiction over claims under SADC investment protocol
  Aug 15, 2017
• An update on the Swissbourgh v. Lesotho dispute
  Jan 25, 2017
• ANALYSIS: Failure to clarify regulatory uncertainty on offshore wind underpins NAFTA breach in Windstream v. Canada
  Dec 07, 2016
• NAFTA award in Windstream v. Canada is finally published
  Dec 06, 2016
• Breaking: U.S. investor awarded $25 million for NAFTA breach by Canada
  Oct 13, 2016
• After denial of justice finding, a new tribunal is finalized for next phase of Lesotho mining dispute
  Sep 14, 2016
• INVESTIGATION: Lesotho is held liable for investment treaty breach arising out of its role in hobbling a regional tribunal that had been hearing expropriation case
  Jul 14, 2016
• In new ruling on covered investors and investments, a pair of arbitrators deem Southern African Development Community's Finance and Investment Protocol to have expansive scope
  Jul 14, 2016
• Multilateral investment treaty's exhaustion of remedies requirement does not hobble case because local courts couldn’t offer same relief available before international tribunal
  Jul 14, 2016
• Arbitrators hold state liable for a denial of justice occurring in relation to actions taken in international forums; "rule of law" treaty obligation also breached
  Jul 14, 2016
• As Windstream v. Canada hearings loom, parties spar over merits arguments - and local court decisions reject a competitor's effort to challenge electorally-motivated measures
  Feb 07, 2016
• An update on renewable energy claims against Spain
  Jun 09, 2015
• In first exchange of pleadings in Windstream v. Canada NAFTA arbitration, parties spar over why offshore wind farm project foundered
  May 26, 2015
• As Canada straddles CETA and NAFTA, an effort is made in a new pleading to define legitimate expectations
  May 26, 2015
• Czech Republic: Govt releases cache of BIT awards, strives to collect costs orders, and currently faces eleven pending treaty claims
  Feb 24, 2015
• Southern Africa: updates on Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique and Zimbabwe investment disputes
  Feb 04, 2015
• As Serbia is sued at ICSID over regulation of animal-rendering industry, a tribunal in UNCITRAL case is finalized after arbitrator disqualification
  Nov 25, 2014
• In newly-obtained award in Vigotop v. Hungary case, arbitrators explain when contract termination might amount to an expropriation
  Nov 04, 2014
• Tribunal sees no expropriation of Lauder-backed casino in Hungary; anti-Semitic criticisms by some project opponents are not attributable to state
  Nov 04, 2014
• Brussels' latest intervention casts shadow over investment treaty arbitrations brought by jilted solar energy investors
  Sep 08, 2014
• Tribunals finalized in UNCITRAL and SCC claims arising out of solar-power controversies
  Apr 17, 2014
• Following PCA decision, Czech Republic thwarts move by solar investors to sue in single arbitral proceeding; meanwhile Spain sees new solar claim at ICSID
  Jan 01, 2014
• Serbia disputes: Mytilineos files a new BIT claim in long-running fight, while solar park investor adds treaty claim to threat of contract arbitration
  Dec 10, 2013
• Chairman steps down from SADC investor-state arbitration after challenge, and appointing authority (Marc Lalonde) picks new chair
  Oct 07, 2013
• Arbitrators selected to hear UNCITRAL investment treaty claim arising out of governmental moratorium on offshore wind farms
  Sep 22, 2013
• Solar investors file arbitration against Czech Republic; intra-EU BITs and Energy Charter Treaty at center of dispute
  May 15, 2013
• Dismantling of Southern African Development Community Tribunal spawns UNCITRAL arbitration claim for denial of justice
  May 07, 2013
• Dutch Court rejects Ecuador’s bid to set aside $96 Million award; Court says arbitrators examined - but rejected - Ecuador's arguments on causality, loss of chance, and denial of justice
  May 08, 2012
• As Chevron finally plays the ‘denial of justice’ card in Ecuador dispute, arbitrators call for fast-tracking of some issues
  Apr 19, 2012
• Jan Paulsson weighs into Chevron v. Ecuador arbitration with expert opinion on denial of justice
  Apr 19, 2012
• ANALYSIS: What arguments underlay recent push to remove Guido Tawil from Ecuador arbitration?
  Mar 28, 2012
• Ecuadorian plaintiffs withdraw request for protective measures, after sparring with Chevron over need for human rights authorities to intervene
  Mar 14, 2012
• ICSID Round-Up: Argentina bondholders tribunal reconstituted, Hungary tribunal picked, and two new annulment panels chosen
  Jan 31, 2012
• Canada settles NAFTA claim by pulp & paper company for $130 Million; spotlight turns to federal government’s being on hook for actions of province
  Aug 28, 2010
• Dominican Republic settles trio of electricity arbitrations
  Sep 19, 2009
• UNCITRAL tribunal rules that electricity claim can proceed against Dominican Republic; parallel CAFTA claim also afoot
  Oct 09, 2008