Andres Rigo Sureda - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Andres Rigo Sureda

• Analysis: UNCITRAL tribunal dismissed multi-billion USD claim against Uruguay for lack of jurisdiction, finding that the discretionary beneficiaries of a trust do not qualify as protected investors under the UK-Uruguay BIT
  Jul 28, 2023
• Paris Court of Appeal sets aside treaty award that declined jurisdiction over beneficiaries of trust
  Feb 28, 2023
• Analysis: After scoring a pyrrhic victory against Mexico, claimant fails to secure additional award
  Aug 29, 2022
• Foreign investors with long-standing dispute turn anew to arbitration against Venezuela – this time under ICSID’s Additional Facility Rules
  Jul 28, 2022
• Analysis: POSH v. Mexico tribunal finds that most of the impugned measures do not bear a sufficient relation to investor and that higher standard for judicial expropriation is not met, awarding only a fraction of the damages sought; Reisman dissents
  May 12, 2022
• Two treaty arbitrations arising out of the downfall of Mexico’s Oceanografía conclude, one with an award, while the other one is discontinued
  Jan 12, 2022
• [Updated] Southeast Asia Round-Up: Arbitrators are revealed in claims by Chevron and Total against Thailand, a new threat against Vietnam, arbitrations involving Indonesia and the Philippines conclude, and RCEP ratifications pass hurdle for entry into force
  Nov 05, 2021
• Annulment decision in Tenaris and Talta v. Venezuela (1) surfaces, revealing why ad hoc committee upheld the tribunal’s reasoning on the claimants’ corporate seats, expropriation finding, and choice of a valuation method that had not been submitted by either party
  Oct 13, 2021
• Ecuador Round-Up: A decision on denial of benefits in an under-the-radar case, Ecuador’s first appointee to ICSID’s Panel of Arbitrators since the state’s re-accession to the ICSID Convention, plus a new case
  Oct 01, 2021
• Laos defeats bid by casino investors to set aside pair of awards; court emphasizes that arbitrators have a “public duty” to address issues of corruption
  Sep 10, 2021
• [Updated] Three treaty-based banking cases against Croatia are discontinued, while another Swiss loan arbitration is nearing an end
  Jul 16, 2021
• Looking Back: Azurix v. Argentina tribunal grappled with the distinction between contractual and treaty claims, discussed legitimate expectations, and found that the state’s behaviour towards a water concessionaire amounted to a treaty violation
  Jun 16, 2021
• Identity of Hong Kong-based investor bringing first treaty-based claim against Japan is revealed; names of arbitrators also come to light
  Mar 03, 2021
• Poland held liable for denial of justice directed at affiliate of Elliott hedge fund in newly-surfaced UNCITRAL investment treaty award
  Jan 11, 2021
• Analysis: Tribunal in KBR v. Mexico found that proceedings for the enforcement of a commercial award fell under the scope of NAFTA’s waiver requirement
  Nov 27, 2020
• Long-confidential NAFTA award comes to light
  Nov 24, 2020
• Analysis: In Vento Motorcycles v. Mexico, arbitrators reject claims based on denial of preferential NAFTA customs treatment, emphasizing the claimant’s unique business model
  Oct 09, 2020
• Vento v. Mexico award comes to light
  Oct 07, 2020
• Revealed: UAB E energija v. Latvia annulment committee saw no manifest excess of powers or failure to state reasons
  Sep 02, 2020
• ICSID tribunal denies Colombia’s request for bifurcation of jurisdictional objections in high-altitude mining dispute
  Aug 12, 2020
• Breaking: UNCITRAL tribunal declines jurisdiction over discretionary beneficiaries of a trust
  Aug 07, 2020
• Mexico prevails in NAFTA arbitration by motorcycles investor
  Jul 08, 2020
• US non-disputing party submission in Vento v. Mexico addresses minimum standard of treatment, non-discrimination, continuous nationality, time-bar, definition of investment and limitations on loss
  Jun 24, 2020
• Italba v. Uruguay annulment proceedings are discontinued
  Jun 17, 2020
• Breaking: Latvian heating supply award withstands annulment bid at ICSID
  Apr 10, 2020
• Colombia round-up: An update on 12 treaty-based disputes against the state
  Feb 28, 2020
• Analysis: In Gosling v. Mauritius, majority saw no treaty violation, stressing the absence of a right to build a real estate development on UNESCO world heritage site; Stanimir Alexandrov disagreed
  Feb 24, 2020
• In a majority ruling, ICSID tribunal rejects claims related to UNESCO world heritage site
  Feb 18, 2020
• Looking Back: In Siemens v. Argentina, arbitrators used MFN to bypass local litigation requirement and found an expropriation of contractual rights, but ultimately saw their award abandoned as part of Siemens' settlement of bribery scandal
  Feb 03, 2020
• Ecuador round-up: an update on arbitration proceedings against the State, including unreported cases and looming awards
  Dec 30, 2019
• Arbitrators decline Colombia’s request to dismiss ICSID mining case
  Dec 18, 2019
• Baltic Round-Up: An update on arbitration claims against Latvia and Lithuania
  Dec 09, 2019
• Analysis: reasons revealed as to why an ad hoc committee has upheld restrictive reading of ICSID denunciation provisions; citing lack of stare decisis doctrine, committee sees no basis to annul award that diverged from others
  Nov 27, 2019
• ICSID ad hoc committee upholds 2017 award which had declined jurisdiction due to Venezuela’s denunciation of the ICSID Convention
  Nov 25, 2019
• Analysis: Full reasons for dismissal of challenge to Gabriel Bottini surface, clarifying why his fellow panelists saw no basis for disqualification; new challenge hinged on double-hatting challenge in prior case
  Nov 10, 2019
• Arbitrator updates: challenge to Gabriel Bottini is rejected; Hanotiau tapped to chair Serbia dispute; Rigo Sureda and Siqueiros step in as replacements
  Oct 30, 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
• Ecuador seeks annulment of Perenco award
  Oct 06, 2019
• Parties in Mexican offshore marine services dispute debate whether or not measures taken against the claimant’s (unrelated) local partner can give rise to a claim under the Mexico-Singapore BIT
  Oct 04, 2019
• Italba v. Uruguay: Three named to hear investor's bid to annul unfavourable award
  Aug 28, 2019
• Poland held liable for denial of justice in Elliott hedge fund arbitration; Unanimous Rigo-chaired tribunal sees "egregious" failing by Supreme Court and awards $9.5+ million
  Aug 13, 2019
• Analysis: in Lao Holdings v. Laos and Sanum v. Laos awards, arbitrators see bad faith conduct that should deprive claimants of treaty protection - but claims would fall short anyway
  Aug 08, 2019
• Colombia round-up: Newly approved bilateral investment treaties, dispute settlement discussions, pleadings and decisions in ongoing arbitrations
  Jul 08, 2019
• Mexico round-up: New threats of arbitration, new arbitrations, and developments in ongoing proceedings
  Jun 28, 2019
• Dutch court weighs in with decision on stay of enforcement request in Russia-Ukraine BIT case
  Jun 12, 2019
• US courts diverge from ICSID annulment committee on Venezuela's representation in international disputes
  May 23, 2019
• Looking Back: In Libananco v. Turkey annulment, investor failed to overturn unfavorable award declining jurisdiction over $11 billion claim
  Apr 25, 2019
• Latest Colombia mining tribunal is finalized, with Andres Rigo Sureda in the chair of Red Eagle case
  Apr 23, 2019
• Judge orders government to divulge Request for Arbitration, as BIT tribunal issues decision with respect to the operative arbitration rules
  Jan 08, 2019
• An overview of our reporting from September-December 2018
  Jan 04, 2019
• Latin American Round-Up: new disputes, tribunals and other news involving Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Mexico
  Dec 04, 2018
• Andres Rigo Sureda is tapped to chair Austrian investor's (Erste Group Bank) claim against Croatia
  Jun 24, 2018
• Analysis: in a pair of recent decisions, ICSID committees disagree on conditions for continuing a stay of award enforcement; one committee deems conduct of state in a prior case to be in violation of ICSID Convention
  Jun 17, 2018
• $50 mil Bolivia award is upheld even though arbitrators used valuation method different from those of the parties; new decision casts doubt on power to annul provisional measures or arbitrator disqualification rulings
  May 20, 2018
• Looking Back: early ICSID awards against Congo-Brazzaville in AGIP and Benvenuti & Bonfant cases touched on stabilization clauses, flouting of provisional measures, and questions of quantum
  May 18, 2018
• Russia held liable in confidential award for expropriation of hotels, apartments and other Crimean real estate; arbitrators award approximately $150 million (plus legal costs) for breach of Ukraine bilateral investment treaty
  May 09, 2018
• In new ruling, arbitrators recognize binding nature of NAFTA Free Trade Commission Note of Interpretation on transparency - and see no basis for request for witness protection  
  May 02, 2018
• Three are named to hear investor's bid to overturn jurisdictional loss in Fabrica de Vidrios and Owens-Illinois v. Venezuela case
  Apr 24, 2018
• Looking Back: long-confidential Benhamou v. Uruguay award is unearthed, revealing first known attempt at state-to-state BIT consultations over interpretive question, and tribunal's handling of claims by beneficiary of trust
  Apr 02, 2018
• Rigo Sureda is tapped to chair NAFTA arbitration against Mexico, with former government lawyers as wing-arbitrators
  Jan 21, 2018
• Latin America: an update on a pair of under-the-radar UNCITRAL investment treaty arbitrations, Clorox v. Venezuela and Rikita Mehta v. Uruguay
  Jan 08, 2018
• BIT arbitration is revived after arbitrators find material breaches by government of earlier settlement, including commitment to desist with ongoing criminal investigations
  Dec 17, 2017
• Crimea-related Lugzor v. Russia arbitration clears jurisdictional hurdles
  Dec 13, 2017
• INVESTIGATION: full jurisdictional reasoning comes to light in Crimea-related BIT arbitration vs. Russia
  Nov 09, 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
• Al Jazeera seeks provisional measures in Egypt arbitration, but it remains to be seen whether either side will disclose case-materials
  Apr 07, 2017
• In jurisdiction ruling, arbitrators rule that Russia is obliged under BIT to protect Ukrainian investors in Crimea following annexation
  Mar 09, 2017
• In new ruling, arbitrators disavow power to enjoin criminal proceedings in Uruguay, and see no threat to arbitration posed by ongoing investigations
  Feb 23, 2017
• A tribunal is chosen to hear unusual investment treaty arbitration by Al Jazeera Media Network against Egypt
  Feb 23, 2017
• A stay of award is kept in place in Bolivia case, and ad-hoc committee picks a side in debate over powers to order posting of bank guarantees
  Feb 23, 2017
• Tribunal is finalized, with Rigo Sureda in chair, to hear Mauritius property dispute centered on UNESCO World Heritage site
  Jan 27, 2017
• ANALYSIS: ICSID committee highlights importance of public reason-giving by investment tribunals, in part-annulling Tidewater award
  Dec 29, 2016
• Breaking: ad-hoc committee finds that tribunal failed to state reasons in Venezuela award and annuls part of damages award
  Dec 28, 2016
• Rigo-Sureda, Bernardini and Fernandez Arroyo to hear Venezuela's effort to overturn arbitral award from Tenaris and Talta v. Venezuela (1) case
  Dec 28, 2016
• Revisiting earlier award, tribunal in Montenegro case concedes that it had omitted to decide on some claims but finds no additional treaty breach
  Nov 09, 2016
• Singapore appeals court restores arbitral finding that Chinese investment treaty extends to Macau
  Oct 02, 2016
• In a new award, Transglobal v. Panama, arbitrators dismiss a US BIT claim due to abuse of process
  Jun 06, 2016
• Before dismissing BIT claim against Panama last week, arbitrators had weighed costs-shifting and timeliness of Article 41(5) preliminary objections
  Jun 05, 2016
• In MNSS v. Montenegro award, arbitrators look at conduct of bankruptcy administrator, police and judiciary - seeing one discrete breach, but no damages
  May 15, 2016
• In new BIT award, arbitrators scrutinize investors' complaints about conduct of their local bank - and the state's responsibility for alleged harms
  May 15, 2016
• Arbitrators grapple with purported contractual waiver of BIT rights, and judge whether two domestic statutes offer advance consent to ICSID arbitration
  May 15, 2016
• Zimbabwe and Bolivia awards to be reviewed by recently-selected annulment committees at ICSID
  Dec 21, 2015
• Dismissal of ICSID claim will stand, as annulment committee declines to second-guess holdings in Kilic v. Turkmenistan case
  Jul 22, 2015
• Tidewater award survives Venezuela's request for revision of damages
  Jul 12, 2015
• Arbitrators named in Argentina, Hungary cases - and Schreuer's replacement is selected in Montenegro arbitration
  Apr 09, 2015
• Arbitrators in Tidewater v. Venezuela award identify six key variables in DCF valuation of seized business
  Mar 16, 2015
• Another expropriation ruling against Venezuela, as ICSID arbitrators award Tidewater $60 million (inclusive of pre-award interest)
  Mar 15, 2015
• Singapore Court rejects arbitrators' extension of Chinese investment treaty to Macao
  Jan 20, 2015
• On eve of annulment ruling in Chinese BIT case, Singapore High Court offers criticism of an ICSID ruling that had served as inspiration in UNCITRAL case
  Jan 20, 2015
• Laos casino dispute lurches back to life, as arbitrators find that they have jurisdiction to determine if settlement was breached
  Jan 05, 2015
• Panama claims update: Govt is sued over asphalt venture, as a second ICSID arbitration gets rolling, and costs-collection pursued in third case
  Dec 30, 2014
• Round-up: NAFTA case vs. Mexico linked to unpaid ICC award; panels named in Masdar v. Spain & Lahoud v. DRC; UK investor, Krederi, sues Ukraine
  Jul 23, 2014
• China offers support to Laos, in latter's bid to set aside arbitrators' expansive reading of China-Laos BIT
  Jul 21, 2014
• UNCITRAL arbitral tribunal, in unpublicized ruling, finds that Chinese BIT extends to Macao under "moving treaty frontiers" rule
  Jul 21, 2014
• Arbitrators say China BIT allows them to determine if expropriation occurred, but MFN can't be used to broaden jurisdiction further
  Jul 21, 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
• Tribunals named for Transglobal v. Panama, Spentex v. Uzbekistan and Federal Elektrik v. Uzbekistan arbitrations
  Feb 23, 2014
• ICSID moves swiftly and selects Rigo Sureda, Schreuer and Cheng to hear UK investor's attempt to annul award in Indonesian banking arbitration
  Dec 10, 2013
• ICSID annulment committees decline to annul arbitral awards in Malicorp v. Egypt and Lemire v. Ukraine
  Jul 10, 2013
• Cypriot firm, Libananco, fails to annul $15 million costs-order in ICSID case with Turkey
  May 23, 2013
• Panelists confirmed for ICSID claim against Montenegro and Deutsche Bank v. Sri Lanka annulment
  Apr 23, 2013
• Tribunals selected to hear two parallel investment treaty claims brought by casino investors against Laos
  Apr 03, 2013
• ICSID tribunal rules that Tidewater did not restructure Venezuelan assets in an abusive fashion; however, some claims are beyond tribunal’s jurisdiction
  Feb 12, 2013
• Investor gets a 2 million dollar bump to CAFTA award, but fails to convince tribunal to revisit other parts of award
  Feb 06, 2013
• Personnel picked for several ICSID annulment committees; Philip Morris v. Australia case leads to resignation of a pair of arbitrators
  Dec 21, 2012
• Parties to Guatemalan railway dispute joust over the need for tribunal to revise damages figures in CAFTA arbitral award
  Sep 19, 2012
• ANALYSIS: Arbitrators continue to debate whether states deserve a “margin of appreciation” when it comes to how to comply with BIT obligations
  Aug 01, 2012
• First investor-state arbitration filed under CAFTA results in award against Guatemala
  Jul 01, 2012
• ANALYSIS: CAFTA tribunal adopts earlier NAFTA tribunal’s reading of minimum standard; damages conditioned on investor’s handing back keys to railway
  Jul 01, 2012
• Annulment Committee rejects Turkey’s bid to lift stay of enforcement on $15 Million costs award against investor
  May 22, 2012
• ICSID Round-Up: Arbitrators announced for claims against Albania, Guinea, Peru and Turkey annulment case
  Mar 14, 2012
• Public hearings loom in longest-running CAFTA arbitration arising out of Guatemalan railway dispute
  Nov 22, 2011
• ICSID panelists named in annulment cases involving El Salvador and Egypt, and in arbitration arising out of Niger airport services dispute
  Aug 19, 2011
• Challenge to popular arbitrator Brigitte Stern is rejected; colleagues see no grounds for disqualification due to multiple appointments by Venezuela and non-disclosure
  Jan 04, 2011
• One challenge to oft-appointed arbitrator Prof. Brigitte Stern is rejected (in Slovak case), but others arise
  Nov 25, 2010
• Tribunals selected in one Peru case (Convial Callao S.A), as another (by Renée Rose Levy)materializes; arbitrators chosen in Tidewater v.Venezuela case
  Sep 15, 2010
• As new case lands at ICSID, and several more loom, Bolivia turns up the heat on arbitral system
  Apr 22, 2010
• Philip Morris files first-known investment treaty claim against tobacco regulations
  Mar 03, 2010
• Not for the first time, ICSID panelists split on whether a colleague should be recused; Chairman of ICSID Council rules that arbitrator shall stay in Gabon case
  Dec 21, 2009
• ANALYSIS: Rejection of annulment requests in M.C.I. and Azurix cases point to a high bar when it comes to overturning ICSID awards
  Nov 13, 2009
• BREAKING NEWS: ICSID annulment committee upholds Azurix v. Argentina arbitral award
  Sep 02, 2009
• Investor in Guatemala railway dispute outlines details of CAFTA claim
  Jul 17, 2009
• Arbitrators decline Guatemala’s request for clarification of jurisdictional ruling in CAFTA railway dispute
  Jan 22, 2009
• Siemens pleads guilty to breach of Foreign Corrupt-Practices Act; evidence of arbitration over illicit payments
  Dec 17, 2008
• UK electricity corp, National Grid, wins arbitration; Argentina's necessity defence rejected, but some consolation for Gov't
  Dec 17, 2008
• Tribunal in CAFTA railway arbitration denies broad request for evidence preservation
  Nov 12, 2008
• Argentina and Siemens ask annulment panel to suspend proceedings, so original arbitrators can look at bribes evidence
  Jul 28, 2008