August Reinisch - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT August Reinisch

• Analysis: ECT tribunal awards 23.5 million EUR to Japanese investor, finding that Spain radically abolished renewable energy support regime
  Sep 22, 2023
• Japanese investor’s 23.5 million USD ECT award against Spain comes to light
  Sep 18, 2023
• [Updated with a Copy of the Provisional Measures Decision] Revealed: ICSID tribunal directs Spain to suspend or discontinue parallel German court proceedings in which the state seeks declaration that the arbitration is inadmissible due to its intra-EU nature
  May 05, 2023
• Libyan arbitration arising out of Arab Spring events concludes with an award
  Apr 27, 2023
• An ICSID tribunal is in place to hear ECT claim brought by 36 solar investors in Spanish photovoltaic power plants
  Jan 03, 2023
• Three are in place to hear renewable energy claim against Turkey
  Oct 18, 2022
• West Africa Round-Up: A new arbitration against Cameroon, two ICSID cases are discontinued, and the DRC fails to set aside an award in Paris
  Feb 01, 2022
• Spain is reportedly ordered to pay 23.5 million EUR to Japanese renewables investor
  Nov 30, 2021
• ICSID ad hoc committee is formed to hear construction investor’s bid to annul Oman award
  Jul 15, 2021
• Tribunal is nominated to hear power services claim against Turkey
  Apr 23, 2021
• Libya Round-Up: A new claim, a new decision, and an update on other cases against the state
  Feb 11, 2021
• Analysis: Tribunal majority in Mabco v. Kosovo finds that claim to ownership of shares qualifies as investment; full tribunal takes no issue with claims ultimately benefitting a Kosovar government member
  Dec 24, 2020
• In newly-uncovered ruling, annulment committee opts to lift stay of enforcement, seeing risk that state will not honour the award if annulment fails
  Dec 22, 2020
• Uncovered: Jurisdictional decision in arbitration against Kosovo comes to light
  Dec 17, 2020
• Tribunal majority upholds jurisdiction under Kosovo’s investment law and the Kosovo-Switzerland BIT; August Reinisch dissents
  Nov 03, 2020
• Three are in place to hear claims by scandal-engulfed multinational against Peru
  Oct 30, 2020
• Libya round-up: New tribunals, a discontinuation, and further details about a number of investment arbitrations against the state
  Aug 11, 2020
• Analysis: Reinisch-chaired tribunal declines to suspend criminal proceedings, finding that relevant remedies were to be found in domestic law
  Aug 04, 2020
• ICSID tribunal declines request to order suspension of criminal proceedings in Sierra Leone mining dispute
  Jul 29, 2020
• August Reinisch withstands challenge in Spanish renewables case
  Jul 15, 2020
• US-based miner files request for provisional measures with ICSID tribunal after Sierra Leone arrests five of its employees
  May 22, 2020
• Two replacement arbitrators are nominated in Spanish renewables arbitrations, and Spain challenges one
  May 12, 2020
• Three are in place to hear ICSID component of Sierra Leone mining dispute
  Apr 06, 2020
• Spain files for annulment of €29 million OperaFund award
  Mar 03, 2020
• Analysis: In newly-surfaced award, majority allows MFN-import of access to ICSID arbitration, but tribunal ultimately rejects denial of justice and other claims
  Dec 16, 2019
• UPDATED: Claimants ask for (and receive) rectification of Spanish renewables award in order to correct perceived error in currency used for damages
  Oct 17, 2019
• Analysis: In OperaFund v. Spain award, reasons emerge for split amongst arbitrators as to “express stability commitment” in Spanish renewables regime
  Sep 27, 2019
• In split ruling in OperaFund and Schwab Holding v. Spain case, Boeckstiegel and Reinisch hold Spain liable for breaking stability commitment to solar investors, but Phillipe Sands dissents
  Sep 11, 2019
• Looking Back (3 of 3): In CME v. Czech Republic post-liability developments, the respondent challenged the tribunal’s decision before Swedish courts and sought reconsideration during the quantum phase
  Apr 10, 2019
• In new ruling in Krederi v. Ukraine, Reinisch-chaired tribunal rejects denial of justice claims under UK investment treaty
  Jul 04, 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
• Tribunal for Swiss investor claim against Kosovo is finalized, with George Bermann selected to chair the proceedings
  Nov 21, 2017
• In newly unearthed Uzbekistan ruling, exorbitant fees promised to consultants on eve of tender process are viewed by tribunal as evidence of corruption, leading to dismissal of all claims under Dutch BIT
  Jun 22, 2017
• In an innovative award, arbitrators pressure Uzbekistan – under threat of adverse cost order - to donate to UN anti-corruption initiative; also propose future treaty-drafting changes that would penalize states for corruption
  Jun 22, 2017
• Analysis: a deeper look at the holdings in the Busta v. Czech Republic and Anglia Auto Accessories v. Czech Republic arbitral awards
  Mar 16, 2017
• Czech Republic prevails in two separate expropriation claims arising out of UK-Czech Republic BIT  - one relating to frustrated enforcement of arbitral award, the other to alleged failure of police protection
  Mar 13, 2017
• Damages: in second case brought to ICSID by Tenaris and Talta, a discounted cashflow (DCF) valuation is embraced by arbitrators
  Feb 01, 2017
• Latvia round-up: one new arbitration at ICSID, and updates on five other Latvian investment treaty disputes
  Dec 06, 2016
• Poland prevails in face of claim under Norway investment treaty; Crawford-chaired tribunal analyzes attribution issues
  Aug 23, 2016
• The Czech Republic: updates on fifteen investment treaty disputes
  May 24, 2016
• Two more tribunals are ready to go in arbitrations brought against Spain by energy investors
  Apr 01, 2016
• Tribunals finalized in under-the-radar UNCITRAL and SCC intra-EU investment treaty arbitrations
  Sep 17, 2015
• Poland claims round-up: at least a dozen investment treaty arbitrations
  Jul 29, 2015
• Tribunal's full reasons - and EC's amicus brief - on intra-EU BIT compatibility issue finally come to light in EURAM v. Slovakia case
  Apr 02, 2015
• UNCITRAL Tribunal imposes costs order on investor following withdrawal of BIT claim six weeks after filing
  Jan 15, 2015
• Tribunals named for Transglobal v. Panama, Spentex v. Uzbekistan and Federal Elektrik v. Uzbekistan arbitrations
  Feb 23, 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
• In final UNCITRAL award, door left open for Greek company Mytilineos Holdings, to bring another BIT claim against Serbia
  Apr 26, 2013
• Water extraction claim dries up in absence of funds; claimant ordered to cover half of state’s expenses in UNCITRAL arbitration
  Jun 16, 2010
• Tribunal constituted to hear water extraction dispute between German investor and Czech Republic
  May 27, 2009
• Majority upheld jurisdiction in 2006 in Mytilineos v. State Union of Serbia and Montenegro BIT case
  Oct 09, 2008
• Hearings slated for September 23-26 in only BIT case against Serbia; Greek investor pursues UNCITRAL case
  Sep 08, 2008