Rigo Sureda, Andrés

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Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
Thomas Gosling; Property Partnerships Development Managers (UK) Limited; Property Partnerships Developments (Mauritius) Ltd; Property Partnerships Holdings (Mauritius) Ltd; TG Investments ltd; and Mauritius, ICSID case no. ARB/16/32
COMMENT:
  • Optional contractual control & status of investor.
co-arbitrators Stanimir Alexandrov and Brigitte Stern In favor of State No No
Sanum Investments Limited v. Lao People's Democratic Republic, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2013-13.
COMMENT:
Both parties represented by Deborah Deitsch-Perez, Jeff Prudhome, Vanessa S. Barrs, Alexander Hinckley, Stephanie Hess, Jennifer Guidry (Stinson Leonard Street LLP), Todd Weiler, as well as by John D. Branson Ms. Emily Doll Mr. Russ (Ferguson Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP) In favor of State No No
Red Eagle Exploration Limited v. Republic of Colombia, ICSID Case No. ARB/18/12 Both parties represented by Jonathan C. Hamilton, John Dalebroux (White & Case LLP), as well as by Fernando Mantilla-Serrano, John Adam, Diego Romero, Paloma García Guerra (Latham & Watkins LLP) Pending No No
Vento Motorcycles, Inc. v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/17/3 Both parties represented by Luis Felipe Aguilar Rico, Aguilar y Loera, Todd Weiler, and Government Pending No No
PACC Offshore Services Holdings v United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. UNCT/18/5 Investor represented by Tai Heng-Cheng, Stephen Jagusch, Duncan Watson, Simon Navarro, Diego Durán, Odysseas Repousis, Manuel Valderrama (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP), and by Tereposky & DeRose, Pending No No
Al Jazeera Media Network v. Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/1 Both parties represented by Carter-Ruck, Sean Aughey, Toby Landau, Amy Sander, and by Volterra Fietta Pending No No
Italba Corporation v. Oriental Republic of Uruguay, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/9 No No
Everest Estate LLC et al. v. The Russian Federation, PCA Case No. 2015-36 Both parties represented by John M. Townsend, Marc-Olivier Langlois, James H. Boykin, Leon Ioannou, Vitaly Morozov, Marina Drapey, Eleanor Erney, Alexander Bedrosyan, Ekaterina Botchkareva, HUGHES HUBBARD & REED LLP, Vladimir Yemtsev, Thesis Law Firm $130,000,000 No No
KBR, Inc. v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. UNCT/14/1 Both parties represented by King & Spalding LLP, and by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (Stephan E. Becker, Sanjay Mullick), J. Cameron Mowatt In favor of State No No
Transglobal Green Energy, LLC and Transglobal Green Energy de Panama, S.A. v. The Republic of Panama, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/28 co-arbitrators Christoph Schreuer and Jan Paulsson No jurisdiction: abuse of process No No
Tenaris S.A. and Talta - Trading e Marketing Sociedade Unipessoal Lda. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/26 (annulment) Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council where Freshfields oppose Foley Hoag and GST Pending, no stay of the $172,801,2013.70 Award No No
MNSS B.V. and Recupero Credito Acciaio N.V. v. Montenegro, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/12/8 co-arbitrators Emmanuel Gaillard and Brigitte Stern Breach, but no damages awarded No No
Tidewater Inc., Tidewater Investment SRL, Tidewater Caribe, C.A., et al. v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/5 Investor represented by Miguel López Forastier, Thomas L Cubbage III, Alexander A. Berengaut, Daniel E. Matro, Gisselle S. Bourns (Covington & Burling LLP) $46,400,000 No No
Siemens A.G. v. The Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/8 ICSID after consulting the parties $237,838,439 No No
Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
Railroad Development Corporation v. Republic of Guatemala, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/23 Secretary-General of the ICSID where Greenberg Traurig, LLP is opposed to Arnold & Porter LLP $11,306,740.93 No No
Quiborax S.A., Non Metallic Minerals S.A. and Allan Fosk Kaplún v. Plurinational State of Bolivia, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/2 (annulment) Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council where Andrés Jana Linerzky, Johanna Klein Kranenberg, Rodrigo Gil are opposed to Paul S. Reichler (Foley Hoag LLP), Diego Brian Gosis (Gomm & Smith), Eduardo Silva Romero, José Manuel García Represa, Audrey Caminades, Luis Miguel Velarde, Álvaro Galindo Cardona, Juan Felipe Merizalde (Dechert LLP) Upholds the $48,619,578 Award No No
National Grid plc v. The Argentine Republic, UNCITRAL co-arbitrators Alejandro Miguel Garro, Judd L Kessler $53,592,439.25 No No
MTD Equity Sdn. Bhd. and MTD Chile S.A. v. Republic of Chile, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/7 both parties represented by Oscar M. Garibaldi, Eugene D. Gulland, Fernando Campoamor Sánchez, Eric J. Pan and Ms. Karin L. Kizer (Covington & Burlington), Micahel Grasty Cousiño, Jorge Bofill Genzsch and Pablo Mir Balmaceda Grasty (Quintana Majlis & Cía.), as well as by Ronald E. M. Goodman and Abby Cohen Smutny (White & Case, LLP), Francisco J. Illanes (Cariola, Diez, Pérez-Cotapos & Cía. Ltda.) $5,871,322.42 No No
Libananco Holdings Co. Limited v. Republic of Turkey, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/8 (annulment) Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council where Stuart H. Newberger, (Crowell & Moring LLP), Achilleas L. Demetriades (Chanteclaire House), Robert Volterra, Stephen Fietta, Andreas Lowenfeld are opposed to Lucy Reed, D. Brian King, Noah Rubins, Jan Paulsson (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP), Veijo Heiskanen, Matthias Scherer,Laura Halonen (LALIVE). Upholds a no-jurisdiction award No No
Stephane Benhamou v. Uruguay, UNCITRAL Secretary General of the PCA selecting a candidate from the list of 3 persons proposed by Appointing Authority No jurisdiction No No
Azurix Corp. v. The Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/12 Chairman of the ICSID Administrative council after consultation with the parties No No