Kaj Hober - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS
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RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Kaj Hober
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ICSID tribunal reportedly upholds jurisdiction in motorway construction dispute between Turkish investor and Pakistan
Nov 21, 2024 -
Analysis: In Neustar v. Colombia, ICSID tribunal finds that corporate claimant cannot unilaterally be substituted with another entity, rejects abuse of rights allegations, and finds no treaty breach in state’s refusal to extend telecoms concession
Oct 24, 2024 -
SCC arbitration against Ukraine resumes; tribunal is now in place
Oct 03, 2024 -
[Updated with Award] Tribunal hearing dispute over .CO Internet domain dismisses treaty claims against Colombia
Sep 23, 2024 -
Analysis: Tribunal majority in Bank of Nova Scotia v. Peru applies 2022 ICSID Rule 41 to dismiss expropriation and FET claims as manifestly lacking legal merit; national treatment claim proceeds to next stage
Jul 31, 2024 -
Three are in place to hear treaty dispute between Kellogg and Venezuela
Jun 13, 2024 -
[Updated] In banking dispute with Peru, tribunal majority finds that FET and expropriation claims manifestly lack legal merit; national treatment claim proceeds to next stage
Jun 04, 2024 -
Analysis: UNCITRAL tribunal finds that political interference with outcome of public tender breached Kyrgyzstan-Lithuania BIT, but awards only a fraction of damages claimed
Apr 15, 2024 -
UNCITRAL tribunal holds Kyrgyzstan liable for BIT breach in e-passport dispute
Apr 10, 2024 -
Revealed: Tribunal is in place to hear under-the-radar treaty claim against Myanmar
Mar 12, 2024 -
Analysis: ICSID tribunal rejects Colombia’s request for security for costs, seeing no risk of non-compliance due to assignment of claims to new entity
Dec 05, 2023 -
Offshore gas production companies initiate ICC arbitration against Romania; Blanch-chaired tribunal is already in place
Oct 13, 2023 -
ICSID tribunal declines to order security for costs in telecoms arbitration against Colombia
Sep 28, 2023 -
ICSID tribunal allows outdoor advertising dispute under Czech Republic-France BIT to proceed to the next stage
Aug 02, 2023 -
Venezuela Round-Up: A new award, new cases and tribunals, a US appeals court ruling that PdVSA is the state’s alter ego for enforcement purposes, and other arbitration-related developments
Jul 14, 2023 -
Three are in place to hear arbitration dispute between Bank of Nova Scotia and Peru
May 10, 2023 -
Uncovered: UNCITRAL tribunal rejects Finland’s jurisdictional objection, finding that fork-in-the-road provision does not cover denial of justice claim
Mar 08, 2023 -
Investigation: As Yemen’s oil sector crumbles due to armed conflict, numerous arbitrations by Chinese, Indian and Western investors have quietly played out
Aug 03, 2022 -
Award against Libya surfaces as claimant seeks enforcement in the US
Mar 31, 2022 -
Juan Fernandez-Armesto is tapped to chair second Bayindir v. Pakistan arbitration
Feb 10, 2022 -
Revealed: SCC tribunal found that administrative delays in issuing gas mining licenses did not amount to ECT breach by Poland
Feb 08, 2022 -
Finland sets out response to its first-ever BIT claim; jurisdictional objection is bifurcated
Dec 02, 2021 -
Revealed: Finland is facing its first known treaty arbitration, with a tribunal already in place
Nov 29, 2021 -
Arbitrator is disqualified from Poland bilateral investment treaty arbitration
Nov 08, 2021 -
Poland claims victory in under-the-radar ECT arbitration
Jul 12, 2021 -
[Updated] UNCITRAL tribunal issues separate order on costs after Kyrgyzstan fails to pay required costs advance
Jul 09, 2021 -
Three are in place to hear treaty-based internet domain dispute
Apr 22, 2021 -
Looking Back: Latvia’s first known BIT case saw tribunal grappling with legality requirement half a decade before Inceysa and Fraport decisions; arbitrators ultimately ruled in favour of claimant in shipping dispute
Mar 30, 2021 -
Tribunal is in place to hear UNCITRAL arbitration against India
Mar 30, 2021 -
Analysis: Tribunal in FREIF v. Spain relies on the claimant’s own due diligence to determine that the investor could not legitimately expect a fixed return
Mar 16, 2021 -
Three are in place to hear intra-EU BIT claim against the Czech Republic
Mar 14, 2021 -
SCC tribunal unanimously dismisses renewables claim against Spain
Mar 09, 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 -
Another ICSID case involving Spanish renewables is discontinued following the adoption of Spain’s new incentives regime
Feb 01, 2021 -
Investor makes good on earlier threat to lodge UNCITRAL treaty-based arbitration; Kaj Hober is tapped to chair the case
Dec 30, 2020 -
EU releases draft list of arbitrators to rule over Brexit disputes – featuring familiar names
Dec 16, 2020 -
Swiss court dismisses set-aside application of Libya award
Dec 07, 2020 -
India round-up: An update on seven investment treaty cases against the state
Jun 11, 2020 -
India reportedly settles treaty-based dispute with Nissan
May 28, 2020 -
Analysis: Unpacking the reasons why Spain failed to unseat Kaj Hober from the KS Invest tribunal
May 22, 2020 -
Breaking: ICSID rejects Spain’s bid to disqualify Kaj Hober from KS Invest tribunal
May 18, 2020 -
German CSP investors file for annulment of ICSID award which found that they could not legitimately expect legal stability
Apr 07, 2020 -
Analysis: In Staur v. Latvia award, arbitrators see limited state involvement in cancellation of airport expansion project, and dismiss all claims on the merits
Mar 06, 2020 -
Breaking: in a new BIT award, arbitrators dismiss claims over failed airport development project
Mar 04, 2020 -
Spain succeeds in disqualifying arbitrator Kaj Hober in Energy Charter Treaty arbitration
Jan 14, 2020 -
Baltic Round-Up: An update on arbitration claims against Latvia and Lithuania
Dec 09, 2019 -
Analysis: Majority in Stadtwerke Munchen v. Spain considers that investors in Spanish CSP plants could not legitimately expect legislative stability; Kaj Hober disagrees
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 -
E.U. moves to disqualify Nord Stream 2's nominated arbitrator in high-stakes Energy Charter Treaty arbitration over pipeline
Nov 22, 2019 -
Kaj Hober is latest arbitrator to be challenged by Spain
Nov 13, 2019 -
West Africa investor arbitration round-up: cases involving Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire
Oct 11, 2019 -
Revealed: in new ICC BIT award, Libya’s lack of compliance with an earlier settlement agreement results in treaty breach; Turkish claimant Etrak is awarded $22 million
Oct 04, 2019 -
Nissan v. India: Previously-unseen jurisdictional decision reveals tribunal’s rejection of objections on tribunal constitution, fork-in-the-road, contractual forum selection clause, time-bar, and taxation exception
Sep 13, 2019 -
India round-up: BIT claims withdrawn on cusp of hearings; another dispute is formally notified; and Japanese investor reportedly clears jurisdictional hurdles
May 29, 2019 -
Dutch investor prevails over Vietnam, as tribunal awards $27 million in compensation, $10m in moral damages and sizable legal fees
Apr 12, 2019 -
After jurisdictional loss, government revises its local investment legislation so as to remove offer of international arbitration
Feb 05, 2019 -
An overview of our reporting from September-December 2018
Jan 04, 2019 -
Poland investment treaty claims round-up: an update on new claims, progress of ongoing cases, and enforcement/set-aside actions
Nov 16, 2018 -
In a new ruling, a tribunal chaired by James Crawford weighs in on prescription, 18 month local remedies requirement, and doctrine of forum non conveniens
Feb 27, 2018 -
As another Spain award looms, four more previously-confidential renewables cases surface; potential liability for all pending claims now exceeds $9.5 billion
Feb 07, 2018 -
Indian state government seeks domestic court order to restrain Nissan's BIT arbitration, as claimant seeks interim measures to restrain India
Dec 20, 2017 -
Looking Back: In first treaty claim under SCC rules, arbitrators in the long-opaque Biedermann case held Kazakhstan liable for breaching US-Kazak BIT, and rejected counterclaim on merits
Nov 01, 2017 -
Newly-uncovered majority decision upholds jurisdiction against Cote d’Ivoire, after debating whether claimants validly consented to ICSID arbitration under domestic investment law
Oct 12, 2017 -
Looking back: In Petrobart v. Kyrgyz Republic dispute, a sales contract does not constitute an investment under the Kyrgyz foreign investment law, but it later finds protection under the Energy Charter Treaty
Sep 25, 2017 -
Tanzania faces arbitration over failed large-scale agricultural investment; project had engendered opposition from locals who were to be displaced, and also in relation to wildlife impacts
Sep 12, 2017 -
Alexis Mourre is chosen to chair new billion dollar UNCITRAL BIT claim against Poland
Aug 29, 2017 -
Looking Back: German investor, Franz Sedelmayer, was early-adopter of investment treaty arbitration, but had to engage in decade-long assets hunt against Russia
Aug 29, 2017 -
Poland round-up (part three): after dismissing all claims, arbitrators set out reasons as to why claimants should bear 90% of legal and arbitral costs
Jul 25, 2017 -
Asia round-up: China and Vietnam face new BIT claims - by Hela Schwarz GmbH and Trinh Vinh Binh respectively - as proceedings against Korea and Indonesia move forward
Jun 22, 2017 -
Eric Schwartz tapped to chair Norway-Latvia BIT arbitration
Apr 14, 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 jurisdiction ruling, arbitrators rule that Russia is obliged under BIT to protect Ukrainian investors in Crimea following annexation
Mar 09, 2017 -
BIT award against Kyrgyzstan is annulled in Paris, with Court giving weight to money-laundering allegations that had earlier failed to persuade arbitrators
Feb 23, 2017 -
In final award in Murphy v Ecuador windfall levy case, tribunal finds no reason to add or subtract from previously-ordered compensation
Feb 14, 2017 -
In a new award, Hochtief gets $13.41 million for some Argentine losses, but bulk of damages case falls away under closer scrutiny by arbitrators
Jan 13, 2017 -
Tribunal notes: Philippe Sands chosen as replacement arbitrator in Uzbek case, and Zachary Douglas is tapped to chair a case under domestic investment statute
Oct 31, 2016 -
Previously unpublished Murphy v. Ecuador UNCITRAL award now available for download
Aug 11, 2016 -
Sekolec-chaired tribunal sees no investment treaty breach in relation to seizure of investor shares during criminal proceedings
Aug 02, 2016 -
Crawford to chair Argentine BIT arbitration
Jul 12, 2016 -
In fourth documented case, an SCC emergency arbitrator in a BIT case weighs in on investor request to suspend effects of Central Bank measures
Jun 03, 2016 -
In-Depth: unpacking the arbitrators' holdings in the Murphy v. Ecuador award, including the scope of legitimate expectations and the use of ex post data on damages
May 23, 2016 -
In latest arbitral ruling on Ecuador's decade-old windfall oil levy, arbitrators find that 99% claw-back - but not a 50% claw-back - breached investment treaty
May 16, 2016 -
Revealed: The unpublished reasons for PCA Secretary-General's dismissal of two "issues conflicts" disqualification bids in BIT case (Belokon v. Kyrgyz Republic)
Apr 14, 2016 -
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 -
More uncertainty looms as to scope of some Russian and Chinese BITs, as Swedish appeals court contradicts tribunal with respect to narrowly-worded arbitration clause
Jan 25, 2016 -
Tribunals constituted in three ICSID solar energy cases brought against Spain
Dec 20, 2015 -
In newly-unearthed award, gov't fails to prove money-laundering allegations; and arbitrators see BIT breach in protracted administration of bank
Dec 07, 2015 -
Arbitrators see no "rational connection" between policy ends and means, and also look at lack of "practicable means" of local judicial recourse
Dec 07, 2015 -
Damages news: price to book methodology used in Belokon v. Kyrgyzstan case to value seized bank; arbitrators demur in face of demands for more unorthodox forms of relief
Dec 07, 2015 -
Tribunals finalized in under-the-radar UNCITRAL and SCC intra-EU investment treaty arbitrations
Sep 17, 2015 -
Poland claims round-up: at least a dozen investment treaty arbitrations
Jul 29, 2015 -
First UNCITRAL arbitral tribunal is finalized to hear claim that Russia is liable for harm befalling investments in annexed Crimean peninsula
Jul 14, 2015 -
A second UNCITRAL arbitral tribunal is constituted to hear Crimea claims against Russia, as tribunal selection begins in three further cases
Jul 14, 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 -
Emergency arbitrator use in investment treaty cases: first ruling now available, and more details confirmed about second instance
Mar 19, 2015 -
Czech Republic: Govt releases cache of BIT awards, strives to collect costs orders, and currently faces eleven pending treaty claims
Feb 24, 2015 -
ICSID committee weighs in on bid to annul China BIT award - just weeks after Singapore Court criticized jurisdictional reasoning in the case
Feb 17, 2015 -
INVESTIGATION: in at least two investment treaty cases, foreign investors use emergency arbitrators to block tax hikes and share divestment order
Feb 17, 2015 -
In-depth: Unpacking the reasoning of the first SCC Emergency Arbitrator ruling in a Russian investment treaty claim
Feb 17, 2015 -
Award compliance: updates on two awards against Democratic Republic of Congo, and a third against Turkmenistan
Jan 22, 2015 -
On eve of annulment ruling in Chinese BIT case, Singapore High Court offers criticism of an ICSID ruling that had served as inspiration in UNCITRAL case
Jan 20, 2015 -
Vietnam's Justice Ministry reveals that it prevailed in arbitration under French investment treaty
Jan 05, 2015 -
After challenges to Paulsson and Hober fail, tribunal issues $15 million BIT award in UNCITRAL bank expropriation case
Oct 28, 2014 -
Eastern Europe round-up: One Polish case ends at ICSID, while another proceeds at SCC; Slovakia denies benefits of U.S. BIT to would-be claimant
Oct 28, 2014 -
Award payment news: ICSID panel flags Democratic Republic of Congo's non-compliance with prior arbitral ruling
Oct 08, 2014 -
Round-up: NAFTA case vs. Mexico linked to unpaid ICC award; panels named in Masdar v. Spain & Lahoud v. DRC; UK investor, Krederi, sues Ukraine
Jul 23, 2014 -
As Vietnam explores collection of costs award against unsuccessful investor, another claimant sticks its head above the parapet
Feb 14, 2014 -
Analysis: Does Moscow Chamber of Commerce offer effective alternative for arbitrating investment claims against Central Asian states?
Jan 21, 2014 -
UNCITRAL tribunal rejects jurisdictional objection relating to earlier ICSID claim in Ecuador windfall levy dispute
Jan 02, 2014 -
ICSID arbitrators named for UAB Energia v. Latvia and Georg Gavrilovic v. Croatia cases; replacements picked for Zimbabwe and Peru tribunals
Jul 07, 2013 -
In newly-disclosed 2010 Energy Charter ruling, arbitrators rule that treaty’s denial of benefits clause operates only prospectively
Jun 18, 2013 -
Arbitrators hold that failings of Kazakh courts don't rise to level of international law breach in Liman Caspian Oil case; but umbrella clause can cover legislative "promises"
Jun 18, 2013 -
In lead-up to election, Republic of Georgia lost one investor arbitration, and settled another
Nov 11, 2012 -
Tribunals selected for UNCITRAL claims against Kyrgyzstan and Ecuador
Aug 19, 2012 -
Will eight arbitrators be enough to draw a line under U.S. oil company’s windfall levy dispute with Ecuador?
Jun 19, 2012 -
Kazakhstan wins another ICSID arbitration, this time fending off $1 Billion claim by oil investor Caratube International Oil Company
Jun 07, 2012 -
Shuttered health care clinic in Vietnam spawns UNCITRAL treaty arbitration as claims start to mount in South-East Asia
Jan 31, 2012 -
New International Investment Law Works: May 2011 to January 2012
Jan 13, 2012 -
U.S. investor pursues UNCITRAL arbitration claim against Vietnam; tribunal empaneled to hear allegations of treaty breach
Dec 01, 2011 -
Arbitrators uphold jurisdiction over cellular telecoms concession dispute between Senegal and Dutch investors
Aug 28, 2010 -
Croatia wins another BIT arbitration; casino dispute outcome marks second consecutive victory for state
Aug 05, 2010 -
Tribunals constituted in ICSID claims: PIP Sarl v. Gabon, Millicom International v. Senegal, and Karmer Marble v. Georgia
Jun 29, 2009 -
Tribunals appointed in Alapi v. Turkey, Mobil v. Canada, Caratube v. Kazakhstan, iZee v. Georgia, and Duke v. Peru (annulment)
Mar 17, 2009 -
New US investor files BIT arbitration against Georgia; meanwhile, tribunal in Itera v. Georgia is chosen
Dec 17, 2008 -
BIT claim quietly pursued by Swiss claimant against Uzbekistan in long-running dispute over payment for grain shipment
Oct 22, 2008