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HSF team play key role in significant ICSID Award dealing with an Intra-EU BIT Case
Members of the HSF Paris disputes team have played a key role in obtaining a successful ICSID award for Chèque Déjeuner ("CD"), the French meal voucher …
English Court of Appeal refuses Micula Appeal against stay of ICSID Award but orders Romania to provide £150m Security
In Micula & Ors v Romania [2018] EWCA Civ 1801 the English Court of Appeal (the "Court") dismissed an appeal against the High Court's stay of …
English Court Stays Enforcement of Micula ICSID Award Against Romania
In Micula & Ors v Romania & Anor [2017] EWHC 31 (Comm) the English High Court stayed enforcement of a 2013 ICSID award in favour of Swedish …
ICSID tribunal rules that it is neither necessary nor urgent to grant security for costs from a claimant with the benefit of third-party funding
An ICSID tribunal has rejected a State's application for security for costs in circumstances in which the other party had third-party funding in the form …
ICSID announces sixteen topics for consideration in its review of the ICSID Arbitration Rules
Following invitations to ICSID member States and the public to submit topics for potential review, ICSID has published a paper on the Rules Amendment …
Live webcast of hearing on jurisdiction and the merits: United Utilities (Tallinn) B.V. and Aktsiaselts Tallinna Vesi v. Republic of Estonia (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/24)
A hearing on jurisdiction and the merits in ICSID Case No. ARB/14/24, United Utilities (Tallinn) B.V. and Aktsiaselts Tallinna Vesi v Republic of …
ICSID issues Practice Notes for Respondents in ICSID Arbitration aimed at helping states avoid investment disputes and demystifying ICSID procedure
ICSID has published Practice Notes for Respondents in ICSID Arbitration (the "Notes"), a 31 page practical guidance note on ICSID arbitration brought …
Exxon Mobil is awarded US$1.6 billion in ICSID claim against Venezuela – to be set off against award in parallel contractual arbitration
On 9 October 2014, a tribunal of H.E. Judge Gilbert Guillaume (President), Professor Kaufmann-Kohler and Dr. Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri rendered a final …
Argentina settles five outstanding investment treaty arbitration claims in historic break with its anti-enforcement stance
Argentina has agreed to settle five separate investment treaty arbitration claims at a cost of around USD 500 million, in an historic departure from the …
Ecuador to establish commission to audit bilateral investment treaties
On 5 October 2013, the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, confirmed that a commission is to be established to audit the bilateral investment treaties …
Argentina's "expropriation" of Repsol oil subsidiary: the legal landscape
On 16 April 2012, Argentina's President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, presented a draft Bill to Congress setting out the Government's intention to …
Venezuela follows Bolivia and Ecuador with plans to denounce ICSID Convention
On 14 January 2012, Venezuela's Energy Minister, Rafael Ramírez, and president of state-owned oil utility PDVSA, announced the country's intention to …