Region: Algeria

A Spanish contractor is facing a bid to enforce an ICC award issued in a US$158 million arbitration over a Chilean refinery upgrade – as it settles a dispute with an Algerian state entity over a power plant project.

22 April 2025

A US appeals court has affirmed that a group of insurers must take their US$28 million claim against GE over a turbine failure at an Algerian power plant to ICC arbitration.

21 March 2025

The administrator of a German construction holding company has brought an ICSID claim against Algeria.

17 March 2025

An Algerian state-owned utility has filed a €413 million claim against Spanish construction group Duro Felguera over the suspension of work on a thermal power plant project.

25 November 2024

An ICC tribunal has upheld a claim by a subsidiary of Algeria’s national oil and gas company Sonatrach over rights to shares in a seawater desalination plant, while rejecting its claims for almost US$400 million in damages against two Asian companies.

03 October 2023

UPDATED: An Algerian state agency has reportedly defeated the bulk of a €200 million ICC claim brought by Spanish construction group OHLA over a railway project.

01 September 2023

A Swiss transport company that obtained a US$110 million ICSID award from Algeria over the collection of dividends has filed a new claim against the North African state in relation to a port concession agreement.

02 August 2023

A French court has refused to set aside a partial award upholding jurisdiction over a US$290 million ICC claim brought by a subsidiary of Algeria’s national oil and gas company Sonatrach against its partners in a seawater desalination plant. 

21 June 2023

A Spanish conglomerate has reportedly won a €128 million ICC award against a subsidiary of Algeria’s national oil and gas company Sonatrach over the failed purchase of a stake in a fertiliser venture.

07 June 2023

An entity owned by Abu Dhabi’s royal family has been awarded over US$228 million plus interest and costs in an ICSID claim against Algeria over a failed project to develop a metropolitan park – as a dissenting arbitrator argues the case should have been rejected based on evidence of malfeasance.

10 May 2023