William W. Park - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT William W. Park

• Analysis: UNCITRAL tribunal hearing high-stakes dispute stemming from Banco Popular’s bankruptcy upholds jurisdiction over most claims (including claims by dual nationals), but finds that Spanish regulator’s actions were legitimate and reasonable in the circumstances, dismissing all claims on the merits
  May 15, 2023
• Libyan arbitration arising out of Arab Spring events concludes with an award
  Apr 27, 2023
• [Updated with a copy of the Award] Tribunal chaired by Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler dismisses treaty arbitration stemming from bankruptcy of major Spanish bank
  Mar 15, 2023
• [Updated] Analysis: MOL v. Croatia tribunal applies high standard of proof to corruption allegations, finding that Croatia failed to prove bribery of former Prime Minister; tribunal strongly rejects intra-EU objection, criticizing the CJEU’s Komstroy Judgment
  Feb 01, 2023
• ICSID award issued in high-profile ECT arbitration against Croatia comes to light
  Jan 26, 2023
• Looking Back: Tribunal majority in Alalpli v. Turkey found that it had no jurisdiction – but majority arbitrators disagreed on whether good faith considerations or lack of active contribution by the investor should fell the ICSID claim
  Jan 11, 2023
• Bosnia files for annulment of still confidential award
  Aug 09, 2022
• Investigation: As Yemen’s oil sector crumbles due to armed conflict, numerous arbitrations by Chinese, Indian and Western investors have quietly played out
  Aug 03, 2022
• Lithuania claims victory in treaty arbitration brought by Russian Fund
  Jul 12, 2022
• High-profile MOL v. Croatia ICSID arbitration concludes with an award; parties issue divergent statements regarding the outcome of the case
  Jul 06, 2022
• Swiss oil company claims victory in LCIA arbitration against Russia’s state-owned Sberbank
  Jun 27, 2022
• [Updated] Two ICSID arbitrations conclude with undisclosed awards
  Apr 19, 2022
• ICSID tribunal invokes rarely-used power to issue provisional measures on its own motion
  Nov 16, 2021
• Paris Court of Appeal upholds jurisdictional award against Libya, finding that the underlying treaty entered into force, and that corruption allegations are a matter for the merits
  Sep 30, 2021
• Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler is tapped to chair ad hoc treaty claim against Algeria
  Aug 18, 2021
• Tribunal finds that revision application is manifestly without legal merit under ICSID Rule 41(5)
  Mar 11, 2021
• Swedish court asks CJEU to rule on compatibility of ECT arbitration clause with EU law
  Mar 01, 2021
• TECO v. Guatemala saga continues, as the state files for annulment of resubmission award and seeks to focus attention on links between arbitrator and expert
  Feb 24, 2021
• Libya Round-Up: A new claim, a new decision, and an update on other cases against the state
  Feb 11, 2021
• Analysis: Final award in WWM v. Kazakhstan is partially set aside, as UK judge finds that the tribunal’s reasoning on causation and quantum was not debated by the parties
  Nov 24, 2020
• Analysis: Majority in Interocean v. Nigeria uphold jurisdiction under Nigeria’s investment law, while dissenter finds that the claimants were never properly registered; however, the investors’ local partner’s actions cannot be attributed to Nigeria
  Oct 09, 2020
• [Updated with the Award] Nigeria prevails in investment law-based Interocean Oil arbitration
  Oct 07, 2020
• Revealed: Russian Fund v. Lithuania tribunal allows claimant to pursue discovery application in the US
  Aug 19, 2020
• Arbitrators comings and goings: A new resubmission tribunal, a revision tribunal, and a new chair
  Aug 18, 2020
• Libya round-up: New tribunals, a discontinuation, and further details about a number of investment arbitrations against the state
  Aug 11, 2020
• Parties agree to discontinue first arbitration against Sudan at ICSID
  Aug 03, 2020
• Spain applies for annulment of wind energy award, and asks for revision of solar award
  Jul 31, 2020
• Breaking: Resubmission tribunal in TECO v. Guatemala case awards additional damages in long-running electricity distribution dispute
  May 14, 2020
• State-owned Senegalese electricity company fends off claims from energy investor
  May 08, 2020
• In just-surfaced InfraRed v. Spain award, tribunal saw specific commitments by Spain not to revise the tariffs, premiums, and price limits applicable to the claimants’ CSP plants
  Mar 30, 2020
• Three are in place to hear Spain’s bid to annul unfavourable Infrared solar award
  Feb 25, 2020
• Balkans round-up: Slovenian and Macedonian cases are discontinued, Bulgaria case moves to the merits, and awards loom in a quartet of other cases in the region
  Feb 03, 2020
• Laurent Levy tapped to chair banking arbitration against Lithuania
  Jan 13, 2020
• Canadian investor World Wide Minerals secures $40 mil BIT award in decades-long fight over Kazakhstan uranium investment
  Oct 31, 2019
• Spain round-up: an update on new rulings, imminent ones, and new cases
  Aug 08, 2019
• Twin arbitrations against Spain arising from Banco Popular’s liquidation are consolidated; tribunal now in place with Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler in chair
  Jun 26, 2019
• Security for costs in investment arbitration: new developments in three pending cases, including a decision in Viaduct v. Bosnia
  Jun 20, 2019
• ANALYSIS: Recent award highlights debate over whether investment treaties protect passive investments - but tribunal sidesteps discussing that jurisprudence in great detail
  May 31, 2019
• Libya Round-up: new investment treaty claims, new rulings, and updates on arbitrator appointments
  May 23, 2019
• Vale v. BSGR award offers fuller window into previously-reported arbitrator challenges, including a detour into UK Court
  May 02, 2019
• BIT tribunal rules in favour of French investor, Sodexo Pass, in latest intra-EU award against Hungary [UPDATED]
  Jan 29, 2019
• In now-public Energy Charter Treaty award (Greentech v Italy), Park-chaired tribunal finds that Achmea ruling does not preclude tribunal’s jurisdiction, but Sacerdoti dissents on liability
  Jan 13, 2019
• Tribunal chaired by William W. Park finds Italy liable for breach of Energy Charter Treaty; first loss for Italy in its string of renewables cases
  Dec 24, 2018
• Danish renewables firm wins Energy Charter Treaty case against Spain
  Nov 15, 2018
• Analysis: In a striking new award, ICSID tribunal rules that Achmea judgment does not cast shadow over ICSID-based arbitration; but efforts to empanel ad-hoc committees to review such intra-EU BIT awards keeps getting harder
  Oct 11, 2018
• UPDATED: Petrobras seeks to overturn $600+ mil award by taking aim at arbitrator Charles Brower, and asks U.S. judge to compel dissenting arbitrator to give testimony as to alleged "due process" failures that led him to fall out with Brower and William W. Park
  Oct 08, 2018
• In unusual twist, arbitrators order Nigerian state to disclose how it has bankrolled defence of investment arbitration - and then refuses to order security for costs due to state being immunized from incurring costs
  Sep 18, 2018
• Twin arbitrations started against Spain in wake of Banco Popular’s resolution
  Aug 24, 2018
• William W. Park is chosen to chair Bosnia investment treaty arbitration
  Aug 07, 2018
• Libya claims round-up: new developments under OIC treaty; Greenwood to chair a newly-filed ICC BIT case; two hearings loom in longer-running arbitrations
  May 07, 2018
• As sanctions bite on Russian oligarch, ICSID Ad-hoc Committee dismisses effort to overturn award in Montenegro case
  May 02, 2018
• After claimant fails to prove its Jordanian nationality, one set of claims fall away in Sudan telecoms arbitration
  Nov 14, 2017
• Nigeria fails in bid to dislodge three tribunal members in energy arbitration
  Oct 12, 2017
• As series of Turkey-Libya BIT arbitrations proceed, tribunals are taking different approaches to Libya's contention that treaty's entry-into-force rules out civil war-related claims
  Sep 25, 2017
• Nigeria moves to challenge entire arbitral tribunal after hearings conclude
  Aug 17, 2017
• Hearings loom in previously-unpublicized Stockholm Energy Charter Treaty claim, as another investor pursues ICSID claim
  May 24, 2017
• ICSID claimant goes to ICC arbitration in effort to prevent discontinuation of BIT case, but is ultimately unsuccessful
  Apr 02, 2017
• INVESTIGATION: As fight continues over $1bil award, Libya facing at least a dozen investment treaty arbitrations - possibly more - in aftermath of Arab Spring
  Mar 31, 2017
• As Libya begins to see wave of investment treaty arbitrations, at least seven Turkish BIT claims are pursued at ICC
  Mar 31, 2017
• Balkans Round-Up: new disputes for Albania and Croatia; updates on other pending investor-state arbitrations in the region
  Feb 20, 2017
• New faces will hear resubmitted claim for higher damages in Teco v. Guatemala case, with Vaughan Lowe now in the chair
  Feb 12, 2017
• UNCITRAL tribunal rejects Croatia's contention that bribery underlay key contracts; parallel Energy Charter Treaty claim remains ongoing at ICSID
  Jan 02, 2017
• French investor wins 23 million EUR under France-Hungary BIT
  Dec 16, 2016
• UNCITRAL tribunal is finalized to hear second investor claim against Kazakhstan under long-dormant USSR-Canada investment treaty
  Aug 07, 2016
• ANALYSIS: in CEAC v. Montenegro, arbitrators differ over meaning of BIT provision requiring investor to have a "seat" in home-state
  Aug 02, 2016
• Montenegro defeats $600 million investor claim after claimant fails to prove it meets BIT's heightened criteria for protected investors
  Jul 27, 2016
• ICSID ad-hoc committee finds fault with CAFTA Tribunal's approach to quantum in Guatemala case, anulling several damages and costs holdings
  Apr 06, 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
• Tribunal named to hear double taxation dispute pitting Abu Dhabi state-owned investor against Republic of Korea
  Mar 16, 2016
• An update on three investment treaty claims against Hungary
  Feb 24, 2016
• Part two of our coverage of EDFI v. Argentina annulment ruling: Argentina's (unsuccessful) challenge to Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
  Feb 09, 2016
• EDFI v. Argentina award is upheld, after ad-hoc committee weighes Argentina's allegation that arbitrator lacked impartiality due to his law firm's advising of Repsol in separate dispute
  Feb 07, 2016
• In a dramatic holding, UNCITRAL tribunal finds that Kazakhstan is bound by terms of former USSR BIT with Canada
  Jan 28, 2016
• ICSID names chairman in Total v. Uganda BIT arbitration
  Jan 03, 2016
• Libya faces at least two new investment treaty arbitrations
  Jul 22, 2015
• Arbitrators named in Argentina, Hungary cases - and Schreuer's replacement is selected in Montenegro arbitration
  Apr 09, 2015
• Arbitral tribunals constituted in three cases: EuroGas v. Slovakia, City-State v. Ukraine and InfraRed v. Spain
  Jan 21, 2015
• Croatia fails in bid to argue that umbrella clause carve-out should knock out claim; UNCITRAL tribunal finalized in separate case
  Dec 03, 2014
• Arbitrators dismiss some objections in face of $650 million oil expropriation claim under Nigerian investment statute
  Nov 04, 2014
• Central Asia Round-up: Updates on claims against Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
  Oct 15, 2014
• Arbitrators finalized for Dagher v. Sudan, African Petroleum v. Gambia, more Spain solar cases, and Rose Levy v. Peru annulment committee
  Aug 17, 2014
• Funder-backed claim falls short again: one arbitrator saw abuse, another saw no "contribution", and annulment committee declines to overturn
  Jul 15, 2014
• In new annulment ruling, ultimate vote is what matters in collegial adjudicative contexts - not how each arbitrator reasoned their way there
  Jul 15, 2014
• ICSID Tribunals constituted to hear CEAC v. Montenegro, Alghanim v. Jordan and Le Chèque Déjeuner v. Hungary
  Jul 15, 2014
• Arbitrators selected in ICSID claims brought by Tullow Oil against Uganda
  Jun 30, 2014
• Parties agree on a chairman for Energy Charter Treaty arbitration between MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Company Plc and Croatia
  Apr 21, 2014
• Egyptian LNG dispute lands at ICSID; cancelled licenses in Gambia open door to arbitrations, including by investor previously at odds with Sierra Leone
  Mar 25, 2014
• Arbitrators hold Democratic Republic of Congo in breach of its domestic investment legislation in relation to treatment of two foreign investors
  Feb 09, 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
• Poland releases a new - less redacted - version of award from dispute with French pharma companies; MFN can’t broaden investment treaty’s arbitration clause
  Oct 24, 2013
• Poland discriminated by not renewing foreigners’ pharma marketing authorizations; BIT tribunal asserts power to impose ‘punitive’ damages beyond market value
  Oct 24, 2013
• ICSID tribunals are picked in Slovenia highway dispute and Tunisia oil dispute
  Oct 16, 2013
• Arbitrators dismiss claim against Romania because investor failed to exhaust remedies or comply with a local litigation requirement in treaty
  Sep 12, 2013
• Polish courts continue to call for release of 2012 arbitral award from pharma dispute, but only highly-redacted version emerges thus far
  Aug 09, 2013
• Claimant’s failure to pursue local remedies for 12 months derails $300 million claim against Turkmenistan; use of local courts not proven to be futile
  Jul 05, 2013
• Arbitrators rule that investor can’t use MFN clause to detour around “local courts” recourse spelled out in Turkmenistan investment treaty
  Jul 05, 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
• Arbitrators frown on Spanish investor’s (Iberdrola) characterization of dispute over Guatemala electricity tariffs as an investment treaty matter
  Aug 20, 2012
• Another ICSID loss for Argentina, as arbitrators award 136 Million to jilted investors in electricity concession; with interest, award exceeds 202 Million
  Jul 17, 2012
• Investor argues against dismissal of claims against Turkmenistan after ICSID tribunal rules that treaty imposes ‘local courts first’ requirement
  May 25, 2012
• Settlement round-Up: Republic of Georgia resolves dispute, Algeria settles windfall levy claims on eve of arbitral award, and Venezuela pays for a nationalization
  Apr 19, 2012
• New ICSID Claims: Gas investors file against new Slovak Gov't; more claims for Equatorial Guinea and Turkmenistan
  Apr 10, 2012
• In new ruling, Poland held liable for breach of intra-EU BIT
  Mar 26, 2012
• New International Investment Law Works: May 2011 to January 2012
  Jan 13, 2012
• ICSID Docket Round-Up: Four tribunals are announced in Peru, Venezuela, Albania and Romania cases; ICSID picks chairs in two cases following deadlock
  Dec 01, 2011
• France’s second largest pharmaceutical company quietly pursues arbitration against Republic of Poland
  Aug 19, 2011
• Tribunal constituted to hear series of non-payment claims against Turkmenistan
  Dec 16, 2010
• 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
• Georgia amends foreign investment law so as to remove international arbitration and legal stabilization; one claim is pending under the law
  Jul 02, 2010
• Arbitrator decries “revolving door” roles of lawyers in investment treaty arbitration
  Feb 25, 2010
• New Books and Articles on Investment Treaty Law: May to December 2009
  Jan 16, 2010
• Gabon challenges arbitrator on basis of his chairing previous arbitration
  Sep 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
• Remaining arbitrators in EDF v. Argentina case reject challenge to Prof. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler; jurisdiction then upheld
  Aug 07, 2008
• IN-DEPTH: Co-arbitrators see connections between arbitrator and claimants as too tenuous to justify disqualification
  Jun 03, 2008