Horacio Grigera Naon - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

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• [Updated] Grenada announces settlement of ICSID dispute with hospitality investors
  Sep 01, 2023
• ICSID tribunal hearing high-stakes gold mining dispute with Romania rejects late-stage amicus application by NGOs
  Jul 10, 2023
• Analysis: Tribunal majority in Trasta v. NOC (2) sides with the respondent, holding that Libya’s National Oil Corporation could validly force its partner to sell its shares in a local refinery; Charles Poncet dissents, opining that the majority breached the claimant’s due process rights
  Jul 07, 2023
• Paris Court of Appeal declines to set aside ICC award in refinery dispute with Libya’s national oil company
  May 29, 2023
• Three are named to hear hydro energy claim against Panama
  Feb 22, 2023
• ICSID tribunal dismisses treaty claim against Panama
  Oct 14, 2022
• Oil and gas storage arbitration against Morocco is discontinued
  Sep 15, 2022
• Bosnia files for annulment of still confidential award
  Aug 09, 2022
• Three are in place to hear highway dispute with Peru
  Jul 26, 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
• Dutch Court of Appeal upholds partial award in long-running Chevron v. Ecuador arbitration
  Jun 30, 2022
• Claimants in billion-dollar dispute with Venezuela ask for supplementary decision and rectification
  Apr 29, 2022
• [Updated] Two ICSID arbitrations conclude with undisclosed awards
  Apr 19, 2022
• [Updated with new document] Cement investor asks UNCITRAL tribunal for an order directing Ecuador to ensure legal security with respect to its mandatory pension contributions
  Apr 14, 2022
• ICSID tribunal awards 1.6 billion USD in compensation for expropriation of investment in Venezuela’s agriculture sector; dissenter would have declined jurisdiction due to manifest inexistence of foreign investment
  Mar 24, 2022
• ICC case against Libya’s oil company concludes with an award; parallel treaty case remains ongoing
  Mar 03, 2022
• UNCITRAL tribunal reportedly finds that actions of Panama Canal Authority can be attributed to the state
  Feb 23, 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
• Wendy Miles is tapped to chair hospitality arbitration against Grenada
  Nov 20, 2021
• ICSID tribunal admits UNESCO classification of mining site into the record
  Oct 29, 2021
• Analysis: Arbitrators in Eco Oro v. Colombia environmental mining ban dispute disagree on police powers and scope of minimum standard of treatment in Canada-Colombia FTA; majority finds MST breach, and decides that general exceptions do not relieve Colombia from its duty to pay compensation
  Sep 16, 2021
• Colombian high-altitude mining arbitration proceeds to the next stage, with a divided tribunal upholding FET claim, dismissing expropriation claim, and inviting further submissions on damages
  Sep 10, 2021
• Juliet Blanch is tapped to chair oil and gas arbitration against Peru
  Aug 09, 2021
• Three are named to hear telecoms claim against Iraq
  Jul 14, 2021
• Argentine Province is facing ICC arbitration over oil and gas project; three are in place to hear the claims
  Jul 08, 2021
• Western Africa Round-Up: A new arbitration claim against Senegal, a FIL-based threat against the DRC, and an update on various other arbitration-related developments
  May 03, 2021
• ICSID tribunal orders Spain to pay 22 million EUR (plus interest) in compensation for claw-back provision
  Jan 27, 2021
• ICSID dismisses challenge to Grigera Naon in telecom case against Venezuela
  Oct 28, 2020
• Eduardo Zuleta is tapped to chair renewable energy arbitration against Panama
  Oct 19, 2020
• Arbitrators bifurcate quantum proceedings in parallel Renco v. Peru arbitrations
  Oct 07, 2020
• The Hague District Court rejects bid to set aside partial award in Chevron v. Ecuador
  Sep 17, 2020
• Analysis: unpacking the reasons why the Bridgestone v. Panama tribunal saw no denial of justice
  Sep 08, 2020
• Tribunal declines to bifurcate proceedings in Peruvian metalworks case
  Aug 20, 2020
• Panama prevails in Bridgestone trademark arbitration
  Aug 19, 2020
• Arbitrators comings and goings: A new resubmission tribunal, a revision tribunal, and a new chair
  Aug 18, 2020
• As a second hearing in Gabriel Resources v. Romania approaches, the parties offer clarifications regarding the timing of the alleged breaches
  Aug 04, 2020
• [Updated with full analysis] Majority arbitrators find that claims in second Renco v. Peru case are not time-barred and allow arbitration to proceed; dissenter would have applied limitation period to dismiss most of the claims
  Jul 20, 2020
• Replacement chair is named for high-stakes Chevron v. Ecuador arbitration
  May 20, 2020
• Canada offers its views on environmental regulations and public policy exceptions under the Canada-Colombia FTA
  May 01, 2020
• US weighs in on temporal jurisdiction under Peru-US FTA
  Apr 05, 2020
• Colombia round-up: An update on 12 treaty-based disputes against the state
  Feb 28, 2020
• A tribunal is in place to hear dispute over failed Venezuelan tobacco venture
  Feb 20, 2020
• Tribunal in place at Permanent Court of Arbitration to hear Renco's latest bid to hold Peru liable over expropriation of environmentally-notorious metalworks
  Feb 12, 2020
• In non-disputing party submission, US weighs in on standard of proof for corruption allegations
  Feb 07, 2020
• [UPDATED] Morocco's jurisdictional objections to Carlyle Group claims come to light; tribunal agrees to bifurcate proceedings
  Jan 23, 2020
• Ecuador round-up: an update on arbitration proceedings against the State, including unreported cases and looming awards
  Dec 30, 2019
• Hearings set to kick off in closely-watched Eco Oro v. Colombia mining arbitration
  Dec 30, 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
• Analysis: Majority of BayWa v. Spain tribunal finds that claimants only had expectations of a reasonable rate of return, but decides that claw-back provision violates the ECT; Horacio Grigera Naon sees broader ECT violations
  Dec 05, 2019
• Panama round-up: an update on developments in six treaty-based arbitration proceedings
  Dec 05, 2019
• Spain defeats Stadtwerke claim, with Hober dissenting, and secures dismissal of some claims in BayWa case, with Grigera-Naon dissenting; new renewable incentives scheme is adopted
  Dec 04, 2019
• Pakistan’s Prime Minister announces settlement of massive Karkey award after talks with Turkey
  Nov 04, 2019
• ICSID once again turns to Juan Fernandez-Armesto to chair a Venezuela arbitration
  Oct 10, 2019
• Beechey, Grigera-Naon, and Douglas selected to hear UNCITRAL BIT arbitration
  Sep 16, 2019
• Panama round-up: an update on five pending investment treaty arbitrations against the state
  Aug 15, 2019
• Colombia round-up: Newly approved bilateral investment treaties, dispute settlement discussions, pleadings and decisions in ongoing arbitrations
  Jul 08, 2019
• Security for costs in investment arbitration: new developments in three pending cases, including a decision in Viaduct v. Bosnia
  Jun 20, 2019
• ICC Tribunal finds in favour of energy consortium in billion dollar tax dispute with Philippines
  Apr 25, 2019
• Chevron v. Ecuador interim BIT awards are upheld by Dutch Supreme Court
  Apr 16, 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
• Tribunal is finalized for Telefonica's investment treaty claim against Colombia
  Mar 01, 2019
• Morocco claim to be chaired by Juan Fernandez-Armesto
  Feb 26, 2019
• In new ruling, ICSID tribunal denies application for non-disputing party submission, considering that the petitioners failed to prove that the arbitral dispute involved issues of human rights
  Feb 20, 2019
• In bid to reopen corruption debate, Pakistan moves for revision of award
  Feb 07, 2019
• As investors push their corruption case against Panama, arbitrators decline to order discovery of documents held by domestic anti-corruption investigators or of Supreme Court Judges' internal deliberations and personal bank accounts
  Feb 06, 2019
• In rejecting investor's effort to disqualify expert, tribunal sees party-appointed experts as governed by a less-exacting standard on conflict of interest than arbitrators or tribunal-appointed experts
  Jan 07, 2019
• In a new ruling, ICSID tribunal considers that it has the power to limit the scope of an amicus curiae submission, thus excising legal arguments and testimony
  Dec 17, 2018
• Looking Back: EnCana v. Ecuador tribunal splits on expropriation, disagreeing on role of domestic law; case raised early concerns over parallel arbitral appointments
  Nov 23, 2018
• Bridgestone v. Panama arbitration: a look at recent arguments, including in relation to alleged corruption underlying a Supreme Court judgment
  Oct 17, 2018
• In new ruling, a divided tribunal dismisses claims of Costa Rican and Dutch investors against Panama
  Oct 15, 2018
• Chevron v. Ecuador award analysis: tribunal considers final questions of jurisdiction and surveys evidence of how Ecuadorian environmental trial was (mis)conducted
  Sep 09, 2018
• Chevron v. Ecuador award analysis: unpacking the tribunal's umbrella clause and denial of justice holdings
  Sep 09, 2018
• UPDATED: Ecuador is held liable in multi-billion dollar Chevron case for breaches of U.S. investment treaty
  Sep 07, 2018
• Foreign investor asks arbitrators to enjoin Philippines Supreme Court proceedings
  Sep 03, 2018
• Arbitrators reject Colombia's bid to have certain objections heard at outset of key mining case (Eco Oro)
  Aug 27, 2018
• William W. Park is chosen to chair Bosnia investment treaty arbitration
  Aug 07, 2018
• After a year of sparring over confidentiality, full details of miner's legal arguments finally surface in $4.4 billion claim against Romania
  Jul 17, 2018
• Karkey v. Pakistan (part 1 of 3): arbitrators grapple with Pakistan's corruption defence
  Jun 28, 2018
• Karkey v. Pakistan (part 2 of 3): country's highest court ensnares state in a judicial expropriation; rare breach of a BIT's free transfers clause
  Jun 28, 2018
• Karkey v. Pakistan (part 3 of 3): at damages phase, arbitrators engage with country-risk debate; jurisdiction over counterclaim is rejected
  Jun 28, 2018
• Colombia round-up: new developments in treaty-based investment arbitrations
  Jun 17, 2018
• Romania raises a new objection in Gabriel Resources mining arbitration
  Jun 12, 2018
• Luca Radicati di Brozolo to helm annulment committee in Venezuela case
  Mar 07, 2018
• As one BIT claim by Telefonica in Latin America comes to an end, another is filed
  Feb 21, 2018
• Grigera-Naon steps down in Republic of Georgia BIT arbitration, and a replacement is lined up
  Feb 20, 2018
• UPDATED with full analysis: Many of Panama’s expedited objections are dismissed in Bridgestone trademark case, but arbitrators won't let claimants claim for losses incurred outside of Panama
  Jan 08, 2018
• Henri Alvarez is chosen by co-arbitrators to chair Dutch BIT claim
  Dec 18, 2017
• Tribunals weigh in with rulings in Alghanim v. Jordan and Bridgestone v. Panama arbitrations, with one concluded and the other to continue
  Dec 15, 2017
• Pakistan seeks to overturn hefty award in favour of Turkish investor
  Nov 08, 2017
• In now-surfaced Valores Mundiales award, arbitrators highlight why Venezuela’s denunciation of the ICSID Convention did not prevent a claimant from later filing for arbitration
  Nov 05, 2017
• Zuleta-led tribunal in Valores Mundiales v. Venezuela case sees breach of free transfers and FET clause, and weighs in on familiar damages issues, including country-risk premium and size-premium
  Nov 05, 2017
• ICSID committee suspends annulment proceedings and lifts stay on enforcement in Vestey v. Venezuela
  Oct 27, 2017
• UPDATED: Turkish investor Karkey wins ICSID claim - Pakistan confirms to IAReporter that it lost case, but is pursuing settlement; local media report that liability approaches $700 million
  Sep 20, 2017
• Eco Oro v. Colombia mining dispute has a tribunal in place, after ICSID Secretary General picks Juliet Blanch as chair
  Sep 12, 2017
• As 'expedited objections' hearings play out via live-stream, IAReporter review latest arguments in Bridgestone vs. Panama licensing arbitration
  Sep 04, 2017
• Bridgestone and Panama trade arguments at ICSID over IP-licences as investments, denial of benefits and abuse of process, prior to hearings on expedited objections
  Aug 15, 2017
• ANALYSIS: Dutch appeal court sees no grounds to set aside Chevron v. Ecuador jurisdictional decision and interim measures
  Aug 01, 2017
• UPDATED: Venezuela held liable by Zuleta-led tribunal for half a billion dollars in relation to breach of Spanish investment treaty
  Jul 27, 2017
• Ecuador fails again to overturn interim awards in Chevron BIT case
  Jul 20, 2017
• ICSID tribunal denies third party request for release of witness statements and expert reports in controversial mining case
  Jul 12, 2017
• Luca Radicati di Brozolo is tapped to chair latest Colombia BIT tribunal
  Jul 11, 2017
• As Gabriel Resources v. Romania arbitration plays out, arbitrators have weighed in on power to order “emergency” interim relief in relation to local tax and fraud investigations
  Jun 12, 2017
• Bolivia: an update on three investment treaty arbitrations (Glencore, Abertis and Quiborax)
  May 12, 2017
• Laurence Shore tapped to chair Omega and Oscar Rivera v. Panama BIT arbitration
  May 02, 2017
• Former senior UK Judge is chosen by Grigera Naon and Thomas to chair US-Panama investment treaty arbitration
  Apr 28, 2017
• Looking Back: Tecmed v. Mexico breaks ground in adopting expansive reading of the Fair and Equitable Treatment and upholding protection of investors’ “legitimate expectations”
  Feb 12, 2017
• Veeder chosen to chair tax dispute between Shell-led consortium and the Philippines
  Jan 27, 2017
• UPDATED: US investors in Panama hope that $100 mil ICSID claim will sanction authorities for “baseless” corruption investigations and Interpol Notices
  Jan 03, 2017
• Tribunals are finalized to hear claims against Greece and Venezuela
  Dec 23, 2016
• Gabriel Resources hails Romania's willingness to re-run a contested tax audit, but complains of other unhelpful measures including bid to designate mining area as World Heritage site
  Sep 27, 2016
• Arbitrators are selected to hear clash between Gabriel Resources and Romania over controversial mine project
  Jun 26, 2016
• Vestey award reveals debate over title to property rights, level of due process afforded by state, and a dubious "public purpose"
  Apr 25, 2016
• Damages Analysis: latest Venezuela award uses asset-based valuation - overriding state's push for income-based approach - and advocates for a low pre-award interest rate
  Apr 25, 2016
• Arbitrators in Panama eco-tourism BIT dispute weigh in with ruling on preliminary objections
  Apr 13, 2016
• ICSID tribunal not satisfied with nominally foreign nature of corporate claimant, and probes deeper - ultimately opting to decline jurisdiction over Guinea claim
  Jan 08, 2016
• Bolivia Round-Up: Two cases settle; hearings loom in a third UNCITRAL arbitration, as former Mexican lawyer, Hugo Perezcano Diaz, is tapped as chair
  Nov 17, 2015
• ICSID renewables claims against Spain reach 23, along with some signs of repeat arbitrator appointments - but no common chairs as yet
  Nov 17, 2015
• Arbitrators finalized for investment proceedings against Cameroon, Panama, and Venezuela (Venoklim annulment)
  Oct 01, 2015
• Ecuador succeeds on a preliminary ‘Track 1B’ issue in Chevron/TexPet arbitration, but scrutiny of Ecuadorian justice system still looms
  Mar 13, 2015
• As merits hearings approach in Chevron v. Ecuador BIT arbitration, latest legal arguments come into focus
  Dec 29, 2014
• As Jan Paulsson moves from expert to counsel role in Chevron v. Ecuador arbitration, parties continue to debate his views on denial of justice
  Dec 29, 2014
• In-Depth: why PCA Secretary-General declined to remove arbitrators for alleged "failure to act" on Ecuador requests in Chevron case
  Nov 30, 2014
• In-Depth: PCA says that many of Ecuador's bias charges are untimely, but considers (and rejects) all of them on their merits
  Nov 30, 2014
• Ecuador fails to disqualify arbitrators in Chevron BIT case; merits hearings loom in April, as deliberations remain ongoing on earlier issues
  Nov 26, 2014
• Ecuador lays out new merits arguments in Chevron BIT arbitration, claimants tender new evidence, and tribunal postpones this week's hearings
  Jan 19, 2014
• Arbitrators picked for Venezuela, Costa Rica and Kazakhstan cases, and replacement is named after disqualification in Burlington v. Ecuador
  Jan 13, 2014
• OVERVIEW: Where the Chevron v. Ecuador bilateral investment treaty arbitration currently stands as merits hearings loom
  Nov 19, 2013
• In “show cause” proceeding, Chevron quantifies alleged losses due to Ecuador’s failure to block enforcement of Lago Agrio judgment
  Nov 19, 2013
• In a sign of the arbitral times, Ecuador urges arbitrators to “reconsider” an earlier holding – and tribunal lets parties argue it out
  Nov 19, 2013
• Parties debate whether a state’s obligation to respect final and binding nature of awards under U.S.-Ecuador investment treaty extends to “interim” awards
  Nov 19, 2013
• Former claimants in discontinued ICSID case seek enforcement of a new LCIA costs award against third-party funder Juridica
  Sep 12, 2013
• Tribunals finalized for Cervin & Rhone v. Costa Rica and Société Civile Immobilière de Gaëta v. Republic of Guinea arbitrations
  Sep 11, 2013
• Arbitrators fall out over Mexican demands for transparency in Telefónica case; dissenter seeks proof that publicity would exacerbate dispute
  Aug 22, 2013
• Pakistan continues to show up late to defend itself in investor arbitrations, thereby losing a voice in selection of arbitrators
  Aug 08, 2013
• In BIT arbitration, Ecuador weighs in with lengthy rebuttal of Chevron’s denial of justice claims
  May 13, 2013
• ANALYSIS: Ecuador lays out its defence to other (non denial-of-justice) claims in pending treaty arbitration with Chevron
  May 13, 2013
• Peru defeats $100 million ICSID contract claims of electricity concessionaire
  Apr 23, 2013
• After arbitrator disqualification process, ad-hoc tribunal to hear Spanish company’s investment treaty claims against Bolivia
  Mar 20, 2013
• Arbitrators selected for Telefonica v. Mexico investment treaty arbitration
  Feb 14, 2013
• ANALYSIS: As Ecuador is held in breach of order to block enforceability of Lago Agrio judgment, tribunal remains reticent as to why it sees harm to Chevron as irreparable
  Feb 11, 2013
• UPDATED: ICSID tribunals constituted in gas, mining and electricity cases against Indonesia, Slovakia, Egypt and Peru
  Oct 22, 2012
• ConocoPhillips wins one and loses one in ICC fight with Venezuelan state oil company
  Sep 23, 2012
• ICSID Claim against El Salvador is revived after claimants pursue third-party funding
  Aug 01, 2012
• ANALYSIS: Arbitrators continue to debate whether states deserve a “margin of appreciation” when it comes to how to comply with BIT obligations
  Aug 01, 2012
• ICSID tribunals composed in cases against Pakistan, Costa Rica, and Venezuela; Pakistan swiftly moves to challenge claimant’s nominated arbitrator
  Jul 26, 2012
• As Chevron finally plays the ‘denial of justice’ card in Ecuador dispute, arbitrators call for fast-tracking of some issues
  Apr 19, 2012
• Jan Paulsson weighs into Chevron v. Ecuador arbitration with expert opinion on denial of justice
  Apr 19, 2012
• Mining company surprises analysts by deriving $1.25 Billion US out of written-off assets (and arbitrations) in Democratic Republic of Congo
  Jan 13, 2012
• Arbitral tribunal calls for hearings to discuss what Ecuador should do to help block enforcement of $18 Billion environmental judgment against Chevron
  Jan 09, 2012
• Tribunal picked to hear Peruvian electricity dispute; Ukrainian radio tenders case moves to annulment phase
  Sep 07, 2011
• Arbitrators rule that Mongolian windfall tax does not breach investment treaty protections owed to Russian gold mining investors
  May 03, 2011
• ICSID tribunals convened in Congo mining dispute, Serbian casino case, Tanzanian power plant dispute, and rematch between Sempra and Argentina
  May 03, 2011
• Tribunal rules that mining company failed to waive local court proceedings, thus precluding CAFTA arbitration against El Salvador; hearings in a parallel case loom
  Mar 15, 2011
• Tribunal dismisses claim of Murphy Oil against Ecuador in windfall “tax” dispute
  Dec 15, 2010
• Tribunal selected to hear second CAFTA mining claim against El Salvador
  Jul 02, 2010
• Chevron requests interim measures in arbitration with Ecuador
  Apr 22, 2010
• Analysis: What happens in the aftermath of the NY District Court ruling in Ecuador v. Chevron?
  Mar 11, 2010
• Arbitrators selected to hear contentious El Salvador mining arbitration; claimant’s nominee chosen in parallel arbitration
  Nov 30, 2009
• Arbitrator steps down following challenge by Romania at ICSID; replacement appointed by S & T Oil Equipment
  May 11, 2009
• Arbitrators in UNCITRAL BIT case order Mongolia to suspend windfall tax on Russian mining co. while case is heard
  Oct 01, 2008
• Russian gold miner pursues arbitration over Mongolia windfall tax
  May 16, 2008