Karim Hafez - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Karim Hafez

• Analysis: ICSID ad hoc committee in 9Ren v. Spain considers that intra-EU jurisdictional objection is only applicable if EU law applies as lex arbitri, and emphasizes limited scope of annulment proceedings
  Dec 07, 2022
• ICSID ad hoc committee unanimously rejects Spain’s bid to annul 9REN award
  Dec 02, 2022
• Analysis: ICSID ad hoc committee rejects Spain bid to annul InfraRed award due to alleged unclean hands
  Jun 18, 2022
• ICSID ad hoc committee dismisses Spain’s bid for annulment of InfraRed award, including an unclean hands argument that was not raised at the arbitration stage
  Jun 14, 2022
• Arbitrators comings and goings: Two resignations and one appointment
  Dec 21, 2021
• ICSID ad hoc committee considers that sale of right to collect damages under Spanish renewables award indicates a real risk of non-recoupment, and decides to continue the stay of the underlying award
  Nov 30, 2021
• Analysis: MAKAE v. Saudi Arabia tribunal declines jurisdiction due to claimant’s lack of de facto control over the underlying investment
  Sep 10, 2021
• ICSID claim against Saudi Arabia fails for lack of jurisdiction
  Sep 08, 2021
• OIC Round-Up: New developments in two cases involving Libya, and an under-the-radar arbitration involving Lebanon
  Mar 09, 2021
• Libya Round-Up: A new claim, a new decision, and an update on other cases against the state
  Feb 11, 2021
• [Updated] ICSID ad hoc committee conditions lifting of stay upon undertaking by investors
  Nov 05, 2020
• Spain applies for annulment of wind energy award, and asks for revision of solar award
  Jul 31, 2020
• Three are in place to hear Spain’s bid to annul photovoltaic power award
  Jun 08, 2020
• Three are in place to hear Spain’s bid to annul unfavourable Infrared solar award
  Feb 25, 2020
• Tribunal in place to hear treaty-based arbitration against Algeria, with Loretta Malintoppi tapped to chair
  Oct 29, 2019
• UPDATED WITH FULL ANALYSIS: Committee of Malintoppi, Low and Hafez uphold earlier tribunal's dismissal of Luxembourg investor's claim against Cameroon
  Oct 28, 2019
• An overview of our reporting from September-December 2018
  Jan 04, 2019
• Karim Hafez tapped to chair tribunal that will hear Bollore dispute in Togo
  Dec 17, 2018
• Tribunal finalized to hear French investor's claim against Saudi Arabia, with John R. Crook in the chair
  May 10, 2018
• Three are named to review arbitral award that had rejected Luxembourgish company's claim to protection under Belgium & Luxembourg BIT
  Jan 12, 2018
• UPDATED: A complete overview of the reasons why award in favour of investors in Democratic Republic of Congo is upheld on annulment
  Apr 04, 2016
• Award payment news: ICSID panel flags Democratic Republic of Congo's non-compliance with prior arbitral ruling
  Oct 08, 2014
• Arbitrators hold Democratic Republic of Congo in breach of its domestic investment legislation in relation to treatment of two foreign investors
  Feb 09, 2014