September 2008 - News and Commentary - Investment Treaty News (ITN)

Dominican Republic target of potential treaty claims in toll road dispute

By Fernando Cabrera Diaz 30 September 2008 The Dominican Republic faces two possible treaty claims in a dispute with a consortium it hired to extend and operate an important highway connecting the capital with the eastern part of the island. The dispute...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2008 6:29 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: Dominican Republic, DR-CAFTA, letter of intent

Plama Consortium Limited v. Republic of Bulgaria: Honesty is the best policy

By Elizabeth Whitsitt 30 September 2008 In a 27 August 2008 decision, a tribunal has concluded that Plama Consortium Limited (PCL), a Cyprus firm, was not entitled to protections afforded under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), given that it had fraudulently...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2008 6:26 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: ICSID, Award, Plama Consortium Limited, Bulgaria, Energy Charter Treaty

Caratube International Oil Company LLP v. Republic of Kazakhstan: American investor sues Kazakhstan over oil-field dispute

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 26 September 2008 A US citizen, Devincci Salah Hourani, has launched a lawsuit against the government of Kazakhstan over a failed contract to explore and exploit oil in the country. Mr. Hourani, who holds a 92% stake in the Kazakh...

Published Fri, Sep 26 2008 10:26 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: ICSID, Caratube International Oil Company, Kazakhstan

US investor threatens arbitration over investments in Canadian health-care sector

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 24 September 2008 An American businessman has revived long-held suspicions that the North American Free Trade Agreement’s investment chapter may hinder Canada’s ability to regulate its public health-care system. In a letter...

Published Wed, Sep 24 2008 7:36 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: NAFTA, Chapter Eleven, health care, Notice of Intent

Ecuador hallado culpable por violación de contratos de compraventa de energía eléctrica y tratado de inversión

Por Damon Vis-Dunbar 29 de Agosto de 2008 El proveedor de electricidad Electroquil SA fue otorgado US$ 5.578.566 más intereses producto de varias violaciones de contratos de compraventa de energía eléctrica (en inglés, PPAs...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2008 7:56 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: Ecuador, Duke Energy, CIADI

Se garantiza estabilidad impositiva a inversores extranjeros en Perú

Por Elizabeth Whitsitt 29 de Agosto de 2008 En uno de los dos laudos dictados por el CIADI en agosto donde la firma estadounidense Duke Energy se encuentra involucrada, un tribunal declaró culpable a la República de Perú frente a...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2008 7:48 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: Duke Energy, Perú, CIADI

Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Occidental Exploration and Production Company v. the Republic of Ecuador: US oil company passes jurisdictional hurdle in arbitration with Ecuador

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 22 September 2008 A tribunal has accepted jurisdiction in a dispute that pits two petroleum companies against the Government of Ecuador, allowing the case to proceed to the merits stage. The two claimants, Occidental Petroleum Company...

Published Mon, Sep 22 2008 3:27 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: ICSID, Ecuador, jurisdiction, decision, Occidental

Canadian lumber company fails to vacate NAFTA Chapter 11 award in US court

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 12 September 2008 A bid by a Canadian lumber company, Tembec, to vacate a NAFTA Chapter 11 award was dismissed in August by a United States District Court. This is the second time Tembec has turned to the United States District Court...

Published Fri, Sep 12 2008 8:25 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: United States, NAFTA, Tembec, Vacate award

Continental Casualty Company v. the Argentine Republic: Argentina emerges largely victorious in dispute related to country’s financial crisis

By Damon Vis-Dunbar September 10, 2008 In an award rendered on September 5, 2008, an arbitral tribunal has dismissed all but one of the claims brought by an American investor, Continental Casualty, against the government of Argentina. Argentina was found...

Published Wed, Sep 10 2008 4:04 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: Award, State of Necessity, Argentina, Continental Casualty

ITN Newsletter, September 1, 2008

September 1, 2008 (PDF - 1 MB) In this issue: Duke Energy International Peru Investments No. 1 Ltd. v. Republic of Peru: Foreign investors in Peru are guaranteed tax stability; Duke Energy Electroquil Partners and Electroquil SA v Ecuador: Ecuador found...

Published Mon, Sep 01 2008 2:04 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: ITN Newsletter 1 September 2008

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