Paolo Michele Patocchi - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Paolo Michele Patocchi

• Revealed: Tribunal rejects telecom claims against Turkmenistan on the merits, finding that state authorities had full discretion not to renew framework agreement
  Jun 19, 2023
• Telecom arbitration against Turkmenistan concludes, with state prevailing on the merits against Russian investor
  Jun 15, 2023
• Revealed: ICSID tribunal dismisses illegality objection, declines jurisdiction over counterclaim, and finds that Algeria breached free transfer obligation
  Aug 15, 2022
• ICSID case against Algeria concludes with an award and a dissent
  Jul 27, 2022
• Revealed: Tribunal in VEB v. Ukraine upholds jurisdiction over Russian state-owned claimant, but declines to import more favourable standards of treatment through the underlying treaty’s MFN clause
  Sep 22, 2021
• Arbitrators comings and goings: Switzerland reveals its nominees to ICSID’s panels, and two tribunals see arbitrator resignations
  Feb 09, 2021
• Claim brought by Russia’s state-owned investment bank against Ukraine proceeds to the next stage
  Feb 02, 2021
• Three are in place to hear claims under the Algeria-Switzerland BIT
  May 13, 2020
• Looking Back: in Sistem Muhendislik v. Kyrgyzstan, tribunal upheld jurisdiction under both the Kyrgyzstan-Turkey BIT and local investment law, but declined jurisdiction on the basis of underlying contract
  Feb 09, 2020
• Venezuela round-up: ICSID ad hoc committee rejects annulment bid in Highbury case, a new chair is named for Saint Patrick case, and another annulment proceeding is discontinued
  Sep 11, 2019
• An overview of our reporting from September-December 2018
  Jan 04, 2019
• Three are named to hear Russian investor's BIT claim against Turkmenistan, with Elsing in the chair
  Dec 19, 2018
• Analysis: jurisdictional portions of UAB E energija v. Latvia award see discussion of estoppel, prescription, and attribution under Article 5 and 8 of ILC Articles
  Jan 21, 2018
• UAB E energija award: at merits stage, tribunal identifies two treaty breaches by Latvia in dispute with heating supply operator, shifts costs, but refuses to grant costs for lawyer’s success fee
  Jan 21, 2018
• UPDATED: Latvia ordered to pay compensation in heating dispute with Lithuanian investor
  Jan 09, 2018
• Investigation: As new cases emerge under Islamic investment treaty, initial viability of claims seems to hinge on willingness of respondents to appoint arbitrators
  Mar 02, 2017
• Latvia round-up: one new arbitration at ICSID, and updates on five other Latvian investment treaty disputes
  Dec 06, 2016
• UNCITRAL Tribunal imposes costs order on investor following withdrawal of BIT claim six weeks after filing
  Jan 15, 2015
• ICSID Round-Up: New arbitrator in Pey v. Chile; new claim by Highbury and others vs Venezuela; and a bid to annul award in Rose Levy v. Peru
  May 21, 2014
• ICSID arbitrators named for UAB Energia v. Latvia and Georg Gavrilovic v. Croatia cases; replacements picked for Zimbabwe and Peru tribunals
  Jul 07, 2013
• Arbitral tribunal finds that one-off refurbishment of President's guest residence is corporate sponsorship or goodwill gesture, not a bribe
  Jul 19, 2012
• As new arbitral claim is brought against Kyrgyzstan, an ICSID award remains unpaid
  Sep 29, 2011