Rolf Knieper - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Rolf Knieper

• [Updated with Award] Analysis: ICSID tribunal finds that Miami-based gold import company did not make a treaty-protected investment in Peru; state is awarded over 3.8 million USD in costs and fees
  May 23, 2024
• ICSID tribunal declines jurisdiction over gold trader’s claim against Peru
  May 14, 2024
• In unprecedented ruling, ICSID ad hoc committee hearing mining dispute with Tanzania dismisses most grounds for annulment for being manifestly without legal merit
  Feb 06, 2024
• Analysis: Co-arbitrators uphold challenge against Rolf Knieper over his concurrent appointments as expert for Turkmenistan in two pending cases
  Jan 12, 2024
• Egyptian investor claims success in bid for annulment of Rule 41(5) award that favored Kuwait
  Jan 04, 2024
• Tanzania provides undertaking to pay entire award and abide by annulment committee’s decision to continue stay of enforcement of mining award
  Dec 27, 2023
• ICSID arbitration over Peruvian refinery is discontinued following withdrawal of claimant’s counsel; Peru is awarded costs, but tribunal finds it lacks power to discontinue case with prejudice
  Dec 13, 2023
• Analysis: ICSID ad hoc committee hearing Tanzania’s bid to overturn mining award conditions stay of enforcement on state’s undertaking to pay monies owed if annulment application is successful; lifting of stay is also subject to conditions
  Nov 13, 2023
• [Updated with Decision] ICSID ad hoc committee in Nachingwea v. Tanzania issues decision on stay of enforcement of 100+ million USD award; outcome is reportedly conditional upon submission of written undertakings by the parties
  Nov 06, 2023
• Arbitrators comings and goings: A successful arbitrator challenge, a new tribunal, and a resignation
  Nov 01, 2023
• Rolf Knieper is tapped to chair ICSID ad hoc committee tasked with hearing Tanzania’s bid to overturn unfavorable mining award
  Aug 24, 2023
• Turkish investor challenges Rolf Knieper in Turkmenistan arbitration
  Aug 09, 2023
• Tribunal hearing construction arbitration against Turkmenistan is reconstituted
  Jul 28, 2023
• Analysis: ICSID ad hoc committee upholds Cyprus Popular Bank v Greece award, rejecting claims of manifest excess of powers on non-application of EU law and allegations of breaches of procedural rules, while ordering costs to lie where they fall
  Jun 08, 2023
• Vietnam is facing second arbitration in construction dispute with Chinese companies
  May 08, 2023
• Jean Kalicki is tapped to chair arbitration under ASEAN-China Investment Agreement
  Apr 27, 2023
• Looking Back: At jurisdictional stage, BIVAC v. Paraguay tribunal saw no prima facie expropriation; umbrella clause claim was deemed to be inadmissible due to forum selection clause
  Apr 10, 2023
• [Updated with redacted copies of the Award and Annulment Decision] ICSID annulment proceedings conclude in Greek bank bail-out case
  Dec 13, 2022
• Uncovered: In previously undisclosed award, treaty tribunal grapples with dual citizenship and dismisses argument that extra-EU BIT arbitration is contrary to EU law; tribunal majority allows claimant to import consent to SCC forum through MFN clause
  Oct 28, 2022
• ICSID tribunal hearing Peruvian gold trading dispute dismisses the respondent’s security for costs request – for now
  Oct 26, 2022
• Peru’s pleadings in gold mining dispute surface, revealing the state’s positions on jurisdiction and the merits, as well as reasons for security for costs request
  Sep 06, 2022
• Czech Republic is held liable in treaty dispute over enforcement of past arbitral decision
  May 31, 2022
• Analysis: In quantum award, Hydro v. Spain tribunal finds that costs incurred in mitigating damages should be compensated
  May 05, 2022
• Airline dispute with Ukraine proceeds to the next stage
  Dec 23, 2021
• Three are named to hear Peruvian gold trading dispute at ICSID
  Sep 22, 2021
• Three are in place to hear Greece’s bid to annul still-confidential award for discriminatory financial bail-out
  Sep 16, 2021
• ICSID case against China is discontinued for failure to pay advances on costs
  Sep 10, 2021
• Juliet Blanch is tapped to chair oil and gas arbitration against Peru
  Aug 09, 2021
• Analysis: Ad hoc committee finds that parties cannot waive the tribunal’s duty to render a reasoned award, but ultimately upholds bulk of Perenco v. Ecuador award; two discrete damages calculations are annulled for failure to state reasons
  Jun 02, 2021
• Bulk of Perenco v. Ecuador award is upheld, but annulment committee finds fault with two discrete damages items
  May 29, 2021
• Analysis: ICSID tribunal sanctions non-compliance with security for costs order by discontinuing proceedings and awarding full costs to Latvia
  Apr 19, 2021
• Kazakhstan Round-Up: New threats, details about a mining award, and an update on other arbitration disputes against the state
  Apr 01, 2021
• ICSID tribunal orders discontinuation of treaty-based arbitration after the claimant refuses to post security for costs
  Mar 31, 2021
• New arbitrator is selected by China, following departure of its former nominee ICJ Judge Peter Tomka
  Mar 23, 2021
• Analysis: reasons surface for World Bank President’s recent rejection of investor’s effort to challenge entire tribunal in Latvia case
  Dec 21, 2020
• ICSID dismisses arbitrator challenge prompted by security for costs decision in Kazmin v. Latvia
  Oct 19, 2020
• Spain applies for annulment of small-hydro award
  Oct 07, 2020
• In security for costs order in Kazmin v. Latvia case, tribunal ordered a 3 million EUR security after citing concerns about the claimant’s “business conduct”
  Sep 02, 2020
• [Updated] Claimant in Latvian metallurgical dispute asks for disqualification of all three tribunal members
  Aug 06, 2020
• Analysis: In latest award against Spain, arbitrators decide that investors in small-hydro plants could not reasonably expect fixed incentives, but were entitled to a reasonable rate of return
  Mar 13, 2020
• Almasryia files for annulment of unfavourable ICSID Arbitration Rule 41(5) award
  Mar 13, 2020
• Breaking: ICSID tribunal decides that investors in Spanish hydro energy plants only had a legitimate expectation of a reasonable rate of return
  Mar 09, 2020
• Saudi Arabia defeats Indian investor's BIT arbitration claim
  Feb 28, 2020
• UPDATED: ICSID ad hoc committee offers to extend stay of enforcement of $400+ million arbitral award, if respondent-state commits to pay award if annulment application is unsuccessful
  Feb 24, 2020
• Another challenge to Peter Rees is rejected in Hydro v. Spain
  Feb 18, 2020
• Analysis: second annulment decision in Pey Casado v. Chile affirms resubmission tribunal’s approach to the res judicata findings of the first tribunal
  Jan 12, 2020
• ICSID ad hoc committee declines to annul resubmission award in long-running Pey Casado v. Chile saga
  Jan 09, 2020
• Revealed: In Article 41(5) award, majority of ICSID tribunal finds that cooling-off period is mandatory, and that contractual promise to transfer property does not amount to a property title
  Dec 24, 2019
• Baltic Round-Up: An update on arbitration claims against Latvia and Lithuania
  Dec 09, 2019
• Three are named to hear Ecuador's bid to annul September 2019 Perenco award
  Nov 19, 2019
• By majority, arbitrators opt for early dismissal of investment treaty claim against Kuwait
  Nov 05, 2019
• Indian investor Khadamat Integrated Solutions Private Limited pursues BIT claim against Saudi Arabia; UNCITRAL tribunal in place
  Sep 24, 2019
• Dutch court weighs in with decision on stay of enforcement request in Russia-Ukraine BIT case
  Jun 12, 2019
• Kuwait investment arbitration round-up: new claims, new appointments, and updates on procedural status of older cases
  May 10, 2019
• Venezuela annulment decision finally surfaces, shedding light on reasons for upholding of Tenaris & Talta (2) award
  Apr 05, 2019
• Exxon goes back to ICSID, asking a new tribunal to rule on damages in aftermath of 2017 annulment of $1.4 billion damages award
  Oct 27, 2018
• Bernard Hanotiau chosen by colleagues to chair ad hoc BIT arbitration by Swiss investor
  Aug 06, 2018
• Ricardo Ramirez Hernandez picked to chair Almasryia v. Kuwait BIT arbitration
  Aug 04, 2018
• In new Grot v. Moldova award, Philippe Sands-chaired tribunal finds expropriation, but damages for Moldovan breach of U.S. bilateral investment treaty are limited
  Jul 02, 2018
• Replacement arbitrator is named by Kazakhstan after earlier nominee was disqualified
  Jun 19, 2018
• Analysis: in a pair of recent decisions, ICSID committees disagree on conditions for continuing a stay of award enforcement; one committee deems conduct of state in a prior case to be in violation of ICSID Convention
  Jun 17, 2018
• Russia held liable in confidential award for expropriation of hotels, apartments and other Crimean real estate; arbitrators award approximately $150 million (plus legal costs) for breach of Ukraine bilateral investment treaty
  May 09, 2018
• In a rare development, a pair of ICSID arbitrators decide that a colleague must be disqualified
  May 04, 2018
• Investor will remain shielded from adverse costs order as annulment proceeding plays out
  Apr 02, 2018
• After ICSID tribunal is constituted, US investor Big Sky Energy Corporation seeks to disqualify arbitrator nominated by Kazakhstan
  Jan 30, 2018
• US investor says it resorted to third-party funding due to state's non-payment of advances; at hearings, parties spar over an investor's need to use local courts before turning to BIT arbitration
  Jan 18, 2018
• (UPDATED) ICSID Annulment Roundup: Three are named to hear latest Pey v. Chile phase and Teinver v. Argentina challenge, Venezuela hopes to roll back $800+ million in awards, and Eurogas & Belmont challenges Slovak award
  Dec 21, 2017
• INVESTIGATION: full jurisdictional reasoning comes to light in Crimea-related BIT arbitration vs. Russia
  Nov 09, 2017
• Vera van Houtte to chair latest BIT claim against Republic of Latvia
  Jul 28, 2017
• ANALYSIS: Exxon annulment committee chastises tribunal on proper role of domestic law in BIT compensation determinations
  Mar 09, 2017
• Breaking: $1.4 billion damages in favour of Exxon are annulled, as ICSID annulment panel finds fault with earlier tribunal's damages reasoning in Venezuela case
  Mar 09, 2017
• In jurisdiction ruling, arbitrators rule that Russia is obliged under BIT to protect Ukrainian investors in Crimea following annexation
  Mar 09, 2017
• ANALYSIS: ICSID committee highlights importance of public reason-giving by investment tribunals, in part-annulling Tidewater award
  Dec 29, 2016
• Breaking: ad-hoc committee finds that tribunal failed to state reasons in Venezuela award and annuls part of damages award
  Dec 28, 2016
• Philippe Sands to chair case brought under US-Moldova BIT
  Jul 29, 2016
• Crawford and Collins are each tapped (again) to chair Energy Charter Treaty claims against Spain
  May 04, 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
• In a first, an ICSID Annulment Committee finds that it has discretion to stay enforcement of part of an award
  Mar 03, 2016
• Tulip v. Turkey award stands, as ad hoc committee is not convinced by investor’s attempts to challenge tribunal’s treatment of evidence or findings on attribution
  Jan 08, 2016
• Arbitrators appointed in two claims (City-State N.V. and Gilward Investments) under Netherlands-Ukraine bilateral investment treaty
  Dec 14, 2015
• Russia claims round-up: Swiss company is latest to invoke investment treaty rights against Russian Federation, as treaty claims mount
  Nov 03, 2015
• In a first for Venezuela, written pledge to honor ICSID award is accepted by annulment committee - thus ensuring stay of enforcement of $1.6 billion Exxon award
  Oct 19, 2015
• ICSID names six to hear two efforts by Venezuela to annul unfavourable arbitral awards
  Sep 16, 2015
• ECT tribunal rejects debts as investments, echoing dissenter in recent similar case
  Jul 28, 2015
• Arbitrators in Exxon v. Venezuela case conclude that government triggered revision process in order to hinder enforcement of earlier award
  Jun 18, 2015
• Jurisdiction: Port investment made illegally without permits, but Albania’s willingness to let investor cure this failing leads tribunal to find jurisdiction
  Apr 02, 2015
• Liability: Mamidoil majority downplays investor’s expectations in ‘chaotic’ post-Communist environment, while dissenter cites oral promises by Albanian officials
  Apr 02, 2015
• Majority ruling clears Albania of BIT and Energy Charter Treaty breaches in relation to Mamidoil fuel port claim
  Mar 31, 2015
• Moldova prevails in two treaty arbitrations: Ukrainian firm loses ECT case, as Russia investor's investments fall outside of treaty's scope
  Feb 13, 2015
• Award compliance: updates on two awards against Democratic Republic of Congo, and a third against Turkmenistan
  Jan 22, 2015
• Award payment news: ICSID panel flags Democratic Republic of Congo's non-compliance with prior arbitral ruling
  Oct 08, 2014
• El Paso annulment committee downplays novelty of ‘creeping’ FET violation, rubber-stamps tribunal’s necessity analysis
  Sep 25, 2014
• El Paso's $43+ million arbitral award against Argentina withstands annulment process at ICSID
  Sep 23, 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
• Investor's annulment bid focuses on tribunal's "obiter dicta" musings
  Jul 21, 2014
• Hearings set for September at Stockholm Chamber of Commerce in under-the-radar ECT claim launched by Ukrainian state-owned enterprise
  Jul 01, 2014
• In Tulip v. Turkey case, arbitrators are skeptical that treaty's umbrella clause reaches to domestic investment protection law, but see no breach anyway
  Mar 18, 2014
• Arbitrators differ on questions of attribution, but agree that Turkey did not breach BIT obligations owed to Dutch investor
  Mar 12, 2014
• Arbitrators find Moldova breached one treaty protection, but give government time to try restitution in order to lower $2.8 million damages bill
  Apr 11, 2013
• In Moldova case, arbitrators reject denial of justice and expropriation claims, but see no exhaustion of remedies requirement for latter
  Apr 11, 2013
• French investor, Franck Charles Arif, wins on fair and equitable treatment aspect of ICSID arbitration against Moldova, but loses moral damages claim
  Apr 11, 2013
• Tribunal dismisses - by thin margin - the first of several jurisdictional objections raised by Turkey in face of Dutch investor's treaty claim
  Mar 17, 2013
• Non-payment of debts not a breach of ‘fair and equitable treatment’, but claimant can pursue collection in Paraguayan courts under tribunal’s supervision
  Oct 22, 2012
• AES fails in bid to annul arbitral award, but Hungary faces two more pending claims arising out of power-purchase fracas
  Jul 03, 2012
• ICSID picks three to review El Paso v. Argentina award
  May 29, 2012
• Profiling the arbitrators in the Owens Illinois v. Venezuela and Tulip Real Estate v. Turkey cases
  Apr 10, 2012
• ICSID Round-Up: Arbitrators announced for claims against Albania, Guinea, Peru and Turkey annulment case
  Mar 14, 2012
• Panels selected in ICSID matters involving Moldova, Egypt, and the Central African Republic
  Jan 13, 2012
• Armenia successfully fends off claims for breach of U.S.-Armenia bilateral investment treaty protections
  Oct 06, 2011
• Togo fails to overturn ICSID arbitral award; damages owed to French electricity investors amount to 12% of state revenue
  Sep 15, 2011
• ICSID panels convened in disputes over Uruguay’s tobacco policies, Venezuelan airport concession, Polish health-care venture, and Hungarian energy investment
  Mar 30, 2011
• Tribunal in Bureau Veritas v. Paraguay upholds broad potential reading of umbrella clause, but courts must weigh in
  Jun 09, 2009