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Experience and list of cases

Representative investment disputes have included:

  • Westmoreland Coal Company v. Government of Canada (ICSID Case No. UNCT/23/2), an ICISD-administered case relating to the phase out of coal (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • PCCW Cascade (Middle East) Ltd. v. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ICSID Case No. ARB/22/20), an ICSID case relating to the operation of a telecommunications business (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • Congo Mining Ltd SARLU and Midus Holdings Limited v. Republic of Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/58), an ICSID case relating to a concession for the exploitation of an iron mine (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • Discovery Global LLC v. Slovak Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/51), an ICSID case relating to the exploration of an oil and gas field (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • Winshear Gold Corp. v. United Republic of Tanzania (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/25), an ICSID case relating to gold retention licenses (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • Zaur Leshkasheli and Rosserlane Consultants Limited v. Republic of Azerbaijan (ICISD Case No. ARB/20/20), an ICISD case relating to onshore oilfields (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • African Petroleum Senegal Limited v. Republic of Senegal (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/24), an ICSID case relating to offshore oilfields (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • (DS)2, S.A., Peter de Sutter and Kristof De Sutter v. Republic of Madagascar (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/18), an ICSID case relating to a textile enterprise (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A. v. People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/1), an ICSID case relating to construction of housing and public infrastructure (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • BSG Resources Limited v. Republic of Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/22), an ICSID case relating to the termination of a concession for the exploitation of an iron ore mine in Guinea (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • Burlington Resources Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5), an ICSID case relating to the oilfield operations in Ecuador, as well as environmental and infrastructure counterclaims (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • Churchill Mining Plc. and Planet Mining Pty. v. Republic of Indonesia (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/14 & ARB/12/40), an ICSID case relating to the revocation of mining licenses for the exploitation of a coal mine in Indonesia (Assistant of the Tribunal)
  • Achmea B.V. v. Slovak Republic (PCA Case No. 2013-12), an UNCITRAL case concerning the Slovak health insurance sector (Secretary of the Tribunal)
  • An ad hoc arbitration related to the construction and exploitation of a railway in Western Europe (Secretary of the Tribunal)
  • A dispute under the UNCITRAL Rules related to the cement industry in a Northern African State (Secretary of the Tribunal)
  • A dispute under the UNCITRAL Rules related to manganese mining in a Central African State (Secretary of the Tribunal)
  • A dispute under the UNCITRAL Rules related to gold mining in a South-East Asian State (Secretary of the Tribunal)
  • A dispute under the UNCITRAL Rules related to a gas distribution network in a Eastern European State (Secretary of the Tribunal)
  • A dispute under the UNCITRAL Rules related to gold mining in a Central Asian State, including compliance with local environmental laws (Secretary of the Tribunal)
  • A dispute under the UNCITRAL Rules related to mobile telephony in a State of the Arabian peninsula (Secretary of the Tribunal)
  • A dispute under the SCC Rules related to the exclusion of a majority shareholder of an industrial plant in an Eastern European State (Secretary of the Tribunal)

Representative inter-State disputes have included:

  • Case concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay), an ICJ case concerning the construction of a pulp mill and related environmental impacts (member of the team representing Argentina)