Thomas, J. Christopher

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Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
Perenco Ecuador Ltd. v. Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador), ICSID Case No. ARB/08/6.
COMMENT:
Government represented by Diana Moya Dávalos, Gary López Vélez, Francisco Larrea, Gianina Osejo, Agustin Acosta, Francisco Paredes Balladares, Dr. Claudia Salgado Levyof PGE, Eduardo Silva Romero, José Manuel García Represa, Mr. Philip Dunham, Alvaro Galindo, Ms. Maria Claudia Procopiak, Ms. Audrey Caminades, Ms. Gabriela González Giráldez of Dechert LLP, Pierre Mayer $394,380,883 No No
Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.à.r.l. and Energia Termosolar B.V. (formerly Antin Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.à.r.l. and Antin Energia Termosolar B.V.)​ v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/31.
COMMENTS:
Government $112,000,000 No No
Georg Gavrilović & Gavrilović D.O.O. v CROATIA, ICSID Case No ARB/12/39.
COMMENT:
Government represented by Prof Emmanuel Gaillard, Dr Yas Banifatemi, Mr Rudolf Simone-Pont, Ms Arianna Rosato, Dr Marc Jacob of Shearman & Sterling LLP
HRK 9,699,463.73 (€ 1,274,236.01) and € 1,658,960.49 No No
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS v. Republic of India, PCA Case No. 2014-26 Government represented by Mark A. Clodfelter, Dr. Constantinos Salonidis, Ms. Oonagh Sands, Mr. Ofilio J. Mayorga, Mr. Joseph Klingler, Ms. Diana Tsutieva , Thomas Bevilacqua and Antoine Lerosier of Foley Hoag In favor of State No No
Glencore International A.G. and C.I. Prodeco S.A. v. Republic of Colombia, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/6 Government represented by Eduardo Silva Romero Mr. José Manuel García Represa, Álvaro Galindo Cardona Mr. Juan Felipe Merizalde DECHERT LLP, Pierre Mayer $19,100,000
No No
Medusa Oil and Gas Limited v. Montenegro, PCA Case No. 2015-39 Government In favor of State No No
Sodexo Pass International SAS v. Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/20 Government represented by András Nemescsói, David Kohegyi, Camilo Cardozo of DLA Piper LLP (US), Agnes Sarhegyi, András Lovas, Gergely Pap of Sarhegyi and Partners Law Firm
€73,000,000 Separate and Dissenting Opinion No
Elliott Associates L.P. v. Republic of Korea, PCA Case No. 2018-51 Government represented by Peter J. Turner, Nicholas Lingard, Robert Kirkness, Joaqu in Tercefio, Daniel Allen, Callista Harris, Samantha Tan, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Moon Sung Lee, Se Dong Min, Dong Seong Nam, David Kim, Kyung Chun Kim, Sang Hoon Han, Hee Woong Lee, Ayong Lim, Ji Hyun Yoon, Lee& Ko Pending No No
The Renco Group, Inc. v. Republic of Peru [II], PCA Case No. 2019-46 Government represented by Jonathan Hamilton, Francisco Jijón (White & Case LLP) Pending No No
Cairn Energy PLC and Cairn UK Holdings Limited (CUHL) v. Government of India, PCA Case No. 2016-7 Government Pending No No
Baggerwerken Decloedt En Zoon NV v. Republic of the Philippines, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/27 Government represented by Justice Florentino P. Feliciano of White & Case, $16,000,000 No No
ACP Axos Capital GmbH v. Republic of Kosovo, ICSID Case No. ARB/15/22 Government of Luka S. Misetic Mr. Stephen Anway Mr. Mark Stadnyk, Rostislav Pekař, Mr. Vladimír Polách,Stephan Adell Squire Patton Boggs LLP No jurisdiction No No
City Oriente Limited v. Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador) [I], ICSID Case No. ARB/06/21 Government represented by Guillermo Aguilar-Álvarez, Sr. Eric Ordway of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP Settlement No No
Giovanni Alemanni and Others v. The Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/8 Government Discontinuance No No
Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
Corona Materials LLC v. Dominican Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/14/3 Government represented by Paolo Di Rosa, Mr. Raúl Herrera, Mr. José Antonio Rivas, Ms. Mallory Silberman Ms. Catherine Kettlewell, Mr. Pedro Soto, Ms. Natalia Giraldo Ms. Claudia Taveras and Ms. Daniela Páez Arnold & Porter LLP No jurisdiction No No
ST-AD GmbH v. Republic of Bulgaria, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2011-06 Government represented by Stanimir Alexandrov, Mr. James Mendenhall, Ms. Jennifer Haworth McCandless and Ms. Kerry K. Lee of Sidley Austin LLP, Lazar Tomov In favor of State No No
RECOFI SA v. Vietnam, UNCITRAL Government In favor of State No No
ECE Projektmanagement v. The Czech Republic, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2010-5 Government represented by Stephen Ρ. Anway of Squire Sandeis LLP In favor of State No No
KT Asia Investment Group B.V. v. Republic of Kazakhstan, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/8 Government represented by REED SMITH LLP, Ali Malek QC and Christopher Harris of 3 VERULAM BUILDINGS No jurisdiction No No
Ossama Al Sharif v. Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/3 Government Settlement No No
Yosef Maiman and Others v. Egypt, UNCITRAL Government Pending No No
Ali Allawi v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, PCA Case NO. 2012-23 Government represented by Iain Quirk, Joe Smouha, Allen & Overy LLP In favor of State No No
Slovak Gas Holding BV, GDF International SAS and E.ON Ruhrgas International GmbH v. Slovak Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/7 Government Settlement No No
Swisslion DOO Skopje v. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/16 Government represented by Dr. Sebastian Seelmann- Eggebert, Charles Claypoole, Mr. Hussein Haeri, Ms. Catriona Paterson, Angela Angelovska- Wilson of Latham & Watkins LLP €350,000 No No
Adel A Hamadi Al Tamimi v. Sultanate of Oman, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/33 Government represented by Stanley McDermott III, Ms. Kiera Gans, Bruce Mullins Ms. Sarah Al-Moosa of DLA Piper LLP In favor of State No No
SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/13 Government represented by Makhdoom Ali Khan, Jan Paulsson and Nigel Blackaby of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Salman Talibuddin Settlement after the Award on jurisdiction No Yes, but unsuccessful
Invesmart v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Government represented by Linklaters (Ludek Vrana), and later by King and Spalding LLP (Mr Reginald R Smith, Kenneth R Fleuriet, Craig S. Miles), and finally by Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Karolina Horakova) In favor of State No No
Hochtief AG v. The Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/31 Government $13,400,000 No No
Case (comments) Appointed by Award (without costs & interests) Dissent Proposal to Disqualify
Global Trading Resource Corp. and Globex International, Inc. v. Ukraine, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/11 Government represented by John Willems, Mr. Michael Polkinghorne, Ms. Olga Boltenko, Ms. Nathalie Makowsk,i Ms. Kristen Young, Ms. Angélica André of White & Case LLP, Mr. Serhii Sviriba, Ms. Olena Koltko of Magisters manifestly without legal merit
No No
Vito G. Gallo v. The Government of Canada, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 55798 Government No jurisdiction No Yes. The Secretary-General of the ICSID requested him to choose either remain an arbitrator, or stop advising Mexico, and he resigned from the Tribunal.
EnCana Corporation v. Republic of Ecuador, LCIA Case No. UN3481, UNCITRAL (formerly EnCana Corporation v. Government of the Republic of Ecuador) Government No jurisdiction No No
Emmis International Holding, B.V., Emmis Radio Operating, B.V., MEM Magyar Electronic Media Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v. The Republic of Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/2 Government represented by Jean E. Kalicki, Mallory Silberman, Csaba Rusznak, Dmitri Evseev, Peter Nikitin of ARNOLD & PORTER LLP, János Katona, György Molnár-Bíró No jurisdiction No No
Cementownia "Nowa Huta" S.A. v. Republic of Turkey, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/06/2 Government represented by Lucy Reed, Mr. D. Brian King, Jan Paulsson Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Aydin Coşar, Ms. Arzu Coşar, Ms. Utku Coşar Claim is fraudulent and was brought in bad faith No No
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