J. Christopher Thomas - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT J. Christopher Thomas

• Analysis: UNCITRAL tribunal saves South Korea 5.1 million USD by correcting computational error in Elliott Associates award; claimant’s request for correction is dismissed
  Sep 26, 2023
• Analysis: Elliott v. South Korea tribunal finds that respondent’s undue interference with corporate merger to benefit local grandees related to the claimant’s investment, and awards 53.6 million USD in damages
  Jul 24, 2023
• Award and Separate Opinion in Elliott v. South Korea surface, as state lodges set-aside proceedings and seeks correction and clarification
  Jul 18, 2023
• [Updated] South Korea is held liable for treaty breach in arbitration dispute over Samsung-Cheil merger
  Jun 20, 2023
• Balkans Round-Up: New decisions, amicus curiae developments, and other arbitration-related updates involving countries of the region
  Jun 09, 2023
• Tribunal hearing power plant claim under OIC Investment Agreement is revealed; parties agree to bifurcate proceedings in parallel contract-based case at ICSID
  May 07, 2023
• Looking Back: Global Trading v. Ukraine tribunal was first to dismiss all claims as manifestly without legal merit under ICSID Arbitration Rule 41(5), finding that claimants had no protected investment
  May 03, 2023
• Uncovered: Rasia v. Armenia tribunal finds that contractual claims are time-barred and sees no BIT breach on the merits; umbrella clause requires contractual privity, while tribunal finds that non-monetary expenditures satisfy contribution requirement
  Feb 13, 2023
• [Updated with a copy of the Award] ICSID tribunal dismisses all claims in highway and railway construction dispute with Armenia
  Jan 23, 2023
• An ICSID tribunal is constituted to hear contract-based telecoms claim against Papua New Guinea
  Nov 01, 2022
• Albert Jan van den Berg is tapped to chair oil and gas arbitration against Romania
  Aug 24, 2022
• Renewable energy arbitration against Albania is discontinued
  Aug 12, 2022
• Kyrgyzstan is reportedly ordered to pay damages to Russian hydropower investor
  Jul 19, 2022
• Lithuania claims victory in treaty arbitration brought by Russian Fund
  Jul 12, 2022
• Tribunal is constituted to hear Romania’s bid for interpretation of Micula I award
  Jul 04, 2022
• Looking Back: Tribunal in City Oriente v. Ecuador ordered respondent to refrain from terminating production sharing contract and proceeding with criminal investigations; subsequent request for revocation of provisional measures was rejected
  Jul 04, 2022
• UNCITRAL tribunal finds that it was validly constituted under BIT – but not under the OIC Investment Agreement
  Apr 08, 2022
• Juan Fernandez-Armesto is tapped to chair second Bayindir v. Pakistan arbitration
  Feb 10, 2022
• The Hague Court sets aside Cairn v. India award based on Cairn’s decision not to object to the set-aside application
  Jan 10, 2022
• Cairn and India move towards settlement of 1+ billion USD retroactive tax dispute
  Nov 04, 2021
• John Beechey is tapped to chair solar claim against Albania
  Sep 10, 2021
• Kosovo Round-Up: One case is discontinued, details surface about several pending arbitrations, and further updates
  Jul 22, 2021
• [Updated] EU Commission lodges state-aid investigation into Antin v. Spain ECT award, citing the CJEU’s Achmea judgment
  Jul 19, 2021
• Analysis: Ad hoc committee finds that parties cannot waive the tribunal’s duty to render a reasoned award, but ultimately upholds bulk of Perenco v. Ecuador award; two discrete damages calculations are annulled for failure to state reasons
  Jun 02, 2021
• Ukraine is found liable for indirect expropriation of gambling business
  May 18, 2021
• Christopher Greenwood is tapped to chair agribusiness claim against Croatia – a few months after German courts declared a parallel UNCITRAL claim inadmissible due to its intra-EU nature
  May 04, 2021
• Revealed: Tribunal hearing Egyptian plane crash arbitration sees local litigation provision as mandatory, adding to conflicting case law regarding Turkey’s investment treaties
  May 03, 2021
• Revealed: Metrojet v. Egypt tribunal finds that activities of a charter airline do not qualify as an investment in the host state’s territory
  May 03, 2021
• Respondents challenge two arbitrators in contract-based ICSID arbitration
  Apr 13, 2021
• Egypt defeats treaty-based plane crash arbitrations
  Mar 19, 2021
• OIC Round-Up: New developments in two cases involving Libya, and an under-the-radar arbitration involving Lebanon
  Mar 09, 2021
• [Updated with a copy of the Award] In newly-unearthed UNCITRAL award against Poland, Levy-chaired tribunal finds tax measure in breach of BIT
  Mar 04, 2021
• Arbitrators are named to hear contract-based claims against Kosovo
  Feb 14, 2021
• New chair is appointed to head tribunal in Czech renewables dispute
  Feb 12, 2021
• Poland Round-Up: A new award, a newly-identified tribunal, and other procedural updates on Polish cases – including a previously unknown judgment from set-aside proceedings
  Feb 04, 2021
• Analysis: in now-public award, BIT tribunal finds that retroactive change to tax law was “grossly unfair”; India ordered to withdraw tax demand and compensate for forced sale of investment
  Dec 29, 2020
• [Updated with a copy of the Award] A $1.2+ billion dollar loss for India as Cairn Energy prevails in new investment treaty award
  Dec 23, 2020
• Analysis: Tribunal majority in Muszynianka v. Slovakia applied proportionality analysis to find that Slovakia’s constitutional amendment on water resources did not breach the Poland-Slovakia BIT; all three arbitrators found fault with certain administrative delays, but damages claim foundered due to lack of causation
  Oct 30, 2020
• UNCITRAL award in mineral water dispute with Slovakia comes to light
  Oct 29, 2020
• Breaking: Arbitrators in Slovakian mineral water dispute find that the permit process breached the FET and non-impairment standards, but causation is wanting; tribunal splits on assessment of Constitutional Amendment
  Oct 07, 2020
• Arbitrators bifurcate quantum proceedings in parallel Renco v. Peru arbitrations
  Oct 07, 2020
• Analysis: unpacking the reasons why the Bridgestone v. Panama tribunal saw no denial of justice
  Sep 08, 2020
• Analysis: Iberdrola tribunal applies res judicata effect of prior award, and finds that previous recourse to ICSID proceedings precludes a subsequent UNCITRAL arbitration
  Sep 02, 2020
• Breaking: Guatemala prevails in second arbitration with Iberdrola, as tribunal applies res judicata principle
  Sep 01, 2020
• Tribunal declines to bifurcate proceedings in Peruvian metalworks case
  Aug 20, 2020
• Panama prevails in Bridgestone trademark arbitration
  Aug 19, 2020
• Revealed: Russian Fund v. Lithuania tribunal allows claimant to pursue discovery application in the US
  Aug 19, 2020
• [Updated with full analysis] Majority arbitrators find that claims in second Renco v. Peru case are not time-barred and allow arbitration to proceed; dissenter would have applied limitation period to dismiss most of the claims
  Jul 20, 2020
• Swiss Federal Tribunal sees no abuse of rights in corporate restructuring, and declines to set aside liability award in Czech renewables dispute
  Jul 13, 2020
• Uncovered: Dispute over lead/zinc mine prompts treaty-based UNCITRAL BIT arbitration
  May 08, 2020
• US weighs in on temporal jurisdiction under Peru-US FTA
  Apr 05, 2020
• US lays out its interpretation of KORUS FTA key provisions
  Mar 06, 2020
• UPDATED: ICSID ad hoc committee offers to extend stay of enforcement of $400+ million arbitral award, if respondent-state commits to pay award if annulment application is unsuccessful
  Feb 24, 2020
• Korea round-up: an update on three treaty-based disputes against the state
  Feb 17, 2020
• Czech Republic is unable to overturn its (only) loss in a solar case, as Swiss Federal Tribunal declines to set aside 2017 award on jurisdiction and liability
  Feb 13, 2020
• Tribunal in place at Permanent Court of Arbitration to hear Renco's latest bid to hold Peru liable over expropriation of environmentally-notorious metalworks
  Feb 12, 2020
• Newly-obtained jurisdictional decision in Louis Dreyfus v. India reveals tribunal’s full reasoning on unusual BIT clause and prior negotiation requirements
  Jan 29, 2020
• Conoco and Perenco settle BIT case against Vietnam
  Jan 22, 2020
• Laurent Levy tapped to chair banking arbitration against Lithuania
  Jan 13, 2020
• Previously-unseen 2018 Louis Dreyfus v. India BIT award surfaces, revealing tribunal’s reasoning for dismissing investor’s claims and imposing large costs order
  Jan 09, 2020
• Colombia files for annulment of $19+ million Glencore award
  Dec 31, 2019
• Panama round-up: an update on developments in six treaty-based arbitration proceedings
  Dec 05, 2019
• After Spain award is trimmed down by €11 million, annulment committee declines request to stay its enforcement
  Oct 31, 2019
• Ecuador seeks annulment of Perenco award
  Oct 06, 2019
• ANALYSIS: in quantum ruling, Perenco v. Ecuador tribunal awards damages for each breach independently, and relies on findings of independent expert to value Ecuador’s counterclaim for environmental remediation
  Sep 30, 2019
• Ecuador ordered to pay Perenco $449 million (US) for decade-old energy windfall levy, but investor must pay $54 million (US) towards environmental cleanup
  Sep 27, 2019
• UNCITRAL tribunal permits Korea to request redactions of personal information from filings under domestic data privacy law
  Sep 01, 2019
• Glencore v. Colombia award: On jurisdiction and admissibility, tribunal sees no ‘red flags’ of corruption, but declines jurisdiction over umbrella clause claim
  Aug 30, 2019
• Glencore v. Colombia award: on merits, tribunal finds that Colombia’s fiscal authority applied an unreasonable methodology to establish damages
  Aug 30, 2019
• Breaking: Arbitrators render award in Glencore v. Colombia, awarding $19+ million to the investor
  Aug 27, 2019
• Panama round-up: an update on five pending investment treaty arbitrations against the state
  Aug 15, 2019
• Veeder-chaired tribunal declines jurisdiction over unusual claim where investor sought to use MFN, domestic law, and unilateral declarations of state to circumvent unratified BIT
  Aug 01, 2019
• Colombia round-up: Newly approved bilateral investment treaties, dispute settlement discussions, pleadings and decisions in ongoing arbitrations
  Jul 08, 2019
• Three are in place to hear BIT claim by Estonian investor against Ukraine
  May 31, 2019
• In recently-released decisions, UNCITRAL tribunal declines India’s request for greater transparency in Cairn tax case, and rejects state’s unilateral right to file arbitration documents with local courts
  May 02, 2019
• Kyrgyzstan round-up: new tribunals, new disputes, and updates on multiple longer-running matters
  Apr 30, 2019
• Arbitrators chosen for KLS Energy v. Sri Lanka tribunal, with Domitille Baizeau as chair
  Apr 23, 2019
• Australian mining investor settles with political risk insurer, as both team up to pursue arbitration against Thailand over gold mine closure
  Mar 18, 2019
• Looking Back: In first case to grapple with BIT umbrella clause, SGS v. Pakistan tribunal adopted cautious approach
  Feb 28, 2019
• English High Court of Justice rejects investor’s request for extension to challenge UNCITRAL BIT award
  Feb 27, 2019
• As investors push their corruption case against Panama, arbitrators decline to order discovery of documents held by domestic anti-corruption investigators or of Supreme Court Judges' internal deliberations and personal bank accounts
  Feb 06, 2019
• BIT tribunal rules in favour of French investor, Sodexo Pass, in latest intra-EU award against Hungary [UPDATED]
  Jan 29, 2019
• An update on investor arbitration claims against Armenia
  Jan 24, 2019
• An update on investment treaty claims filed against the Republic of Korea
  Jan 14, 2019
• In rejecting investor's effort to disqualify expert, tribunal sees party-appointed experts as governed by a less-exacting standard on conflict of interest than arbitrators or tribunal-appointed experts
  Jan 07, 2019
• An overview of our reporting from September-December 2018
  Jan 04, 2019
• Singapore Court of Appeal affirms that Swissbourgh v. Lesotho award must be set aside; Williams and Bishop had ruled in favor of investor under unusual Southern African treaty, but Singapore court sees no jurisdiction to do so
  Nov 27, 2018
• Looking Back: EnCana v. Ecuador tribunal splits on expropriation, disagreeing on role of domestic law; case raised early concerns over parallel arbitral appointments
  Nov 23, 2018
• Poland investment treaty claims round-up: an update on new claims, progress of ongoing cases, and enforcement/set-aside actions
  Nov 16, 2018
• Looking Back (1 of 2): In Thunderbird v. Mexico, majority recognizes the concept of legitimate expectations, but finds that government shut-down of gambling activities did not violate NAFTA
  Oct 30, 2018
• Bridgestone v. Panama arbitration: a look at recent arguments, including in relation to alleged corruption underlying a Supreme Court judgment
  Oct 17, 2018
• Analysis: In a striking new award, ICSID tribunal rules that Achmea judgment does not cast shadow over ICSID-based arbitration; but efforts to empanel ad-hoc committees to review such intra-EU BIT awards keeps getting harder
  Oct 11, 2018
• Korea investment treaty arbitrations: a round-up of recent developments
  Sep 24, 2018
• Tribunal rules for India in BIT case, dismissing claims of French investor and imposing hefty costs award
  Sep 11, 2018
• An update on investment treaty disputes involving the Government of India
  Aug 23, 2018
• A tribunal is chosen for investor arbitration filed under Eurasian Economic Union investment treaty
  Aug 15, 2018
• Arbitrators issue urgent order that prosecutors not follow through with plans to interrogate investor, thus highlighting scope for emergency measures under ICSID system
  Aug 13, 2018
• In jurisdictional ruling, arbitrators view improprieties surrounding claimant's acquisition of assets as part of a quid pro quo where he transported "suitcases of cash" out of country so as to assist his country in eluding an international embargo
  Aug 13, 2018
• In now-surfaced Gavrilovic v. Croatia award, tribunal ruled on expropriation, fair and equitable treatment, umbrella clause and national treatment
  Aug 13, 2018
• Croatian dispute with Austrian investor culminates in an award
  Jul 27, 2018
• Natland v. Czech Republic (Part 1 of 2): Tribunal finds jurisdiction over claimants under three out of four treaties and declines to apply ECT’s tax carve-out to contested measure
  Jul 26, 2018
• Natland v. Czech Republic (Part 2 of 2): On the merits, tribunal finds stabilisation commitment in Czech legislation and breach of that commitment with introduction of Solar Levy
  Jul 26, 2018
• Antin v. Spain (Part 1): arbitrators see extensive due diligence by investors in concentrated solar power sector, and reject a series of jurisdictional and admissibility objections
  Jun 24, 2018
• Antin v. Spain (Part 2): Spain breached investors’ legitimate expectations when eliminating essential features of regulatory framework despite previous representations of legal stability
  Jun 24, 2018
• [UPDATED with award] Spain suffers another nine figure loss, this time in Zuleta-chaired Energy Charter Treaty arbitration
  Jun 19, 2018
• Kaufmann-Kohler in chair for new effort by Iberdrola to sue Guatemala under Spanish investment treaty
  Jun 13, 2018
• Arbitrator recuses himself from deciding challenge to a colleague, paving way for Chairman of ICSID Administrative Council to issue ruling - and dismiss challenge to Stanimir Alexandrov
  May 30, 2018
• After ECJ ruling in Achmea case, a Kaufmann-Kohler chaired tribunal rejects a belated bifurcation bid in Spoldzielnia Pracy “Muszynianka” v. Slovakia case
  May 10, 2018
• ANALYSIS: In latest case to turn on tender process, ICSID tribunal finds that having a winning bid does not constitute an investment
  May 07, 2018
• Pinsolle-chaired tribunal dismisses investor's 330+ million Euro claim arising out of cancelled Kosovar postal-telecoms service privatization
  May 04, 2018
• Vietnam faces unusual BIT arbitration, with seller and purchaser of assets teaming up to file a joint claim in face of country's threat to impose a capital gains tax
  Apr 03, 2018
• Levy, Kaplan and Thomas selected to hear new UNCITRAL BIT arbitration over hobbled mining project
  Mar 28, 2018
• ANALYSIS: Spain immediately seeks to test whether ECJ judgment reaches to Energy Charter Treaty cases; however request to reopen two closed proceedings also raises specter of arbitrator challenge
  Mar 09, 2018
• Balkans round-up: catching up on various investment treaty claims in South-East Europe, including tribunal constitution, an arbitrator challenge, and other key developments
  Mar 04, 2018
• English court orders security for costs against claimants in set-aside proceedings funded by Burford Capital, but declines security over still-unpaid adverse costs order in underlying arbitration
  Feb 12, 2018
• In new Israel-Egypt pipeline rulings, McRae-chaired tribunal finds BIT breaches, and Collins-chaired contract tribunal orders Egyptian state-owned companies to pay $1 billion to investor
  Feb 07, 2018
• Heiskanen, Born and Thomas see some investment treaty breach in Czech solar case, but debate over remedies is held over for separate phase 
  Jan 26, 2018
• Poland loses bid to overturn arbitral finding (in Horthel v. Poland) that tax on gambling company breached BIT
  Jan 12, 2018
• UPDATED with full analysis: Many of Panama’s expedited objections are dismissed in Bridgestone trademark case, but arbitrators won't let claimants claim for losses incurred outside of Panama
  Jan 08, 2018
• Tribunals weigh in with rulings in Alghanim v. Jordan and Bridgestone v. Panama arbitrations, with one concluded and the other to continue
  Dec 15, 2017
• As 'expedited objections' hearings play out via live-stream, IAReporter review latest arguments in Bridgestone vs. Panama licensing arbitration
  Sep 04, 2017
• Oil consortium investor (Perenco) that pursued its own BIT arbitration fails in belated bid to be treated as alter ego of another claimant (Burlington) in order to escape environmental counterclaim process
  Aug 24, 2017
• Bridgestone and Panama trade arguments at ICSID over IP-licences as investments, denial of benefits and abuse of process, prior to hearings on expedited objections
  Aug 15, 2017
• Luca Radicati di Brozolo is tapped to chair latest Colombia BIT tribunal
  Jul 11, 2017
• Poland round-up (part 1): As government shakes up investment treaty and arbitration management system, what is happening in ongoing BIT cases?
  Jul 09, 2017
• ICSID Annulment Round-Up: requests filed in relation to awards involving Italy, Hungary, Argentina and Venezuela
  May 03, 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
• Former senior UK Judge is chosen by Grigera Naon and Thomas to chair US-Panama investment treaty arbitration
  Apr 28, 2017
• Kaufmann-Kohler tapped to chair UNCITRAL BIT arbitration arising out of mineral water export scheme
  Feb 17, 2017
• On the wires: Philippines liable for BIT breach; investor that won emergency orders vs. Ukraine does not fare as well in final result; Iranians pursue Bahrain over bank closure
  Feb 12, 2017
• Looking Back: Tecmed v. Mexico breaks ground in adopting expansive reading of the Fair and Equitable Treatment and upholding protection of investors’ “legitimate expectations”
  Feb 12, 2017
• In a new award, Hochtief gets $13.41 million for some Argentine losses, but bulk of damages case falls away under closer scrutiny by arbitrators
  Jan 13, 2017
• French investor wins 23 million EUR under France-Hungary BIT
  Dec 16, 2016
• Arbitrator Stanimir Alexandrov steps aside in face of challenge in intra-EU BIT case
  Dec 16, 2016
• Two under-the-radar Poland BIT cases near final awards, with claimants alleging mistreatment of banking and gambling investments
  Nov 17, 2016
• Investor makes good on threat to file BIT arbitration over cross-border water export project - and sees its arbitrator nominee swiftly challenged
  Oct 18, 2016
• Local court affirms UNCITRAL tribunal's dismissal of Vietnamese BIT claim centered on unpaid invoices for cross-border sales by Recofi SA
  Oct 13, 2016
• Singapore appeals court restores arbitral finding that Chinese investment treaty extends to Macau
  Oct 02, 2016
• ICSID picks Lucy Reed to chair first (known) BIT arbitration to proceed past filing against China
  Sep 04, 2016
• Fortier-chaired UNCITRAL tribunal dismisses BIT claim by former Iraqi government minister against Pakistan
  Sep 04, 2016
• An update on Korean investor Ansung Housing's BIT arbitration against China
  Aug 27, 2016
• On heels of Glencore's filing for arbitration against Bolivia, a tribunal is finalized to hear commodity trader's separate claim against Colombia
  Aug 07, 2016
• ANALYSIS: CAFTA award finds investor failure to heed time-bar, and to present viable denial of justice claim; disclosure of funding also ordered
  Jun 01, 2016
• Dominican Republic defeats CAFTA arbitration claim brought by US investor, Corona Materials LLC
  May 31, 2016
• INVESTIGATION: Vietnam prevails in UNCITRAL BIT arbitration with (another) French investor
  May 29, 2016
• Balkans update: unpublicized treaty cases come to light - Medusa v. Montenegro and Civis v. Serbia - and an arbitrator challenge to Jernej Sekolec shakes up an ad-hoc tribunal
  Apr 19, 2016
• In an apparent first, investor and host-state agree to try mediation under IBA rules to resolve an investment treaty dispute
  Apr 14, 2016
• US submission in DR-CAFTA arbitration flags limitations period for bringing claims, the role of local litigation waiver and meaning of treaty-based denial of justice
  Mar 21, 2016
• Kazakhstan round-up: new disputes, new tribunals and procedural developments in ongoing cases
  Feb 24, 2016
• An update on three investment treaty claims against Hungary
  Feb 24, 2016
• Tribunal is finalized for tax-related BIT dispute between Cairn Energy PLC and Government of India
  Jan 20, 2016
• As another Argentine bond arbitration collapses at ICSID, arbitrators doubt their power to award costs in these circumstances
  Dec 14, 2015
• Tribunals selected in Albania and Kosovo arbitrations at ICSID
  Dec 07, 2015
• Fernandez-Armesto-chaired ICC tribunal finds $2 billion damages in Egyptian gas case, with other claims - including treaty cases - still pending
  Dec 07, 2015
• In rejecting claims of U.S. investor against Oman, arbitrators reckon with free trade agreement's narrow definition of what constitutes a "state-enterprise"
  Nov 04, 2015
• In new ICSID award, arbitrators nod to environmental provisions in U.S.-Oman FTA, and see no breach by Oman due to environmental policing of investor
  Nov 04, 2015
• ICSID Secretary-General acts as appointing authority to finalize two tribunals in cases against Dominican Republic and Panama
  Oct 23, 2015
• Recently registered at ICSID: claims against Argentina, Tanzania and Spain, as well as annulment bids by Bolivia and Gambrinus
  Oct 19, 2015
• Tribunals finalized in under-the-radar UNCITRAL and SCC intra-EU investment treaty arbitrations
  Sep 17, 2015
• Tribunal favours Ecuador in environmental counterclaim over Amazonian oilfields - in new development in ICSID arbitration Perenco v. Ecuador
  Aug 13, 2015
• Baltic financial services sector figures in three otherwise unrelated treaty-based arbitrations, as well as fourth threatened case
  Jun 18, 2015
• In newly-disclosed UNCITRAL award, German investor's ("ECE") failed corruption allegations directed at Czech Republic come to light
  Apr 29, 2015
• Arbitrators see no merits breaches in shopping center project dispute and use site-visit to assess investor's complaints of discrimination vis-a-vis other projects
  Apr 29, 2015
• Hungary prevails in second of two ICSID claims brought by jilted radio broadcasting investors
  Apr 20, 2015
• Arbitrators see no authority to reopen and reconsider prior liability ruling in Ecuador windfall dispute: Perenco v. Ecuador
  Apr 13, 2015
• Ecuador round-up: Key rulings loom in half-dozen cases, including windfall levy disputes, Occidental annulment, and several lesser-noticed arbitrations
  Apr 10, 2015
• Arbitrators named in Argentina, Hungary cases - and Schreuer's replacement is selected in Montenegro arbitration
  Apr 09, 2015
• Long-confidential intra-EU BIT award (Invesmart v. Czech Republic) details escape from liability for denial of state aid to bank during EU accession process
  Feb 10, 2015
• Balkans Round-Up: updates on investment claims against Croatia, Serbia, and Albania
  Feb 04, 2015
• Investor can pursue treaty claim notwithstanding a belated settlement struck by consortium in which claimant was a minority shareholder
  Jan 18, 2015
• Argentina liable for unfair treatment of Hochtief AG; damages to be worked out between parties and risk insurance policy recovery is discussed
  Jan 18, 2015
• Intra-EU treaty claims controversy: new decisions and developments in claims brought by EU investors vs. Spain and Hungary
  Dec 24, 2014
• INVESTIGATION: latest developments in the six pending BIT arbitrations against India (and in other threatened disputes)
  Dec 11, 2014
• Arbitrators finalized in three proceedings: Bear Creek v. Peru, Krederi v. Ukraine and Unión Fenosa Gas, S.A. v. Egypt
  Dec 10, 2014
• Arbitrators in third Argentine bond case issue preliminary ruling, dismissing some objections and postponing others until merits phase
  Nov 19, 2014
• Indirect French control of Bahamanian claimant is enough -- even without formal legal title -- to ground jurisdiction under France-Ecuador BIT in Perenco v. Ecuador arbitration
  Sep 23, 2014
• In Perenco v. Ecuador arbitration, 50% windfall levy on oil revenue does not breach participation contracts, but 99% levy does
  Sep 23, 2014
• In Perenco v. Ecuador case, investment treaty is breached by windfall levy once it becomes so onerous as to force renegotiation of contracts
  Sep 23, 2014
• Tribunal addresses flouted provisional measures in Perenco case; damages still to be heard, but comparisons with Burlington case come into focus
  Sep 23, 2014
• Brussels' latest intervention casts shadow over investment treaty arbitrations brought by jilted solar energy investors
  Sep 08, 2014
• Recent developments in three sovereign bond arbitrations against Argentina at ICSID
  Aug 21, 2014
• Arbitrators finalized for Dagher v. Sudan, African Petroleum v. Gambia, more Spain solar cases, and Rose Levy v. Peru annulment committee
  Aug 17, 2014
• As with earlier Argentine cases, avalanche of claims against Spain look set to be resolved by diversely-composed arbitral tribunals
  Jul 15, 2014
• Investors in Hungary's radio industry fail to persuade arbitrators that they had rights capable of expropriation under Swiss & Dutch BITs
  Apr 17, 2014
• UNCITRAL Arbitrations Update (Vietnam and Canada): Appointing authorities pick chairs in a pair of investment treaty claims
  Apr 09, 2014
• UNCITRAL tribunal makes "abuse of process" finding in face of belated move to take on foreign ownership in order to press claims against state
  Feb 25, 2014
• In now-available UNCITRAL award, tribunal chaired by Brigitte Stern says that MFN clause cannot be used to broaden jurisdiction of Germany-Bulgaria treaty
  Feb 25, 2014
• Jan Paulsson is tapped to chair Energy Charter Treaty arbitration claim proceeding under UNCITRAL rules
  Feb 25, 2014
• Bulgaria obtains enforcement of costs award; court dismisses investor's belated allegation of arbitrator bias due to issue-conflict
  Feb 14, 2014
• As Vietnam explores collection of costs award against unsuccessful investor, another claimant sticks its head above the parapet
  Feb 14, 2014
• Bulgaria disputes: German investor's BIT claim is dismissed by tribunal chaired by Brigitte Stern; meanwhile, tribunal in separate treaty case at ICSID is constituted
  Dec 12, 2013
• ICSID tribunal in KT Asia v. Kazakhstan case finds that investment acquired for nominal price fails to meet BIT’s definition
  Nov 06, 2013
• Kazakhstan defeats one of several claims brought by a shareholder in embattled BTA Bank; fate of UNCITRAL claims to be determined
  Oct 22, 2013
• Czech Republic says it prevailed in BIT arbitration with German property-developer ECE, but offers few details
  Oct 09, 2013
• Egypt update: As another arbitration lands at ICSID, tribunals chosen for three earlier claims lodged by businessman Ossama Al Sharif
  Sep 30, 2013
• ICSID round-up: profiling new claims against Slovenia, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Egypt
  Jun 18, 2013
• Lithuania update: Italian investor was denied FET in tender process, but tribunal not persuaded that $250 million in losses can be hung on state
  May 28, 2013
• Another divided ICSID tribunal finds it has jurisdiction to arbitrate an Argentine sovereign debt dispute; failure to pursue local remedies not fatal to case
  Feb 11, 2013
• Battle is joined on second treaty-arbitration front in Israel-Egypt gas fight, as ad-hoc arbitral tribunal is chosen
  Feb 06, 2013
• ICC picks chairman to preside over investment treaty claim by Russian energy investor, Gazprom
  Jan 18, 2013
• Former Iraqi Minister initiates treaty claims against Pakistan, but government is slow to respond; at least three other arbitrations afoot
  Dec 21, 2012
• UPDATED: ICSID tribunals constituted in gas, mining and electricity cases against Indonesia, Slovakia, Egypt and Peru
  Oct 22, 2012
• ICSID Tribunal Selections: Arbitrators picked for Hungary, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea disputes and Paraguay annulment proceeding
  Sep 06, 2012
• Lithuania Claims Round-Up: Lesser-known arbitrations move forward alongside high-profile gas unbundling battles
  Sep 02, 2012
• Notion of “creeping” violation of fair and equitable treatment gets another endorsement in recent investment treaty arbitration
  Aug 19, 2012
• Macedonia defeats core claims of Swiss investor, but bureaucratic shortcomings lead to a finding of treaty breach
  Aug 01, 2012
• ICSID Claim against El Salvador is revived after claimants pursue third-party funding
  Aug 01, 2012
• ICSID Tribunals constituted in Garanti Koza v. Turkmenistan, Tamimi v. Oman, and Gambrinus v. Venezuela
  Apr 30, 2012
• ICSID Round-Up: Two tribunals are selected to hear foreign investor claims against the Philippines
  Mar 14, 2012
• Arbitration over Argentine road concession to proceed, but arbitrators disagree whether MFN clause permits investors to detour around local courts
  Oct 26, 2011
• World Bank arbitration tribunal upholds jurisdiction over Billion Dollar claim by Italian victims of Argentine sovereign debt default
  Aug 07, 2011
• Tribunal has jurisdiction over Perenco's claims that Ecuador’s windfall oil levy breaches contract; jurisdiction under investment treaty to be debated further, as France is invited to table negotiating papers
  Jul 07, 2011
• Mexico found liable for termination of vehicle registry program; allegations that registry director was Argentine war criminal overshadowed case, but were not central to treaty arbitrations
  Apr 21, 2011
• Tribunal rules that mining company failed to waive local court proceedings, thus precluding CAFTA arbitration against El Salvador; hearings in a parallel case loom
  Mar 15, 2011
• Cargill v. Mexico ruling finds three NAFTA breaches; publication of 2009 arbitral award delayed 17 months as redactions debated
  Mar 15, 2011
• Arbitrators dismiss claim against Ukraine for unpaid poultry shipments; transactions don’t qualify as investments eligible for ICSID arbitration
  Dec 16, 2010
• Tribunal selected to hear second CAFTA mining claim against El Salvador
  Jul 02, 2010
• ICSID round-up: tribunals picked in Kazakh and Macedonia cases
  Apr 09, 2010
• Tribunal selected to hear German investor’s claim against Czech Republic
  Jan 17, 2010
• Replacement arbitrator selected by Canada in NAFTA garbage site dispute
  Jan 17, 2010
• Tribunals convened in ICSID cases involving Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Venezuela
  Dec 21, 2009
• Media comments trip up arbitrator Charles N. Brower in successful challenge by Ecuador
  Dec 21, 2009
• Arbitrator steps down in UNCITRAL arbitration; obliged to choose between arbitrator work and Gov't advisory work
  Oct 30, 2009
• Tribunal awards full costs against investor for bringing a fraudulent Energy Charter Treaty claim against Turkey
  Sep 24, 2009
• Turkey prevails in one of three claims arising out of termination of Uzan family-owned electricity concession
  Aug 17, 2009
• Czech Rep. prevails in separate banking and broadcasting claims; We reveal details of holdings in EMV broadcasting case
  Jul 17, 2009
• Tribunal orders that windfall tax payments be put in escrow; Ecuador ignores order in Perenco arbitration
  May 27, 2009
• Hochtief v. Argentina case likely to see clash over whether German investors can use MFN clause to skip waiting period
  May 11, 2009
• In-Depth: Turkey resists effort by two claimants to withdraw ICSID cases in electricity company disputes
  Feb 10, 2009
• Claimant in garbage disposal dispute with Canada seeks closed-door hearings and wants amicus curiae to pay $25,000 fee
  Nov 12, 2008
• Path cleared for BIT claim by Swedish investors in challenge to Romanian withdrawal of investment incentives
  Oct 01, 2008
• Argentina faces a third treaty claim by hold-out bond-holders; Experts differ as to prospects
  Aug 07, 2008