Vodafone ha ganado un arbitraje de miles de millones de dólares (algunas fuentes lo cifran en cerca de 3.000 millones de dólares) a India ante un tribunal de la Corte Permanente de Arbitraje que ha declarado al país responsable de reclamaciones derivadas de un impuesto retroactivo a las transacciones.
Vodafone Group Plc’s big win against the Indian government could set a precedent for similar arbitration cases, including the one initiated by Cairn Energy Plc.
Vodafone won an international arbitration case against the Indian government, ending one of the most high-profile disputes in the country involving a $2 billion tax claim.
The tribunal held that the Mexican authorities had not violated international commercial law or breached their commitments under treaties to which they were a party.
Vodafone’s dispute relates to its $11 billion acquisition of a 67% stake in the mobile-phone business owned by Hutchison Whampoa. Cairn Energy is contesting a big tax bill that Indian government raised for a 2006 transaction.
Le tribunal arbitral a rejeté l’ensemble des demandes de la société Consutel, dont un montant s’élevant à 408,880 millions de dollars US, en guise réparations requises pour cause de présumés dommages subis.
Telenor, the principal investor of Bangladesh’s leading mobile phone operator Grameen Phone, has served a legal notice to the President of Bangladesh seeking arbitration.
Telefónica ha formalizado su demanda en el Ciadi, al igual que ya había hecho América Móvil. Entre ambas compañías reclaman más de 1,200 millones de euros al país.