Campbell McLachlan - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS
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RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Campbell McLachlan
- 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 - Breaking: 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