Campbell McLachlan - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Campbell McLachlan

• Analysis: State succession takes centre-stage in arbitration between Sudan’s state-owned oil company and newly-independent South Sudan
  Oct 21, 2022
• Three are in place to hear parking meter dispute under Guyana’s investment law
  Sep 21, 2022
• India challenges replacement arbitrator in BIT arbitration, following the state’s earlier successful bid to disqualify the claimant’s previous appointee
  Sep 06, 2022
• ICJ President rules that investment arbitrator should be disqualified due to conflict created by his law firm’s involvement in separate matter
  Jul 15, 2022
• Analysis: Tribunal hearing second-wave Yukos Capital arbitration awards damages for expropriation of loan to Yukos Oil; both wing arbitrators dissent, opining that the award resulted in an “unjust enrichment” of a party
  Mar 30, 2022
• 5 billion USD award against Russia surfaces, revealing that arbitrators disagreed on discount for contributory fault and amount of damages
  Mar 25, 2022
• Bangladeshi state-owned entities file for annulment of contract-based award in multi-faceted gas dispute
  Feb 04, 2022
• Three are in place to hear one of two parallel treaty claims against Venezuela
  Nov 19, 2021
• Analysis: Second-wave Yukos tribunal takes a new look at ECT provisional application and upholds jurisdiction over intra-group loans; Stern dissents on both counts
  Nov 03, 2021
• Uncovered: ICSID tribunal issues award in contract-based arbitration against Bangladesh’s state-owned entities, despite pendency of coordinated parallel proceedings; claimant is awarded compensation for unpaid gas deliveries, as well as most costs
  Oct 07, 2021
• Eiser claimants lodge resubmission proceedings in long-running renewables dispute with Spain
  Aug 02, 2021
• Breaking: Claimant in second-wave Yukos case against Russia announces $5 billion victory
  Jul 28, 2021
• [Updated with new document] Investors seek supplementary decision from Eiser v. Spain ad hoc committee
  Aug 01, 2020
• Analysis: Eiser v. Spain annulment committee stresses its role as guardian of the ICSID system, imposes a “high” bar for double hatting, and finds that numerous undisclosed past and present connections between an arbitrator and the claimants’ quantum experts warrants annulment of the underlying award
  Jun 12, 2020
• Breaking: 128+ million EUR Spanish renewables award is annulled, as ad-hoc committee finds fault with arbitrator's undisclosed relationship to claimants' damages experts
  Jun 11, 2020
• India round-up: An update on seven investment treaty cases against the state
  Jun 11, 2020
• Two cases are discontinued at ICSID following the parties’ settlements
  May 29, 2020
• ICSID tribunal finds Niko Resources liable for blowout of gas field in Bangladesh dispute
  May 04, 2020
• Award which rejected claims over taxation measures withstands annulment bid at ICSID
  Apr 23, 2020
• Hela Schwarz v. China tribunal rejects China’s request for bifurcation, but accepts amendments to the claimant’s request for arbitration
  Apr 14, 2020
• Tribunal in bitterly fought ICSID dispute sees no general duty of confidentiality, but orders that arbitral decisions should be treated as confidential in the future; security for costs decision surfaces
  Apr 10, 2020
• Local court enjoins UK-based company from funding ICSID arbitration
  Mar 25, 2020
• REVEALED: the detailed reasons why arbitrators have ordered Turkey to suspend local criminal and civil proceedings running parallel to an ICSID case - but declined to block extradition requests
  Feb 12, 2020
• Turkey round-up: an update on developments in the Ipek, Cascade and Westwater Resources BIT arbitrations
  Feb 03, 2020
• PCA taps former Kenyan Attorney General to serve as appointing authority for UNCITRAL arbitration claim against South Sudan; sole arbitrator now in place
  Aug 28, 2019
• Schneider, Paulsson and McLachlan in newly-surfaced 600 page ICSID decision, see no proof of corruption by Canadian investor, Niko - merely engagement of local "lobbyists" in Bangladesh
  Aug 01, 2019
• Binnie-chaired tribunal sees no reason to bifurcate MetLife Insurance's investment arbitration against Argentina
  Apr 01, 2019
• Campbell McLachlan tapped to chair UNCITRAL BIT arbitration
  Feb 06, 2019
• An overview of our reporting from September-December 2018
  Jan 04, 2019
• Arbitrators are in place for Ipek's claim that Turkey unlawfully seized its businesses
  Sep 28, 2018
• An update on investment treaty disputes involving the Government of India
  Aug 23, 2018
• Investor suing China under German investment treaty fails to secure interim restraint of expropriation and destruction of factory
  Aug 21, 2018
• Vietnam round-up: government emerges unscathed from another UNCITRAL BIT arbitration, with a million dollar costs order; but faces at least three other pending treaty claims 
  May 18, 2018
• Investors hope to undo arbitral victory for Jordan in fight over tax on proceeds of asset-sale
  May 02, 2018
• Arbitrator comings & goings: Binnie, Bulnes, and Kim are tapped to chair a trio of new proceedings, as Pryles, Cheng and Ramirez-Hernandez resign from cases
  Feb 12, 2018
• In a case with broader potential ramifications, arbitrators render award on BIT claim brought by jilted tender bidder Samsung against Oman - embodying parties' agreement to settle
  Jan 19, 2018
• Investment treaty claim against China is ready to proceed to provisional measures ruling, as three arbitrators are put in place
  Jan 08, 2018
• Kaufmann-Kohler tribunal declines jurisdiction over claim against East Timor, after earlier refusal to order security for costs - [UPDATED with full analysis]
  Dec 29, 2017
• Alghanim v. Jordan Part One: At provisional measures phase, arbitrators disagree whether Jordan should be enjoined from enforcing tax debt – but later agree to dismiss all jurisdictional objections
  Dec 28, 2017
• Alghanim v. Jordan Part Two: At merits, tribunal gives deference to the findings of domestic courts, even if this means disregarding independent evidence of a breach; tax on goodwill part of a share sale is deemed valid under domestic law
  Dec 28, 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
• In McLachlan-chaired arbitration, newly-obtained award reveals that gold miner failed on contractual claims, and tribunal rejected claimant's attempts to raise claims for breach of international law
  Nov 01, 2017
• ICSID selects three panellists to hear Spain's bid to overturn unfavourable solar-dispute award
  Oct 24, 2017
• Egypt round-up: a new investment treaty claim by Future Pipe International B.V. lands at ICSID, as at least seven other arbitrations moved forward
  Aug 27, 2017
• Russia turns to Canadian and Swiss courts, seeking to set aside a pair of Yukos "second-wave" Energy Charter rulings - but Swiss bid is deemed premature
  Aug 10, 2017
• In depth: arbitrators in Eiser award deem ECT to protect against "total" and unreasonable regulatory change, but tax measure is excluded; Spain fails in bid to admit favourable SCC award into evidence
  May 11, 2017
• Spain's arbitral winning streak comes to a halt, as ICSID tribunal awards 128 million euro (plus interest) for changes made in solar sector
  May 05, 2017
• ICSID tribunal considers power to seek assistance from domestic courts, but sees no grounds to exercise such power in Bangladesh gas dispute
  Apr 18, 2017
• In new Egypt ruling, disproportionate contract termination and failure to prevent pipeline attacks underpin Fortier-chaired tribunal’s findings of BIT breach
  Feb 28, 2017
• In second-wave Yukos arbitration, McLachlan and Rowley see Russia as provisionally bound by Energy Charter Treaty
  Feb 16, 2017
• ANALYSIS: arbitrators in Urbaser v. Argentina water dispute deviate from prior Impregilo award on necessity and damages
  Jan 12, 2017
• In a first, BIT tribunal finds that it has jurisdiction to hear a host state's counterclaim related to investor's alleged violation of international human rights obligations
  Jan 12, 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
• Argentina ducks damages in long-awaited award arising out of water concession
  Dec 11, 2016
• ICSID tribunal in Niko Resources vs. Petrobangla and BAPEX skirts question of powers to reconsider prior substantive decisions
  Nov 15, 2016
• Tribunal sets out timetable for examining corruption allegations in Bangladesh case, but declines to reconsider prior reluctance to seek investigative records from Canadian officials
  Oct 20, 2016
• ANALYSIS: where do matters stand with respect to Energy Charter Treaty claims against Spain?
  Sep 28, 2016
• ICSID tribunal orders state-owned companies to work to get local court injunction lifted
  Jul 20, 2016
• ANALYSIS: Tribunal's decision to re-open corruption issue in Bangladesh case does not delve into ongoing debate over powers of reconsideration
  Jun 16, 2016
• Arbitrators allow investor to cure a "crystalised" abuse of process by choosing to drop one of two sets of parallel BIT arbitration claims
  May 29, 2016
• ANALYSIS: BIT tribunal lays out investor-friendly reading of U.S. investment treaty's denial of benefits provision; sees no scope for retrospective effect
  May 29, 2016
• ANALYSIS: As domestic courts second-guess arbitral verdicts in past Yukos cases, three more tribunals are currently assessing whether they have jurisdiction over Russia under ECT
  Apr 25, 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
• Fernandez-Armesto-chaired ICC tribunal finds $2 billion damages in Egyptian gas case, with other claims - including treaty cases - still pending
  Dec 07, 2015
• On heels of Oman's victory in ICSID arbitration, a tribunal is finalized to hear Samsung's unrelated claim against the Sultanate
  Nov 05, 2015
• Tribunals constituted in ICSID cases against Uzbekistan, Croatia, Lebanon and East Timor, while replacement is named for Venezuela case following arbitrator resignation
  Aug 10, 2015
• INVESTIGATION: as Yukos enforcement grabs headlines, Russia has faced at least 10 new treaty arbitrations since 2012, with others threatened
  Jul 14, 2015
• Tidewater award survives Venezuela's request for revision of damages
  Jul 12, 2015
• Hungary prevails in second of two ICSID claims brought by jilted radio broadcasting investors
  Apr 20, 2015
• Arbitrators in Tidewater v. Venezuela award identify six key variables in DCF valuation of seized business
  Mar 16, 2015
• Another expropriation ruling against Venezuela, as ICSID arbitrators award Tidewater $60 million (inclusive of pre-award interest)
  Mar 15, 2015
• Intra-EU treaty claims controversy: new decisions and developments in claims brought by EU investors vs. Spain and Hungary
  Dec 24, 2014
• In Petrobangla case, local injunction issued before contract can't excuse non-payment for gas under that contract
  Sep 23, 2014
• Investors in Hungary's radio industry fail to persuade arbitrators that they had rights capable of expropriation under Swiss & Dutch BITs
  Apr 17, 2014
• Vietnam wins treaty arbitration with US investor; a second treaty claim heads to hearings this year
  Jan 21, 2014
• In new ruling, investor's corruption conviction is not a bar to jurisdiction over two claims by energy company Niko Resources in Bangladesh arbitrations
  Aug 20, 2013
• Objections aired by Vietnam in face of U.S. real estate investor’s treaty claim
  Jul 17, 2013
• Newly unearthed decision records reasons for rejection of bid to disqualify counsel in Fraport v. Philippines arbitration
  Apr 03, 2013
• Arbitrators in water privatization dispute dismiss all jurisdictional objections raised by Argentina in face of Spanish investors’ claims
  Mar 17, 2013
• ICSID tribunal weighs in with unanimous reading of local litigation requirement found in Argentine bilateral investment treaty
  Mar 17, 2013
• ICSID tribunal rules that Tidewater did not restructure Venezuelan assets in an abusive fashion; however, some claims are beyond tribunal’s jurisdiction
  Feb 12, 2013
• Battle is joined on second treaty-arbitration front in Israel-Egypt gas fight, as ad-hoc arbitral tribunal is chosen
  Feb 06, 2013
• ICSID Tribunals selected in Dan Cake v. Hungary and Sudapet v. South Sudan arbitrations
  Feb 06, 2013
• UPDATED: ICSID tribunals constituted in gas, mining and electricity cases against Indonesia, Slovakia, Egypt and Peru
  Oct 22, 2012
• ICSID Tribunal Selections: Arbitrators picked for Hungary, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea disputes and Paraguay annulment proceeding
  Sep 06, 2012
• Heritage Oil v Uganda tax arbitration heads to jurisdictional hearings
  Apr 30, 2012
• U.S. investor pursues UNCITRAL arbitration claim against Vietnam; tribunal empaneled to hear allegations of treaty breach
  Dec 01, 2011
• Interview: Author of forthcoming study on arbitrator disqualification explains why ICSID arbitrators are so difficult to unseat
  Jun 08, 2011
• ANALYSIS: ICSID Committee rejects bid to annul award in Peruvian energy tax stabilization dispute
  Mar 31, 2011
• Tribunals picked in Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Venezuela disputes
  Jan 13, 2011
• Challenge to popular arbitrator Brigitte Stern is rejected; colleagues see no grounds for disqualification due to multiple appointments by Venezuela and non-disclosure
  Jan 04, 2011
• One challenge to oft-appointed arbitrator Prof. Brigitte Stern is rejected (in Slovak case), but others arise
  Nov 25, 2010
• Tribunals selected in one Peru case (Convial Callao S.A), as another (by Renée Rose Levy)materializes; arbitrators chosen in Tidewater v.Venezuela case
  Sep 15, 2010
• Co-Arbitrators reject argument that colleague should be disqualified due to positions taken in academic writings (Urbaser v. Argentina)
  Sep 15, 2010
• ICSID committee confirms Egypt’s lack of treaty breaches in hotel dispute, but takes issue with tribunal’s comment on recourse to local courts
  Jul 02, 2010
• Government objects to attempt to disqualify arbitrator because of his prior academic writings (Urbaser v. Argentina)
  May 07, 2010
• Arbitrator in treaty dispute challenged due to academic writings (Urbaser v. Argentina)
  Apr 09, 2010
• ICSID Committee declines to annul large damages award in Rumeli & Telsim v. Kazakhstan case
  Mar 25, 2010
• Profiling the arbitrators selected in Maersk v. Algeria, Urbaser v. Argentina, and Gold Reserve v. Venezuela
  Mar 18, 2010
• ICSID committee asks Kazakhstan to guarantee prompt payment if annulment fails – or post 50% of award value now
  Apr 02, 2009
• Tribunals appointed in Alapi v. Turkey, Mobil v. Canada, Caratube v. Kazakhstan, iZee v. Georgia, and Duke v. Peru (annulment)
  Mar 17, 2009