Organisation: Occidental Petroleum
Young ITA launches mentor programme and writing contest
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration’s under-40 group, Young ITA, has launched a writing competition with a US$3,000 prize to cultivate “new voices”, while the deadline to apply for its new mentorship programme expires tonight.
31 July 2018
Ecuador hit by claim over tax measures
UPDATED: The operator of a major Ecuadorean oil pipeline has filed for arbitration against the government in a dispute over tax measures.
18 May 2018
Harvard event considers ISDS and more
The recent Harvard International Arbitration Conference featured keynotes by Chevron’s general counsel Hewitt Pate and Jan Paulsson and discussion of the role of in-house counsel and the future of investor-state dispute settlement among other topics.
23 April 2018
Former Petrobras subsidiary wins claim over Ecuadorean oil projects
A former subsidiary of Brazilian state oil company Petrobras and its partners have won US$515 million in a UNCITRAL claim against Ecuador over its nationalisation of two Amazon oil projects.
27 February 2018
Young ITA names new leaders
The Institute for Transnational Arbitration’s young practitioners group chaired by Silvia Marchili of King & Spalding in Houston has named new chairs in charge of thought leadership and mentorship, as well as eight regional chairs.
25 January 2018
Relaunched Young ITA announces new leaders
The Institute of Transnational Arbitration has named three Houston-based leaders for its relaunched young practitioners' group, with some positions still to be filled.
21 August 2017
Crisis point: help others to help ourselves, warns CIArb president
In a lecture in Dublin, the president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Nayla Comair-Obeid has considered how to help parties avoid and resolve disputes at times of crisis - with a view to also saving arbitration from its own crisis.
04 August 2017
Houston event looks at energy sector
An event in Houston addressed practical concerns for international arbitration in the energy sector – including geopolitics, declining oil prices, how to collect on arbitral awards and ethical dilemmas in the arbitral process. Imad Khan, senior associate at Hogan Lovells in Houston, reports.
28 April 2017
Exxon sees US$1.4 billion chopped from Venezuela award
An ICSID annulment committee has dramatically chopped US$1.41 billion from an award won by ExxonMobil against Venezuela, holding that the damages were granted based on contradictory reasoning, “straw man” arguments and the assertion of powers under international law that were not mandated by the relevant bilateral investment treaty.
10 March 2017
ConocoPhillips-Ecuador dispute ends with damages for both sides
AWARDS NOW PUBLIC: A nearly decade-long ICSID dispute between ConocoPhillips and Ecuador, with claims on both sides running into the billions, has ended with awards of nearly US$380 million for the investor and US$42 million for the state.
09 February 2017