Rodrigo Oreamuno - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Rodrigo Oreamuno

• Analysis: ICSID tribunal declines jurisdiction after finding that hydro-energy investors may bring their claims jointly, but cannot add their individual claims to meet contractual quantitative preconditions to ICSID arbitration
  Aug 23, 2021
• ICSID tribunal declines jurisdiction over renewables claim against Peru
  Aug 18, 2021
• Uncovered: Littop v. Ukraine ECT tribunal recognizes “unclean hands” principle and declines jurisdiction over 6 billion USD case after finding that the investment was tainted by corruption; denial of benefits objection is also upheld
  May 30, 2021
• Claimants in aviation dispute with Lebanon file for annulment of ICSID award
  May 21, 2021
• Analysis: Tribunal majority in America Movil v. Colombia relies on local court decision to find that claimant did not have a right capable of being expropriated; dissenter would have found a judicial expropriation
  May 20, 2021
• Tribunal majority dismisses claim for expropriation of Colombian telecoms infrastructure
  May 08, 2021
• Arbitrators Comings and Goings: One resignation and two reconstitutions
  Mar 18, 2021
• Arbitrators comings and goings: Switzerland reveals its nominees to ICSID’s panels, and two tribunals see arbitrator resignations
  Feb 09, 2021
• Ukraine claims victory in 6 billion USD SCC case
  Feb 05, 2021
• Analysis: El-Jaouni v. Lebanon tribunal declines jurisdiction over domestic claimant in light of BIT definition of “investment”; FET breach results in “tiny fraction” of sums sought, as claimant can’t prove preferred but-for scenario
  Jan 22, 2021
• ICSID arbitration against Lebanon concludes with award on quantum
  Jan 15, 2021
• ICSID dismisses arbitrator challenge in Spanish renewables case; decision to hold virtual hearings does not warrant the tribunal’s disqualification
  Dec 17, 2020
• Breaking: Vodafone prevails in treaty-based arbitration against India
  Sep 25, 2020
• Spain files second challenge to all three tribunal members in high-stakes ECT arbitration
  Aug 14, 2020
• Looking Back: Tribunals in Trans-Global Petroleum v. Jordan and Brandes v. Venezuela provided the first known interpretations of ICSID Arbitration Rule 41(5)
  Jun 29, 2020
• Paris court sets aside jurisdictional award in long-running Garcia Armas case
  Jun 04, 2020
• Revealed: Arbitrators in Pan American Energy v. Bolivia disagreed on whether jurisdictional questions could be raised under ICSID Arbitration Rule 41(5) but found that, in any case, the investor’s claims did not manifestly lack legal merit
  May 06, 2020
• Colombia round-up: An update on 12 treaty-based disputes against the state
  Feb 28, 2020
• In newly-obtained trove of 4 disqualification decisions, PCA Secretary General sees high bar for challenging UNCITRAL tribunal on basis of its prior rulings; decisions also reject DQ of arbitrator based on alleged investor-bias and close ties to claimants' law firm
  Nov 25, 2019
• Arbitrator disqualification developments: Spain fails to disqualify tribunal in renewables case; chair steps down after challenge in another Spain case; investor takes aim at ad hoc committee member
  Oct 09, 2019
• Spain moves for disqualification of all three ICSID arbitrators hearing $1.76 billion renewable energy dispute with German state-owned entities
  Sep 09, 2019
• Italba v. Uruguay: Three named to hear investor's bid to annul unfavourable award
  Aug 28, 2019
• Luxtona v. Russia: Canadian court rejects Russia's bid to disqualify expert in Yukos set-aside proceeding, and signals that it may reconsider prior ruling that would have allowed Russia to table new evidence
  Aug 05, 2019
• US telecoms investor Italba applies for annulment of ICSID award in favour of Uruguay
  Jul 11, 2019
• Analysis: Greenwood-chaired tribunal offers up decision dismissing intra-EU objection in high-stakes 1.76 billion dollar Energy Charter Treaty claim
  Jul 11, 2019
• Alexis Mourre in chair, as tribunal is finalized to hear contract-based claims in Hydrika v. Peru arbitration
  Jul 09, 2019
• Colombia round-up: Newly approved bilateral investment treaties, dispute settlement discussions, pleadings and decisions in ongoing arbitrations
  Jul 08, 2019
• Looking Back: Inceysa v. El Salvador tribunal sees a legality requirement for foreign investors and stresses international law principle of good faith
  Jul 03, 2019
• [UPDATED WITH NEW DOCUMENTS] ANALYSIS: in new UNCITRAL BIT decisions in Armas & Gruber case, tribunal dealt with requests to revise jurisdictional decision due to alleged fraud, four arbitrator challenges, and several valuation questions (incl. country risk)
  May 13, 2019
• In newly-uncovered award, Venezuela is held liable for $357 million plus costs in dual national BIT claim
  May 08, 2019
• Analysis: in Italba v. Uruguay award, tribunal assesses ownership and control of local investment, and likens expert group to a barristers' chambers for purposes of disqualification analysis
  Mar 24, 2019
• Oreamuno-chaired tribunal dismisses US investor Italba’s claims against Uruguay, finding that the claimant failed to show that it owned or controlled local telecoms company
  Mar 22, 2019
• French Supreme Court overturns decision that had partly annulled an award against Venezuela [UPDATED with full analysis]
  Feb 15, 2019
• Looking Back: In Olguin v. Paraguay, arbitrators found that a failure to supervise financial institutions did not engage the State’s liability under the applicable BIT
  Feb 05, 2019
• ICSID committee declines to annul Suez v. Argentina (Case 03/17) award, but frowns on ICSID's arbitrator challenge process and copy-paste approach used by arbitrators across several awards
  Dec 17, 2018
• In latest investment treaty tribunal ruling on security for costs, arbitrators reject a request, refuse to order disclosure of funding details and are silent on power to order security in relation to already-incurred costs
  Oct 15, 2018
• Latin America round-up: an update on disputes in Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Guatemala
  Sep 30, 2018
• An update on investment treaty disputes involving the Government of India
  Aug 23, 2018
• Kaufmann-Kohler in chair for new effort by Iberdrola to sue Guatemala under Spanish investment treaty
  Jun 13, 2018
• Venezuela updates: a new tribunal is set to hear second attempt by Venoklim; and notable award hinging on ICSID denunciation is now up for annulment
  Mar 20, 2018
• ANALYSIS: ad-hoc committee's reasoning surfaces, thus illuminating Venoklim's failure to annul award in Venezuela case
  Feb 08, 2018
• Interim award in Luxtona v. Russia arbitration comes to light, offering new reasoning on provisional application of Energy Charter Treaty and Russia's attempted denial of benefits to this Yukos shareholder
  Jan 04, 2018
• India round-up: updates on the Vodafone, Devas and Tenoch (Bycell) arbitrations
  Nov 01, 2017
• Looking Back: MTD v. Chile tribunal used MFN to import entirely new obligations from other BITs and frowned on inconsistency between state agencies - but reduced damages due to investor's own lack of due diligence
  Oct 04, 2017
• Claimant (Venoklim Holding) that struck out under Venezuela's domestic investment legislation, is now seeking to rely on Dutch investment treaty
  Sep 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
• Luca Radicati di Brozolo is tapped to chair latest Colombia BIT tribunal
  Jul 11, 2017
• Bolivia: an update on three investment treaty arbitrations (Glencore, Abertis and Quiborax)
  May 12, 2017
• In-depth: ICSID annulment committee upholds Suez tribunal analyses of local litigation clause, necessity defence and damages
  May 08, 2017
• $400 million Buenos Aires water concession award withstands Argentina's annulment attempt, as committee sees no arbitrator conflict of interest that would justify set-aside
  May 06, 2017
• Paris court partly annuls jurisdictional award in dual-national claim against Venezuela
  Apr 26, 2017
• In second-wave Yukos arbitration, McLachlan and Rowley see Russia as provisionally bound by Energy Charter Treaty
  Feb 16, 2017
• President of ICJ nominates chair for Vodafone v. India arbitration - and then rejects India's effort to disqualify the nominee
  Nov 02, 2016
• In Dunkeld v Belize award, arbitrators reckon with mitigation of damages, DCF cross-checks, and consequences of a breach of a BIT right to arbitrate
  Oct 31, 2016
• Arbitrators find generous long-term contract should factor into valuation of BIT claim because government had apparent authority, if not actual authority, to make it
  Oct 31, 2016
• Stockholm Chamber selects Julian Lew to chair $5 billion Energy Charter Treaty claim
  Sep 14, 2016
• ICSID taps Oreamuno to chair Spain-Argentina BIT case
  Aug 03, 2016
• Familiar faces - including Brazilian chair - are tasked with deciding latest food-industry arbitration against Venezuela
  Jul 27, 2016
• Arbitrators picked to hear BIT claim against Uruguay
  May 31, 2016
• ANALYSIS: why some members of a family-business are taking their disputes with Venezuela to ICSID's Additional Facility, while others are choosing UNCITRAL
  May 09, 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
• Tribunal is finalized for tax-related BIT dispute between Cairn Energy PLC and Government of India
  Jan 20, 2016
• Argentina seeks to overturn $400+ mil water concession ruling in two forums - ICSID and U.S. Courts - and several long-running arguments look set to be re-aired
  Nov 23, 2015
• Bolivia Round-Up: Two cases settle; hearings loom in a third UNCITRAL arbitration, as former Mexican lawyer, Hugo Perezcano Diaz, is tapped as chair
  Nov 17, 2015
• Disagreement over domestic law underpins Occidental partial annulment, while challenges to 2008 jurisdictional decision are rejected
  Nov 03, 2015
• ICSID Secretary-General acts as appointing authority to finalize two tribunals in cases against Dominican Republic and Panama
  Oct 23, 2015
• Arbitrator selection under way in $5 billion Energy Charter Treaty claim at Stockholm Chamber
  Oct 08, 2015
• ANALYSIS: $12 bilion arbitration vs. Russia by exiled oligarch may be next test-case of arbitrators' willingness to let dual-nationals sue their own state
  Sep 23, 2015
• Belize moves to settle bitterly-fought telecoms dispute with Ashcroft-linked companies, as well as lesser dispute over electricity provider
  Sep 16, 2015
• As cases pile up, Spain sits on new arbitral award from ICSID arbitration
  Aug 28, 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
• Ecuador round-up: Key rulings loom in half-dozen cases, including windfall levy disputes, Occidental annulment, and several lesser-noticed arbitrations
  Apr 10, 2015
• Attempt to access BIT through portal of domestic law falls short; tribunal appears to split over propriety of locals using foreign entities to sue their own state
  Apr 07, 2015
• UNCITRAL tribunal says loan & security agreements are protected BIT investment; no need to wait for local court to decide legality of agreements
  Mar 12, 2015
• In new Belize BIT award, investors fail to demonstrate "fair market value" under expropriation clause, but can fall back on easier-met FET damages test
  Mar 12, 2015
• UNCITRAL tribunal allows dual-national to sue Venezuela; surprise development highlights unintended consequence of recent ICSID denunciation
  Feb 08, 2015
• Belize is held liable and must pay $40+ million for expropriation of loans in relation to much-publicized 2009 telecoms nationalization
  Jan 22, 2015
• Ad hoc committee splits, but majority decides to uphold earlier tribunal's award in Iberdrola v. Guatemala case
  Jan 15, 2015
• Despite Egypt's reported desire to settle disputes, two tribunals are finalized in ICSID cases
  Nov 25, 2014
• El Paso annulment committee downplays novelty of ‘creeping’ FET violation, rubber-stamps tribunal’s necessity analysis
  Sep 25, 2014
• In Oxy case, ICSID panel sees no present reason to grant request for partial enforcement of stayed $1.75 bil award so as to offset potential tax collection by Ecuador
  Sep 24, 2014
• El Paso's $43+ million arbitral award against Argentina withstands annulment process at ICSID
  Sep 23, 2014
• Annulment is not an appeal: ICSID ad hoc committee dismisses Paraguay's application to annul SGS v. Paraguay award
  Jun 13, 2014
• Annulment round-up: Teco and Guatemala each seek review of CAFTA arbitral ruling; ad-hoc committee members named for Kazakh and Turkmen cases
  Apr 29, 2014
• Jurisdiction upheld in Peru bank failure case even though claimant made no investments, and acquired her shares (for free) years after bank closure
  Mar 05, 2014
• In split decision, majority finds no fault with Peru's treatment of struggling bank; comparisons of claimant to larger rivals are not appropriate
  Mar 05, 2014
• Majority in Peru banking crisis case says that savvy investor should have known of the strengths and weaknesses of Peruvian institutions
  Mar 05, 2014
• $20+ million Impregilo award against Argentina withstands annulment attempt; committee won't second-guess majority's decision to take jurisdiction via MFN clause
  Jan 26, 2014
• Guatemala breached CAFTA due to arbitrary, non-transparent setting of electricity tariffs; bitter pill for Gov't in light of recent events
  Dec 26, 2013
• In lifting injunctions against two investment treaty arbitrations, Belize Court of Appeal hews to recent Caribbean Court of Justice ruling
  Nov 04, 2013
• Spectre of state-to-state claim recedes as Belize makes peace with investor-state proceeding (and some transparency)
  Sep 30, 2013
• In June 2013 ruling, Caribbean Court of Justice sees no need for BIT arbitration to be enjoined while domestic claims are pursued
  Jul 31, 2013
• Spain round-up: twin Energy Charter claims moving at different speeds; arbitrator in third case agrees to hear jurisdictional objections first
  Jun 18, 2013
• In a first for ICSID: claimant is cleared to seek enforcement of arbitral award while annulment proceedings remain ongoing
  Jun 04, 2013
• Arbitrators reject Bolivian objection that Pan American's claims are manifestly without legal merit; effects of ICSID denunciation at issue in case
  Apr 30, 2013
• After arbitrator disqualification process, ad-hoc tribunal to hear Spanish company’s investment treaty claims against Bolivia
  Mar 20, 2013
• Tribunal now in place for ICSID arbitration by Dutch investor (Venoklim) in Venezuelan petrochemicals plant
  Feb 21, 2013
• Caribbean Court of Justice to rule on anti-arbitration injunction issued by Belize court, as well as on harsh Belizean penalties for thwarting injunctions
  Jan 27, 2013
• Three panelists named to decide fate of billion dollar arbitral award from Occidental v. Ecuador case
  Jan 22, 2013
• Spain agrees with investors’ proposal to use a sole arbitrator to resolve ICSID dispute
  Nov 22, 2012
• ICSID Tribunal Selections: Arbitrators picked for Hungary, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea disputes and Paraguay annulment proceeding
  Sep 06, 2012
• Arbitrators frown on Spanish investor’s (Iberdrola) characterization of dispute over Guatemala electricity tariffs as an investment treaty matter
  Aug 20, 2012
• ICSID picks three to review El Paso v. Argentina award
  May 29, 2012
• ICSID Round-Up: Argentina bondholders tribunal reconstituted, Hungary tribunal picked, and two new annulment panels chosen
  Jan 31, 2012
• Full reasons for ICSID tribunal’s recent dismissal of Venezuelan telecoms claim (Brandes) are revealed
  Aug 15, 2011
• Panels finalized in ICSID claims against Peru and Romania, and in Jordan annulment proceeding
  Feb 01, 2011
• Tribunal dismisses claim of Murphy Oil against Ecuador in windfall “tax” dispute
  Dec 15, 2010
• US electricity company requests arbitration for alleged breaches of CAFTA by Guatemala
  Nov 25, 2010
• Governments nominate more individuals to ICSID arbitrators roster; some familiar names make the list
  Nov 25, 2010
• Arbitrators selected in ICSID proceedings against Cambodia, Ecuador, Jordan, Argentina, Venezuela and Chile
  Jan 16, 2010
• A first unconditional ICSID win for Argentina, as Chilean investors fail to make out financial crisis claim
  Jun 18, 2008