Enrique Gomez-Pinzon - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Enrique Gomez-Pinzon

• Analysis: In third arbitration stemming from dispute between García Armas family and Venezuela, tribunal majority relies on requirements for active action of investing, transborder flows, and principle of estoppel to decline jurisdiction; dissenter would have found treaty breach
  Nov 08, 2024
• ICSID tribunal majority dismisses Luis García Armas v. Venezuela arbitration on jurisdiction/admissibility grounds; dissenter would have found treaty breach
  Oct 31, 2024
• Revealed: ICSID tribunal in Longreef v. Venezuela dismissed clean hands and police powers defenses, but awarded only 20% of damages claimed by the investor for illegal expropriation and state’s arbitrary conduct
  Jun 05, 2024
• Looking Back: ICSID tribunal in Longreef v. Venezuela upheld jurisdiction over claims brought by entity controlled by nationals of the host state
  Jun 05, 2024
• Paris Court of Appeal upholds award that had found no consent to UNCITRAL arbitration in Venezuelan BIT
  Sep 29, 2022
• Dutch Court rejects bid to set aside UNCITRAL award that had declined jurisdiction over dual nationals
  Feb 04, 2021
• Looking Back: Camuzzi v. Argentina (2) tribunal addressed issues of reflective loss, forum selection clauses, and ongoing negotiations
  Sep 22, 2020
• Arbitrators reject certain jurisdictional objections in Luis Garcia Armas v. Venezuela arbitration
  Aug 03, 2020
• Analysis: In Manuel Garcia Armas v. Venezuela, an UNCITRAL tribunal interprets the Spain-Venezuela BIT as incorporating ICSID’s limitations on claims by dual nationals
  Dec 24, 2019
• Breaking: UNCITRAL tribunal dismisses dual nationals' BIT claim
  Dec 20, 2019
• Analysis: Heemsen v. Venezuela tribunal refused to find jurisdiction on the basis of an MFN clause, and held that German-Venezuela BIT does not cover dual nationals with citizenship of the host State
  Nov 22, 2019
• Venezuela prevails against two German/Venezuelan investors, Jorge and Enrique Heemsen, as UNCITRAL tribunal finds it has no jurisdiction
  Nov 15, 2019
• Venezuela annulment decision finally surfaces, shedding light on reasons for upholding of Tenaris & Talta (2) award
  Apr 05, 2019
• In new ruling, BIT tribunal does not consider amendment of third party funding contract to be sufficient guarantee that a state could collect on possible future costs order 
  Oct 24, 2018
• In latest interim measures ruling, arbitral tribunal refuses investor request to suspend local criminal proceedings
  Oct 24, 2018
• Arbitrators rule that investors backed by a prominent litigation funder must post $1.5 million security in order to prosecute investment treaty arbitration 
  Jul 11, 2018
• Venezuela updates: a new tribunal is set to hear second attempt by Venoklim; and notable award hinging on ICSID denunciation is now up for annulment
  Mar 20, 2018
• Venezuela moves to annul a pair of recent arbitral awards: Saint-Gobain and Longreef
  Mar 15, 2018
• ANALYSIS: ad-hoc committee's reasoning surfaces, thus illuminating Venoklim's failure to annul award in Venezuela case
  Feb 08, 2018
• Venezuela sees three final awards in a little over a week, as Dutch investor, Longreef Investments A.V.V., nets 50+ million dollars in latest BIT ruling
  Nov 08, 2017
• Rolf Knieper once again tapped by ICSID to preside over an annulment committee
  Oct 21, 2017
• Claimant (Venoklim Holding) that struck out under Venezuela's domestic investment legislation, is now seeking to rely on Dutch investment treaty
  Sep 27, 2017
• Arbitrators ask claimants to prove that they are solvent enough to pay any eventual adverse costs orders in BIT claims against Venezuela
  Jul 11, 2017
• ICSID Annulment Round-Up: requests filed in relation to awards involving Italy, Hungary, Argentina and Venezuela
  May 03, 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
• Venezuela hit with $160 million award (including pre-award interest) in second of two cases brought by Tenaris
  Dec 13, 2016
• Familiar faces - including Brazilian chair - are tasked with deciding latest food-industry arbitration against Venezuela
  Jul 27, 2016
• ANALYSIS: why some members of a family-business are taking their disputes with Venezuela to ICSID's Additional Facility, while others are choosing UNCITRAL
  May 09, 2016
• Attempt to access BIT through portal of domestic law falls short; tribunal appears to split over propriety of locals using foreign entities to sue their own state
  Apr 07, 2015
• Fast-track dismissal is possible in annulment context, but Honduras' challenge to ICSID award will continue, and with conditional stay
  Jan 12, 2014
• Tribunals finalized to hear second arbitration by Tenaris and Talta against Venezuela, as well as by RSM against Saint Lucia
  Aug 08, 2013
• Honduras seeks annulment of arbitral award rendered in 2012 in favour of Spanish construction company
  Apr 03, 2013
• Tribunal now in place for ICSID arbitration by Dutch investor (Venoklim) in Venezuelan petrochemicals plant
  Feb 21, 2013
• Venezuela claims round-up: three tribunals named, two new arbitrations filed by victims of nationalizations, and one investor looks for funding
  Oct 12, 2011
• Chevron decision analysis: tribunal steps into Ecuadorian judicial robes to resolve underlying dispute
  May 07, 2010
• Tribunal in Duke v. Ecuador finds breach of certain obligations under Power Purchase Agreements and US treaty
  Aug 26, 2008
• Duke Energy obtains $5.57 Million (US) in dispute with Ecuador over energy generation
  Aug 26, 2008