[Revista de Derecho Administrativo (ReDA) #84, Ed. Lexis Nexis – Abeledo Perrot. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pages 1817/1829. December 2012. ISSN 1851-0590] 1.- Introducción Mucho se ha discutido acerca de lo que acontece en torno a las demandas presentadas por inversores extranjeros contra la República Argentina ante el CIADI, enmarcadas en los Tratados Bilaterales de Promoción […]
Chevron Wins Arbitration Victory Against Ecuador
Below, please find a solid non-legal summary of the latest state of the long-running Chevron v. Ecuador arbitral proceedings, one of the messiest and most interesting investment treaty arbitrations to have occurred over the past decade. – William Kirtley In an apparent coup for the oil giant’s efforts to undermine a $19 billion environmental judgment […]
Recent ICSID Cases Discussed in the Investment Arbitration Reporter
February 28, 2013 (Vol. 6, No. 5) 1. First hearing in Philip Morris v. Australia arbitration is pushed into 2014, as New Zealand reveals it is awaiting outcome of Australian cases 2. Effort fails in bid to disqualify former Argentine official Gabriel Bottini in Saint-Gobain v. Venezuela arbitration 3. Sri Lanka breached BIT due to […]
Argentina Will Withdraw from the ICSID Convention
Argentina has announced that it will withdraw from the ICSID Convention, following in the footsteps of other South American nations, such as Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. The chief legal advisor to Argentine’s Treasury is leading this project, and he called ICSID “a tribunal of butchers” that always favors multinational companies. Argentina currently faces 43 claims, […]