Fortier, L. Yves

This page provides data on individual adjudicative policy of the arbitrator.

Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
A11Y Ltd v Czech Republic, ICSID Case No. UNCT/15/1.
COMMENT:
Both parties In favor of the Government. No No
UP and C.D Holding Internationale v Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/35.
COMMENT:
Claimant $26,551,558 ($23,196,000 without costs & interests) No No
Nextera v Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/11.
COMMENT:
Claimant €290,600,000 ($327,145,274 with costs and interests) No No
ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30.
COMMENT:
Claimant $8,446,305,166 No No
Besserglik v Mozambique, ICSID case No. ARB(AF)/14/2.
COMMENT:
Claimant No jurisdiction No No
Hulley Enterprises Limited (Cyprus) v. The Russian Federation, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2005-03/AA226.
RELATED COMMENTS:
  • Yukos gets an execution order in the Netherlands.
  • Yukos & anti-RE tax.
Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration due to authorization by the parties. $39,971,834,360 No No
Victor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile, ICSID Case No. ARB/98/2 (annulment of 2012).
COMMENTS on annulment of 2020:
  • Arbitrators and counsels of the adversary are from the same law firm: it’s not a bias.
Chairman of the ICSID Administrative council Annuls award of $10,132,690.18 No No
Veteran Petroleum Limited (Cyprus) v. The Russian Federation, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. ‎2005-05/AA228.
COMMENTS:
  • Yukos gets an execution order in the Netherlands.
  • Yukos & anti-RE tax.
Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration due to authorization by the parties. $8,203,032,751 No No
Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man) v. The Russian Federation, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. ‎2005-04/AA227.
COMMENTS:
  • Yukos gets an execution order in the Netherlands.
  • Yukos & anti-RE tax.
Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration due to authorization by the parties. $1,846,000,687 No No
Zbigniew Piotr Grot and others v. Republic of Moldova, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/8. Claimant $400,000 No No
Fouad Alghanim & Sons Co. for General Trading & Contracting, W.L.L. and Fouad Mohammed Thunyan Alghanim v. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/38 Claimant In favor of State Separate opinion No
Société Resort Company Invest Abidjan, Stanislas Citerici and Gérard Bot v. Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/11. Claimant NA No No
Vladislav Kim and others v. Republic of Uzbekistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/6 Claimant NA No No
Mera Investment Fund Limited v. Republic of Serbia, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/2 Claimant Pending No No
Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
Venezuela US, S.R.L. (Barbados) ​v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, PCA Case No. 2013-34 Claimant Pending No No
Compañia del Desarrollo de Santa Elena S.A. v. Republic of Costa Rica, ICSID Case No. ARB/96/1 Both parties $16,000,000 No No
Duke Energy International Peru Investments No. 1 Ltd. v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/28 Both parties $18,440,746 No No
National Gas S.A.E. v. Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/7 Claimant No jurisdiction No No
Orascom Telelcom Holding v. Algeria, UNCITRAL Claimant Settlement No No
Ali Allawi v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, PCA Case NO. 2012-23 Both parties In favor of State No No
Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21 Claimant No jurisdiction No Yes, three times, but unsuccessful
Ampal-American Israel Corporation and others v. Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/11.
RELATED COMMENT:
  • Arbitrators and counsels of the adversary are from the same law firm: it’s not a bias.
Co-arbitrators In favor of Claimant. No The Government questioned him about his relations with Norton Rose, Ogilvy Renault LLP and Essex Chambers of barristers.
Agility for Public Warehousing Company K.S.C. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/8 Both parties Breach, but no damages. No No
Laskaridis Shipping Co. LTD, Lavinia Corporation, A.K.Laskaridis and P.K.Laskaridis v. Ukraine, UNCITRAL Both parties Settlement No No
Bernhard von Pezold and Others v. Republic of Zimbabwe, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/15. Co-arbitrators $64,900,000 No No
Border Timbers Limited, Border Timbers International (Private) Limited, and Hangani Development Co. (Private) Limited v. Republic of Zimbabwe, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/25 Both parties In favor of Claimant No No
United Parcel Service of America Inc. v. Government of Canada, ICSID Case No. UNCT/02/1 Government In favor of State No No
Hussein Nuaman Soufraki v. The United Arab Emirates, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/7 Secretary-General of the ICSID upon agreement of the parties No jurisdiction No No
Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
Saluka Investments B.V. v. The Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Claimant Breach found by a Partial Award. Then, settlement of $281,000,000 No No
The Renco Group, Inc. v. Republic of Peru [I], ICSID Case No. UNCT/13/1 Claimant In favor of State No No
PSEG Global, Inc., The North American Coal Corporation, and Konya Ingin Electrik Üretim ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi v. Republic of Turkey, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/5 Claimant $9,000,000 No No
Ipek Investment Limited v. Republic of Turkey, ICSID Case No. ARB/18/18 Claimant Pending No No
Oko Pankki Oyj, VTB Bank (Deutschland) AG and Sampo Bank Plc v. The Republic of Estonia, ICSID Case No. ARB/04/6 (formerly OKO Osuuspankkien Keskuspankki Oyj and others v. Republic of Estonia) Government $5,443,994.76 & €8,057,198.30 No No
Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Occidental Exploration and Production Company v. The Republic of Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/11 Chairman of the ICSID Administrative council $1,769,625,000 No No
Loewen Group, Inc. and Raymond L. Loewen v. United States of America, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/98/3 Claimant We have criticised the Mississippi proceedings in the strongest term. There was unfairness here towards the foreign investor.Why not use the weapons at hand to put it right? What clearer case than the present could there be for the ideals of NAFTA to be given some teeth? This human reaction has been present in our minds throughout but we must be on guard against allowing it to control our decision. Far from fulfilling the purposes of NAFTA, an intervention on our part would compromise them by obscuring the crucial separation between the international obligations of the State under NAFTA, of which the fair treatment of foreign investors in the judicial sphere is but one aspect, and the much broader domestic responsibilities of every nation towards litigants of whatever origin who appear before its national courts. No jurisdiction. No Yes, due to the merger of Mr Fortier’s firm with a firm which had previously acted for Claimants in connection with their bankruptcy reorganisation under Chapter Eleven of the United States Bankruptcy Code. He resigned.
Khan Resources Inc., Khan Resources B.V., and Cauc Holding Company Ltd. v. The Government of Mongolia, UNCITRAL Claimant $80,000,000 No Maître Fortier disclosed that his law firm, Norton Rose OR, would, on 1 January 2012, merge with the firm Macleod Dixon, and that Macleod Dixon was acting for Atomredmetzoloto JSC (“ARMZ”), a company being sued in the courts of Ontario, Canada by Khan Canada. Maître Fortier informed the Parties that he had no knowledge with respect to this lawsuit and that he would resign from Norton Rose OR as of 31 December 2011. No objection.
Ioannis Kardassopoulos v. The Republic of Georgia, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/18, Ron Fuchs v. The Republic of Georgia, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/15 Both parties $75,324,736.83 No No
Talsud S.A. v. The United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/04/4, Gemplus S.A., SLP S.A., Gemplus Industrial S.A. de C.V. v. The United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/04/3 Claimant $15,508,381 No No
Alex Genin, Eastern Credit Limited, Inc. and A.S. Baltoil v. The Republic of Estonia, ICSID Case No. ARB/99/2 Co-arbitrators In favor of State No No
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide v. The Republic of the Philippines, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/25 Both parties No jurisdiction No No
Eureko B.V. v. Republic of Poland Co-arbitrators Partial Award on breaches, and settlement of $4,379,000,000 No No
Champion Trading Company, Ameritrade International, Inc. v. Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/9 (formerly Champion Trading Company, Ameritrade International, Inc., James T. Wahba, John B. Wahba, Timothy T. Wahba v. Arab Republic of Egypt) Claimant In favor of State No No
Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
Bureau Veritas, Inspection, Valuation, Assessment and Control, BIVAC B.V. v. The Republic of Paraguay, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/9 Claimant Settlement of $21,000,000 after decision on jurisdiction No No
ATA Construction, Industrial and Trading Company v. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/2 Both parties Non-pecuniary relief: To order that the ongoing Jordanian court proceedings in relation to the Dike No. 19 dispute be immediately and unconditionally terminated, with no possibility to engage further judicial proceedings in Jordan or elsewhere on the substance of the dispute. No No