Region: Morocco

A London-listed mining company has obtained third-party funding for an ICSID claim against Morocco over the state’s refusal to grant environmental approval for a billion-dollar potash project.

23 January 2025

Morocco has applied to partially annul an ICSID award that granted US$150 million plus interest to a Saudi billionaire-owned investor over the collapse of an oil refinery.

10 December 2024

A London-listed mining company has instructed counsel for a potential ICSID claim against Morocco over the state’s refusal to grant environmental approval for a billion-dollar potash project.

01 November 2024

Morocco has reportedly defeated an ICSID claim worth up to €300 million brought by a French telecoms company over a high-speed network project.

25 October 2024

Samsung’s construction arm has reportedly settled its US$150 million ICC claim against Morocco’s state-owned phosphate producer, which is also facing two other claims.

06 September 2024

Morocco says it has knocked out most of a US$2.7 billion ICSID claim by a Saudi-owned investor over a collapsed oil refinery.

16 July 2024

A US court has refused to allow the owner of a demolished Moroccan luxury hotel to enforce its US$60 million ICC award against the debtor’s former parent company, finding the alleged breach of contract was not enough to pierce the corporate veil.

17 August 2023

A French waste management company that withdrew some of its services from Morocco has lodged an ICSID claim against the North African state.

14 August 2023

Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2023

21 April 2023

An ICSID tribunal has rejected a German recycling company’s €19 million claim against Morocco over a “de facto” ban on the export of scrap metal.

02 August 2022