James Spigelman - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT James Spigelman

• ICSID tribunal divides authority to represent insolvent claimant: court-appointed insolvency administrator will represent PNB Banka for most of the arbitration, but not in relation to the claim that the insolvency administrator’s appointment itself amounted to a treaty breach
  Sep 15, 2021
• Analysis: In recently-surfaced decision on intra-EU objection, tribunal finds no conflict between EU law and the ICSID Convention for jurisdictional purposes – but sees a “substantial overlap” between EU law and the BIT’s substantive provisions
  Jul 23, 2021
• Three are named to hear waste management arbitration against Egypt
  Jun 03, 2021
• Banking claim against Latvia proceeds to the next stage, as arbitrators render decision on bifurcated issues involving discussion of Brexit and intra-EU objection
  May 17, 2021
• Three are named to hear PV Investors v. Romania arbitration
  Mar 31, 2021
• Analysis: In WalAm v. Kenya, arbitrators found that forfeiture of the claimant’s geothermal exploration license violated neither local nor international law
  Jan 05, 2021
• Revealed: Award in dispute over Kenyan geothermal energy project comes to light
  Dec 30, 2020
• WalAm Energy files for annulment of award in geothermal power dispute with Kenya
  Nov 14, 2020
• Kenya claims victory in contract-based ICSID arbitration
  Jul 12, 2020
• Analysis: co-arbitrators in Sapec v. Spain see no issue conflict due to James Spigelman's involvement in previous Spanish renewables case
  Jun 30, 2020
• Spain is unsuccessful in bid to unseat James Spigelman from Sapec tribunal
  Jun 26, 2020
• Analysis: ICSID Chairman decides that he does not have the power to decide issues of representation in disqualification proceedings
  Jun 26, 2020
• Breaking: ICSID rejects proposal to disqualify all three tribunal members in PNB Banka v. Latvia arbitration
  Jun 17, 2020
• Repeat ICSID appointment prompts yet another disqualification request by Spain
  Apr 15, 2020
• Tribunal selected to hear renewables claim against Spain sees two repeat appointments
  Apr 08, 2020
• Award in IMFA v. Indonesia surfaces, revealing tribunal’s criticism of investor’s due diligence failings
  Mar 27, 2020
• Analysis: Tribunal’s decision that a state-appointed insolvency administrator should represent PNB Banka in ICSID arbitration prompts DQ bid
  Feb 26, 2020
• [UPDATED WITH NEW DOCUMENTS] British nationals seek to disqualify all three members of an ICSID tribunal hearing Latvian banking dispute
  Feb 21, 2020
• Three are named to hear Spain’s bid to annul €33 million Cube Infrastructure Fund award
  Dec 19, 2019
• Baltic Round-Up: An update on arbitration claims against Latvia and Lithuania
  Dec 09, 2019
• Spain files for annulment of Cube Infrastructure Fund award, while ad-hoc committee is reconstituted in Masdar v. Spain
  Nov 19, 2019
• Philippines arbitration round-up: Chevron files BIT claim, as we review seven other arbitrations against the state and its instrumentalities
  Oct 04, 2019
• Analysis: Unpacking the reasons why the Cube Infrastructure v. Spain tribunal unanimously saw an ECT violation with respect to PV investments, but disagreed with respect to later hydro investments
  Jul 22, 2019
• Breaking: Another Energy Charter Treaty award lands on Spain, newly-obtained rulings lay out reasons for liability in relation to PV and hydro investments by Cube Infrastructure Fund
  Jul 17, 2019
• Indonesia defeats BIT claim by Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd
  Mar 29, 2019
• Spain round-up: new decisions are rendered in renewables cases and yet another investor claim is filed
  Feb 26, 2019
• BIT tribunal invites parties to offer views on the consequences of Brexit for purposes of an intra-EU objection to jurisdiction
  Dec 30, 2018
• [UPDATED] Latvia seeks to disqualify Stanimir Alexandrov from Norvik investment treaty arbitration
  Sep 24, 2018
• Crowded out of spotlight due to myriad of high-profile claims against Indian state, a series of BIT claims by Indian investors advance with less fanfare
  Sep 24, 2018
• Parties turn to James Spigelman to chair bank investor claim against Latvia
  Jul 06, 2018
• 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
• As India's key jurisdictional objections come into view in tax cases, tribunals diverge as to whether they should be addressed on a preliminary basis
  May 01, 2017
• "Quasi-consolidation" of billion dollar retroactive tax cases is nixed; arbitrators also rule that Cairn v. India case should not be stayed in deference to Vedanta proceeding
  Apr 28, 2017
• Tribunal is finalized to hear $3 billion BIT claim against India under UNCITRAL rules
  Aug 14, 2016
• Indian investor's BIT claim against Indonesia moves forward, with tribunal now finalized
  Aug 02, 2016
• Parties agree on a tribunal chair to handle arbitration arising out of cancellation of Kenyan geothermal exploration license
  Jun 05, 2016
• Tribunals constituted in three ICSID solar energy cases brought against Spain
  Dec 20, 2015
• An update on investor-state claims against Kenya
  Jul 22, 2015
• In newly-released report, tribunal-appointed expert urged lifting of attorney-client privilege on documents at center of NAFTA denial of benefits battle
  Apr 16, 2013