Investor-State Arbitration

ICSID Rejects Denial of Justice Claims against Kazakhstan in a Recently Released Award

ICSID Rejects Denial of Justice Claims against Kazakhstan in a Recently Released Award

Last week ICSID released a redacted version of a 2010 award in Liman Caspian Oil B.V. and NCL Dutch Investment B.V. v. Kazakhstan.  While both the facts of the case and the parties’ positions have been redacted, the remaining parts of the award provide illuminating analysis of such issues as legality of the investment as a […]

Liman Caspian Oil BV & ors v. Republic of Kazakhstan

Liman Caspian Oil BV & ors v. Republic of Kazakhstan

Liman Caspian Oil BV and NCL Dutch Investment BV v Republic of Kazakhstan, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/14, Award dated 22 June 2010 (excerpts)

ICSID Tribunal Found Unfair Treatment of a German Investor by Ukraine

ICSID Tribunal Found Unfair Treatment of a German Investor by Ukraine

In an earlier post CIS Arbitration Forum reported that Ukraine was ordered to pay in the region of EUR 3 million to German investors in Inmaris Perestroika Sailing Maritime Services GmbH and others v Ukraine. At that time the final award dated 1 March 2012 had not been published yet.online pharmacy https://kendrickfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/new/amoxil.html no prescription drugstore However, recently the […]

Inmaris Perestroika & ors v. Ukraine

Inmaris Perestroika & ors v. Ukraine

Inmaris Perestroika Sailing Maritime Services GmbH and Others v. Ukraine, ICSID Arbitration (No. ARB:08:8), Award dated 1 March 2012

Moldova Gets a Mixed Result in the First ICSID Arbitration against it

Moldova Gets a Mixed Result in the First ICSID Arbitration against it

On 8 April 2013, the tribunal rendered an award in Arif v Moldova, the first ICSID arbitration against Moldova, which commenced several months after it had ratified the ICSID Convention. The tribunal (Cremades, Hanotiau, Knieper) rejected the majority of the investor’s claims, but found that Moldova had in one instance violated the obligation to provide fair […]

Arbitrations against Ukraine: Overview of 2012

Arbitrations against Ukraine: Overview of 2012

In the past decade Ukraine has been one of the busiest respondents in the CIS region. However, the arbitration statistics of 2012 shows a change in this trend. On 30 January 2013 the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine confirmed that the settlement agreement between Vanco Prykerchenska Ltd and Ukraine had been approved by the Stockholm […]

Umbrella Clause Fails to Protect US Investor in Ukraine

Umbrella Clause Fails to Protect US Investor in Ukraine

On 25 October 2012 an ICSID Tribunal unanimously dismissed all claims submitted by a US company Bosh International and its subsidiary (“Bosh”) against Ukraine. The claims arose out of the termination of a joint activities agreement (“JVA”) between a subsidiary of the claimant and Taras Shevchenko National University (the “University”) with respect to a conference […]

Caratube v. Kazakhstan Contributes to the Definition of Investment Debate

Caratube v. Kazakhstan Contributes to the Definition of Investment Debate

We reported earlier that in June 2012 an ICSID tribunal dismissed Caratube International’s USD 1 billion claim against Kazakhstan on jurisdictional grounds. The full text of the award has now been released and is discussed in this article. The dispute centred around the termination of Caratube’s licence to an oilfield in Kazakhstan and allegations that Caratube […]

Ukraine: New Rules on Security for Claims and Costs
By 11 September, 2012 0 Comments Read More →

Ukraine: New Rules on Security for Claims and Costs

Two weeks ago the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to allow state organs to make payments under orders for security for costs or security for the claim issued by foreign courts and arbitral tribunals. The new rules are expected to remove some practical difficulties the Ukrainian authorities currently face in such situations. According to the Ministry […]

“Remington Worldwide Limited v Ukraine” Saga: The First ECT Arbitration Conducted in Russian

“Remington Worldwide Limited v Ukraine” Saga: The First ECT Arbitration Conducted in Russian

 Remington Worldwide Limited v Ukraine is interesting not only as the first arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty (the “ECT”) conducted in Russian.  It also reasserts the importance of a fundamental aspect of the rule of law – the principle of legal certainty. The case demonstrates how far-reaching the effects of the application of the exceptions from […]

ICSID Tribunal: Kyrgyzstan Judiciary’s Decisions Amounted to Expropriation

ICSID Tribunal: Kyrgyzstan Judiciary’s Decisions Amounted to Expropriation

The importance of an ICSID award rendered in a case which involved Kyrgyzstan goes beyond the facts of the case and covered topics such as the corruption of state officials, expropriation through judicial action and calculation of the value of expropriated property in the absence of comparable transactions in Central Asia. In 2005 the Kyrgyz […]

ICSID Tribunal Refuses Jurisdiction in a Dispute Against Kazakhstan

ICSID Tribunal Refuses Jurisdiction in a Dispute Against Kazakhstan

According to the Kazakh Ministry of Justice, a foreign company which initiated a dispute against Kazakhstan has failed to establish that it was controlled by a national of a state party to the ICSID Convention. The ICSID tribunal in Caratube International Oil Company v Kazakhstan decided that the claim was brought by a Kazakh company which failed […]

Heavy Blow to the Turkish Investors’ Claims Against Turkmenistan

Heavy Blow to the Turkish Investors’ Claims Against Turkmenistan

In a decision released by the ICSID on May 25, 2012 the Tribunal found that the Turkey-Turkmenistan BIT required submission of the dispute in question to the national courts before the initiation of international arbitration proceedings. The tribunal however specifically noted that it is yet to decide on the effect of non-compliance with this condition. […]

ICSID Tribunal Orders Ukraine to Pay EUR 3 million to Inmaris Companies

ICSID Tribunal Orders Ukraine to Pay EUR 3 million to Inmaris Companies

The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has reported that on 1 March 2012 an ICSID tribunal ordered Ukraine to pay in the region of EUR 3 million in damages to German investors. This is the third ICSID case against Ukraine that has resulted in monetary compensation to foreign investors. In the first case – Alpha Projektholding […]

Russia Defeats Investment Arbitration Claim Arising Out of Soviet-time Trade Debt
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Russia Defeats Investment Arbitration Claim Arising Out of Soviet-time Trade Debt

This summer an UNCITRAL tribunal sitting in Stockholm held that it had no jurisdiction over a case submitted by Italian company Cesare Galdabini under Italy-Russian Federation BIT. According to media reports the claim arose out Russian Federation refusal to settle a debt owed for  EUR 278’000 worth of equipment, which Galdabini supplied in the end […]

Armenia Prevails in an Investment Arbitration

Armenia Prevails in an Investment Arbitration

It is reported that in TS Investment Corp v. Republic of Armenia, LCIA tribunal found in favor of the Respondent rejecting investor’s claims. TS Investment Corp asserted claims based on breach of a contract between the parties as well as US-Armenia BIT. The arbitration centered around TS’s investment into a tire plant in Yerevan, Armenia, […]

Chasing the Russian Federation

Chasing the Russian Federation

On 1 July 2011 the Supreme Court of Sweden refused sovereign immunity protection to the trade mission of the Russian Federation. The decision opens a new page in a long battle between the Russian Federation and a German investor Franz Sedelmayer who won in arbitration against Russia in 1998. In early 1990s, Franz Sedelmayer, a […]

Investment Arbitration and Protection of Subsoil Users: the View from Kazakhstan

Investment Arbitration and Protection of Subsoil Users: the View from Kazakhstan

This article is devoted to actual issues of subsoil users’ disputes in international arbitration, particularly, to the definition of international investment arbitration, investment dispute, and provides a brief analysis of current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in regards to exclusive competence of state courts on specific issues. As we know, there are several types […]

Paushok et al. v. Mongolia: Windfall Profit Tax and Immigration Requirements Compatible with FET Standard

Paushok et al. v. Mongolia: Windfall Profit Tax and Immigration Requirements Compatible with FET Standard

In a recently published award a tribunal found that the windfall profit tax introduced by Mongolia as well as introduction of a penalty for exceeding the limit on employment of foreign nationals were compatible with the FET standard established by the Mongolia-Russia BIT. On the other hand, the tribunal found that the conduct of Mongolian […]

GEA v. Ukraine: an Arbitral Award is not an Investment

GEA v. Ukraine: an Arbitral Award is not an Investment

In a recently published award in GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft v. Ukraine, an ICSID Tribunal found that an arbitral award for the recovery of money (due under an agreement treated as an investment) does not in itself constitute an investment (para 162). The Tribunal further held that if failure to enforce an award may constitute expropriation, […]

Russian Arbitration Users in Europe: Growth and Misunderstandings
By 20 January, 2011 0 Comments Read More →

Russian Arbitration Users in Europe: Growth and Misunderstandings

Until very recently, the word “arbitration” was unfamiliar to many lawyers in Russia. The word still carries two meanings there: one referring to the system of Russian state commercial courts and the other, the more generally-recognized contract-based private dispute resolution procedure. Although many in Russia understand the western concept of “international arbitration” in general terms, a number […]

The European Court of Human Rights: an Arbitration Award Can Be Expropriated
By 9 December, 2010 0 Comments Read More →

The European Court of Human Rights: an Arbitration Award Can Be Expropriated

The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled in Kin-Stib & Majkic v. Serbia that failure to enforce an arbitral award amounts to violation of the right to peaceful enjoyment of possession. This note first summarizes the ruling and then considers its implications. In particular, it discusses whether an arbitral award can be expropriated by […]

New Legal Regime for Mediation in Russia

New Legal Regime for Mediation in Russia

A set of rules aimed at regulating mediation in the Russian Federation is due to enter into force on 1 January 2011. It includes Federal Law On Alternative Procedure of Dispute Settlement with Participation of Mediator (Mediation Procedure) and a separate set of amendments to the Russian procedural laws designed to incorporate mediation into the […]

The Yukos Legal Insurgency
By 7 December, 2010 1 Comments Read More →

The Yukos Legal Insurgency

When former Yukos shareholders promised a “life-long litigation” for their assets, very few took it seriously. After all, until recently there have been no precedents of successful enforcement of arbitration awards against the Russian Federation. But this perception has been changing over the last last few months, with Yukos shareholders advancing on at least three […]