Investment Treaty Arbitration

  • Representing Rusoro Mining Ltd. in an arbitration against Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/12/5), under the Canada-Venezuela BIT. Claim related to the nationalization by Venezuela of the claimant’s investments in the mining sector. The arbitral tribunal rendered an award of around US$1.200 million in favour of the investor.
  • Representing Serafín García Armas and Karina García Gruber in an arbitration against Venezuela (PCA Case No. 2013-3), under the Spain-Venezuela BIT. Claim related to measures taken by Venezuela that affected the claimants’ investments in the food distribution sector. The arbitral tribunal rendered an award of around US$360 million in favour of the investors.
  • Representing Glencore International A.G. and C.I. Prodeco S.A. in an arbitration against Colombia (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/6), under the Colombia-Switzerland BIT. Claim related to measures taken by Colombia that affected the claimant’s investments in the mining sector. The arbitral tribunal rendered an award of around US$19 million in favour of the investors.
  • Representing Vestey Group Ltd in an arbitration against Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/4), under the United Kingdom-Venezuela BIT. Claim related to measures taken by Venezuela that affected the claimant’s cattle farming business. The arbitral tribunal rendered an award of US$99 million in favour of the investor.
  • Representing Repsol and Repsol Butano in an arbitration against Argentina (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/38), under the Spain-Argentina BIT. Claim related to Argentina’s expropriation of YPF, the largest energy company in the country. The dispute was successfully settled for an amount of over US$5 billion.
  • Representing EcuadorTLC, Cayman International and Teikoku Oil Ecuador in an UNCITRAL arbitration against Ecuador, an Ecuadorian state entity and a state-owned company. Claim related to the early termination of two oil contracts (Ecuadorian law). The arbitral tribunal rendered an award in favour of the claimants for over US$500 million.
  • Representing Guatemala in an arbitration initiated by TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/23), under the DR-CAFTA. New partial presentation of the claim related to measures taken by Guatemala that affected the electric energy distribution sector. The arbitral tribunal rendered an award of around US$28 million in favour of the investor, dismissing most of the US$250 million claim.
  • Representing Latin American Regional Aviation Holding S. de R.L. in an arbitration against Uruguay (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/16), under the Panama-Uruguay BIT. Claim related to measures taken by Uruguay that affected the claimant’s investment in Pluna Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas S.A., a local airline company. The arbitral tribunal rendered an award in favour of our client, including legal costs.
  • Representing South32 SA Investments Limited in an arbitration against Colombia (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/9), under the Colombia-United Kingdom BIT. Claim related to measures taken by various administrative and judicial entities in Colombia that affected the claimant’s investments in a mining project. The amount in dispute is over US$300 million. The arbitration is ongoing.
  • Representing Glencore International A.G., C.I. Prodeco S.A. and Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Nuevo S.A. in an arbitration against Colombia (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/22), under the Colombia-Switzerland BIT. Claim related to several measures taken by Colombia’s executive branch that affected the claimant’s investments in the infrastructure sector. The amount in dispute is over US$700 million. The arbitration is ongoing.
  • Representing Fernando Fraiz Trapote in an arbitration against Venezuela (PCA Case No. 2019-11), under the Spain-Venezuela BIT. Claim related to measures taken by Venezuela expropriating the claimant’s investments in the telecommunications, advertising, real estate and education sectors. The amount in dispute is over US$800 million. The arbitration is ongoing.
  • Representing Glencore Finance (Bermuda) Limited against Bolivia (PCA Case No. 2016-39), under the United Kingdom-Bolivia BIT. Claim related to Bolivia’s expropriatory measures that affected the claimant’s investments in the mining sector. The amount in dispute is around US$675 million. The arbitration is ongoing.
  • Representing The Lopez-Goyne Family Trust and others in an arbitration against Nicaragua (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/44), under the DR-CAFTA. Claim related to measures taken by Nicaragua that affected the claimants’ rights under an oil concession agreement. The amount in dispute is over US$80 million. The arbitration is ongoing.
  • Representing Dick Fernando Abanto Ishivata in an arbitration against Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/18/6), under the Peru-Venezuela BIT. Claim related to measures taken by Venezuela expropriating the claimant’s cable TV and internet businesses. The value of the claim is over US$180 million. The arbitration is ongoing.
  • Representing Luis García Armas in an arbitration against Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/16/1), under the Spain-Venezuela BIT. Claim related to the nationalization by Venezuela of the claimant’s assets in the food distribution sector. The amount in dispute is over US$40 million. The arbitration is ongoing.
  • Representing Diamante Trading Investments Ltd. and others in an arbitration against Venezuela (PCA Case No. 2019-49), under the Barbados-Venezuela and Spain-Venezuela BITs. Claim related to expropriatory measures taken by Venezuela against the claimants’ investments in the food sector. The amount in dispute is over US$100 million. The arbitration is ongoing.