Monica Pinto - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Monica Pinto

• Analysis: In Ahron Frenkel v. Croatia, ICSID tribunal majority applies doctrines of res judicata and abuse of process to dismiss case; dissenter opines that claimant was denied access to justice
  Mar 03, 2025
• [Updated with Award] Croatia prevails in second golf course arbitration
  Jan 30, 2025
• [Updated with Decisions] Revealed: In aviation dispute with Lebanon, ICSID ad hoc committee rejects investor’s annulment bid, upholding tribunal’s findings on quantum against contention that claimant should have been awarded higher amounts
  Dec 12, 2024
• [Updated] Belgian courts enforce Japanese claimant's ECT award against Spain’s air control authority
  Jul 12, 2024
• Three are in place to review claimant’s bid to annul ICSID award that found Tunisia in breach of BIT but awarded only nominal damages
  Jul 05, 2024
• Arbitrators comings and goings: Newly constituted and reconstituted tribunals in cases involving Egypt, Italy, and Honduras
  May 21, 2024
• Tribunal hearing gas dispute with Peru is reconstituted
  Jan 26, 2024
• ICSID tribunal dismisses USA’s argument that claims by Ukrainian-owned companies manifestly lack legal merit
  Jan 25, 2024
• Analysis: In recently released Cementos v. Egypt decision, ICSID ad hoc committee dismisses investor’s request for annulment of award that found breach of effective means provision, but declined to award any damages
  Jan 03, 2024
• Arbitrators comings and goings: A successful arbitrator challenge, a new tribunal, and a resignation
  Nov 01, 2023
• Three are in place to hear investors’ bid to annul finding of abuse of process
  Jul 20, 2023
• Analysis: Global Telecom Holding v. Canada award withstands annulment bids by both parties, as ICSID ad hoc committee sees no reason to annul either the tribunal’s decision to uphold jurisdiction over national security review mechanism, or the ultimate dismissal of GTH’s claims
  Apr 03, 2023
• ICSID tribunal hearing claim against the USA is reconstituted, following disqualification of the respondent’s initial appointee
  Jan 25, 2023
• Three are in place to hear Peruvian gas dispute
  Dec 06, 2022
• ICSID tribunal hearing Croatian golf course dispute reportedly rejects provisional measures request
  Dec 01, 2022
• Three are in place to hear mining investors’ bid to annul findings of corruption
  Nov 07, 2022
• [Updated with a copy of the Decision] ICSID ad hoc committee dismisses both parties’ bids to annul award in telecoms dispute with Canada
  Oct 03, 2022
• [Updated] Construction arbitration against Panama is discontinued
  Jul 25, 2022
• Ukrainian-owned claimants challenge USA’s appointee in treaty arbitration
  Jul 18, 2022
• Monica Pinto is tapped to chair treaty arbitration brought by Ukrainian oligarchs against the USA
  Jul 06, 2022
• Spain is reportedly ordered to pay 23.5 million EUR to Japanese renewables investor
  Nov 30, 2021
• Three are tapped to review award in Lebanese aviation dispute, as parallel OIC Treaty arbitration lurks in background
  Aug 06, 2021
• Three are in place to hear golf course dispute at ICSID
  Jul 22, 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 women are selected to hear ICSID arbitration against Peru
  May 11, 2021
• ICSID annulment committee is constituted to hear challenge to Egyptian cement award
  Mar 28, 2021
• Three are named to hear investor’s annulment bid in geothermal power dispute
  Feb 26, 2021
• ICSID tribunal decides that it lacks the power to enjoin Panama from liquidating a performance guarantee under the terms of the Panama-US TPA
  Feb 25, 2021
• Three are in place to hear dispute over Panamanian construction venture
  Dec 14, 2020
• Three are in place to hear bids by both parties to annul telecoms award
  Sep 24, 2020
• August Reinisch withstands challenge in Spanish renewables case
  Jul 15, 2020
• Italba v. Uruguay annulment proceedings are discontinued
  Jun 17, 2020
• Two replacement arbitrators are nominated in Spanish renewables arbitrations, and Spain challenges one
  May 12, 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
• Three are named to hear Ecuador's bid to annul September 2019 Perenco award
  Nov 19, 2019
• Analysis: Full reasons for dismissal of challenge to Gabriel Bottini surface, clarifying why his fellow panelists saw no basis for disqualification; new challenge hinged on double-hatting challenge in prior case
  Nov 10, 2019
• Arbitrator updates: challenge to Gabriel Bottini is rejected; Hanotiau tapped to chair Serbia dispute; Rigo Sureda and Siqueiros step in as replacements
  Oct 30, 2019
• Arbitrator disqualification developments: Spain fails to disqualify tribunal in renewables case; chair steps down after challenge in another Spain case; investor takes aim at ad hoc committee member
  Oct 09, 2019
• Italba v. Uruguay: Three named to hear investor's bid to annul unfavourable award
  Aug 28, 2019
• Hungary seeks to capitalize on EU Court of Justice ruling on intra-EU investment treaties
  Jun 12, 2018
• More repeat arbitrators continue to emerge as tribunals are finalized in four more ICSID Cases against Spain
  Jan 25, 2016