Organisation: Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission

The Ecuadorean public has voted against a proposal to allow the state to enter into treaties that refer disputes with investors to international arbitration.

23 April 2024

A South Korean state-owned mining company is reportedly preparing to bring a US$750 million treaty claim against Panama over the closure of a mining project that has already spawned several other disputes.

02 February 2024

Canada’s First Quantum Minerals has filed an ICC claim against Panama after its copper mining concession was declared unconstitutional by the country’s Supreme Court – as two related investment treaty cases loom.  

04 December 2023

Bolivia says it has defeated a Peruvian group’s US$270 million investment treaty claim over the nationalisation of a stake in a cement producer.

29 November 2023

A Bolivian politician’s company has ended its efforts to enforce a US$36 million award in the US courts despite pending annulment proceedings in Bolivia, after it reached a settlement with the Mexican award debtor.

17 March 2023

Canada’s First Quantum has filed one arbitration against Panama and is preparing another after it was ordered to suspend operations at one of the country’s largest mining projects.

04 January 2023

A cement consortium’s claim against Bolivia has come to light, as Peru is hit with an ICSID claim over a road project and Chile is threatened for a third time over its private pension reforms.

25 October 2021

A US appeals court in Colorado has rejected a Mexican cement group’s appeal against the enforcement of a US$36 million award in favour of a Bolivian politician’s investment company – holding that the “best reading” of court proceedings in Bolivia is that the arbitrators’ findings on liability have not been set aside.

21 August 2020

A Quito-seated tribunal has dismissed claims by both sides in a US$39 million joint venture dispute between Colombian and Ecuadorean state-owned telecoms companies that also gave rise to the threat of a treaty claim.

22 July 2019

A Colorado court has confirmed a US$36 million award in favour of a Bolivian politician’s investment company against a Mexican cement group despite the fact it is still subject to annulment proceedings in Bolivia.

23 April 2019