Work Area: Telecoms

The first ever ICSID claim against Sudan, brought by a Jordanian-Lebanese telecoms investor, has been discontinued by agreement of the parties.

13 August 2020

A US company’s bid to revive a US$65 million claim against Uruguay has been discontinued at ICSID, but the claimant’s owner has threatened the state with a new treaty claim.

17 June 2020

UPDATED WITH COUNSEL. Two US investors in Georgia’s largest telecoms group have filed an ICSID claim against the state, accusing the former government of arresting and extorting the company’s founder on politically motivated charges.

13 February 2020

UPDATED WITH COMMENT: Algeria has defeated a €420 million treaty claim by an insolvent Italian telecoms company, as an ICSID claim over a wastewater treatment project is discontinued.

10 February 2020

Tiago Duarte-Silva and Billy (Milinda) Muttiah of Charles River Associates examine the growth of the mobile telecommunications industry and the accompanying rise in the number of investor-state arbitrations relating to this sector.

27 November 2019

An abortive discovery request in Delaware has shed light on efforts by a Russian-owned telecoms multinational to enforce an LCIA award worth more than €150 million against the holding company of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris and his family.

23 March 2018

A failed deal for the sale of Senegal’s second-largest mobile operator is understood to have given rise to three ICC claims, brought by the intended seller, Luxembourg-based telecoms company Millicom International Cellular, and intended purchaser the Wari Group.

13 November 2017