Pryles, Michael C.

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Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
Watkins Holdings S.à r.l. and others v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/44.
COMMENT:
  • Parallelism of Treaties dismisses the Achmea judgment
  • Yukos & anti-RE tax.
Investor represented by Marie Stoyanov, Antonio Vázquez-Guillén, Antonio Jiménez-Blanco, David Ingle, Agustina Álvarez, Pablo Torres, Alexandre Fichaux, Tomasz Hara, Valentin Bourgeois, Carmen De La Hera, Allen & Overy LLP €77,000,000 ($111,095,215 with interests and costs) No No
Georg Gavrilović & Gavrilović D.O.O. v CROATIA, ICSID Case No ARB/12/39.
COMMENT:
Both parties represented by Claimant's counsel: Grant Hanessian, Filip Boras, Derek Soller, Alexander Petsche, Andrew Riccio, Mark McCrone, Thomas Obersteiner, Jose Manuel Maza, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Zvonimir Buterin, Jelena Lučić-Nothig, Petar Ceronja, Buterin & Posavec Respondent's counsel: Emmanuel Gaillard, Yas Banifatemi, Rudolf Simone-Pont, Arianna Rosato, Marc Jacob, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Boris Koketi, Ines Videnić Desović, State Attorney’s Office of Croatia HRK 9,699,463.73 (€ 1,274,236.01) and € 1,658,960.49 No No
Gambrinus, Corp. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/31 Chairman of the ICSID Administrative council Upholds a no jurisdiction award No No
Ansung Housing Co., Ltd. v. People's Republic of China, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/25 Investor represented by Bae, Kim & Lee In favor of State No No
Hydro S.r.l. and others v. Republic of Albania, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/28 Both parties represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Scemla Loizon Veverka & de Fontmichel, Saccucci Fares & Partners Studio Legale Internazionale, Debevoise & Plimpton, Wragge Lawrence Graham €110,000,000 No No
Bear Creek Mining Corporation v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/21 Investor represented by Henry G. Burnett, Craig Miles, Caline Mouawad, Cedric Soule, Fernando Rodriguez-Cortina, Eldy Quintanilla Roché, Jessica Beess und Chrostin, Luis Alonso Navarro, Veronica Garcia, KING & SPALDING LLP, Luis Miranda Alzamora, Cristina Ferraro Delgado, Miranda & Amado Abogados $18,237,592 No No
PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd. v. Independent State of Papua New Guinea, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/33 Investor represented by Nish Shetty, Paul Sandosham, Matthew Brown, Joan Lim, Yvette Anthony, Vinita Varghese, Clifford Chance Pte Ltd, Sam Luttrell, Romesh Weeramantry, Audley Sheppard QC, Clifford Chance No jurisdiction No No
Saint Marys VCNA, LLC v. Government of Canada ICSID Settlement No No
Western NIS Enterprise Fund v. Ukraine, ICSID Case No. ARB/04/2 Investor Settlement No No
Ulysseas, Inc. v. The Republic of Ecuador, UNCITRAL Investor represented by Mr. James L. Loftis  Mr. Tim Tyler   Mr. Mark Beeley  Ms. Sarah Stockley  Mr. David Rains, (Vinson & Elkins LLP) In favor of State No No
Standard Chartered Bank v. The United Republic of Tanzania, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/12 Investor represented by Mr. Matthew Weiniger, Mr. Iain Maxwell, Mr. Ben Jolley of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP No jurisdiction No No
Waguih Elie George Siag and Clorinda Vecchi v. The Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/15 Investor represented by Mr Reginald R Smith, Mr Craig S Miles, Mr Kenneth R Fleuriet of King & Spalding LLP
$149,101,589.50 No No
Invesmart v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Both parties represented by King and Spalding LLP (Mr Reginald R Smith, Mr Kenneth R Fleuriet, Mr Craig S. Miles) /// Linklaters (Ludek Vrana), Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Ms Karolina Horakova) In favor of the State No No
Cargill, Incorporated v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/05/2 both parties represented by Jeffrey W. Sarles and William H. Knull III (Mayer Brown LLP) /// and by Mr. J. Christopher Thomas, Q.C. Mr. J. Cameron Mowatt Mr. Greg Tereposky Thomas & Partners, Mr. Stephan E. Becker Mr. Sanjay J. Mullick Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Professor James Crawford to pay immediately $77,329,240 No No