Christopher Greenwood - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS
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RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Christopher Greenwood
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ICSID tribunal disqualifies Norway’s quantum adviser from snow crab arbitration due to a conflict of interests, but refuses to take “drastic step” of removing counsel
Mar 17, 2023 -
Looking Back: ICSID tribunal in Azpetrol v. Azerbaijan decided that e-mail exchange qualified as binding settlement agreement, and dismissed the case after finding that there was no dispute left to be resolved
Mar 06, 2023 -
Analysis: ICSID tribunal in Alverley v. Romania denies jurisdiction based on abuse of process and failure to meet real seat requirement
Oct 27, 2022 -
Swiss and Austrian engineers pursuing heretofore-unpublicized investment treaty arbitration against Jordan
Aug 03, 2022 -
Christopher Greenwood is tapped to chair Egypt investment arbitration
Aug 03, 2022 -
Analysis: UNCLOS tribunal accepts to hear Ukraine’s claim that Russia wrongly detained its vessels in the Black Sea, but emphasizes that it lacks jurisdiction over military activities
Jul 12, 2022 -
As Ukrainian parties file billion-dollar ECHR claims against Russia for recent war destructions and human rights violations, UNCLOS tribunal issues inter-state award regarding 2018 military stand-off in the Black Sea
Jun 27, 2022 -
Three are in place to hear agribusiness claim against Nicaragua
Jun 03, 2022 -
ICSID ad hoc committee is formed to hear investor’s bid to annul unfavourable ruling concerning his nationality
Jun 02, 2022 -
[Updated] Two ICSID arbitrations conclude with undisclosed awards
Apr 19, 2022 -
Uncovered: UNCITRAL tribunal finds that sale of investment two years prior to lodging the arbitration deprived claimant of investor status; reservation of right to bring treaty claim is deemed to be irrelevant
Mar 22, 2022 -
Christopher Greenwood is tapped to chair construction arbitration against Turkmenistan
Mar 21, 2022 -
ICSID tribunal dismisses real estate claim against Romania
Mar 17, 2022 -
Czech Republic claims victory in UNCITRAL arbitration
Mar 03, 2022 -
ICSID tribunal upholds Norway’s second request for bifurcation of quantum issues
Jan 05, 2022 -
Analysis: German Supreme Court delves into the compatibility of intra-EU arbitration with EU law, as it concludes that appeal against anti-arbitration ruling is inadmissible
Dec 17, 2021 -
ICSID tribunal hearing claims by state-owned German banks against Spain declines to reconsider intra-EU decision in light of the CJEU’s Komstroy Decision
Dec 13, 2021 -
German Supreme Court upholds anti-arbitration ruling in Croatian intra-EU BIT case
Dec 02, 2021 -
Spain files for annulment of still-confidential ECT award
Oct 26, 2021 -
[Updated with new document] Iraq Round-Up: Iraq joins Mauritius Convention and New York Convention, an under-the-radar 26 billion USD dispute, and updates on other pending proceedings
Oct 21, 2021 -
Analysis: Ad hoc committee refuses to annul Glencore v. Colombia award, rejecting Colombia’s arguments based on illegality and corruption allegations; committee finds that procedural orders may be reviewed if they tainted the award
Sep 28, 2021 -
ICSID ad hoc committee declines bid for annulment of Glencore v. Colombia award, dismissing Colombia’s allegation that the tribunal unduly dismissed corruption allegations
Sep 24, 2021 -
Greenwood-chaired tribunal weighs in with Energy Charter Treaty award, and awards 40+ mil Euros
Jun 24, 2021 -
North Star v. Norway tribunal rejects request for bifurcation of quantum issues as premature
Jun 18, 2021 -
Christopher Greenwood is tapped to chair agribusiness claim against Croatia – a few months after German courts declared a parallel UNCITRAL claim inadmissible due to its intra-EU nature
May 04, 2021 -
Revealed: Tribunal hearing Egyptian plane crash arbitration sees local litigation provision as mandatory, adding to conflicting case law regarding Turkey’s investment treaties
May 03, 2021 -
Revealed: Metrojet v. Egypt tribunal finds that activities of a charter airline do not qualify as an investment in the host state’s territory
May 03, 2021 -
Egypt defeats treaty-based plane crash arbitrations
Mar 19, 2021 -
Arbitrators Comings and Goings: One resignation and two reconstitutions
Mar 18, 2021 -
Now-public judgment reveals reasons why German courts upheld Croatia’s Achmea objection, and declared a treaty-based arbitration inadmissible
Mar 01, 2021 -
Arbitrators comings and goings: Switzerland reveals its nominees to ICSID’s panels, and two tribunals see arbitrator resignations
Feb 09, 2021 -
Tribunal’s ruling on redaction of request for arbitration reveals debate about “business confidential information”, and leads to disclosure of amount ($400 mil) behind Norway’s fisheries arbitration
Jan 18, 2021 -
Controlling shareholder of Turkish firm withdraws his BIT claim against Libya; proceedings are discontinued without prejudice
Jan 12, 2021 -
ICSID dismisses arbitrator challenge in Spanish renewables case; decision to hold virtual hearings does not warrant the tribunal’s disqualification
Dec 17, 2020 -
Arbitrators comings and goings: Switzerland seeks applicants for ICSID panels, the UK reveals its panel nominees, and Egypt arbitration sees new chair
Nov 23, 2020 -
As Norway’s first ICSID arbitration gets underway, arbitrators dismiss claimants’ unorthodox early bifurcation request, and set out approach to transparency
Nov 03, 2020 -
Three are in place to hear claims by scandal-engulfed multinational against Peru
Oct 30, 2020 -
[Updated] Details regarding first ICSID arbitration against Norway come to light
Sep 08, 2020 -
Spain files second challenge to all three tribunal members in high-stakes ECT arbitration
Aug 14, 2020 -
Libya round-up: New tribunals, a discontinuation, and further details about a number of investment arbitrations against the state
Aug 11, 2020 -
Christopher Greenwood is tapped to chair first ICSID arbitration against Norway
Aug 10, 2020 -
ICSID tribunal allows claims by Slovenian electricity company against Bosnia and Herzegovina to proceed
May 20, 2020 -
Award which rejected claims over taxation measures withstands annulment bid at ICSID
Apr 23, 2020 -
Arbitrators comings and goings: a new tribunal, two replacements, and a new ad hoc committee
Apr 05, 2020 -
Mobil and Canada reach settlement of treaty-based oil field development dispute
Feb 05, 2020 -
Looking Back: NAFTA tribunal declined to consolidate parallel investor claims against Mexico, citing confidentiality concerns between fiercely competitive claimants and limited risk of inconsistent decisions
Jan 15, 2020 -
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 -
Two cases are discontinued at ICSID - against Slovakia and Lithuania - after failures to pay advances on costs
Nov 06, 2019 -
Arbitrator disqualification developments: Spain fails to disqualify tribunal in renewables case; chair steps down after challenge in another Spain case; investor takes aim at ad hoc committee member
Oct 09, 2019 -
In new interim measures ruling, arbitrators decline to order state to drop pursuit of domestic extradition proceedings; tribunal presses claimants to reveal more about who lies behind them, but rejects security for costs request
Sep 19, 2019 -
Spain moves for disqualification of all three ICSID arbitrators hearing $1.76 billion renewable energy dispute with German state-owned entities
Sep 09, 2019 -
Analysis: Greenwood-chaired tribunal offers up decision dismissing intra-EU objection in high-stakes 1.76 billion dollar Energy Charter Treaty claim
Jul 11, 2019 -
Libya Round-up: new investment treaty claims, new rulings, and updates on arbitrator appointments
May 23, 2019 -
Tribunal is constituted to hear new intra-EU BIT claim against Romania, with Christopher Greenwood in the chair
Mar 26, 2019 -
Spain round-up: new decisions are rendered in renewables cases and yet another investor claim is filed
Feb 26, 2019 -
Christopher Greenwood tapped to chair Alcor arbitration under the Czech-Republic-UAE BIT
Feb 03, 2019 -
An overview of our reporting from September-December 2018
Jan 04, 2019 -
Arbitrators decide that principle of res judicata (and a seemingly unhelpful prior arbitral ruling) do not bar investor from making new claim for 20+ years of future damages
Dec 30, 2018 -
ICJ President reveals that ICJ judges will not participate in investor-state arbitration in the future
Oct 27, 2018 -
Christopher Greenwood tapped by co-arbitrators to chair UNCITRAL investment treaty arbitration
Oct 10, 2018 -
An update on eight investment arbitration claims against Canada
Sep 20, 2018 -
In-depth: Mobil v. Canada jurisdictional decision reveals NAFTA tribunal's reasoning on res judicata, continuing breach, and obligation to repeal infringing measures
Aug 01, 2018 -
Greenwood to head ad-hoc committee that will review rejection of Kuwaiti investor's claims against Jordan
Jul 19, 2018 -
Arbitrators affirm jurisdiction over Exxon-Mobil's new attempt to seek compensation under NAFTA investment chapter
Jul 17, 2018 -
Mobil v. Canada pleadings raise complex questions of res judicata, relations between NAFTA time-bar and continuing breach, and relevance of NAFTA non-disputing party submissions
May 10, 2018 -
Post-hearing briefs in Mobil v. Canada consider whether NAFTA states have obligations to perform NAFTA in good faith and to repeal infringing measures
May 10, 2018 -
Libya claims round-up: new developments under OIC treaty; Greenwood to chair a newly-filed ICC BIT case; two hearings loom in longer-running arbitrations
May 07, 2018 -
As sanctions bite on Russian oligarch, ICSID Ad-hoc Committee dismisses effort to overturn award in Montenegro case
May 02, 2018 -
Christopher Greenwood to chair Tanzania sugarcane claim
Feb 25, 2018 -
Three are named by ICSID to hear attempt to overturn EuroGas v. Slovakia award
Jan 28, 2018 -
Balkans round-up: New claims, new tribunals and new developments in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia
May 24, 2017 -
Looking Back: In Impregilo v Pakistan case, arbitrators needed to grapple with distinction between treaty/contract claims and scope of umbrella clause
May 22, 2017 -
International Court of Justice to have rare opportunity to weigh in on meaning of Fair and Equitable Treatment and other investment protections
Mar 23, 2017 -
Three are named to hear CEAC's attempt to annul award in favor of Montenegro
Jan 02, 2017 -
ANALYSIS: where do matters stand with respect to Energy Charter Treaty claims against Spain?
Sep 28, 2016 -
Part two of our coverage of EDFI v. Argentina annulment ruling: Argentina's (unsuccessful) challenge to Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
Feb 09, 2016 -
EDFI v. Argentina award is upheld, after ad-hoc committee weighes Argentina's allegation that arbitrator lacked impartiality due to his law firm's advising of Repsol in separate dispute
Feb 07, 2016 -
Updates on the Lone Pine v. Canada (fracking) and Mobil v. Canada (R&D requirements) NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitrations
Dec 16, 2015 -
Arbitrator disqualifications: Updates on challenges to Yves Fortier, Bernard Hanotiau and Teresa Cheng - and an early challenge to Brigitte Stern
Dec 01, 2015 -
Background: Argentina challenges ICSID annulment committee member in two cases, after belated non-disclosure of Freshfields connections
Aug 28, 2015 -
Tribunals constituted at ICSID in cases against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Yemen
Jul 22, 2015 -
In hitherto unpublished ruling, Greenwood/Stern tribunal reject plea that intra-EU BIT was implicitly terminated under VCLT due to EU accession
Apr 02, 2015 -
Tribunal's full reasons - and EC's amicus brief - on intra-EU BIT compatibility issue finally come to light in EURAM v. Slovakia case
Apr 02, 2015 -
Arbitrators interpret BIT arbitration clause narrowly, and point to Australia as example of state not viewing investor-state arbitration as essential to investment protection
Apr 02, 2015 -
Full reasons emerge for tribunal's dismissal of BIT arbitration due to investor's prosecution of a parallel BIT claim in domestic court
Apr 02, 2015 -
In finally-released EMV v Czech Republic awards, arbitrators found jurisdiction under narrow arbitration clause, but found no expropriation of media investment
Mar 27, 2015 -
Annulment committee sets deadline for Argentina to pledge that it will comply with its enforcement obligations under Article 53 of ICSID Convention
Aug 22, 2013 -
ICSID Annulment Committee selected to hear Argentina’s bid to annul $200 million arbitral award in EDF electricity dispute
Feb 14, 2013 -
ANALYSIS: Lessons of the Greenwood/UNCLOS challenge for inter-state investment arbitration
Jan 13, 2012