Ricardo Ramirez Hernandez - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Ricardo Ramirez Hernandez

• Nord Stream 2 is ordered to post security for costs in UNCITRAL/ECT arbitration against the EU; tribunal declines to terminate the proceedings
  Sep 13, 2023
• Glencore is awarded 254 million USD in UNCITRAL treaty arbitration against Bolivia
  Sep 09, 2023
• ECT tribunal dismisses security for costs application by the EU in arbitration dispute with Russian-backed Nord Stream 2
  Sep 20, 2022
• UNCITRAL tribunal extends suspension of Nord Stream 2 v. EU arbitration
  Jul 21, 2022
• Two identically composed ICSID tribunals are constituted to hear parallel treaty arbitrations between Colombian electricity utility and Guatemala
  Jul 14, 2022
• [Updated with document] ICSID Chair dismisses Argentina’s argument that a series of events surrounding the organization of a hearing warrant the disqualification of the entire tribunal
  Apr 18, 2022
• Chair of ICSID’s Administrative Council dismisses challenge to entire tribunal in Argentinian electricity dispute
  Apr 11, 2022
• ICSID tribunal hearing cardboard manufacturer’s claim against Venezuela is reconstituted
  Feb 09, 2022
• Arbitrators comings and goings: Two resignations and one appointment
  Dec 21, 2021
• Argentina challenges all three tribunal members in long-running treaty arbitration
  Nov 08, 2021
• US Court of Appeals confirms dismissal of set-aside application against award that declined jurisdiction over dual nationals
  Oct 26, 2021
• Uncovered: ICSID ad hoc committee rejected Hungary’s bid to annul dismissal of intra-EU objection in food voucher dispute
  Oct 06, 2021
• ICSID ad hoc committee is in place to review Iraqi telecoms award
  Sep 23, 2021
• Another Hungarian food voucher award withstands annulment at ICSID
  Aug 17, 2021
• Eiser claimants lodge resubmission proceedings in long-running renewables dispute with Spain
  Aug 02, 2021
• Investors withdraw bid to revise Eiser v. Spain annulment decision, but hint at resubmission proceedings
  Jun 07, 2021
• ICSID ad hoc committee members dismiss disqualification proposal in Eiser v. Spain post-annulment battle
  Apr 28, 2021
• Looking Back: Tribunal in AES v. Argentina pondered the role of arbitral precedent, set out a two-prong test for defining a “legal dispute”, and found contractual forum selection clauses irrelevant to a treaty-based dispute
  Apr 28, 2021
• Tribunal declines to bifurcate Nord Stream 2 v. EU arbitration
  Jan 14, 2021
• Nord Stream argues that bifurcation of the EU’s jurisdictional objections is unwarranted; dismissal of challenge to the EU’s natural gas directive may give rise to denial of justice claim
  Nov 03, 2020
• Jurisdictional objections in Nord Stream 2 v. EU arbitration surface as the respondent argues for bifurcated proceedings
  Oct 05, 2020
• Eiser claimants challenge chair of ICSID ad hoc committee tasked with deciding their request for a supplementary decision
  Sep 01, 2020
• US court denies motion to set aside DR-CAFTA award
  Aug 12, 2020
• [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
• Nord Stream 2 v. European Union arbitration record surfaces, shedding light on the parties’ early cases, first procedural decisions on seat and transparency, and reasons behind successful challenge to Peter Rees
  May 26, 2020
• EU court dismisses Nord Stream’s challenge against natural gas directive, and orders that confidential documents be removed from the case file
  May 22, 2020
• Breaking: Blusun v. Italy award survives investors’ annulment request; committee sees no failure to consider key evidence on legitimate expectations
  Apr 14, 2020
• Arbitrators comings and goings: a new tribunal, two replacements, and a new ad hoc committee
  Apr 05, 2020
• Almasryia files for annulment of unfavourable ICSID Arbitration Rule 41(5) award
  Mar 13, 2020
• Revealed: In Article 41(5) award, majority of ICSID tribunal finds that cooling-off period is mandatory, and that contractual promise to transfer property does not amount to a property title
  Dec 24, 2019
• Decade-old AES v. Argentina case shows new signs of life; revised tribunal features two new arbitrators, with Ricardo Ramirez Hernandez as chair
  Dec 13, 2019
• By majority, arbitrators opt for early dismissal of investment treaty claim against Kuwait
  Nov 05, 2019
• Familiar faces tapped to hear ICSID claim by Dutch cardboard manufacturer against Venezuela
  Oct 22, 2019
• Analysis: Ballantine v. DR award surfaces, revealing how arbitrators dealt with - and disagreed over - first case to engage CAFTA’s ‘dominant and effective nationality’ requirement; third-party funding also reared its head at hearings
  Sep 16, 2019
• 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
• Breaking: In a majority award, arbitrators in Ballantine v. Dominican Republic decline jurisdiction, finding that the claimants’ dominant and effective nationality is that of the host state
  Sep 05, 2019
• Spain round-up: an update on new rulings, imminent ones, and new cases
  Aug 08, 2019
• Bolivia round-up: An update on developments in three pending investment treaty arbitrations (Glencore, Orlandini and Banco Bilbao)
  Jun 28, 2019
• Full review of Teinver v. Argentina annulment decision reveals that ICSID ad hoc committee considered role of third-party funding industry's code on best practices, as well as power of attorney questions
  Jun 02, 2019
• In Teinver case, Argentina fails in its bid to set aside hefty award of $320 million (plus pre and post award interest)
  May 29, 2019
• Kuwait investment arbitration round-up: new claims, new appointments, and updates on procedural status of older cases
  May 10, 2019
• Three are named by ICSID to hear Hungary's effort to annul intra-EU BIT award
  Apr 17, 2019
• ICSID annulment committee allows European Commission to intervene in an ECT case, but limits intervention to EC's complaint about earlier tribunal’s decision to oblige amicus curiae to make costs undertakings
  Mar 26, 2019
• When Venezuelan state fails to pay advance on costs, annulment committee lifts stay on Saint-Gobain award before proceedings are suspended - thus leading to $42 million award becoming public as part of enforcement effort
  Dec 17, 2018
• Ricardo Ramirez Hernandez picked to chair Almasryia v. Kuwait BIT arbitration
  Aug 04, 2018
• In-depth: Arbitrators in Lion v. Mexico case determine that mortgages fall under NAFTA's investment chapter, but promissory notes do not
  Aug 01, 2018
• Arbitrators weigh in with jurisdictional ruling in Mexico NAFTA dispute
  Jul 31, 2018
• Three are named to review latest Venezuela arbitral award
  Jun 09, 2018
• Newly-released documents in Ballantine v. Dominican Republic case reveal parties’ debates over treaty time-bar and dual-nationality provisions, alleged environmental justifications, and emergency site inspection order
  May 20, 2018
• As one BIT claim by Telefonica in Latin America comes to an end, another is filed
  Feb 21, 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 newly-released documents from Glencore v. Bolivia case: tribunal explains why it declined to hold a separate jurisdictional phase - and refuses to block Bolivia's pursuit of evidence via US courts
  Feb 08, 2018
• Tribunal weighs in on bifurcation, as Glencore and Bolivia spar over state's jurisdictional objections to arbitration claim
  Feb 01, 2018
• (UPDATED) ICSID Annulment Roundup: Three are named to hear latest Pey v. Chile phase and Teinver v. Argentina challenge, Venezuela hopes to roll back $800+ million in awards, and Eurogas & Belmont challenges Slovak award
  Dec 21, 2017
• Bolivia seeks judicial order to compel former President to provide evidence in Glencore BIT arbitration
  Dec 15, 2017
• ICSID selects three panellists to hear Spain's bid to overturn unfavourable solar-dispute award
  Oct 24, 2017
• Ten are designated to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the ICSID's leadership
  Sep 17, 2017
• ANALYSIS: in newly-available award, arbitrators see a due process failing as a result of slow domestic administrative process, but compensation is not warranted
  Jul 19, 2017
• In another Bolivian nationalization claim, Bolivia justifies nationalisations based on prior government’s supposedly illegal sales of state resources, also alleges abuse of process
  Jun 25, 2017
• Arbitrators agree to hear one of Mexico's jurisdictional objections on a preliminary basis, but decline to shift seat of NAFTA proceedings
  May 31, 2017
• Bolivia: an update on three investment treaty arbitrations (Glencore, Abertis and Quiborax)
  May 12, 2017
• Tribunal in Dominican Republic case declines to bifurcate proceedings in order to deal with CAFTA's ‘dominant and effective nationality’ restriction
  May 01, 2017
• Costa Rica says arbitrators have awarded no damages to Swiss claimants in Cervin and Rhone gas dispute; country also faces separate threat from investors in poultry venture
  Mar 08, 2017
• Arbitrators nix Mexico’s bid to dismiss NAFTA case on expedited basis, and also decline to view Canadian claimant as effectively American for purposes of deciding on a neutral seat
  Dec 12, 2016
• Arbitrators selected to hear UNCITRAL CAFTA case and ICSID Energy Charter Treaty dispute
  Oct 26, 2016
• Tribunal constituted in NAFTA claim against Mexico, with Fernandez-Armesto in the chair
  Jul 29, 2016
• Mexico: Canadian mining company threatens NAFTA Chapter 11 case; several other investment arbitrations on foot
  Jun 05, 2016
• In new Costa Rica ruling, arbitrators weigh allegations of abusive restructuring and whether all BIT claims meet prima facie test
  Dec 24, 2014
• Tribunals finalized for Cervin & Rhone v. Costa Rica and Société Civile Immobilière de Gaëta v. Republic of Guinea arbitrations
  Sep 11, 2013
• Arbitrators fall out over Mexican demands for transparency in Telefónica case; dissenter seeks proof that publicity would exacerbate dispute
  Aug 22, 2013
• ICSID round-up: profiling new claims against Slovenia, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Egypt
  Jun 18, 2013