ICSID
IISD | 14-Jan-2013
It is quite common in investment arbitration for the respondent state to include in its defense to treaty claims one or more criticisms of the investor’s underlying conduct.
keywords:
ICSID ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
| 10-Jan-2013
Spanish power grid operator Red Electrica said on Tuesday it had begun to seek World Bank arbitration over Bolivia’s expropriation of its transmission business TDE.
| 24-Dec-2012
Recent disputes, including the GMR-Maldives government row and the clash between foreign telecom firms Telenor, Sistema, Etisalat and Vodafone and the Indian government, have exposed India’s vulnerable position in investment agreements. While the foreign telecom companies can use a potent weapon - the ’investment protection’ clause in bilateral treaties - against India, GMR cannot do the same with Maldives.
keywords:
ICSID ,
India ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Maldives ,
telecommunications
| 23-Dec-2012
The World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes has handed down a ruling against the Ecuadorian government, finding that it “unlawfully expropriated” U.S. firm Burlington Resources’ investments in two oil blocks.
keywords:
corporate interests ,
Ecuador ,
energy ,
ICSID ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
natural resources ,
US
| 29-Nov-2012
Argentina faces 42 claims at the World Bank’s ICSID in which the plaintiffs are demanding compensations for almost 65 billion dollars, revealed Eduardo Barcesat legal advisor to the Argentine Treasury and one of several lawyers who has defended the country in those litigations.
| 16-Oct-2012
L’Equateur a annoncé officiellement le 8 octobre 2012 qu´il exigera l’annulation de la dernière décision du Centre International pour le Règlement des Différends Relatifs aux Investissements (CIRDI) communiquée le 5 octobre 2012
| 7-Oct-2012
Ecuador officially announced on 8 October 2012 that it will request the annulment of the recent decision of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) which was communicated on 5 October 2012 (ICSID Decision ARB/06/11).
| 11-Jun-2012
On 5 June 2012 the arbitral tribunal of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) adopted the decision on the case initiated by Caratube International Oil Company LLP (CIOC) against the Republic of Kazakhstan.
| 5-Jun-2012
In a May 31 press release, the US private equity fund Lone Star said it was planning to request investor state dispute (ISD) arbitration for losses suffered due to "unlawful" interference by the South Korean government.
keywords:
Belgium ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Korea ,
Luxembourg ,
US
| 24-May-2012
Churchill Mining (LON:CHL) said it has now filed for international arbitration in its dispute regarding the East Kutai coal project (EKCP) in Indonesia, 75 per cent owned by Churchill.
