The following is a list of investor-state dispute settlement cases. This information was compiled by the Energy Charter Secretariat and is updated regularly.
Please note that there is no requirement that such disputes be notified to the Secretariat, nor is the Secretariat involved in the administration of the investor-state dispute settlement procedure. The information below was compiled from various public sources, and includes links to publicly available documents; while the Secretariat has made efforts to ensure that this information is reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be guaranteed.
Counsel: Allen & Overy (S. Jagusch & J. Gill) v. information not publicly available
Case registered: 25.04.2001
Forum & reference: ICSID Case n°. ARB/01/4
Arbitrators: Allan Philip (chair); Francisco Orrego Vicuña; Prosper Weil
Subject matter: Electricity sale agreement
Status of proceeding: Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at their request (3 January 2002)
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: N/A
Counsel: Hellström & Partners Adv. (J. Wetterfors & P. Winnberg) v. Setterwalls Adv. (F. Wennerholm & P. Törnquist) Grunte & Cers, Riga (G. Cers)
Case registered: 11.12.2001
Forum & reference: Arbitration Institute of the SCC - Case n.° 118/2001
Arbitrators: Bjørn Haug (chair); Rolf A. Schütze; Johan Gernandt
Subject matter: Electricity sale agreement
Status of proceeding: Award rendered on 16.12.2003
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: Award (click to download)
Counsel: Shearman & Sterling LLP (E. Gaillard & J. Savage); V. Colaiuta ("Avocat à la Cour" - for the phase on the merits up to May 2007); Nixon Peabody LLP (F.H. Penski - hearing on the merits) v. Bulgarian Ministry of Finance (I. Kondov); White & Case LLP (P. Friedland – New-York; C.B. Lamm; A. Cohen Smutny – Washington DC); Tomov & Tomov (L. Tomov)
Case registered: 19.08.2003
Forum & reference: ICSID Case n°. ARB/03/24
Arbitrators: Carl F. Salans (chair); Albert Jan van den Berg; V.V. Veeder
Subject matter: Oil refinery investment
Status of proceeding: Award rendered on 27.08.2008
10.02.2004 - Tribunal is constituted
20-21.09.2004 - Tribunal holds a hearing on jurisdiction in Paris
28.10.2005 - Decision on jurisdiction (click to download)
28.01-01.02.2008 - Tribunal holds a hearing on the merits in Washington, D.C.
14.04.2008 - Tribunal holds a hearing on oral arguments in Washington, D.C.
09.06.2008 - Tribunal declares the proceeding closed in accordance with ICSID Arbitration Rule 38(1)
27.08.2008 - Award rendered
Claim: USD 300 million (Shearman & Sterling website)
Award: Award (click to dowload)
Counsel: Setterwalls Adv. (F. Wennerholm & J. Sidklev) v. Leboeuf, Lamb, Green & McRae (E. Claes – Brussels; J.T. Corrigan & N. Aldashec – Bishkek)
Case registered: 01.09.2003
Forum & reference: Arbitration Institute of the SCC – Case n.° 126/2003
Arbitrators: former Justice Hans Danelius (chair), Jeroen Smets, Professor Ove Bring
Subject matter: Gas delivery contract
Status of proceeding:
Award rendered on 29.03.2005
Application for setting aside of award rejected by Svea Court of Appeal on 13.04.2006
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: Award (click to download)
Judgment (click to download)
Counsel: Lovells (A.R. Marshall & J. Reynolds), James Crawford SC & Simon Olleson v. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (M.D. Nolan & E. Baldwin)
Case registered: 18.03.2004
Forum & reference: ICSID Case n°. ARB/04/10
Arbitrators: Marc Lalonde QC (chair); Jan Paulsson; Sir Anthony Mason
Subject matter: Thermal energy project, dispute relating to boiler rehabilitation
Status of proceeding: Settlement agreed by the parties and proceeding discontinued at their request
(Order taking note of the discontinuance pursuant to Arbitration Rule 43(1) issued by the Tribunal on 13.03.2006)
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: N/A
Counsel: Shearman & Sterling (E. Gaillard, Y. Banifatemi, P. Pinsolle) v. Cleary Gottlieb (R.T. Greig, C. Annacker)
Case registered: 03.02.2005
Forum & reference: Ad hoc UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague
Arbitrators: L. Yves Fortier (chair); Charles Poncet (replacing Daniel Price); Stephen Schwebel
Subject matter: Discriminatory measures and expropriation of investments
Status of proceeding: Pending
30.11.2009 - Interim Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility rendered (click to download)
Claim: USD 100 billion (total amount of compensation sought for disputes 6, 7, 8 - www.globalarbitrationreview.com)
Award: N/A
Counsel: Shearman & Sterling (E. Gaillard, Y. Banifatemi, P. Pinsolle) v. Cleary Gottlieb (R.T. Greig, C. Annacker)
Case registered: 03.02.2005
Forum & reference: Ad hoc UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague
Arbitrators: L. Yves Fortier (chair); Charles Poncet (replacing Daniel Price); Stephen Schwebel
Subject matter: Discriminatory measures and expropriation of investments
Status of proceeding: Pending
30.11.2009 - Interim Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility rendered (click to download)
Claim: USD 100 billion (total amount of compensation sought for disputes 6, 7, 8 - www.globalarbitrationreview.com)
Award: N/A
Counsel: Shearman & Sterling (E. Gaillard, Y. Banifatemi, P. Pinsolle) v. Cleary Gottlieb (R.T. Greig, C. Annacker)
Case registered: 03.02.2005
Forum & reference: Ad hoc UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague
Arbitrators: L. Yves Fortier (chair); Charles Poncet (replacing Daniel Price); Stephen Schwebel
Subject matter: Discriminatory measures and expropriation of investments
Status of proceeding: Pending
30.11.2009 - Interim Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility rendered (click to download)
Claim: USD 100 billion (total amount of compensation sought for disputes 6, 7, 8 - www.globalarbitrationreview.com)
Award: N/A
Counsel: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP (K. Nairn & D. Herlihy) v. DLA Piper (C. Salomon & M. Saunders)
Case registered: 03.10.2005
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/05/18
Arbitrators: L. Yves Fortier (chair); Francisco Orrego Vicuña; Vaughan Lowe (appointed following the passing away of Arthur Watts)
Subject matter: Oil and gas distribution enterprise
Status of proceeding: Award rendered on 03.03.2010
27.02.2006 - Tribunal constituted
15-16.01.2007 - Tribunal holds a first hearing on jurisdiction in London
06.07.2007 - Decision on jurisdiction (click to download)
10.01.2009-19.01.2009 - Tribunal holds a hearing on the merits in London
03.03.2010 – Award rendered
16.07.2010 – Application for annulment registered
Claim: USD 350 million (DLA Piper website)
Award: Award (click to download)
Counsel: Mannheimer Swartling (K. Hóber) & Svahnström (S. Svahnström) v. Grischenko & Partners (S. Voitovich, D. Grischenko and D. Shemelin) and Proxen & Partners (A. Alekseyev and O. Shevchuk)
Case registered: November 2005
Forum & reference: Arbitration Institute of the SCC
Arbitrators: Bernardo Cremades (chair), Per Runeland, Christer Söderlund
Subject matter: Nuclear power plant (dispute arising out of the bankruptcy of a nuclear power plant and default under contracts to provide services in relation to high voltage electrical equipment used in Zaporizhya power plant in Ukraine)
Status of proceeding: Award rendered on 26.03.2008
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: Award (click to download)
Counsel: Hunton & Williams (R.W. Hawkins & D.D. Cors, Washington, D.C.; S.M. Sayers & T.J. Cawley of McLean, Va.) v. Allen & Overy (S. Jagusch, M. Levy, A. Sinclair & M. Jain – London; L. Gouiffès – Paris)
Case registered: 28.12.2005
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/05/24
Arbitrators: David A. R. Williams (chair); Judge Charles N. Brower; Jan Paulsson
Subject matter: Nuclear power plant
Status of proceeding: Pending
20.04.2006 - Tribunal constituted
03.07.2006 - Tribunal holds a first session in London
05-16.05.2008 - Hearing on jurisdiction and merits in Paris
12.06.2009 - Decision on the Treaty interpretation issue and Individual Opinion (click to download)
Claim: Euro 31.7 Million (statement from Croatia's Ministry of Economy)
Award: N/A
Counsel: Crowell & Moring LLP (S.H. Newberger, D. Contratto) & A.L. Demetriades, Barrister (Cyprus) v. Information not publicly available
Case registered: 19.04.2006
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/06/8
Arbitrators: Michael Hwang (chair), Henri C. Alvarez and Sir Franklin Berman Q.C.
Subject matter: Electricity generation and distribution concessions (expropriation)
Status of proceeding: Pending
18.12.2006 - Tribunal constituted
12.02.2007 - Tribunal holds a first session in New York
28-29.04.2008 - Tribunal holds a hearing on the parties' request in Washington, D.C.
23.06.2008 - Tribunal issues a detailed decision on preliminary issues
Claim: USD 10 billion (claim announced 23.02.2006 www.crowell.com)
Award: N/A
Counsel: McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP (J. Blanch & A. Moody) v. Allen & Overy (S. Jagusch, J. Gill & A. Sinclair – London; L. Gouiffès – Paris)
Case registered: 30.08.2006
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/06/15
Arbitrators: Florentino P. Feliciano (chair - appointed following the passing away of Arthur Watts), Professor Christopher Greenwood QC CMG, Judge Charles N. Brower
Subject matter: Oil and gas distribution, trade, storage and transportation enterprises
Status of proceeding: Award rendered on 27.08.2009
18.01.2007 - Tribunal is constituted
02.04.2007 - Tribunal holds its first session in London
30.06-01.07.2008 - Tribunal holds a hearing on jurisdiction in London
07.01.2009 - Tribunal issues a procedural order concerning the Respondent's request for the discontinuance of the proceeding of 31.12.2008
27.08.2009 - Award rendered
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: Award (click to download)
Counsel: Lovells (M. Davison & J. Reynolds); Yazici (M. Yazici) v. Latham & Watkins LLP (R. Volterra & S. Seeleman-Eggebert)
Case registered: 16.10.2006
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/06/16
Arbitrators: Vaughan Lowe (chair); Peter Galbraith; Brigitte Stern
Subject matter: Electricity concession
Status of proceeding: 28.09.2009 - Settlement agreed to by the parties (http://icsid.worldbank.org)
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: Settlement award
Counsel: Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå (K. Hóber, J. Ragnwaldh & N. Eliasson) v. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (J. Paulsson, L. Reed & B. King) and Cosar Avukatlik Bürosu (Aydin Cosar, U. Cosar & Arzu Cosar)
Case registered: 16.11.2006
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/06/2
Arbitrators: Pierre Tercier (Chair), Marc Lalonde QC, Christopher Thomas
Subject matter: Electricity concessions
Status of proceeding: Award rendered on 17.09.2009
11.05.2007 - Tribunal constituted
23.08.2007 - Tribunal holds a first session in Paris
26.05.2008 - Tribunal holds a hearing on the parties' renewed applications in Paris
30.07.2008 - Tribunal issues a procedural order concerning the procedural calendar
22.01.2009 - Tribunal issues a procedural order deciding to deal with the objections to jurisdiction as a preliminary matter; as a result the proceeding on the merits is suspended
17.09.2009 - Award rendered
Claim: USD 4.6 billion (www.globalarbitrationreview.com)
Award: Award (click to download)
Counsel: Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå (K. Hóber, J. Ragnwaldh & N. Eliasson) v. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (J. Paulsson, L. Reed & B. King) and Cosar Avukatlik Bürosu (Aydin Cosar, U. Cosar & Arzu Cosar)
Case registered: 06.03.2007
Forum & reference: ICSID Case n°. ARB(AF)/07/2
Arbitrators: Donald McRae (Chair); Julian D M Lew QC; Laurent Lévy
Subject matter: Electricity concessions
Status of proceeding: Award rendered on 13.08.2009
13.09.2007 - Tribunal constituted
21.11.2007 - Tribunal holds a first session with the parties by telephone conference
25.05.2008 - Tribunal holds a hearing on the parties' renewed applications in Paris
23.07.2008 - Tribunal issues a procedural order concerning the procedural calendar
23.12.2008 - Tribunal issues a procedural order concerning the continuation of the proceeding
13.08.2009 - Award rendered
Claim: USD 3.8 billion (www.globalarbitrationreview.com)
Award: Award (click to download)
Counsel: Clifford Chance (A. Sheppard, A. Panayides & I. Suarez Anzorena) v. Reed Smith LLP (D. Warne & B. Paisley) and 3 Verulam Buildings (A. Malek QC & C. Harris)
Case registered: 16.07.2007
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/07/14
Arbitrators: Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, Kaj Hóber and James R. Crawford
Subject matter: Exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons
Status of proceeding: Award rendered on 22.06.2010
24.01.2008 - Tribunal constituted
02.04.2008 - Tribunal holds a first session in London
15.10.2008 - Tribunal issues a procedural order concerning the procedural calendar
22.06.2010 - Award rendered
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: Information not publicly available
Counsel: Clifford Chance LLP (J. Beechey, A. Sheppard – London & Z. Faludi – Budapest) v. Arnold & Porter LLP (J. Engelmayer Kalicki – Washington, D.C., T. Frazer – London, L. Gyselen – Brussels) & Dr. J. Katona
Case registered: 13.08.2007
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No.ARB/07/19
Arbitrators: V.V. Veeder (Chair); Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler; Brigitte Stern
Subject matter: Electricity generation
Status of proceeding: Pending
05.12.2007 - Tribunal constituted
15.05.2008 - Tribunal holds a first session in London
03.09.2008 - ICSID receives a petition for amicus curiae participation from the European Commission
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: N/A
Counsel: Allen & Overy (S. Jagusch, R. Farnhill & J. Sullivan) v. Arnold & Porter LLP (J. Engelmayer Kalicki – Washington, D.C., T. Frazer – London, L. Gyselen – Brussels) & Dr. J. Katona
Case registered: 13.08.2007
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No.ARB/07/22
Arbitrators: Claus von Wobeser (Chair); J. William Rowley; Brigitte Stern
Subject matter: Electricity generation
Status of proceeding: Award rendered on 23.09.2010
20.11.2007 - Tribunal constituted
09.01.2008 - Tribunal holds a first session in London
03.09.2008 - ICSID receives a petition for amicus curiae participation
26.11.2008 - Tribunal issues a procedural order concerning the filing of an amicus curiae written submission pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 37(2)
23.09.2010 - Award rendered
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: Award (click to download)
Counsel: Prof. A. Amkan & Dr F. Schwank (for jurisdictional and liability phase); Martin, Lubitz & Hyman LLC (J. F. English) (for final phase) v. information not publicly available
Case registered: 30.05.2008
Forum & reference: Arbitration Institute of the SCC - case n° V (064/2008)
Arbitrators: Jeffrey M. Hertzfeld (Chair); Richard Happ; Prof. Ivan S. Zykin
Subject matter: Hydrocarbon exploration licences
Status of proceeding: Final award rendered on 08.06.2010
02.09.2009 - Partial award on jurisdiction and liability rendered (click to download)
Claim: USD 227 million plus specific performance
Award: Award (click to download)
Counsel: Shearman & Sterling LLP (P. Pinsolle & Y. Banifatemi) v. Clifford Chance LLP (A. Sheppard & B. Kruzewski) and Public Prosecutor's office (R. Zajdler)
Case registered: 24.07.2008
Forum & reference: Arbitration Institute of the SCC
Arbitrators: Pierre Tercier (Chair); Albert Jan van den Berg; Vaughan Lowe QC
Subject matter: Mandatory fuel reserves
Status of proceeding: Pending
Tribunal constituted (announced on 22.01.2009 at www.iareporter.com)
Claim: USD 700 million (www.globalarbitrationreview.com)
Award: N/A
Counsel: Volterra Fietta (R. Volterra & S. Fietta) v. Sidley Austin LLP & in-house counsel
Case registered: 27.08.2008
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/08/13
Arbitrators: William W. Park (Chair); Marc Lalonde QC; Brigitte Stern
Subject matter: Electricity concession
Status of proceeding: Pending
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: N/A
Counsel: Information not publicly available
Case registered: 2008
Forum & reference: Arbitration Institute of the SCC
Arbitrators: Prof. Gabriele Crespi Reghizzi (Chair); Alexander S. Komarov; Evgeny Kubko
Subject matter: Atomic energy
Status of proceeding: Pending
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: N/A
Counsel: Mannheimer Swartling LLP (K. Hobér) and Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (R. Happ) v. K&L Gates (S. Konrad) and in-house counsel
Case registered: 17.04.2009
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/09/6
Arbitrators: Marc Lalonde QC (Chair); Sir Franklin Berman QC; Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
Subject matter: Construction of a coal-fired power plant and environmental protection measures (expropriation)
Status of proceeding: Settled by agreement among the parties embodied in an award by consent dated 11 March 2011
Claim: EUR 1.4 billion (globalarbitrationreview.com)
Award: not publicly available
Counsel: Shearman & Sterling (P. Pinsolle & E. Gaillard) v. Mannheimer Swartling (K. Hobér, J. Ragnwaldh, M. Göransson and T. Pettersson) and BNT (L. Szabó and J. Burmeister)
Case registered: May 2009
Forum & reference: Ad hoc UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
Arbitrators: Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel (chair); Pierre-Marie Dupuy; Albert Jan van der Berg
Subject matter: Termination of long-term power purchase agreements
Status of proceeding: Pending
Claim: Not yet quantified (globalarbitrationreview.com)
Award: N/A
Counsel: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (W. Plesser, C. Konrad, N. Rubins & J. Commission) v. information not publicly available
Case registered: 03.06.2009
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/09/10
Arbitrators: Not yet appointed
Subject matter: Electricity distribution (expropriation)
Status of proceeding: Pending
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: N/A
Counsel: Allen & Overy (S. Jagusch, M. Levy & J. Sullivan) v. Reed Smith LLP & 3 Verulam Buildings (B. Paisley; A. Malek QC; C. Harris; A. White QC)
Case registered: 20.07.2010
Forum & reference: ICSID Case No. ARB/10/16
Arbitrators: Pierre Tercier (replacing Gary Born) (Chair); Klaus Michael Sachs; Vaughan Lowe QC
Subject matter: Power facilities and trading companies
Status of proceeding: Pending
Claim: Information not publicly available
Award: N/A
Counsel: King & Spalding LLP (K. Fleuriet & R. Smith); Bulboaca & Associates (A. Bulboaca) v. information not publicly available
Case registered: September 2010
Forum & reference: Arbitration Institute of the SCC
Arbitrators: Not yet appointed
Subject matter: Oil fields
Status of proceeding: Pending
Claim: USD 1 billion (globalarbitrationreview.com)
Award: N/A
Counsel: Crowell & Moring LLP (I. Laird, A. de Gramont & A. Riveira) v. Hogan Lovells (M. Davison, L. Gouiffès, M. Burgstaller, T. Kendra)
Case registered: 10.01.2011
Forum & reference: Ad hoc UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
Arbitrators: David A.R. Williams (Chair); L. Yves Fortier; Bernard Hanotiau
Subject matter: Uranium mining project
Status of proceeding: Pending
Claim: USD 200 million
Award: N/A
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