Region: Mexico

A Canadian court has refused to revive a US$3 billion NAFTA claim against Mexico despite finding that the conduct of the state’s appointed arbitrator gave rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.

31 October 2023

A Chinese lithium producer says it is considering bringing a claim against Mexico after its mining concessions were cancelled for allegedly failing to meet investment obligations – as the state pursues a wider programme of nationalisation that practitioners say could lead to treaty cases.   

28 September 2023

A London funder has agreed to finance a Canadian mining company’s US$180 million NAFTA legacy claim against Mexico.

07 September 2023

Carlos Véjar, a former general counsel of international trade in Mexico’s ministry of economy, has left Holland & Knight after seven years to join White & Case in Mexico City.

25 August 2023

A Mexican multimedia group has lodged an ICSID case against Peru – having previously threatened to file a claim over a concession to roll out a fibre optic network.

24 August 2023

A pair of US investment funds involved in a legal battle to recover debt from Mexico’s second-largest mass media company have brought a NAFTA legacy claim against the state at ICSID.

14 August 2023

An American railroad investor has filed a NAFTA legacy claim against Mexico at ICSID, the fourth claim brought under the treaty at the centre in the past week.

28 July 2023

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28 July 2023

A Mexican appeal court has upheld an AAA-ICDR award that threw out a US consortium’s US$200 million claim on jurisdiction and awarded US$80 million in favour of Mexico’s state oil company Pemex.

27 July 2023

A Canadian silver mining company has launched a second ICSID case against Mexico over a tax dispute, the latest in a flurry of claims brought against the state under the recently expired legacy provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

24 July 2023