Barton Legum - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Barton Legum

• Three are named to hear 20 billion USD NAFTA legacy claim against Canada
  Jun 23, 2023
• Balkan state is facing under-the-radar treaty arbitration, with a tribunal already in place
  Nov 01, 2022
• Three are in place to hear highway dispute with Peru
  Jul 26, 2022
• Paris court sets aside another award against Gabon on grounds of corruption
  Apr 06, 2022
• [Updated] Egypt announces settlement of treaty-based cement dispute
  Mar 22, 2022
• ICSID tribunal is constituted to hear cement dispute with Egypt
  Mar 14, 2022
• Southern and Eastern Africa Round-Up: An update on disputes involving Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, and Zimbabwe
  Nov 19, 2021
• The Republic of Congo is facing treaty-based ICSID proceedings over an offshore oil venture
  May 07, 2021
• Decision allowing claimant to proceed with arbitration without liquidator’s approval is not an award and can’t be challenged by Uganda, UK Court says
  Mar 03, 2021
• Arbitrators find Gabon liable to pay more than $130 million to Italian claimant; in earlier jurisdictional ruling, tribunal had narrowed claims by giving effect to a controversial settlement agreement
  Nov 22, 2019
• Ten are designated to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the ICSID's leadership
  Sep 17, 2017
• French Supreme Court confirms earlier setting aside of ICC BIT award in PMG v Madagascar dispute
  Jun 14, 2017
• Paris Court strikes down previously confidential BIT award rendered against Madagascar by sole arbitrator Bart Legum
  Mar 28, 2016
• Law firm ties of ICSID arbitrators spur recent resignations from tribunals
  Mar 09, 2016
• ICC costs award in favor of Bulgaria is upheld, as domestic court rejects claimant's allegation of tribunal bias against third-party-funded claimant
  Oct 19, 2015
• Iron ore dispute in Mauritania is moving forward after ICSID taps former State Dept lawyer to chair arbitration
  Jul 03, 2015
• VICAT v. Senegal and BSG Resources v. Guinea claims are ready to proceed following finalization of tribunal members
  Feb 08, 2015
• Rompetrol Group makes out a “limited” breach by Romania of one provision of Dutch investment treaty, but establishes no damages
  May 07, 2013
• Tribunal rules on U.S. Government’s request to bifurcate NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitration proceedings
  Feb 06, 2013
• In two recent arbitrations, Prof. William W. Park holds that wholly passive ownership is not enough for claimants to enjoy investment treaty protection
  Jan 18, 2013
• Arbitrators offer final verdict on treaty-based claim by UK-based Standard Chartered against Tanzania
  Nov 04, 2012
• As United States is hit with another arbitration claim, pharma companies are growing creative in their use of investment treaties
  Mar 13, 2012
• Arbitrators selected to hear power payment claim against Tanzania under UK BIT; meanwhile new contract claim lodged against Tanzanian state-owned company
  Oct 20, 2010
• Arbitrator decries “revolving door” roles of lawyers in investment treaty arbitration
  Feb 25, 2010
• Tribunal declines to remove counsel in ICSID case against Romania; two earlier cases saw similar dilemma
  Jan 16, 2010
• Arbitrators selected in two claims (ICSID and UNCITRAL) against Yemen
  Oct 14, 2009