Juan Fernandez-Armesto - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Juan Fernandez-Armesto

• Analysis: Contract-based tribunal hearing hydroelectricity dispute between Russian and Ecuadorean state-owned entities finds that contract was wrongfully terminated and awards damages to Inter Rao
  Sep 21, 2023
• Fernández-Armesto-chaired tribunal awards 45 million USD to Russia’s Inter Rao in contract arbitration against Ecuador’s state electricity company
  Sep 13, 2023
• [Updated with Dissenting Opinion] Revealed: On jurisdiction, WCV v. Czech Republic tribunal split on meaning of “permanent seat”, admissibility of claims stemming from round-trip investments, and intra-EU objection
  Sep 04, 2023
• Czech Republic releases interim awards issued in gambling arbitration
  Aug 31, 2023
• Analysis: UNCITRAL tribunal in WCV v. Czech Republic finds that the state properly used its police powers to regulate the gambling sector
  Aug 16, 2023
• [Updated with a copy of the Award] Czech Republic claims victory in UNCITRAL arbitration over video lottery terminals
  Jul 28, 2023
• [Updated with a copy of the Decision] ECT tribunal dismisses objection under 2006 ICSID Rule 41(5), finding that claim by investor’s heirs does not manifestly lack legal merit
  Jul 26, 2023
• Analysis: ICC tribunal in Reficar v. CB&I case finds contractual liability of over 1 billion USD, while addressing issues of admissibility of evidence and applicable law
  Jun 29, 2023
• [Updated with analysis of unredacted Award] Analysis: in recently-surfaced decisions in Cyprus Popular Bank v. Greece, tribunal rejects early intra-EU objection, finds that 2 billion EUR claim has been waived, and awards damages for discriminatory conduct in the access to emergency funds
  Jun 08, 2023
• Looking Back: In Lemire v. Ukraine (2), ICSID tribunal grappled with jurisdiction under settlement agreement recorded in an award, differences between FET and MST, discriminatory and arbitrary measures, moral damages, and much more
  May 31, 2023
• ICSID tribunal hearing uranium mining dispute dismisses Kyrgyzstan’s request for bifurcation of quantum issues
  May 19, 2023
• Three are in place to hear intra-EU ECT arbitration against Bulgaria
  May 05, 2023
• Analysis: ICSID tribunal hearing claim brought by US hedge fund in Peruvian land reform bond dispute splits on abuse of process and existence of protected investment; tribunal deems domestic compensation process arbitrary – but awards only a fraction of the damages claimed
  Jan 26, 2023
• Three are in place to hear dispute over Kyrgyzstan’s uranium mining ban
  Jan 19, 2023
• Analysis: ICC tribunal enjoins investor from seeking determination of contractual claims in treaty proceedings; UNCITRAL tribunal reads injunction as allowing treaty arbitration to proceed
  Dec 20, 2022
• Treaty tribunal finds that its Kompetenz-Kompetenz power is unfettered by anti-arbitration injunction issued in parallel contract case
  Dec 19, 2022
• [Updated] Tribunal majority in Gramercy v. Peru upholds jurisdiction over billion-dollar land bond dispute, and awards damages to US-based hedge fund
  Dec 13, 2022
• Settlement award between Amir Masood Taheri and UAE comes to light; claim was withdrawn following discrepancy in evidence and disclosure of third-party funding
  Dec 06, 2022
• UAE settles ICSID dispute with Swedish investor
  Nov 29, 2022
• Oil and gas storage arbitration against Morocco is discontinued
  Sep 15, 2022
• Long-suspended treaty arbitration against Argentina is discontinued
  Aug 11, 2022
• Analysis: ICSID tribunal in LSG v. Romania dismisses intra-EU and multi-party objections; tribunal majority finds that radical changes to Romania’s renewable energy regime breached ECT
  Jul 18, 2022
• [Updated with a copy of the decision] Renewable energy arbitration against Romania proceeds to quantum phase
  Jul 12, 2022
• Looking Back: Tribunal in City Oriente v. Ecuador ordered respondent to refrain from terminating production sharing contract and proceeding with criminal investigations; subsequent request for revocation of provisional measures was rejected
  Jul 04, 2022
• BIT tribunal declines Mozambique’s second request to suspend proceedings in light of parallel commercial arbitration
  Jul 01, 2022
• ECT tribunal allows European Commission to file amicus brief in renewables case against Italy, but denies requests for access to record and hearing
  Jun 16, 2022
• Investors seek partial annulment of BIT award that granted them a pyrrhic victory
  Mar 10, 2022
• Juan Fernandez-Armesto is tapped to chair second Bayindir v. Pakistan arbitration
  Feb 10, 2022
• SCC and ICSID tribunals are in place, as first publicly known renewable energy arbitrations against Ukraine kick off
  Jan 19, 2022
• ICSID AF tribunal hearing telecoms claim against Venezuela is reconstituted
  Jan 07, 2022
• Arbitrators comings and goings: Two resignations and one appointment
  Dec 21, 2021
• UNCITRAL tribunal declines to stay treaty case against Mozambique pending the outcome of a parallel contract-based arbitration
  Dec 06, 2021
• Analysis: ICSID tribunal finds that requests for payments to Prague city district were arbitrary and in violation of FET, but it declines to award damages; remaining claims are dismissed
  Nov 08, 2021
• [Updated] Southeast Asia Round-Up: Arbitrators are revealed in claims by Chevron and Total against Thailand, a new threat against Vietnam, arbitrations involving Indonesia and the Philippines conclude, and RCEP ratifications pass hurdle for entry into force
  Nov 05, 2021
• [Updated with a copy of the Award] Czech Republic escapes damages in treaty arbitration
  Nov 02, 2021
• Analysis: Tribunal in Lion Mexico v. Mexico finds first known denial of justice under NAFTA, as claimant was not given the opportunity to defend itself against a complex private fraud leading to the cancellation of its debt instruments
  Sep 24, 2021
• Mexico is held liable for denial of justice, as ICSID AF tribunal finds that cancellation of mortgages by local courts amounted to a breach of NAFTA
  Sep 21, 2021
• Three are in place to hear treaty-based claim against the United Arab Emirates
  Sep 01, 2021
• Analysis: UNCITRAL tribunal finds that tax measures amount to an indirect expropriation, but dismisses remaining claims arising out of failed Belarusian shopping mall investment; arbitrators disagree on jurisdiction under foreign investment law and standard for judicial expropriations
  Aug 27, 2021
• [Updated] Energy dispute with Panama results in a settlement award
  Aug 19, 2021
• In confidential ruling, Greece is ordered to pay millions to Cypriot bank that suffered discriminatory treatment during 2010 financial crisis bail-out, but state defeats bulk of claims
  Aug 17, 2021
• Belarus asserts that UNCITRAL tribunal dismissed bulk of claims in treaty-based arbitration, but still awarded 19 million USD to the investor
  Aug 09, 2021
• [Updated] Paris court declines to set aside treaty-based award against Libya, finding that corruption and cooling-off arguments do not pertain to the tribunal's jurisdiction, and seeing no public policy violation
  May 26, 2021
• Tribunal is in place to hear Serbian telecoms case
  May 10, 2021
• Belgium is found liable in treaty-based port concession dispute
  Apr 14, 2021
• French Cour de cassation resurrects USD 1.6 billion award against Venezuela
  Apr 01, 2021
• Three are in place to hear renewables arbitration against Italy
  Feb 17, 2021
• Poland Round-Up: A new award, a newly-identified tribunal, and other procedural updates on Polish cases – including a previously unknown judgment from set-aside proceedings
  Feb 04, 2021
• Bifurcation decision reveals Mozambique’s reliance on a parallel ICC arbitration to bar an UNCITRAL tribunal’s jurisdiction; preliminary objections are ultimately joined to the merits
  Jan 22, 2021
• Easing of Qatar-Saudi Arabia tensions could affect treaty-based arbitrations
  Jan 14, 2021
• Looking Back: Tribunal in Phoenix v. Czech Republic declined jurisdiction after finding that the investment had not been made in good faith
  Jan 12, 2021
• Details of treaty-based claim against Mozambique surface, as Indian investor complains of frustrated rail and port construction project
  Nov 05, 2020
• Central and Southern Africa Round-up: an UNCITRAL claim against Mozambique, an ICC mining arbitration in the DRC, and trouble in Zambia
  Nov 02, 2020
• ICSID dismisses challenge to Grigera Naon in telecom case against Venezuela
  Oct 28, 2020
• Three are in place to hear OIC Investment Treaty arbitration taking place in shadow of Saudi-Qatari diplomatic dispute
  Oct 20, 2020
• United States sets out views on judicial conduct in Lion Mexico NAFTA arbitration
  Aug 13, 2020
• Greek shipyard arbitration sees yet another arbitrator challenge, this time directed at Juan Fernandez Armesto - but Greece fails in bid to replace chair
  May 14, 2020
• Revealed: In previously-unseen ICC investment treaty award, Serbia prevailed as majority ruled that Croatian investor’s interest in a series of commercial agreements did not constitute a protected investment
  Apr 14, 2020
• Panama round-up: One new claim, two new tribunals, and three arbitrations about to conclude
  Apr 02, 2020
• Tribunal denies Russian investor interim relief over criminal investigations and allegations of witness intimidation
  Mar 11, 2020
• Hungary fails to annul award in favour of French investor at ICSID
  Mar 11, 2020
• [UPDATED] Morocco's jurisdictional objections to Carlyle Group claims come to light; tribunal agrees to bifurcate proceedings
  Jan 23, 2020
• Analysis: as hearings loom in Gramercy v. Peru, we analyze the parties' arguments in bitterly-fought arbitration over decades-old debts
  Jan 13, 2020
• Colombia files for annulment of $19+ million Glencore award
  Dec 31, 2019
• Romania round-up: As state reportedly moves to pay controversial Micula award, we provide an update on developments in seven investment treaty-based arbitrations
  Dec 17, 2019
• ICSID once again turns to Juan Fernandez-Armesto to chair a Venezuela arbitration
  Oct 10, 2019
• Three are in place to hear dispute under the UK-United Arab Emirates BIT, with Fernandez-Armesto tapped to chair
  Sep 13, 2019
• Revealed: in Cengiz v. Libya BIT award, ICC tribunal saw dual-faceted failure of state to provide basic security during war, but frowned on bid for lost profits
  Sep 09, 2019
• Glencore v. Colombia award: On jurisdiction and admissibility, tribunal sees no ‘red flags’ of corruption, but declines jurisdiction over umbrella clause claim
  Aug 30, 2019
• Glencore v. Colombia award: on merits, tribunal finds that Colombia’s fiscal authority applied an unreasonable methodology to establish damages
  Aug 30, 2019
• Breaking: Arbitrators render award in Glencore v. Colombia, awarding $19+ million to the investor
  Aug 27, 2019
• Fernandez-Armesto chaired tribunal hearing Gramercy v. Peru bondholder case reaffirms and clarifies its previous non-aggravation order
  Aug 11, 2019
• USA submits non-disputing party brief in Peruvian bondholder dispute, stressing importance of procedural requirements and rejecting concept of judicial expropriation
  Jul 17, 2019
• Colombia round-up: Newly approved bilateral investment treaties, dispute settlement discussions, pleadings and decisions in ongoing arbitrations
  Jul 08, 2019
• ANALYSIS: Flughafen v. Venezuela decision reveals reasons why ICSID ad-hoc committee spared award from annulment
  May 17, 2019
• Venezuela annulment decision finally surfaces, shedding light on reasons for upholding of Tenaris & Talta (2) award
  Apr 05, 2019
• In previously-unseen Alvarez y Marin v. Panama award, reasons are revealed for why a majority declined to take jurisdiction over investment in indigenous territory - and why Grigera Naon dissented
  Mar 13, 2019
• Morocco claim to be chaired by Juan Fernandez-Armesto
  Feb 26, 2019
• ANALYSIS: In now-public award, Anglo-Adriatic arbitration against Albania is seen to have been dismissed after tribunal finds that investor does not own purported investment; tribunal also addressed security for costs issue
  Feb 14, 2019
• [UPDATED with award link] Anglo-Adriatic claim against Albania comes to an end after jurisdictional briefing
  Feb 11, 2019
• ANALYSIS: Paris Court of Appeal deemed that treaty's time-bar provisions should have affected tribunal's quantum analysis in billion dollar ruling
  Jan 31, 2019
• Damages portions of $1.2 billion arbitral award against Venezuela are annulled by Paris Court
  Jan 30, 2019
• Fernandez Armesto tapped to chair Energy Charter Treaty claim against Romania
  Jan 28, 2019
• An update on under-the-radar arbitral rulings that address Achmea objection
  Jan 13, 2019
• Venezuela’s bid to annul $500 million award fails; committee finds that it can’t review alleged partiality of arbitrator
  Dec 17, 2018
• Venezuela round-up: an update on recent developments in investment claims against the state
  Dec 10, 2018
• Armesto-chaired tribunal saw no abuse of process by claimant in Egypt-Israel Peace Pipeline project, and no due process failure because Egyptian parties needed to fend off claims from two different entities in one ICC arbitration
  Dec 07, 2018
• In award, ICC tribunal sees no proof of corruption in cross-border energy pact, and dismisses force majeure defence raised by state-owned companies
  Dec 07, 2018
• ICC Tribunal finds that international agreement includes an implicit good faith obligation; DCF damages analysis of cross-border pipeline dispute assesses country risk of two jurisdictions
  Dec 07, 2018
• Armesto-chaired BIT tribunal sees failure to protect Turkish investment, orders $50+ mil for Cengiz Insaat in new ICC award; updates on 6 other Turkish investor claims v. Libya
  Dec 03, 2018
• In new ruling, a divided tribunal dismisses claims of Costa Rican and Dutch investors against Panama
  Oct 15, 2018
• Analysis: In a striking new award, ICSID tribunal rules that Achmea judgment does not cast shadow over ICSID-based arbitration; but efforts to empanel ad-hoc committees to review such intra-EU BIT awards keeps getting harder
  Oct 11, 2018
• Arbitrators order parties in Gramercy v Peru case to refrain from aggravation of dispute  
  Sep 04, 2018
• In-depth: Arbitrators in Lion v. Mexico case determine that mortgages fall under NAFTA's investment chapter, but promissory notes do not
  Aug 01, 2018
• Arbitrators weigh in with jurisdictional ruling in Mexico NAFTA dispute
  Jul 31, 2018
• Peru wants arbitrators to restrain U.S. hedge fund from certain publicity activities, but denies that it is seeking an interim measures order 
  Jul 26, 2018
• UNCITRAL BIT tribunal issues jurisdictional ruling in claims brought against Czech Republic by a Czech Senator's Cypriot companies; dispute centers on permitting of video lottery terminals
  May 10, 2018
• Hedge fund's bond claim against Peru moves into gear, as a chair is finally chosen for $1.6 billion arbitration
  Mar 01, 2018
• Juan Fernández-Armesto is tapped to chair UNCITRAL BIT claim against Belarus
  Feb 12, 2018
• Fernandez-Armesto tapped to chair another Czech BIT arbitration: Pawlowski A.G. and Project Server v. Czech Republic
  Nov 07, 2017
• Arbitrators named in UNCITRAL bilateral investment treaty claim by Slot Group A.S. against Poland
  Oct 26, 2017
• Rolf Knieper once again tapped by ICSID to preside over an annulment committee
  Oct 21, 2017
• Fernandez-Armesto chaired tribunal weighs in with award in the first of a trilogy of cases centered on Greek shipyard - ICC case saw an unusual bid by EC to intervene
  Oct 05, 2017
• Balkans update: a new claim for Kosovo and a tribunal is set for Albania arbitration
  Jul 23, 2017
• Luca Radicati di Brozolo is tapped to chair latest Colombia BIT tribunal
  Jul 11, 2017
• Arbitrators agree to hear one of Mexico's jurisdictional objections on a preliminary basis, but decline to shift seat of NAFTA proceedings
  May 31, 2017
• ICSID Annulment Round-Up: requests filed in relation to awards involving Italy, Hungary, Argentina and Venezuela
  May 03, 2017
• Overview: what's happening in Egypt-Israel gas pipeline arbitrations
  May 02, 2017
• As Libya begins to see wave of investment treaty arbitrations, at least seven Turkish BIT claims are pursued at ICC
  Mar 31, 2017
• In new award in second Tenaris case, arbitrators weigh in on the effects of Venezuela’s denunciation of ICSID Convention - and then find the state liable for BIT breach
  Feb 01, 2017
• Damages: in second case brought to ICSID by Tenaris and Talta, a discounted cashflow (DCF) valuation is embraced by arbitrators
  Feb 01, 2017
• CEAC sees another setback - this time in UNCITRAL arbitration - in its fight with Montenegro
  Jan 13, 2017
• ANALYSIS: unpacking the recent annulment decision in SAUR v. Argentina
  Dec 21, 2016
• Ad-hoc committee rejects Argentina's attempt to annul award in favour of water concession investor
  Dec 19, 2016
• French investor wins 23 million EUR under France-Hungary BIT
  Dec 16, 2016
• Venezuela hit with $160 million award (including pre-award interest) in second of two cases brought by Tenaris
  Dec 13, 2016
• Arbitrators nix Mexico’s bid to dismiss NAFTA case on expedited basis, and also decline to view Canadian claimant as effectively American for purposes of deciding on a neutral seat
  Dec 12, 2016
• The Rusoro v Venezuela award: examining jurisdiction, time-bar and illegality allegations
  Aug 27, 2016
• The liability holdings in Rusoro v Venezuela: taking is unlawful; performance requirements obligation is breached; counter-claims not permitted
  Aug 27, 2016
• At damages phase in Rusoro v Venezuela gold mining case, arbitrators nix DCF, comparable companies and comparable transactions valuation methods
  Aug 27, 2016
• Billion dollar arbitral award rendered in claim brought by Rusoro Mining against Venezuela
  Aug 23, 2016
• On heels of Glencore's filing for arbitration against Bolivia, a tribunal is finalized to hear commodity trader's separate claim against Colombia
  Aug 07, 2016
• Tribunal constituted in NAFTA claim against Mexico, with Fernandez-Armesto in the chair
  Jul 29, 2016
• The Czech Republic: updates on fifteen investment treaty disputes
  May 24, 2016
• Balkans update: unpublicized treaty cases come to light - Medusa v. Montenegro and Civis v. Serbia - and an arbitrator challenge to Jernej Sekolec shakes up an ad-hoc tribunal
  Apr 19, 2016
• Arbitrators in Panama eco-tourism BIT dispute weigh in with ruling on preliminary objections
  Apr 13, 2016
• An update on three investment treaty claims against Hungary
  Feb 24, 2016
• Fernandez-Armesto-chaired ICC tribunal finds $2 billion damages in Egyptian gas case, with other claims - including treaty cases - still pending
  Dec 07, 2015
• Disagreement over domestic law underpins Occidental partial annulment, while challenges to 2008 jurisdictional decision are rejected
  Nov 03, 2015
• Balkans update: Serbia prevails over Croatian investor in rare ICC-rules treaty claim; unrelated claim under Kosovo investment statute threatened by a Serbian investor
  Oct 23, 2015
• Arbitrators finalized for investment proceedings against Cameroon, Panama, and Venezuela (Venoklim annulment)
  Oct 01, 2015
• Panels finalized for three ICSID treaty-based arbitrations: Alpiq v. Romania, PT Ventures v. Cabo Verde and Ali Alyafei v. Jordan
  Sep 16, 2015
• Brigitte Stern's co-arbitrators weigh in with their verdict on a bid to remove her from Venezuela case
  Jun 15, 2015
• Investors eschew diplomatic niceties in bid to disqualify arbitrator- a tactic that carries great risk, but occasional reward
  May 12, 2015
• Unpacking the reasoning of the ad-hoc annulment committee in the Tza Yap Shum v Peru (narrow arbitration clause) case
  Apr 16, 2015
• Ecuador round-up: Key rulings loom in half-dozen cases, including windfall levy disputes, Occidental annulment, and several lesser-noticed arbitrations
  Apr 10, 2015
• In-Depth: unpacking the damages calculations that led to $450,000,000 arbitral payday for Owens-Illinois
  Mar 19, 2015
• In-Depth: as $3 billion of ICSID arbitral debt piles up on Venezuela, arbitrators are seen to disagree on key factors affecting compensation
  Mar 16, 2015
• Venezuela hit with $450+ million award (incl. interest), arbitrators rule on lawfulness of expropriation, exchange controls and factory occupation
  Mar 12, 2015
• Venezuela Update: an arbitrator is challenged, and a new case is initiated
  Jan 20, 2015
• Flughafen v. Venezuela: arbitrators consider effect of political risk on projected cash-flows - and jurisdiction over joint claims and (partly) state-owned investor
  Nov 28, 2014
• In-Depth: Venezuelan courts work properly to correct administrative decisions, but Supreme Court's flawed actions trigger liability
  Nov 28, 2014
• In a rare finding, Venezuela is held liable not only for expropriating foreign-owned airport - but for a denial of justice by its highest court
  Nov 23, 2014
• Tribunal is named for bank's BIT claim vs. Greece as European Commission makes new amicus bid in another ICSID proceeding
  Oct 21, 2014
• In Oxy case, ICSID panel sees no present reason to grant request for partial enforcement of stayed $1.75 bil award so as to offset potential tax collection by Ecuador
  Sep 24, 2014
• Final award from Abengoa & COFIDES v. Mexico arbitration now available for download
  May 28, 2014
• ANALYSIS: In SAUR case, Arbitrators value damages for various treaty breaches together, and use costs order to incentivize realistic claims valuations
  May 27, 2014
• Argentina ordered to pay $40 million, plus substantial interest, to investor in thwarted water project
  May 23, 2014
• Newly-obtained Mexican BIT award reveals that arbitrators disagreed on jurisdiction over state-owned claimant; details emerge of final settlement sum
  May 21, 2014
• Mexico held liable for expropriation of waste facility, and for additional mistreatment prior to the taking in Abengoa case
  May 21, 2014
• DCF method used to value waste plant that operated for mere months; arbitrators ask if investor added to harm due to poor consultation with locals
  May 21, 2014
• Arbitrators named for claim by Greek shareholders in Cypriot bank and for claim by French investor against Hungary
  Mar 19, 2014
• In Kazakh case, annulment committee declines to second-guess move by tribunal to impose higher bar for what constitutes a protected investment
  Feb 23, 2014
• Repeat appointments by claimant’s law firm were at center of (rejected) challenge to arbitrator in Venezuela case, but less central in Repsol v. Argentina case
  Oct 17, 2013
• Tribunals finalized to hear second arbitration by Tenaris and Talta against Venezuela, as well as by RSM against Saint Lucia
  Aug 08, 2013
• Caratube oil company takes new tack in dispute with Kazakhstan: new claims brought to ICSID while earlier losing award remains under review
  Jun 18, 2013
• Scope of Mexico’s latest loss in waste management case comes into view, as BIT arbitral award is pursued via law on transparency
  Jun 11, 2013
• Mexico is found liable for breach of investment treaty in dispute with Spanish owners of waste management facility
  Apr 23, 2013
• Three panelists named to decide fate of billion dollar arbitral award from Occidental v. Ecuador case
  Jan 22, 2013
• Tribunal is put in place to hear expropriation claim lodged by Canadian gold miner Rusoro against Venezuela
  Jan 09, 2013
• Personnel picked for several ICSID annulment committees; Philip Morris v. Australia case leads to resignation of a pair of arbitrators
  Dec 21, 2012
• Arbitrators weigh disqualification of Venezuela’s damages expert, but decide his earlier contacts with claimant don’t warrant it
  Sep 16, 2012
• Newly-released SAUR v. Argentina decision touches on illegality, test for expropriation, and financial "strangulation" of a concessionaire
  Jun 14, 2012
• Argentina liable for breach of investment treaty in ICSID dispute with French water company SAUR
  Jun 11, 2012
• Profiling the arbitrators in the Owens Illinois v. Venezuela and Tulip Real Estate v. Turkey cases
  Apr 10, 2012
• Canada prevails in NAFTA arbitration over thwarted garbage disposal project; costs ruling obliges government to shoulder its defence costs
  Sep 27, 2011
• New Government in Peru confronts recent arbitration loss, and new claims by foreign investors in electricity transmission, construction, and port sectors
  Aug 04, 2011
• Majority sets out its damages analysis of U.S. investor’s claim against Ukraine arising out of thwarted radio broadcasting investments
  Mar 30, 2011
• ICSID panels convened in disputes over Uruguay’s tobacco policies, Venezuelan airport concession, Polish health-care venture, and Hungarian energy investment
  Mar 30, 2011
• Arbitral Tribunal orders Ukraine to pay 8.7 Million USD to U.S. investor for breach of bilateral investment treaty
  Mar 28, 2011
• Panels finalized in ICSID claims against Peru and Romania, and in Jordan annulment proceeding
  Feb 01, 2011
• Venezuela prevails in treaty-based arbitration, as arbitrators decline jurisdiction over investor claim
  Sep 15, 2010
• ICSID Docket Round-Up: New Claim against Venezuela; Tribunals appointed in Mexico and Grenada cases; Cases against Yemen and Romania are discontinued
  Aug 28, 2010
• Arbitrators in Kazakh case look dimly on investor’s document discovery bid in US courts; reminiscent of tribunal posture in El Salvador power arbitration
  Jun 27, 2010
• Ukraine broadcasting award canvases treaty interpretation, review of regulatory agencies, and media policy
  Feb 09, 2010
• Ukraine in breach of bilateral investment treaty; US radio sector investor suffers unfair treatment
  Jan 27, 2010
• Tribunals convened in ICSID cases involving Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Venezuela
  Dec 21, 2009
• One arbitrator disqualified, while challenge to another is rejected in UNCITRAL BIT arbitration against Venezuela
  Nov 30, 2009
• Dominican Republic settles trio of electricity arbitrations
  Sep 19, 2009
• ICSID panel interprets narrow-looking jurisdictional clause so as to permit arbitration over alleged expropriation (in Peru)
  Jun 29, 2009
• ICSID claim against Czech Republic dismissed; investor restructured with sole intent to internationalize dispute
  Apr 17, 2009
• More details emerge of Dominican Republic arbitrations over electricity concession; arbitrators revealed in several cases
  Feb 28, 2009
• Replacement arbitrator appointed in TCW v. Dominican Republic CAFTA arbitration over electricity investment
  Jan 05, 2009
• Claimant in garbage disposal dispute with Canada seeks closed-door hearings and wants amicus curiae to pay $25,000 fee
  Nov 12, 2008
• UNCITRAL tribunal rules that electricity claim can proceed against Dominican Republic; parallel CAFTA claim also afoot
  Oct 09, 2008