Lawrence Collins - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Lawrence Collins

• Revealed: UNCITRAL tribunal in Ukrenergo v. Russia finds that dispute falls within territorial scope of Russia-Ukraine BIT and sees no cross-border requirement at time when investment was made, joining other preliminary objections to the merits
  Aug 21, 2024
• UNCITRAL tribunal in Ukrenergo v. Russia issues Award on Jurisdiction, rejecting several preliminary objections under the Russia-Ukraine BIT
  Aug 14, 2024
• Tribunal hearing gas dispute with Peru is reconstituted
  Jan 26, 2024
• Balkans Round-Up: New decisions, amicus curiae developments, and other arbitration-related updates involving countries of the region
  Jun 09, 2023
• Abu Dhabi companies involved in 1MDB dispute agree to settle arbitration with Malaysia
  Feb 27, 2023
• Three are in place to hear Peruvian gas dispute
  Dec 06, 2022
• Three are named to hear intra-EU claim against Romania
  Nov 01, 2022
• ECT tribunal in Cavalum v. Spain awards 7.4 million EUR to PV investor, after finding that only 2 of the claimant’s 7 power plants do not achieve a reasonable rate of return
  Oct 03, 2022
• Cavalum v. Spain intra-EU ECT tribunal dismisses request for reconsideration of previous jurisdictional ruling in view of Green Power award
  Sep 09, 2022
• Analysis: In quantum award, Hydro v. Spain tribunal finds that costs incurred in mitigating damages should be compensated
  May 05, 2022
• Three are in place to hear waste management claim against the Dominican Republic
  Apr 12, 2022
• Cavalum v. Spain tribunal finds that interlocutory ICSID decisions upholding jurisdiction are not res judicata, but reckons that the CJEU’s Komstroy Judgment does not warrant reconsideration of intra-EU objection
  Jan 25, 2022
• Revealed: A comprehensive account of the heretofore unpublished Bank Melli v. Bahrain award; some details have leaked, but review of award gives full picture of tribunal’s findings on Iranian sanctions questions, political expropriation, and potential set-offs
  Dec 14, 2021
• Bahrain is held liable in banking dispute
  Nov 23, 2021
• UK High Court decides that Pakistani Province cannot raise corruption allegations that were not aired during the arbitration process
  Jul 06, 2021
• Spain applies for annulment of small-hydro award
  Oct 07, 2020
• Analysis: In Cavalum v. Spain, majority finds that promise of reasonable return was the “cornerstone” of Spain’s renewables framework; David Haigh considers that claimants had vested right to higher incentives
  Sep 08, 2020
• Tribunal majority holds that investor in Spanish solar power plants merely had a legitimate expectation of a reasonable rate of return; David Haigh disagrees, seeing specific promises of stability
  Sep 02, 2020
• Three are in place to hear Ukrenergo’s claims in Crimea-related dispute
  Aug 06, 2020
• Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler is selected as new chair in dispute between Iranian banks and Bahrain
  Jun 19, 2020
• Analysis: In latest award against Spain, arbitrators decide that investors in small-hydro plants could not reasonably expect fixed incentives, but were entitled to a reasonable rate of return
  Mar 13, 2020
• Breaking: ICSID tribunal decides that investors in Spanish hydro energy plants only had a legitimate expectation of a reasonable rate of return
  Mar 09, 2020
• Another challenge to Peter Rees is rejected in Hydro v. Spain
  Feb 18, 2020
• Tribunal in place to hear latest construction dispute under the Turkey-Turkmenistan BIT, with Lawrence Collins tapped to chair
  Oct 16, 2019
• Antaris v. Czech Republic (Part 1): arbitrators find that Czech solar levy is not eligible for Energy Charter Treaty “tax measure” carve-out
  Jul 06, 2018
• Antaris v. Czech Republic (Part 2): on merits, tribunal finds that investment protection does not extend to “speculative” investors
  Jul 06, 2018
• Antaris v. Czech Republic (Part 3): Gary Born sees clearly guaranteed FiT payments and deplores use of “margin of appreciation” doctrine
  Jul 06, 2018
• Czech Republic prevails in latest treaty-based solar arbitration to reach a final ruling; we profile remaining cases where rulings are still expected
  May 03, 2018
• In new Israel-Egypt pipeline rulings, McRae-chaired tribunal finds BIT breaches, and Collins-chaired contract tribunal orders Egyptian state-owned companies to pay $1 billion to investor
  Feb 07, 2018
• Heiskanen, Born and Thomas see some investment treaty breach in Czech solar case, but debate over remedies is held over for separate phase 
  Jan 26, 2018
• Rudolf Dolzer to chair BIT arbitration against Bahrain over bank closure
  Oct 12, 2017
• Crawford and Collins are each tapped (again) to chair Energy Charter Treaty claims against Spain
  May 04, 2016
• More repeat arbitrators continue to emerge as tribunals are finalized in four more ICSID Cases against Spain
  Jan 25, 2016
• Reasons emerge for dismissal of claim brought by Chinese insurer Ping An against Belgium over Fortis bank bail-out
  May 28, 2015
• Belgium prevails in billion dollar ICSID arbitration brought by Chinese investors, Ping An, in failed Fortis bank
  May 01, 2015
• Chair is named in high-stakes Ping An v. Belgium arbitration over Fortis Bank shareholding
  Feb 28, 2013