The US-based private equity firm Carlyle, is suing the Moroccan government for over USD 400 million in the ICSID, claiming the sum is equivalent to the profit lost when Morocco’s sole refinery went bankrupt three years ago.
According to an official at the ministry, the fund can file the ISDS after a 90-day "grace period," as it is stated in the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
Le fonds d’investissement et ses entités menacent le Maroc d’un recours devant le CIRDI. Ils réclament le remboursement de plus de 400 millions de dollars, montant correspondant à leur créance sur la Samir.
Dans procédure parallèle à celle engagée devant la Banque mondiale, ConocoPhillips a indiqué avoir obtenu gain de cause contre la société pétrolière d’Etat vénézuélienne PDVSA.
In a separate arbitration claim from the ICSID case, the International Chamber of Commerce has ordered Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA to pay ConocoPhillips $2.04 billion for early dissolution of two joint ventures for producing oil.
Le groupe américain d’énergie Invenergy a annoncé avoir lancé un arbitrage international contre la Pologne, estimant ses droits d’investisseur étranger menacés après que Varsovie a changé les régulations en matière d’énergie renouvelable.
The Invenergy group has submitted a notice of arbitration against Poland citing violations of Invenergy’s rights as a foreign investor and clear breaches of Poland’s obligations under the United States-Poland bilateral investment treaty.
US multinational Kimberly-Clark has filed a formal request to take Venezuela to court regarding the expropriation of its abandoned factory by the government of Nicolas Maduro in July 2016.