John Townsend - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT John Townsend

• Revealed: Tribunal rejects telecom claims against Turkmenistan on the merits, finding that state authorities had full discretion not to renew framework agreement
  Jun 19, 2023
• Telecom arbitration against Turkmenistan concludes, with state prevailing on the merits against Russian investor
  Jun 15, 2023
• Analysis: ICC tribunal dismisses jurisdictional objections based on illegality allegations, and considers that decisions by Kosovo’s Central Bank are owed deference – thus seeing no violation of Kosovo’s FIL on the merits
  Nov 25, 2022
• FIL-based ICC tribunal dismisses microfinance company’s claim against Kosovo
  Nov 21, 2022
• Opaque banking arbitration against Malta features prominently in domestic court proceedings
  Nov 18, 2022
• Kaufmann-Kohler chaired tribunal dismisses Rule 41(5) objection in dispute under China-Malta BIT
  May 24, 2022
• ICSID tribunal is in place to hear second mining arbitration against the Republic of Congo
  Apr 27, 2022
• Award against Libya surfaces as claimant seeks enforcement in the US
  Mar 31, 2022
• Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler is tapped to chair first-ever ICSID case against Malta, which will need to address exhaustion of local remedies clause in the underlying BIT
  Jan 05, 2022
• Wendy Miles is tapped to chair outdoor advertising arbitration against Serbia
  Oct 18, 2021
• 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
• Kosovo Round-Up: One case is discontinued, details surface about several pending arbitrations, and further updates
  Jul 22, 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
• Kosovo Round-Up: A new case, new tribunals, and updates to ongoing arbitration disputes
  Apr 16, 2021
• ICSID tribunal finds that “environmental justice movement” without legal personality or identified representative cannot submit amicus curiae brief
  Mar 23, 2021
• DR-CAFTA parties set out views on limitation period, minimum standard of treatment, and non-discrimination obligations in mining case against Guatemala
  Mar 16, 2021
• Swiss court dismisses set-aside application of Libya award
  Dec 07, 2020
• Investors in Albanian waste management project apply for annulment of ICSID award
  Jul 26, 2020
• Community members submit renewed petition for amicus participation in Guatemalan mining dispute
  Jul 22, 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
• Balkans Round-Up: An update on disputes against Albania, Bosnia, Greece, North Macedonia and Romania
  May 15, 2020
• Analysis: DR-CAFTA tribunal dismisses Guatemala’s jurisdictional objections, with a majority finding that the treaty allows claims for reflective losses; Zachary Douglas dissents
  Mar 31, 2020
• Breaking: Guatemala fails to derail claim at early phase
  Mar 24, 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
• Balkans round-up: Slovenian and Macedonian cases are discontinued, Bulgaria case moves to the merits, and awards loom in a quartet of other cases in the region
  Feb 03, 2020
• Tribunal hearing Guatemalan mining dispute rejects amicus curiae application as “premature”
  Dec 17, 2019
• Baltic Round-Up: An update on arbitration claims against Latvia and Lithuania
  Dec 09, 2019
• ANALYSIS: In new award, CMC v. Mozambique tribunal considers compatibility of Cotonou Convention dispute resolution with BIT; as in recent Libya case, arbitrators see scope for a settlement agreement to qualify as an investment
  Oct 31, 2019
• Mozambique prevails in two investment treaty arbitrations in a week
  Oct 30, 2019
• Revealed: in new ICC BIT award, Libya’s lack of compliance with an earlier settlement agreement results in treaty breach; Turkish claimant Etrak is awarded $22 million
  Oct 04, 2019
• Guatemala reveals its preliminary objections to Kappes' mining arbitration under DR-CAFTA
  Sep 01, 2019
• Kalicki-chaired tribunal in place to hear gold and silver dispute under CAFTA-DR
  Jul 03, 2019
• Italian firm lodges investment law claim against Liberia and PCA taps former ICC General Counsel to nominate arbitrator when state defaults on appointment
  Jun 16, 2019
• An overview of our reporting from September-December 2018
  Jan 04, 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
• Three are named to hear Russian investor's BIT claim against Turkmenistan, with Elsing in the chair
  Dec 19, 2018
• Austrian investor prevails in BIT claim against Republic of Serbia
  Nov 21, 2018
• Christopher Greenwood tapped by co-arbitrators to chair UNCITRAL investment treaty arbitration
  Oct 10, 2018
• Chinese state-owned investor settles treaty claim after 2017 jurisdictional ruling that took generous view of treaty's scope for arbitration of claims; recent ruling in Libya case adopted differing approach to similar clause
  Jun 12, 2018
• John Townsend and Lucinda Low tapped to chair BIT arbitrations
  Oct 04, 2017
• ANALYSIS: In Yemen decision, tribunal situates its reasoning on narrow jurisdictional clause within context of other prior cases under Chinese and Russian treaties
  Jun 07, 2017
• In new ruling, Chinese investment treaty is deemed broad enough to ground expropriation claim against Yemen, but MFN clause does not permit further broadening of claims
  Jun 05, 2017
• As Libya begins to see wave of investment treaty arbitrations, at least seven Turkish BIT claims are pursued at ICC
  Mar 31, 2017
• UPDATED WITH FULL ANALYSIS: Investor wins $2.5 million for unpaid work from Turkmenistan, but tribunal rejects broader BIT claims and sees investor as contributing largely to the project's failure
  Jan 27, 2017
• Turkmenistan update: award rendered in Garanti Koza's BIT arbitration; German investor files a notice of dispute
  Dec 21, 2016
• Flemingo v. Poland tribunal rejects compensation for “loss of chance” and finds case to be well suited for a pure DCF analysis
  Nov 02, 2016
• Indian investor wins UNCITRAL BIT claim against Poland, with tribunal finding by majority that acquisition of shareholding is enough to warrant BIT protection
  Nov 01, 2016
• In new BIT award, Flemingo v. Poland, arbitrators deem state-owned company to be a state organ, and see FET and expropriation violations due to contract termination
  Nov 01, 2016
• In-depth: unpacking the reasons why an ICSID annulment committee has just declined to overturn award in Greek bonds case
  Oct 02, 2016
• Austria-Serbia BIT tribunal is finalized, with selection of John Townsend as chair
  Jul 26, 2016
• Tribunals constituted at ICSID in cases against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Yemen
  Jul 22, 2015
• First UNCITRAL arbitral tribunal is finalized to hear claim that Russia is liable for harm befalling investments in annexed Crimean peninsula
  Jul 14, 2015
• A second UNCITRAL arbitral tribunal is constituted to hear Crimea claims against Russia, as tribunal selection begins in three further cases
  Jul 14, 2015
• One of three ICSID Argentine bond arbitrations collapses due to lack of funding
  Jun 02, 2015
• UPDATED: Sovereign debt arbitration against Greece is dismissed by ICSID tribunal
  Apr 10, 2015
• European claims update: tribunals finalized in Estonia, Albania and Spain arbitrations
  Mar 24, 2015
• Losing claimant drops effort to annul award from Peru banking crisis arbitration - and pays earlier costs order
  Oct 01, 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
• Parties to Greek sovereign debt case agree to fast-track jurisdictional objections, so that merits phase can play out as scheduled in 2015-16
  Jan 21, 2014
• In new procedural decision, arbitrators in Greek sovereign debt case clarify possible merits process
  Jan 19, 2014
• Claims against Uzbekistan fail under Israeli investment treaty, as well as under 1998 law that other foreign investors are seeking to use
  Dec 05, 2013
• Testimony by foreign investor piques tribunal's curiosity as to legitimacy of consulting contracts with local fixers, and leads to unraveling of case vs. Uzbekistan
  Dec 05, 2013
• Tribunal is named to hear ICSID arbitration claim by foreign bondholders against Greece
  Oct 22, 2013
• Uzbekistan update: Arbitrators weigh in with final award in claim under investment treaty and local legislation; tribunal ready for claim by Kazakhs
  Oct 18, 2013
• In new ruling, arbitrators disagree on interpretation of UK BIT whose MFN clause expressly applies to dispute settlement
  Jul 07, 2013
• Arbitrators picked to hear claim by key shareholder in cancelled Bulgarian waste deal; minority shareholder’s parallel claim ended mysteriously
  Jan 02, 2013
• ICSID Tribunals constituted in Garanti Koza v. Turkmenistan, Tamimi v. Oman, and Gambrinus v. Venezuela
  Apr 30, 2012
• New ICSID Claims: Gas investors file against new Slovak Gov't; more claims for Equatorial Guinea and Turkmenistan
  Apr 10, 2012