Claus Von Wobeser - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Claus Von Wobeser

• Treasure-filled galleon lands Colombia in treaty arbitration
  Sep 13, 2023
• Analysis: US appeals court upholds ICC award between Panama Canal consortium and Panamanian state entity, finding that mere indications of professional familiarity are insufficient to establish arbitrators’ partiality
  Aug 21, 2023
• Analysis: UNCITRAL tribunal in Santamarta v. Venezuela resorts to dominant and effective nationality principle to fill gap in BIT’s definition of investor, ultimately rejecting claim by dual national for lack of jurisdiction
  Aug 03, 2023
• UNCITRAL tribunal declines jurisdiction over dual national’s claim against Venezuela, finding that his dominant and effective nationality is Venezuelan
  Jul 31, 2023
• Three are in place to hear re-filed telecom claims against Costa Rica
  Jun 23, 2023
• Parties in billion-dollar ICSID arbitration against Honduras publicly debate whether the claim is subject to exhaustion of local remedies requirement
  Jun 02, 2023
• An ICSID tribunal is in place to hear third contract arbitration stemming from Lima subway dispute
  Apr 12, 2023
• Three are in place to hear claims under the Chile-France BIT
  Mar 29, 2022
• Dominican Republic claims victory in under-the-radar treaty arbitration
  Oct 06, 2021
• Three are named to hear telecoms claim against Iraq
  Jul 14, 2021
• Tribunal is in place to hear mining claim
  Apr 05, 2021
• Ecuador is facing a renewed contract-based arbitration claim by former Petrobras subsidiary; tribunal already in place
  Mar 29, 2021
• TECO v. Guatemala saga continues, as the state files for annulment of resubmission award and seeks to focus attention on links between arbitrator and expert
  Feb 24, 2021
• French Cour de cassation allows applicants to submit new jurisdictional arguments at the annulment stage, and opens the way for a renewed review of the Schooner v. Poland award
  Dec 04, 2020
• Panama Canal consortium initiates set-aside proceedings against commercial award, alleging failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest
  Dec 01, 2020
• Arbitrators comings and goings: Switzerland seeks applicants for ICSID panels, the UK reveals its panel nominees, and Egypt arbitration sees new chair
  Nov 23, 2020
• Arbitrators comings and goings: Three replacements and one resignation
  Oct 22, 2020
• Bernardo Cremades tapped to chair second Glencore v. Colombia arbitration
  Sep 17, 2020
• Breaking: Resubmission tribunal in TECO v. Guatemala case awards additional damages in long-running electricity distribution dispute
  May 14, 2020
• UNCITRAL tribunal orders Paraguay to refrain from calling on contractual guarantees, and orders the claimant to post security
  May 13, 2020
• Three are in place to hear second arbitration arising out of Egyptian gas pipeline dispute
  Apr 20, 2020
• Hungary fails to annul award in favour of French investor at ICSID
  Mar 11, 2020
• Analysis: In Besserglik v. Mozambique, arbitrators found insufficient evidence that the Mozambique-South Africa BIT ever entered into force
  Nov 19, 2019
• Mozambique prevails in two investment treaty arbitrations in a week
  Oct 30, 2019
• Looking Back: In Vieira v. Chile, von Wobeser-chaired tribunal found by majority that claims did not fall under temporal scope of Chile-Spain BIT
  Sep 19, 2019
• Venezuela round-up: ICSID ad hoc committee rejects annulment bid in Highbury case, a new chair is named for Saint Patrick case, and another annulment proceeding is discontinued
  Sep 11, 2019
• Tribunal is in place in Egyptian real estate dispute, with Pierre Tercier tapped to chair
  Aug 06, 2019
• Three are in place to hear Enagas dispute over Peruvian gas pipeline project
  Jul 21, 2019
• Looking Back: Inceysa v. El Salvador tribunal sees a legality requirement for foreign investors and stresses international law principle of good faith
  Jul 03, 2019
• Analysis: French Appeals Court refuses to set aside Ryan & Schooner v. Poland award, seeing no reason to overturn tribunal's reading of BIT's tax carve-out and its handling of FET & discrimination claims
  Apr 04, 2019
• An update on under-the-radar arbitral rulings that address Achmea objection
  Jan 13, 2019
• Poland investment treaty claims round-up: an update on new claims, progress of ongoing cases, and enforcement/set-aside actions
  Nov 16, 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
• 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
• U.S. claimant Schooner Capital seeks set aside of award in favour of Poland
  Apr 25, 2018
• Ten are designated to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the ICSID's leadership
  Sep 17, 2017
• Looking Back: In pioneering Azinian v. Mexico award, NAFTA tribunal dismissed claim on its merits, chastised claimants for investor misconduct and offered early analysis of the denial of justice standard
  Sep 06, 2017
• In newly-unearthed Energy Charter Treaty award (Isolux v. Spain), arbitrators grapple with denial of benefits, nationality planning, tax carve-out and EU law issues
  Jun 29, 2017
• In now-public Isolux v. Spain award, measures that later breached investor protections in Eiser case were not deemed to breach Isolux's legitimate expectations
  Jun 29, 2017
• Spain's arbitral winning streak comes to a halt, as ICSID tribunal awards 128 million euro (plus interest) for changes made in solar sector
  May 05, 2017
• ICSID Annulment Round-Up: requests filed in relation to awards involving Italy, Hungary, Argentina and Venezuela
  May 03, 2017
• New faces will hear resubmitted claim for higher damages in Teco v. Guatemala case, with Vaughan Lowe now in the chair
  Feb 12, 2017
• In new award, arbitrators disagree whether claims should be nixed due to overlap with local cases; dissenter critiques party-appointments, and challenge arises when tribunal secretary joins respondent's law firm
  Feb 01, 2017
• Costa Rica secures dismissal of Spanish investor's claims on admissibility grounds
  Jan 25, 2017
• French investor wins 23 million EUR under France-Hungary BIT
  Dec 16, 2016
• ANALYSIS: where do matters stand with respect to Energy Charter Treaty claims against Spain?
  Sep 28, 2016
• In newly-released award, majority reads US treaty's tax exception provision as foreclosing FET claims; arbitrators consider overlap of jurisdiction with double taxation treaty
  Jul 26, 2016
• On merits, arbitrators disagree as to Poland's liability in relation to tax authorities' handling of tax audits and treatment of transfer pricing conduct
  Jul 26, 2016
• ICSID ad-hoc committee finds fault with CAFTA Tribunal's approach to quantum in Guatemala case, anulling several damages and costs holdings
  Apr 06, 2016
• Effort to disqualify arbitral tribunal in Costa Rica case is rejected by ICSID
  Mar 09, 2016
• In-depth: exploring the reasons why an ICSID annulment committee has declined Romania's bid to annul Micula award
  Feb 28, 2016
• European Commission's arguments before Micula annulment committee are dismissed, but E.C. says that its non-enforceability arguments are gaining purchase in member-state courts
  Feb 28, 2016
• Breaking: Controversial arbitral award against Romania is upheld, thus affirming $250+ million compensation for Micula brothers
  Feb 26, 2016
• An update on three investment treaty claims against Hungary
  Feb 24, 2016
• UPDATED: Spain prevails on merits in first of many Energy Charter Treaty claims in the solar sector
  Jan 25, 2016
• Recent post-award developments in the Micula v. Romania I case
  Sep 10, 2015
• Claimant files challenge to entire tribunal in ICSID case against Costa Rica, as state requests discontinuance of separate case amid investor’s bankruptcy
  Jul 31, 2015
• Poland claims round-up: at least a dozen investment treaty arbitrations
  Jul 29, 2015
• Ecuador in midst of UNCITRAL arbitration following spurning by Petrobras and partners of migration to "service agreements"
  May 04, 2015
• Southern Africa: updates on Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique and Zimbabwe investment disputes
  Feb 04, 2015
• As Micula brothers sue European Commission, an ICSID Ad-Hoc Committee weighs in on EC's latest plea to be heard in Micula v. Romania
  Dec 10, 2014
• European Commission wades into solar arbitrations against Spain, intervening in one case a week before final hearings
  Nov 17, 2014
• Stay is lifted on $250 million ICSID award after Romania fails to give assurance that award would be paid in the event of non-annulment
  Oct 08, 2014
• Brussels' latest intervention casts shadow over investment treaty arbitrations brought by jilted solar energy investors
  Sep 08, 2014
• New twists in EU injunction of Romania: European Commission offers more details, as ICSID ad-hoc committee gives Romania an ultimatum
  Aug 19, 2014
• European Commission enjoins Romania from paying ICSID award, thus throwing a wrench into enforcement of intra-EU BIT ruling
  Aug 07, 2014
• As with earlier Argentine cases, avalanche of claims against Spain look set to be resolved by diversely-composed arbitral tribunals
  Jul 15, 2014
• ICSID Round-Up: New arbitrator in Pey v. Chile; new claim by Highbury and others vs Venezuela; and a bid to annul award in Rose Levy v. Peru
  May 21, 2014
• ICSID panelists in place in Courts v. Madagascar arbitration and Micula v. Romania (annulment) proceedings
  May 15, 2014
• Argentina-Repsol settlement pact stipulates that ICSID won't be used for any future arbitrations
  Apr 30, 2014
• Tribunals finalized in UNCITRAL and SCC claims arising out of solar-power controversies
  Apr 17, 2014
• Arbitrators named for claim by Greek shareholders in Cypriot bank and for claim by French investor against Hungary
  Mar 19, 2014
• Guatemala breached CAFTA due to arbitrary, non-transparent setting of electricity tariffs; bitter pill for Gov't in light of recent events
  Dec 26, 2013
• Full light is shed on the reasons for ICSID's rejection of Argentine efforts to remove arbitrators in Repsol case
  Dec 19, 2013
• 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
• ANALYSIS: In Uzbek case, tribunal reads investment treaty's "legality" clause narrowly, but refuses to let investor use MFN clause to avoid it altogether
  Dec 05, 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
• Full details emerge of Argentina’s effort to disqualify Francisco Orrego Vicuna in Repsol arbitration
  Oct 17, 2013
• Grounds for Argentine challenge to von Wobeser in Repsol case are revealed, as Argentina says it does not want ICSID or the PCA to make the call
  Oct 17, 2013
• Arbitrators decline jurisdiction over claims by Highbury and Ramstein under Dutch treaty and Venezuelan statute for expropriation of mining assets
  Sep 30, 2013
• Poland update: government grappling with at least five treaty disputes; arbitrators rule on participation of counsel in ICSID case
  Aug 09, 2013
• Ukraine pays ICSID award mere weeks after annulment committee finds no annullable errors in tribunal's analysis of causation and damages
  Aug 08, 2013
• Argentina Update: arbitrators finalized to hear Repsol’s claims for nationalization; Exxon claim proceeds to damages phase after liability ruling
  Jul 17, 2013
• ICSID annulment committees decline to annul arbitral awards in Malicorp v. Egypt and Lemire v. Ukraine
  Jul 10, 2013
• Spain round-up: twin Energy Charter claims moving at different speeds; arbitrator in third case agrees to hear jurisdictional objections first
  Jun 18, 2013
• Arbitrators frown on Spanish investor’s (Iberdrola) characterization of dispute over Guatemala electricity tariffs as an investment treaty matter
  Aug 20, 2012
• Toll highway concessionaire puts pressure on Dominican Republic to pay $42.5 million ICC arbitration award
  Aug 20, 2012
• ICSID tribunals composed in cases against Pakistan, Costa Rica, and Venezuela; Pakistan swiftly moves to challenge claimant’s nominated arbitrator
  Jul 26, 2012
• ICSID Round-Up: Arbitrators announced for claims against Albania, Guinea, Peru and Turkey annulment case
  Mar 14, 2012
• ICSID Round-up: Arbitrators named in cases against Poland, Kazakhstan and Egypt; annulment committee picked in Ukraine case
  Oct 26, 2011
• Presiding arbitrator is designated in gold and diamond mining dispute after parties fail to agree on candidate; underlying investment treaty was terminated several years ago, but claimants invoke its protections
  Jun 30, 2011
• Tribunal diverges as to the extent to which U.S.-Panama treaty permits foreign investors to challenge host country tax measures
  Mar 06, 2011
• Hungary prevails in first of three Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) arbitrations over power pricing disputes; arbitrators affirm that “politics” is not a dirty word
  Sep 28, 2010
• ANALYSIS: ECT’s stability clause does not immunize foreign investors from legal changes in Hungary; arbitrators see no clash between ECT and Hungary’s EU law obligations
  Sep 28, 2010
• Arbitrators selected in UNCITRAL arbitration between Bolivian investors and Republic of Ecuador
  Nov 13, 2009
• Peru prevails in arbitration over contractual stability agreement; Gov't moves to annul earlier Duke award
  Dec 17, 2008