Christoph Schreuer - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Christoph Schreuer

• Analysis: Tribunal majority in Renergy v. Spain finds that radical changes to renewable energy framework breached legitimate expectation of relative stability; dissenter opines that legitimate expectations are not the appropriate framework for assessing the dispute
  May 17, 2022
• Simma-chaired renewables arbitration concludes with an award, as majority holds that Spain violated the investor’s legitimate expectation of “Relative Stability”; dissenter sees no treaty breach
  May 09, 2022
• Looking Back: Saipem v. Bangladesh tribunal upheld jurisdiction over claims arising out of a commercial arbitration award, and granted provisional measures
  Aug 12, 2021
• Kazakhstan defeats enforcement of Stati/Ascom award against Central Bank assets – but award remains standing despite fraud allegations
  Jun 22, 2020
• 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 heretofore-confidential TRACO v. Poland BIT award, Veeder-chaired tribunal canvases prescription, illegality, estoppel objections, and concurrent causation
  Feb 19, 2019
• Citing need for independence and impartiality of all arbitrators, tribunal frowns on BIT's provision that each party should fund its own arbitrator; similar BIT wording led to unpublicized reversal of costs ruling in Eureko v. Poland case
  Feb 19, 2019
• ANALYSIS: Annulment committee in Standard Chartered v. TANESCO says ICSID tribunal can reconsider earlier jurisdictional decisions under Kompetenz-Kompetenz power
  Aug 24, 2018
• In new ruling, ICSID annulment committee upholds $150+ million award
  Aug 23, 2018
• Newly-uncovered majority decision upholds jurisdiction against Cote d’Ivoire, after debating whether claimants validly consented to ICSID arbitration under domestic investment law
  Oct 12, 2017
• Damages: in second case brought to ICSID by Tenaris and Talta, a discounted cashflow (DCF) valuation is embraced by arbitrators
  Feb 01, 2017
• 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
• Tulip v. Turkey award stands, as ad hoc committee is not convinced by investor’s attempts to challenge tribunal’s treatment of evidence or findings on attribution
  Jan 08, 2016
• European claims update: tribunals finalized in Estonia, Albania and Spain arbitrations
  Mar 24, 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
• 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
• Panelists confirmed for ICSID claim against Montenegro and Deutsche Bank v. Sri Lanka annulment
  Apr 23, 2013
• ICSID Annulment Committee weighs in with a ruling on Security for Costs in El Salvador mining case
  Sep 22, 2012
• Poland prevails in intra-EU BIT case; UNCITRAL arbitration chaired by V.V. Veeder rejects mistreatment claims of German investor
  Sep 16, 2012
• ICSID Tribunal Selections: Arbitrators picked for Hungary, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea disputes and Paraguay annulment proceeding
  Sep 06, 2012
• ICSID Claim against El Salvador is revived after claimants pursue third-party funding
  Aug 01, 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
• New books, articles and materials on investment treaty law and arbitration: February 2012 to May 2012
  May 22, 2012
• Venezuelan exit from ICSID raises questions both legal and financial
  Jan 31, 2012
• New International Investment Law Works: May 2011 to January 2012
  Jan 13, 2012
• Majority of arbitral tribunal relies on home state government memo purporting to explain ambiguous Slovak investment treaty clause
  Dec 01, 2011
• Majority opinion in ICSID bondholders claim has broader lessons for defaulting sovereigns, fractured tribunals, shareholder groupings, and would-be claimants needing help getting ICSID claims registered
  Aug 19, 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
• Moldova loses another treaty arbitration with Russian investor, but shows signs of cooperation with the arbitration system
  May 17, 2011
• Czech Republic prevails in arbitration with Canadian investor who complained of Czech officialdom’s handling of his dispute with local business partner
  Dec 16, 2010
• In unpublished ICSID annulment decision upholding railway consortium victory over Republic of Gabon, committee discussed complex issues of nationality and control
  Nov 04, 2010
• Georgia denies Freedom of Information request for arbitral award; amends law related to pending international arbitrations
  Sep 15, 2010
• Panel differs as to what investments are arbitrable at ICSID; Stern, Schreuer, Reisman also discuss nationality-planning
  Jul 02, 2010
• New Books and Articles on Investment Treaty Law: May to December 2009
  Jan 16, 2010
• BRIEFLY NOTED: Christoph Schreuer to retire from University of Vienna, will continue Of-Counsel role with law firm
  May 27, 2009
• Tribunal selected in Canadian firm’s UNCITRAL-based BIT arbitration with Czech Republic
  Sep 08, 2008
• After 40+ years, ICSID to have its own full-time Secretary General
  Jun 18, 2008