Eduardo Zuleta - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS
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RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Eduardo Zuleta
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Eduardo Zuleta is tapped to chair NAFTA legacy arbitration against Mexico
Sep 07, 2023 -
Looking Back: ICSID tribunal in Iberdrola v. Guatemala (1) dismissed most claims on the basis that the claims purely arose under domestic law and rejected Iberdrola's claim for denial of justice on the merits
Aug 07, 2023 -
Tribunal in CC/Devas v. India (2) issues Interim Award on provisional measures, as India seeks to halt the arbitration through Mauritian courts
May 19, 2023 -
NAFTA tribunal emphasizes that interference with domestic criminal proceedings requires exceptional circumstances, but sets out modalities for accessing witness in prison
Apr 03, 2023 -
[Updated] Real estate arbitration arising out of Russia’s 2014 takeover of Crimea concludes with an award
Mar 30, 2023 -
Analysis: Allegations of Odebrecht-related corruption fail for second time in Lima highway concession dispute, despite tribunal applying flexible evidentiary standard; dissenter thought that corruption case was sufficiently made
Jan 27, 2023 -
As award in second contract arbitration with highway concessionaire surfaces, Lima moves to cancel concession - raising spectre of potential treaty claim
Jan 24, 2023 -
Analysis: Considerations of nationality play key role in UNCITRAL tribunal’s decision to decline jurisdiction over alleged investors in Mexican hotel ventures
Jan 04, 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 -
UNCITRAL tribunal declines jurisdiction over claims by investors in Mexican eco-tourism projects
Nov 23, 2022 -
FIL-based ICC tribunal dismisses microfinance company’s claim against Kosovo
Nov 21, 2022 -
Eduardo Zuleta is tapped to chair second treaty arbitration between Devas’ shareholders and India
Oct 06, 2022 -
Claimants in billion-dollar dispute with Venezuela ask for supplementary decision and rectification
Apr 29, 2022 -
ICSID tribunal awards 1.6 billion USD in compensation for expropriation of investment in Venezuela’s agriculture sector; dissenter would have declined jurisdiction due to manifest inexistence of foreign investment
Mar 24, 2022 -
[Updated] Mexican taximeter arbitrations are consolidated after claimants settle partnership dispute
Mar 11, 2022 -
ICSID ad hoc committee is formed to hear bid by Bangladeshi state-owned entities to annul contract-based gas award
Mar 10, 2022 -
Free to View: NAFTA/USMCA tribunal invites amicus curiae applications in emissions trading arbitration
Feb 02, 2022 -
ICSID ad hoc committee dismisses investors’ bid to annul second Micula v. Romania award
Jan 05, 2022 -
Spain files for annulment of solar power award
Dec 22, 2021 -
Power generation arbitration against Saudi Arabia concludes with an award
Dec 15, 2021 -
Halliburton subsidiary is pursuing arbitration against Petroecuador, with a tribunal already in place
Sep 07, 2021 -
Analysis: STEAG v. Spain tribunal applies discounts for taxation measure, gas-produced energy, contributory fault, reduction in lifespan, and sale of investment - reaching a damages figure of 27.7 million EUR
Aug 19, 2021 -
Tribunal majority orders Spain to pay 27.7 million EUR in damages to renewables investor, but arbitrators apply several discounts
Aug 18, 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 -
Eduardo Zuleta is tapped to chair mining claim against Mongolia
Jul 09, 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 -
Bulk of Perenco v. Ecuador award is upheld, but annulment committee finds fault with two discrete damages items
May 29, 2021 -
Three are in place to hear emissions trading claim against Canada
Apr 28, 2021 -
Kosovo Round-Up: A new case, new tribunals, and updates to ongoing arbitration disputes
Apr 16, 2021 -
Familiar faces are tapped to hear taximeter arbitration against Mexico
Jan 28, 2021 -
Easing of Qatar-Saudi Arabia tensions could affect treaty-based arbitrations
Jan 14, 2021 -
Award in favour of Russia surfaces, as claimant seeks to set it aside in Spanish courts
Dec 09, 2020 -
Eduardo Zuleta is tapped to chair renewable energy arbitration against Panama
Oct 19, 2020 -
Analysis: Tribunal majority in STEAG v. Spain reads investment pre-registration requirement as incorporating a specific commitment, but sees contributory fault by the investor; dissenter considers that the investment received a reasonable return
Oct 16, 2020 -
Tribunal majority in STEAG v. Spain finds that the state breached the claimant's legitimate expectations, but applies discounts to damages; Pierre-Marie Dupuy dissents
Oct 13, 2020 -
Sastre v. Mexico tribunal orders bifurcation of the proceedings after finding that Mexico’s jurisdictional objections, including objections to alleged “self-consolidation” and dual nationality, are prima facie serious
Sep 23, 2020 -
An ad hoc committee is in place to hear the investors’ bid to annul second Micula v. Romania award
Aug 31, 2020 -
OIC round up: An update on pending arbitration cases lodged under the OIC Investment Agreement
Aug 11, 2020 -
Analysis: Pugachev v. Russia tribunal sees no obstacle to BIT claims by dual national, but a majority declines jurisdiction after finding no foreign nationality at the time of the investment
Jun 23, 2020 -
[Updated] Russia announces that it prevailed in billion-dollar Pugachev v. Russia arbitration
Jun 22, 2020 -
[Updated with full analysis ] NAFTA tribunal dismisses claims in Nelson v. Mexico, leaving investor with $2 million costs order
Jun 17, 2020 -
Eduardo Zuleta is tapped to chair ad hoc committee in hotel development arbitration against Sri Lanka
Jun 04, 2020 -
Balkans Round-Up: An update on disputes against Albania, Bosnia, Greece, North Macedonia and Romania
May 15, 2020 -
A tribunal is in place to hear funder-backed claims against Uruguay
May 08, 2020 -
[UPDATED] As tribunal splits on jurisdiction, Spain prevails in under-the-radar UNCITRAL treaty claim
Apr 23, 2020 -
An UNCITRAL tribunal is in place to hear dispute over failed Mexican hotel ventures
Mar 13, 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 -
Dominique Hascher is tapped to chair Venezuela’s bid to annul +$8 billion (US) Conoco award
Feb 04, 2020 -
ICSID ad hoc committee extends stay of enforcement of Caratube II award, referring to the claimants’ conduct relative to previous arbitration
Dec 19, 2019 -
Venezuela files for annulment of hefty ConocoPhillips award
Dec 18, 2019 -
UNCITRAL tribunal rejects security for costs application prompted by Russia’s belated decision to defend itself in under-the-radar Crimea case
Nov 29, 2019 -
Three are named to hear Ecuador's bid to annul September 2019 Perenco award
Nov 19, 2019 -
After Spain award is trimmed down by €11 million, annulment committee declines request to stay its enforcement
Oct 31, 2019 -
Caratube v. Kazakhstan (II): Parties resume previously-suspended annulment proceedings; an ICSID ad hoc committee is formed, with Eduardo Zuleta tapped to chair
Sep 26, 2019 -
UPDATED: Tribunal agrees to correct errors in Conoco v. Venezuela award, thus stripping $227 million off of $8.3 billion previously awarded
Aug 30, 2019 -
ConocoPhillips v. Venezuela award (analysis 1 of 2): tribunal considers contractual liability caps and supports ex-post valuation at date of award
Mar 11, 2019 -
ConocoPhillips v. Venezuela award (analysis 2 of 2): tribunal rules on questions of evidence, discount rate, and costs
Mar 11, 2019 -
South American Silver v. Bolivia (Part 1 of 3): tribunal split as to whether indirectly-owned investments are covered by BIT, but majority upholds jurisdiction
Feb 21, 2019 -
South American Silver v. Bolivia (Part 2 of 3): tribunal finds that there is no “clean hands” doctrine under international law, and finds unlawful expropriation due to termination of mining concessions in protest-plagued region
Feb 21, 2019 -
South American Silver v. Bolivia (Part 3 of 3): majority sees no breach of FET or full protection; damages analysis sees only sunk costs as due
Feb 21, 2019 -
Dispute over struggling Veolia venture in Italy is now set to proceed, after Eduardo Zuleta is selected to chair arbitration
Jan 25, 2019 -
South American Silver wins on expropriation in long-running bilateral investment treaty case – but collects only sunk costs from Bolivia
Nov 23, 2018 -
Spain fails in its bid to disqualify chairman of investment arbitral tribunal
Sep 12, 2018 -
Tribunal is now in place to hear claim by Turkish investor against Azerbaijan; Eduardo Zuleta will chair the proceedings
Aug 21, 2018 -
Challenge filed against Eduardo Zuleta as hearings loom
Aug 10, 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 -
Saudi Arabia's challenge to Stanimir Alexandrov is rejected
Apr 30, 2018 -
As ICSID process grinds on, ICC tribunal weighs in with ruling under contract and orders PDVSA to pay ConocoPhillips $2 billion for breach of oil contracts
Apr 25, 2018 -
Arbitrator challenges: Bernard Hanotiau survives challenge in pending BIT arbitration; Saudi Arabia lodges challenge to Stanimir Alexandrov
Mar 19, 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 -
Luca Radicati di Brozolo to helm annulment committee in Venezuela case
Mar 07, 2018 -
As one BIT claim by Telefonica in Latin America comes to an end, another is filed
Feb 21, 2018 -
As Hydro v. Albania BIT case plays out at ICSID, Albania announces victory in related ICC contract case; claimant says it has filed a second ICC claim for expropriation
Jan 26, 2018 -
In now-surfaced Valores Mundiales award, arbitrators highlight why Venezuela’s denunciation of the ICSID Convention did not prevent a claimant from later filing for arbitration
Nov 05, 2017 -
Zuleta-led tribunal in Valores Mundiales v. Venezuela case sees breach of free transfers and FET clause, and weighs in on familiar damages issues, including country-risk premium and size-premium
Nov 05, 2017 -
Arbitrators order Russia to suspend its attempts to extradite claimant in ongoing BIT case; now-public ruling is latest to shed light on criteria for ordering interim measures against criminal/extradition proceedings
Nov 05, 2017 -
In Pugachev v. Russia arbitration, tribunal rules on requests for security for costs, disclosure of third-party funding, and an unusual security-for-claim request
Nov 05, 2017 -
Ten are designated to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the ICSID's leadership
Sep 17, 2017 -
UPDATED: Venezuela held liable by Zuleta-led tribunal for half a billion dollars in relation to breach of Spanish investment treaty
Jul 27, 2017 -
Eduardo Zuleta tapped to chair NAFTA claim against Mexico
Jun 29, 2017 -
Russia BIT claims: recent developments in arbitrations against the Russian Federation
Apr 13, 2017 -
In jurisdiction ruling, arbitrators rule that Russia is obliged under BIT to protect Ukrainian investors in Crimea following annexation
Mar 09, 2017 -
In new decision, ConocoPhillips tribunal rules on Venezuela's plea - bolstered by WikiLeaks cables - that it had offered market-value compensation for taking
Jan 18, 2017 -
Tribunals are finalized to hear claims against Greece and Venezuela
Dec 23, 2016 -
ANALYSIS: unpacking the recent annulment decision in SAUR v. Argentina
Dec 21, 2016 -
Ad-hoc committee rejects Argentina's attempt to annul award in favour of water concession investor
Dec 19, 2016 -
Arbitrators selected to hear UNCITRAL CAFTA case and ICSID Energy Charter Treaty dispute
Oct 26, 2016 -
In-depth: unpacking the reasons why an ICSID annulment committee has just declined to overturn award in Greek bonds case
Oct 02, 2016 -
Another challenge to Yves Fortier in ConocoPhillips case is rejected - this time on eve of hearings - but co-arbitrators decline to order costs against Venezuela
Jul 26, 2016 -
As first of two sets of hearings loom in Conoco-Venezuela BIT case, parties prepare to air multiple arguments that could affect subsequent damages calculations
Jul 04, 2016 -
ICSID picks replacement for Kenneth Keith in Conoco v. Venezuela arbitration
Apr 25, 2016 -
In-depth: the full reasons for ad-hoc committee's dismissal of Argentine annulment bid in Total case - and for rejecting challenge to Teresa Cheng
Feb 09, 2016 -
Argentina fails in its bid to annul arbitral award in favour of Total S.A.
Feb 01, 2016 -
UNCITRAL BIT tribunal denies a governmental bid for security for costs, rejecting Gavan Griffith’s view of third-party funded investors
Jan 25, 2016 -
Investor offers views on legal significance of human rights arguments - and insists it has suffered unlawful expropriation - in latest pleading in Bolivian silver mine dispute
Jan 20, 2016 -
Battle over security for costs in third-party funded UNCITRAL BIT arbitration heats up
Jan 20, 2016 -
Russia disputes round-up: updates on status of 11 known investment treaty claims
Jan 19, 2016 -
ICSID renewables claims against Spain reach 23, along with some signs of repeat arbitrator appointments - but no common chairs as yet
Nov 17, 2015 -
$2.5 million security for costs order is requested by government, as well as disclosure of third-party funding arrangements in ongoing UNCITRAL mine dispute
Nov 05, 2015 -
Breaking: committee members in Total v. Argentina case reject challenge to their colleague
Aug 28, 2015 -
Background: Argentina challenges ICSID annulment committee member in two cases, after belated non-disclosure of Freshfields connections
Aug 28, 2015 -
South American Silver lays out $385 million case against Bolivia; government counters that UK treaty should not protect "Canadian investment"
Jun 14, 2015 -
Bolivia alleges investor misconduct in silver mining claim, but tribunal deems it prudent to redact certain details so as to not exacerbate dispute
Jun 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 -
Arbitrators toss out ICSID claim against Peru due to abusive restructuring of investment
Jan 18, 2015 -
Ad hoc committee splits, but majority decides to uphold earlier tribunal's award in Iberdrola v. Guatemala case
Jan 15, 2015 -
In-Depth: The Daimler v. Argentina annulment decision
Jan 11, 2015 -
Argentina round-up: ICSID ad-hoc committee declines to annul 2012 award in Daimler case; three panelists chosen to hear challenge to SAUR award
Jan 08, 2015 -
Intra-EU treaty claims controversy: new decisions and developments in claims brought by EU investors vs. Spain and Hungary
Dec 24, 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 -
Annulment is not an appeal: ICSID ad hoc committee dismisses Paraguay's application to annul SGS v. Paraguay award
Jun 13, 2014 -
Arbitrators in South American Silver v. Bolivia (UNCITRAL) proceeding are revealed, and include former Argentine official
Feb 05, 2014 -
$20+ million Impregilo award against Argentina withstands annulment attempt; committee won't second-guess majority's decision to take jurisdiction via MFN clause
Jan 26, 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 -
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 -
Tribunal is named to hear ICSID arbitration claim by foreign bondholders against Greece
Oct 22, 2013 -
Arbitrators fall out over Mexican demands for transparency in Telefónica case; dissenter seeks proof that publicity would exacerbate dispute
Aug 22, 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 -
ICSID annulment committees decline to annul arbitral awards in Malicorp v. Egypt and Lemire v. Ukraine
Jul 10, 2013 -
In a first for ICSID: claimant is cleared to seek enforcement of arbitral award while annulment proceedings remain ongoing
Jun 04, 2013 -
ICSID annulment notes: Sri Lanka seeks to overturn award in favour of Deutsche Bank; panelists named to hear Daimler’s challenge to Argentine verdict
Mar 12, 2013 -
Arbitrators selected for Telefonica v. Mexico investment treaty arbitration
Feb 14, 2013 -
ICSID Tribunal Selections: Arbitrators picked for Hungary, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea disputes and Paraguay annulment proceeding
Sep 06, 2012 -
Arbitrators frown on Spanish investor’s (Iberdrola) characterization of dispute over Guatemala electricity tariffs as an investment treaty matter
Aug 20, 2012 -
ICSID Round-Up: Argentina bondholders tribunal reconstituted, Hungary tribunal picked, and two new annulment panels chosen
Jan 31, 2012 -
ICSID Docket Round-Up: Four tribunals are announced in Peru, Venezuela, Albania and Romania cases; ICSID picks chairs in two cases following deadlock
Dec 01, 2011 -
ICSID Round-up: Arbitrators named in cases against Poland, Kazakhstan and Egypt; annulment committee picked in Ukraine case
Oct 26, 2011 -
US electricity company requests arbitration for alleged breaches of CAFTA by Guatemala
Nov 25, 2010 -
Tribunals selected in one Peru case (Convial Callao S.A), as another (by Renée Rose Levy)materializes; arbitrators chosen in Tidewater v.Venezuela case
Sep 15, 2010 -
Arbitrators selected in UNCITRAL arbitration between Bolivian investors and Republic of Ecuador
Nov 13, 2009