Ibrahim Fadlallah - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Ibrahim Fadlallah

• Looking Back: In RFCC v. Morocco, tribunal adopts objective test for investment under the ICSID Convention; annulment committee declines to annul award over immaterial contradiction in reasoning
  Apr 21, 2019
• Tanzania faces new bilateral investment treaty arbitration
  Apr 17, 2019
• Cyprus prevails in another investment treaty arbitration, this time defeating claims under Lebanon BIT relating to controversial FBME bank
  Jan 29, 2019
• In newly-surfaced award, ICC tribunal rejects government's attempt to use UN Convention on Corruption - and non-public tendering of contract - to argue for illegality of investment
  Jun 17, 2018
• ANALYSIS: at jurisdiction phase, Libyan civil unrest justifies waiver of BIT's cooling off period, but does not excuse state's failure to post a share of costs; treaty provision should not be read as a "fork-in-road" clause that would bar later BIT claim
  Jun 04, 2018
• ANALYSIS: Libya found liable for expropriation (and other breaches) in Olin Holdings case even though formal taking never occurred; compensation under DCF valuation is discounted due to long-running civil war
  Jun 04, 2018
• Another BIT claim against Egypt proceeds along less-visible UNCITRAL pathway
  Nov 13, 2017
• Looking Back: in Wena Hotels v. Egypt case, tribunal rejected corruption allegations and found an expropriation even though hotels were later returned to investor
  Aug 08, 2017
• Libya disputes: more details emerge about constitution of arbitral tribunals hearing ad-hoc and ICC investment treaty claims
  May 01, 2017
• Croatia prevails in BIT claim brought by three Belgian nationals
  Nov 04, 2016
• Recap: recent U.S. court rulings in relation to investment treaty awards
  Jun 20, 2016
• OHADA court annuls €38 million "Getma" award against Guinea for arbitrators’ violations of rules on fees, prompting public response from arbitrators
  Jan 08, 2016
• Round-up of known claims under European Development Fund arbitration rules
  Aug 03, 2015
• Arbitrators finalized to hear ICC claim against Cyprus arising out of take-over of controversial bank
  Feb 04, 2015
• $48 million OHADA award against Republic of Guinea comes to light as investor seeks enforcement; parallel ICSID claim remains ongoing
  Sep 25, 2014
• Croatia Round-up: Arbitrators in place for Croatian real estate dispute; Gov't files UNCITRAL claim against Hungarian energy company
  Jan 21, 2014
• In latest ICSID ruling, arbitrators dismiss Albania gambling dispute on jurisdictional grounds
  May 30, 2013
• Romania faces new arbitrations at ICSID over steel plant, and at ICC in unrelated environmental dispute
  Sep 09, 2012
• ICSID Docket Round-Up: Four tribunals are announced in Peru, Venezuela, Albania and Romania cases; ICSID picks chairs in two cases following deadlock
  Dec 01, 2011
• Togo fails to overturn ICSID arbitral award; damages owed to French electricity investors amount to 12% of state revenue
  Sep 15, 2011
• Poland reaches settlement in one long running investment treaty arbitration, but a final award looms in another proceeding
  Aug 19, 2011
• In unpublished ICSID annulment decision upholding railway consortium victory over Republic of Gabon, committee discussed complex issues of nationality and control
  Nov 04, 2010
• Not for the first time, ICSID panelists split on whether a colleague should be recused; Chairman of ICSID Council rules that arbitrator shall stay in Gabon case
  Dec 21, 2009
• Gabon challenges arbitrator on basis of his chairing previous arbitration
  Sep 02, 2009
• Tribunals constituted in ICSID claims against Gabon, Senegal, and Georgia
  Jun 29, 2009
• Vivendi secures massive award against bankrupt former partner; greater prospects for recovery loom in BIT claim v. Poland
  Feb 28, 2009