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CHAIR’S REPORTYOUNG ITA ANNOUNCES ITS CHAIRS

Abby Cohen Smutny

Crina Baltag

Laura Sinisterra

Young ITA is very pleased to introduce its newly appointed Thought Leadership Chair, Mentorship Chair, and eight Regional Chairs for the 2017-2019 term! They will be joining Silvia Marchili (Young ITA Chair), Elizabeth Devaney (Young ITA Vice-Chair), and Robert Landicho (Young ITA Communications Chair) in leading the Young ITA in its exciting new chapter.

Young ITA Thought Leadership Chair Crina Baltag is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Bedfordshire (UK), teaching courses on International Commercial Arbitration, Investment Treaty Arbitration, and International Commercial Litigation. She is the acting editor of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, and regularly publishes on international commercial and investment arbitration. Crina also regularly sits as an arbitrator. Her latest book, ICSID Convention after

50 Years: Unsettled Issues (ed.), was released by Wolters Kluwer in 2017. As Thought Leadership Chair, Crina will lead the Young ITA Award selection process, review contributions to publications, and identify topics to be addressed at Young ITA events and Young ITA LinkedIn Group/Forum.

Young ITA Mentorship Chair Laura Sinisterra is an associate in Debevoise & Plimpton’s International Dispute Resolution Group in New York. Her practice focuses on international investment and commercial arbitration. She is admitted to the New York and the Colombia Bars, and has advised clients in a variety of jurisdictions on issues of public international law, treaty and contract interpretation, common and civil law. Laura received an LL.M. degree from Harvard

Law School, where she was a recipient of a Dean’s Scholar Prize

Dear Members of the ITA Community,

With the holiday season upon us, I write to convey holiday greetings and to update you on the ITA’s activities.

ITA Extends its Reach in Membership, Programs, and Partnerships

Very special thanks are due to Professor Chip Brower (Wayne State, Detroit) for his leadership in developing ITA’s three-year strategic plan for 2017-2020, which already is reaping benefits.

The size of our membership, our Advisory Board, and our newly reorganized Young ITA are all at all-time highs. The growth of Young ITA since it was reorganized in April under the leadership of outgoing chair Montserrat Manzano (Von Wobeser y Sierra, Mexico City) and current chair Silvia Marchili (King & Spalding, Houston) has been enormous, now with over 500 members. ITA’s membership truly is highly diverse, now hailing from 56 countries around the world!

This past year ITA organized and presented four arbitration conferences – in Dallas, Houston, Washington DC, and London – and Young ITA presented another four programs – in Miami, London, Houston, and Mexico City. During 2018, we will be presenting programs in Dallas, Houston, Washington DC and Santiago, Chile, and Young ITA will be presenting eight different programs on five continents.

Throughout this past year, ITA partnered in its programs and publications with many of the leading institutions in our field, including the American Society of International Law (ASIL), the ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC), the International Bar Association (IBA), the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), the Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB), the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr) and Kluwer Law International.

ITA Launched Young ITA

Our reorganized Young ITA launched with a bang in June, quickly growing ten-fold in membership and beyond that in renewed energy. Led by chair Silvia Marchili, vice chair Liz Devaney (Occidental

INSIDE THIS ISSUE…Young ITA Announces its Chairs ..........................Pages 1,5

Chair’s Report ........................................................... Pages 1-4

#Young ITA Talks Houston ................................Pages 4-5,9

Experts in the News ...............................................Pages 6-8

Corruption in Arbitration ............................................. Page 8

Conferences and Events in 2017-2018 ................... Page 8

Scoreboard of Treaty Adherence ................... Pages 10-13

ITA Community ..................................................... Pages 14-16

Volume 31 Number 4Fourth Quarter 2017

The Institute for Transnational ArbitrationA Division of

The Center for American and International Law

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Montserrat Manzano and Alan R. Crain, Jr.

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Abby Cohen Smutny ........................................................................................................................... ChairProf. Susan Franck ...................................................................................... Chair – Academic CouncilJoseph E. Neuhaus .......................................................................................................Senior Vice ChairJosé I. Astigarraga ...................................................................................................................... Vice ChairProf. Charles H. Brower, II......................................................................................................... Vice ChairAlan R. Crain ................................................................................................................................. Vice ChairDietmar Prager ............................................................................................................................ Vice ChairLaurence Shore ........................................................................................................................... Vice ChairEduardo Zuleta ............................................................................................................................ Vice ChairDominique Brown-Berset ............................................................................................ Member at LargeJennifer M. Smith ........................................................................................................... Member at LargeKlaus Reichert ................................................................................................................. Member at LargeR. Doak Bishop .............................................................................................................................Past ChairThe Hon. Charles N. Brower ....................................................................................................Past ChairProf. David D. Caron ...................................................................................................................Past ChairDonald Francis Donovan ...........................................................................................................Past ChairEwell E. Murphy, Jr. ......................................................................................................................Past ChairProf. Lucy F. Reed ........................................................................................................................Past ChairJeswald W. Salacuse ..................................................................................................................Past ChairProf. Chiara Giorgetti. ............................................................................Vice Chair, Academic CouncilProf. Jarrod Wong. ..................................................................................Vice Chair, Academic CouncilWade M. Coriell .......................................................................................................Editor, News & NotesProf. Roger P. Alford ............... General Editor, ITA BoR/ITA Arb. Report/KluwerArbitration.comElina Mereminskaya .....Co-Managing Editor, ITA BoR/ITA Arb. Report/KluwerArbitration.comMonique Sasson ...........Co-Managing Editor, ITA BoR/ITA Arb. Report/KluwerArbitration.comR. Doak Bishop ...............................Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation ReviewProf. Andrea K. Bjorklund ............Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation ReviewDietmar W. Prager .........................Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation ReviewRafael T. Boza .................................Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation ReviewAndrés Jana ................................................................................Chair, Americas Initiative CommitteeSilvia Marchili ............................................................................................. Chair, Young ITA CommitteeRachael D. Kent ..................................................................... Co-Chair, Communications CommitteeSylvia Tonova ......................................................................... Co-Chair, Communications CommitteeCraig Miles .......................................................................................Co-Chair, Membership CommitteeAnk Santens ....................................................................................Co-Chair, Membership CommitteeLuke Sobota ....................................................................................Co-Chair, Membership CommitteeJennifer Kirby ....................................................................................... Co-Chair, Programs CommitteeBart Legum ........................................................................................... Co-Chair, Programs CommitteeTomasz J. Sikora .......................................................................Chair, Strategic Planning Committee Epaminontas (Nontas) Triantafilou ..................................................... Chair, UNCITRAL Task ForceJean-Christophe Honlet ........................................................................2018 ITA Workshop Co-ChairProf. Frédéric G. Sourgens ...................................................................2018 ITA Workshop Co-ChairErica Stein ..................................................................................................2018 ITA Workshop Co-ChairMichael J. Marchand ..........................................................................................................CAIL PresidentDavid B. Winn ............................................................................................................................ITA Director

INSTITUTE FOR TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION Officers and Executive Committee

of the Advisory Board 2016-2017

News & Notes is a quarterly publication of ITA. Subscriptions are free to members and $30 for non-members.

NEWS & NOTES EDITORIAL BOARDEditor ..............................................................................................................Wade Coriell

King & Spalding LLP, Singapore Associate Editor ..........................................................................................Hansel Pham

White & Case LLP, Washington, D.C.

Americas Initiative Liaison ........................................................... Elina Mereminskaya Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana, Santiago, Chile

Young Arbitrators Initiative Liaison ..................................................Robert Landicho Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX

Correspondence regarding News & Notes should be addressed to Editor Wade Coriell, King & Spalding LLP, 9 Raffles Place #31-01, Republic Plaza, Singapore, 048619, Singapore; [email protected].

Correspondence regarding ITA should be addressed to ITA Director David Winn at The Center for American and International Law, 5201 Democracy Drive, Plano, Texas 75024; [email protected].

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Petroleum, Houston) and communications chair Rob Landicho (Vinson & Elkins, Houston), a competitive application process has led to the appointment of an expanded and exceptional leadership team for 2017-2019: thought leader chair Crina Baltag, mentorship chair Laura Sinisterra, and regional chairs Rocío Digón (Continental Europe), Tomas Vail (United Kingdom), James Egerton-Vernon (North America), Karima Sauma (Mexico and Central America), José María de la Jara (South America - Spanish speaking jurisdictions), Pedro Guilhardi (Brazil), Chinedum Umeche (Africa) and Aditya Singh (Asia).

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#YoungITATalks programs have been successfully combining substantive programming with social networking. Our program hosts to date have included Covington & Burling with the Barra Mexicana de Abogados (in Mexico City), Hogan Lovells with the Houston International Arbitration Club (HIAC) (in Houston), Vinson & Elkins with ArbitralWomen (in London), White & Case with the Miami International Arbitration Society (MIAS) and the Future of Arbitration Miami (FAM) (in Miami), and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (in Washington DC). Past programs are available for review at the ITA website, www.cailaw.org/ita. If you are interested in hosting a #YoungITATalks event in your city, please contact Silvia Marchili or the regional chair for your region.

There is no fee to join Young ITA, which is open to all interested professionals under 40 years old. The annual meeting of the Young ITA will be in Dallas on Thursday, June 21, 2018, during the 30th ITA Workshop and Annual Meeting.

ITA Welcomes New Executive Committee Members

In June, ITA welcomed new Executive Committee members Jean-Christophe Honlet (Dentons, Paris), Rachael Kent (WilmerHale, DC), Jennifer Kirby (Kirby, Paris), Bart Legum (Dentons, Paris), Silvia Marchili (King & Spalding, Houston), Craig Miles (King & Spalding, Houston), Klaus Reichert SC (Brick Court Chambers, London), Ank Santens (White & Case, DC), Luke Sobota (Three Crowns, DC), Professor Frédéric Sourgens (Washburn, Topeka), Erica Stein (Dechert, Brussels), and Sylvia Tonova (Jones Day, London).

The ITA Academic Council Has Continued to Enrich the International Arbitration Community

With luncheon interviews of Albert Jan van den Berg, Professor William “Rusty” Park, Dominique Brown-Berset and Judge Stephen Schwebel during 2017, the Academic Council added to its growing archive of oral history interviews designed to record the evolution of modern international arbitration in the words of those who have led it. Earlier interviews in the series have included Gerald Aksen, Gary Born, Charles N. Brower, Yves Fortier, Martin Hunter and Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor. During 2018, the Council will add David Haigh at the ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Energy Arbitration Conference in Houston on January 18-19, Yves Derain at the ITA-ALARB Joint Conference in Santiago on May 3-4, and Claus von Wobeser at the ITA Workshop and Annual Meeting in Dallas on June 20-22. Thanks are due to Andrea Bjorklund (McGill, Montreal) and Victoria Shannon Sahani (Arizona State, Phoenix) for leading this important project. The video interviews are all available at the Online Education Library on the ITA website.

The 14th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference in Washington DC, led in 2017 by Professor Stavros Brekoulakis (Queen Mary) and Ruth Teitelbaum (Tenor Capital Management) and co-sponsored by ICCA, offered an advance look and opportunity to comment on the draft ICCA-Queen Mary Report on Third Party Funding. All three co-chairs of the ICCA-Queen Mary Task Force (Stavros Brekoulakis, Rusty Park and Catherine Rogers) participated on the faculty of the program.

The 2018 ITA-ASIL Conference, which will be held on April 4, 2018 in Washington DC, will be examining Diversity and Inclusion in International Arbitration under the leadership of co-chairs Caroline Richard and Professor Won Kidane (Seattle).


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In what has become an annual event for the Academic Council, Professor Freddie Sourgens is organizing a Works-in-Progress Workshop to be held in January 2018 in connection with the ITA Academic Council’s winter meeting in Washington DC. Works by Stavros Brekoulakis, Tom Stipanowich (Pepperdine) and Patricia Shaughnessy (Stockholm) will be discussed by the members assembled.

Other ongoing activities of the Academic Council include the ITA Legal Educators Resources Collection and Listserv (ITA-LEL) online at the ITA website, moderated by Stacie Strong (Missouri), and the Council’s monthly contributions to KluwerArbitrationBlog, ably organized until recently by Karen Cross (John Marshall), now succeeded by Louise Ellen Teitz (Roger Williams).

Academic Council chair Professor Susan Franck welcomed eight new members in 2017 to three-year terms: Giuditta Cordero Moss (Oslo), William Dodge (UC-Davis), Kun Fan (McGill), Franco Ferrari (NYU), Josh Karton (Queens), Munir Maniruzzaman (Portsmouth), Caroline Richards (AU/Freshfields), and Patricia Shaughnessy (Stockholm).

ITA’s Americas Initiative Expands Its Programming

ITA’s Americas Initiative, a self-selecting committee of the Advisory Board led by chair Andrés Jana (Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana, Santiago) and vice chair Eduardo Gonçalves (Mattos Filho, São Paolo), now counts over 125 members with a focus on international arbitration in Latin America.

Through the leadership of ITA’s Americas Initiative, in 2018 ITA will be partnering with the Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB) to present the 1st ITA-ALARB Joint Conference on International Arbitration which will be held on May 3-4, 2018 in Santiago, Chile. Co-chaired by Andrés Jana and ALARB president (and ITA vice chair) Eduardo Zuleta (Zuleta Abogados, Bogotá), the conference will focus on Arbitrating Disputes in Natural Resources. The conference luncheon will feature an oral history interview of Yves Derains (Derains & Gharavi, Paris) by Eduardo Zuleta. Planning is now underway for this exciting event.

With new moderators Elina Mereminskaya (Wagemann & Asociados, Santiago) and Giovanni Nanni (Nanni Advogados, São Paolo) and a team of regular contributors, the Spanish-Portuguese language listserv ITAFOR (the ITA Latin American Arbitration Forum) has grown to over 550 subscribers and is more active than ever. Thanks are due as well to continuing moderators Professor Fernando Cantuarias (Universidad Del Pacìfico, Lima), Francisco González de Cossío (González de Cossío Abogados, Mexico City), Cliff Hendel (Araoz & Rueda Abogados, Madrid) and Elsa Ortega (Ortega & Gomez Ruano, Mexico City). There is no charge for subscriptions to ITAFOR, courtesy of ITA and our partners ALARB and the Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem (CBAr).

ITA’s second survey of Latin American Arbitral Institutions is now underway under the direction of Cecilia Flores (Flores Rueda Abogados, Mexico City), Eduardo Gonçalves (Mattos Filho, São Paolo) and Jonathan Hamilton (White & Case, DC) and is expected to be ready for publication in the spring.

The annual meeting of the Americas Initiative Committee will be on Friday, June 22, 2018, during the 30th ITA Workshop and Annual Meeting in Dallas.

ITA’s Publications Provide Opportunities to Share Knowledge and to Connect with the ITA Community

ITA offers a variety of publications for our members and the community at large.

Most prominently, KluwerArbitration.com, founded in 2001 by ITA and Professor Roger Alford (Notre Dame) with partners Kluwer Law International and the Permanent Court of Arbitration, remains the most comprehensive, up-to-date portal for international arbitration resources on the internet.

The ITA Arbitration Report, which is available as a free subscription service through KluwerArbitration.com, continues to provide timely news of developments in international arbitration based on the contributions of our 85-member Board of Reporters covering 59 countries and arbitral institutions. The ITA Arbitration Report is assembled under the guidance of general editor Professor Alford and managing editors Elina Mereminskaya (Wagemann & Asociados, Santiago) and Monique Sasson (JAMS, NY).

The ITA Online Education Library at ITA’s website includes the Academic Council’s oral history video interviews as well as archived audio webcasts and a variety of Workshop mock video products – available online on-demand, on USB and on DVD. These video programs are designed by our Academic Council to demonstrate and explain the major stages of an international commercial arbitration with mock scenes, expert commentaries, study guides and other supporting materials. CLE credit is available.

ITA’s newsletter, News & Notes, including its Scoreboard of Treaty Adherence, edited by Wade Coriell (King & Spalding, Houston) and associate editor Hansel Pham (White & Case, DC), provides up to date information about treaty adherence, insightful articles, and timely updates on the activities of our members to help us to stay connected.

You can follow ITA on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook thanks to the direction of ITA’s Communications Committee and co-chairs Sylvia Tonova and Rachael Kent. Thanks to Young ITA communications chair Rob Landicho you can also follow Young ITA on LinkedIn.

Thanks to the work of our Communications Committee, you also can follow the live conference reporting of every ITA and Young ITA program on social media, including OGEMID and ITAFOR, and post-conference reports on GAR, KluwerArbitrationBlog, News & Notes and other publications. If you are interested in serving as an ITA conference or #YoungITATalks reporter for future events, please contact Sylvia, Rachael or Rob.

ITA is busy designing a new publication for our members well suited to the digital age and is no longer providing the content and editorial direction for the World Arbitration and Mediation Review. The new publication will be a hybrid electronic and print journal featuring scholarship, education and community, with audio, video and interactive elements enabling substantive commentary and links to other online content. It will be made available as a member benefit for all of our members. Stay-tuned as we are working towards a launch early next year.


Expert ITA Programming Focused on International Arbitration of Energy Disputes

This past year, the 6th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration in Houston was led in 2017 by co-chairs Suzana Blades (Managing Counsel, Arbitration, ConocoPhillips, Houston), Juliet Blanch (Juliet Blanch Arbitration, London) and Jim Tancula (Mayer Brown, Chicago). Highlights included discussions with the General Counsels of Baker Hughes (Alan Crain, an ITA executive committee member), Chevron (Hewitt Pate, an ITA Advisory Board member), ConocoPhillips (Janet Carrig, an ITA Advisory Board member) and Occidental Petroleum (Marcia Backus), and a luncheon oral history interview of Rusty Park by Catherine Rogers.

In June 2017, ITA organized the disputes resolution portion of the biennial 6th IEL-IBA SEERIL International Oil & Gas Law Conference in London. ITA’s Jennifer Smith (Hogan Lovells, Houston) co-chaired the conference and Audley Sheppard QC (Clifford Chance, London) led the disputes resolution module of this popular program.

The 7th edition of the annual energy arbitration joint conference will be presented in Houston on January 18-19, 2018 under the guidance of co-chairs Mimi Lee (Managing Counsel, Litigation, Chevron Upstream, San Ramon), Jim Loftis (Vinson & Elkins, Houston and London) and Sylvia Noury (Freshfields, London). Highlights will include insights from arbitration managing counsel at Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Shell and Statoil and a luncheon interview of David Haigh QC (Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer, Calgary) by Professor Margaret Moses (Loyola, Chicago). The full program is now available for your review online at the ITA website.

ITA Is Planning Now for the 30th ITA Workshop and Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas

Our 2017 Workshop and Annual Meeting was a special and highly successful event, focused on Challenges to the Legitimacy of International Arbitration. Co-chairs Caline Mouawad (King & Spalding, New York), Jeremy Sharpe (Shearman & Sterling LLP, London) and Professor Jarrod Wong (University of the Pacific, Sacramento) addressed the topic with an exceptional faculty, including keynote speaker Gary Born (WilmerHale, London), Meg Kinnear (Secretary-General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID, DC), Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof (Director General, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA, London), and an oral history luncheon interview of Dominique Brown-Berset (Brown & Page, Geneva) interviewed by Professor Susan Franck. The young lawyers Roundtable was organized by then-Young ITA chair Montserrat Manzano and featured an around the world report by members of the ITA Arbitration Report Board of Reporters (ITAAR).

In 2018, we will be celebrating an important milestone when on June 20-22 we will present the 30th ITA Workshop and Annual Meeting. We will be exploring the complex theme: Multiple Proceedings, Multiple Parties, and International Arbitration: What a Tangled Web We Weave, led by Jean-Christophe Honlet (Dentons, Paris), Professor Frédéric Sourgens (Washburn University School of Law, Topeka) and Erica Stein (Dechert, Brussels). The faculty will be outstanding, with Professor Emmanuel Gaillard (Shearman & Sterling, Paris) presenting the keynote address and an oral history luncheon interview with Claus von Wobeser (Von Wobeser y Sierra, Mexico City).

The ITA Annual Meeting will take place in conjunction with the Workshop and will include a variety of professional and social activities, including annual meetings of our Executive Committee, Young ITA, Americas Initiative, Academic Council, and ITAAR Board of Reporters. The ITA Advisory Board Dinner meeting once again will be held at the beautiful Dallas Country Club. As Workshop registration is free for members of ITA’s Advisory Board, I encourage you to make your plans to attend now.

Finally, a Reminder

You may know that ITA is one division among several of The Center for American and International Law (CAIL). CAIL’s other institutes and programs address important developments in fields ranging from international business to technology to oil and gas to law enforcement. I encourage you to visit the CAIL website at www.cailaw.org and to encourage colleagues with interest in these fields to join the CAIL institute in their area of practice and enjoy the many benefits that membership provides.

I look forward to welcoming you at the next ITA event, and in the meantime, wish you a joyous holiday season!

Sincerely,

Abby Cohen SmutnyChair, ITA Advisory Board

#YOUNG ITA TALKSHOUSTON

On November 14, 2017, Young ITA hosted a #YoungITATalks conference in Houston, TX at the offices of Hogan Lovells US LLP. Imad Khan (Hogan Lovells, Houston) co-chaired the program with Montserrat Manzano (Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C., Mexico City), along with a local host committee which included Teresa Garcia-Reyes (Sr. Litigation Counsel, Baker

Hughes, a GE Company, Houston) and Silvia Marchili (King & Spalding; Chair of Young ITA, Houston). The program consisted of two sessions:

The Shaping of Energy Disputes – Montserrat Manzano interviewed Alan R. Crain, Jr. (Independent Arbitrator and former Chief Legal and Governance Officer of Baker Hughes Inc., Houston) on topics relating to energy policies around the globe and how these policies are shaping energy disputes and their resolution.

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and a member of the Harvard International Law Journal. Laura will coordinate the Young ITA Mentorship Program.

Young ITA Continental Europe Chair Rocío Digón is an Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School and contract professor at HEC Paris. She is former Managing Director and Counsel of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, SICANA, Inc., where she was responsible for directing SICANA’s promotional activities and for the administration of cases for the North America region. She is a

former associate in King & Spalding LLP’s New York office and has published several articles on topics related to international arbitration. As Continental Europe Chair, Rocío will serve as Young ITA’s ambassador in Continental Europe and organize events throughout the region.

Young ITA UK Chair Tomas Vail is an associate in the International Arbitration Group of White and Case LLP, in London. He regularly advises clients on international commercial arbitrations and investment treaty disputes, and has particular experience in the petroleum and extractives industry, advising on investment treaty planning, production sharing agreements, tax stability provisions and cost

recovery mechanisms. Tomas is listed on the LCIA database of neutrals/ arbitrators. As UK Chair, Tomas will serve as Young ITA’s ambassador in the UK and organize events in the UK and surrounding areas.

Young ITA North America Chair James Egerton-Vernon is a member of Jones Day’s Global Disputes team in Washington, D.C and is an adjunct professor of international arbitration at the University of Maryland. James has a focus and publishes regularly on investor-state and commercial arbitration disputes, with particular experience in the oil & gas, mining, telecommunications, and construction sectors. James is included on the roster of arbitrators

of the Arbitration Center of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce. As North America Chair, James is the Young ITA’s ambassador in the region and will organize multiple events.

Young ITA Mexico and Central America Chair Karima Sauma is the Executive Director of the International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration of the American Chamber of Commerce in Costa Rica, teaches international arbitration at ULACIT University in San José. She has worked as an Advisor in the Dispute Settlement Department

of the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Trade, where she worked as part of Costa Rica’s defense team, and was part of the negotiating team for investment treaties. Prior to joining the Ministry of Foreign Trade, she worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Washington, DC. Karima will serve as Young ITA’s ambassador in Mexico & Central America, where she will organize multiple events.

Young ITA Brazil Chair Pedro Guilhardi is partner at Nanni Advogados. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and obtained his LL.M degree in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary, University of London. He has previously worked in the international arbitration team of Dechert LLP (Paris) and has interned at the ICC Court in Paris. He has published in ADR and commercial law journals, and speaks Portuguese and English. Pedro is Young ITA’s ambassador in Brazil and will plan multiple events in the country.

Young ITA South America (Spanish-Speaking Jurisdictions) Chair José María De la Jara is an associate at Bullard Falla Ezcurra + in Lima, Perú. He is also the Founder and Executive Director at PsychoLAWgy, professor of Law & Psychology at Universidad del Pacífico and Ambassador for Perú at Arbitrator Intelligence. His research is focused on persuasion, the relation between cognitive biases, emotions and arbitral decision making, and the fight

against corruption in international arbitration. José María will serve as Young ITA’s ambassador in South America’s Spanish-speaking jurisdictions and will plan multiple events in the region.

Young ITA Africa Chair Chinedum Umeche is a Lawyer at Banwo & Ighodalo in Nigeria. Chinedum has consistently demonstrated a passion for law practice. His exceptional understanding of legal issues reflects in his output in and out of Court. A passionate writer and thinker, his articles on a wide range of legal issues have been published in reputable international and local law journals. Chinedum is a Notary Public for the Federal Republic

of Nigeria. As Young ITA’s Africa Chair, Chinedum is the ambassador for the Africa Region, and will take the lead in organizing events in the Region.

Young ITA Asia Chair Aditya Singh is an associate in White & Case’s International Arbitration Group, based in Singapore. He has acted as counsel in arbitrations across the world and has acted in proceedings under all major sets of arbitration rules (ICC, ICDR, ICSID, LCIA and SIAC), as well as in ad hoc proceedings (UNCITRAL). Before joining White & Case, Aditya clerked at the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court. As Young ITA’s Asia Chair,

Aditya is the ambassador for the Asia Region, and will organize numerous events each throughout the Region.

Please direct any queries to Young ITA Chair Silvia Marchili, Vice-Chair Elizabeth Devaney, or Communications Chair Robert Reyes Landicho. For more information about Young ITA, visit our website.

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Is Investor-State Arbitration Here to Stay? – Nicole Silver (Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington D.C.) moderated a panel with Alberto F. Ravell (Sr. Counsel Arbitration, ConocoPhillips Co., Houston, speaking in his individual capacity) and Teddy Baldwin (Baker McKenzie, Washington D.C.) on various topics related to recent criticisms and debate about the current state and future of investment arbitration.

The Shaping of Energy Disputes

The first session focused on the economic, technological, and geopolitical forces that shape energy disputes. Mr. Crain drew

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Supporting Member HSSK has added Cindy Carradine (Dallas), Vernon Jones (Houston), and Chris Schwartz (Houston) as representatives to the Advisory Board.

Supporting Member Hunton & Williams LLP has added Gustavo J. Membiela (Miami) as a representative to the Advisory Board.

New Supporting Member Nanni Advogados has added Amanda Bueno Dantas (São Paulo), Pedro Guilhardi (São Paulo), Giovanni Ettore Nanni (São Paulo), and Gustavo Gaspar Nogueira (São Paulo) as representatives to the Advisory Board.

Supporting Member Thompson & Knight LLP has added Thomas J. (TJ) Auner (Dallas) as a representative to the Advisory Board.

Supporting Member Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. has added Adrián Magallanes (Mexico City) as a representative to the Advisory Board.

New Sponsoring Member Banwo & Ighodalo has added Chinedum Umeche (Lagos) as a representative to the Advisory Board.

New Sponsoring Member Bonelli Erede Pappalardo Studio Legale has added Laurence Shore (Milan) as a representative to the Advisory Board.

Sustaining Member ConocoPhillips Company has added Janet Langford Carrig (Houston), Kelly Herrera (Houston), and Alberto Ravell (Houston) as representatives to the Advisory Board.

Sustaining Member Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP has added Katie Connolly (Washington, DC) as a representative to the Advisory Board.

Sustaining Member Wilmer Hale has added Charlie Caher (London), Danielle Morris (Washington, DC) and Claudio Salas (New York) as representatives to the Advisory Board.

Sustaining Member White & Case LLP has added Aditya Singh (Singapore) and Tomas Vail (London) as representatives to the Advisory Board.

Supporting Member Compass Lexecon has added Carla Chavich (New York) as a representative to the Advisory Board.

Supporting Member Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Paul Brown (Houston) and Christopher LaVigne (Dallas) as representatives to the Advisory Board.

Supporting Member Hogan Lovells US LLP has added M. Imad Khan (Houston) and Robert Wolinsky (Washington, DC) as representatives to the Advisory Board.

TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION EXPERTS…IN THE NEWS

Katie Connolly Gustavo J. Membiela

Aditya Singh Thomas Vail

M. Imad Khan Robert Wolinsky

Danielle MorrisClaudio Salas Charlie Caher

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Kelly Herrera Alberto Ravell

Carla Chavich

Christopher LaVigne

Paul Brown

Laurence Shore

Chinedum Umeche

Cindy Carradine Vernon Jones Chris Schwartz

Amanda Bueno Dantas

Pedro Guilhardi

Giovanni Ettore Nanni

Gustavo Gaspar Nogueira

Thomas J. (TJ) Auner

Adrián Magallanes

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New Sponsoring Member Burford Capital has added Emily Slater (New York) as a representative to the Advisory Board.

New Academic/Government/Nonprofit Member is Dr. Crina Mihaela Baltag (University of Bedfordshire, Department of Law and Finance, Luton).

The Honorable Judge Charles Brower, ITA Advisory Board Member at Large, provided a number of lectures, keynote addresses, and presentations, including the following: (1) On October 12, 2017, he delivered at the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California the Justice Lester W. Roth Lecture, which was titled “Why The ‘Demolition Derby’ That Seeks To Destroy Investor-State Arbitration?”; (2) on October

16 and 17, 2017, he lectured students at Stanford Law School under the auspices of its International Law Society, essentially on the same subject as at Gould, then met with a group of students having various questions about international arbitration and careers in the field, and concluded by co-teaching a three-hour class on “International Economic Law and Investment Protection”; (3) on November 2, 2017, he gave the keynote address at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Council on International Law in Ottawa, which is entitled “Canada’s Embrace Of The EU-Inspired International Investment Court: Foresight Or Folly?”; (4) on November 7, 2017, he participated in a panel at a session of the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association at the Harvard Law School; and (5) on November 17, 2017, he gave the keynote address at Fordham Law School’s Annual Conference on International Arbitration in New York City, which is titled “From The Two-Headed Nightingale To The Fifteen-Headed Hydra: The Many Follies Of The EU-Inspired International Investment Court.”

ITA’s Reporter for United Arab Emirates John Gaffney has authored a number of recent publications, including: (1) UAE Chapter in Commercial Arbitration 2017, Global Arbitration Review (2017) (co-author with Thomas Snider and Dalal Al Houti); (2) Should the European Union regulate commercial arbitration?, Arbitration International (2017) 33 (1): 81-98; and (3) The Revision of Article 257 of the UAE Penal Code: Concerns, Context, and a call to Countermand, International Journal of Arab Arbitration, Volume 8 - No. (2) 2016 (co-author with Hassan Arab & Malak Nasreddine).

ITA Advisory Board Member James M. Gaitis once again reprised his role as Editor-in-Chief of The College of Commercial Arbitrators Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration, the substantially expanded 4th edition of which was released for publication in October 2017. At the CCA’s 2017 annual meeting in October, Mr. Gaitis spoke on a panel discussion relating to emergency arbitrators in U.S.-based domestic and international arbitrations. At the college’s formal dinner

that evening, he was honored for his outstanding contributions to the field of commercial arbitration by being the first individual in the 17-year history of the college to be awarded the title of Distinguished Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.

ITA Advisory Board Member David T. LÓpez, FCIArb, presented “The Future of International Conflicts in Global Commerce” at the September advanced mediator training of the Association of Attorney-Mediators, discussing the potential impact of a convention on the enforcement of international conciliation agreements. The UNCITRAL Working Group 2 continued to develop the text of a convention which would do for international

mediation what the New York Convention does for international arbitration.

ITA Advisory Board Member Ben Love of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was recently appointed to the Independent Diplomat Rule of Law Roundtable, which consists of 12 prominent members of the New York legal community experienced in international law and was constituted by a former Senior Legal Advisor at the United Nations to explore and promote international diplomacy and upholding principles of public international law.

ITA Advisory Board Member at Large Jeswald W. Salacuse, Distinguished Professor, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and former Chair of the ITA Advisory Council, has written a new book, Real Leaders Negotiate! - Gaining, Using, and Keeping the Power to Lead through Negotiation (Palgrave Macmillan 2017), which examines the central role played by negotiation in leading groups, organizations, and nations throughout the entire leadership lifecycle. His latest

article “Of Handcuffs and Signals: Investment Treaties and Capital Flows to Developing Countries” has appeared in 58 Harvard International Law Journal 127-176 (2017).

ITA Advisory Board Member Lawrence Schaner started his own firm, Schaner Dispute Resolution LLC, to focus on his work as an arbitrator and counselor. He will also continue his work as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he has taught international arbitration for the past 7 years.

ITA Advisory Board Member David E. Sharp has been added as an arbitrator to the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)’s Houston ADR Panel, the general commercial panel of CPR that it divides regionally.

Sylvia Tonova, Co-Chair of the ITA Communications Committee and ITA Advisory Board Member, was promoted to the partnership at Jones Day as of January 2017. In addition, Sylvia was most recently recognized as a future leader by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration. Based in London, Sylvia has served the ITA in a number of different capacities, including as vice chair of the ITA Communications Committee and as managing editor of WAMR.

Lawrence Schaner

Ben Love

James M. Gaitis

David E. Sharp

Jeswald W. Salacuse

David T. López

John Gaffney

Sylvia Tonova

Emily Slater

Dr. Crina Mihaela Baltag

Charles Brower

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By Elina MereminskayaAmericas Initiative Liaison ITAFOR Co-Moderator

ITA Latin American Arbitration Forum (ITAFOR) is presented by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), the Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB) and the Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem (CBAr). ITAFOR provides a listserv platform for informed discussion of the important issues of the day, with a specific focus on Latin America.

Since its inception in 2014, countless stimulating discussions have been held. An interesting discussion took place during October 2017 on ITAFOR with regard to the Odebrecht corruption case.

The publicly available information brought to the attention of the ITAFOR members was that a certain Peruvian arbitrator, Mr. Canepa Torre, had been paid by Odebrecht in a way that gave reasons to suspect corruption. That same arbitrator had been appointed by Odebrecht on numerous occasions between 2009 and 2015. He issued 16 commercial arbitral awards against Peru in favor of Odebrecht, awarding the latter an approximate amount of US$254 million.

An interesting discussion took place among the ITAFOR members on how corruption issues have affected arbitration in Peru – where arbitration is mandatory in all contracts by the public sector – and how the challenges are being dealt with by academic opinion

and legislation initiatives. Special thanks for sharing their views to Orlando Cabrera, Gino Rivas, Ricardo Gandolfo, Danny Quiroga, and other members of ITAFOR.

A useful distinction was made between corruption issues underlying arbitral proceedings and corrupted arbitration. On the first topic, a recent Legal Decree Nº 1341 on Procurement confirmed that an arbitral tribunal could declare a contract null and void if it has been obtained by means of corruption. But it is the second variation that actually endangers arbitration as mechanism of dispute resolution. Different solutions are being discussed, for example, in order to control the suitability of State-appointed arbitrators. It also appears that some anti-corruption measures proposed by certain legislators seek to impose drastic amendments that could undermine the independence of arbitration.

For more information, additional readings were recommended: José María de la Jara Plaza, Julio Olórtegui Huamán, “La pandemia arbitral Los árbitros tóxicos y la contaminación de las deliberaciones” (2016) 13 Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, Issue 51, pp. 133–141; Carlos Paitán Contreras, Danny Quiroga Anticona, “Imputación de Actos de Corrupción en la Contratación Pública y su implicancia en el Arbitraje de Contrataciones con el Estado”, Revista Arbitraje PUCP, 2016 (6).

Subscriptions to ITAFOR are free and available at http://www.cailaw.org/Institute-for-Transnational-Arbitration/publications/itafor-listserv.html.

ITAFOR DISCUSSION:CORRUPTION IN ARBITRATION

Stephan Wilske, ITA’s Reporter for Turkey, has been invited to the Panel of International Mediation and Conciliation Network (MCN), India. Further, he has been listed as Faculty Member of the International Dispute Resolution Academy (IDRA), United Kingdom.

Stephan Wilske

Upcoming ITA Programs in 2017-2018 5th Annual ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference

on International Energy Arbitration January 18-19, 2018

Hilton Houston Post Oak Houston

15th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference: Diversity and Inclusion in International Arbitration

April 4, 2018 Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill

Washington, D.C.

1st ITA-ALARB Joint Conference on International Arbitration

(11th Annual ITA Americas Workshop) May 3 - 4, 2018 Santiago, Chile

30th ITA Workshop and Annual Meeting Multiple Proceedings, Multiple Parties, and

International Arbitration: What a Tangled Web We Weave

June 20-22, 2018 Dallas

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from his experience as in-house counsel for multiple energy companies and addressed how businesses assess disputes within their overall business strategy. Mr. Crain emphasized that companies generally are not in the business of getting into disputes; in almost every case, a dispute distracts from the business’s core purpose, and the goal is to reach a resolution as soon as possible. This is especially true in the energy sector, because most companies are long-term players. Particularly where the counter-party is a long-term supplier or customer, maintaining the relationship can sometimes take precedence over pursuing even the strongest of claims.

Disputes are often shaped by political developments at the state level, which impact the fundamental economics of energy demand and supply. As Mr. Crain explained, there are as many policies toward energy production and consumption as there are countries. Norway’s “Oil Fund,” established in 1990, is one example of how policy can be used to exploit resources responsibly and enjoy maximum benefits over the long term. By contrast, some countries that at one time had vibrant and diverse economies have become almost entirely dependent on oil as a result of policies at the state level. Mr. Crain cited as an example one African oil-producing state where nepotism played a role in the appointment of high-level officials who manage the state’s resources. These policy decisions at the state level can have a detrimental impact on the market and deter businesses from investing significant funds in the country.

Mr. Crain contrasted countries with more open energy markets to those with state-run energy companies. For example, the United States and China each have significant resources in shale formations, but the relatively open market in the United States has allowed for more successful exploitation. The United States has been able to take advantage of the relatively greater access to capital, and more corporations are willing and able to exploit resources in the shale formations. Additionally, technological advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have significantly increased production possibilities in the United States.

Geopolitics also play an important role in shaping the energy sector. Mr. Crain discussed the history of Middle Eastern oil-producing countries and how shifting alliances in the region can have a profound impact on global energy prices. For example, Saudi Arabia’s high production levels since 2014, which have resulted in a reduction in the price of oil globally, can in some respects be traced to democratic movements in the Arab Spring and proxy disputes with its political and religious rival, Iran.

Finally, Mr. Crain offered advice to young practitioners specializing in energy disputes. Mr. Crain himself was drawn to arbitration as a practice area because of the people it attracts, whose professionalism and academic bent make for a vibrant community. He encouraged young practitioners to join and contribute to that community.

Nicole Silver, Teddy Baldwin, Alberto Ravell

Is Investor-State Arbitration Here to Stay?

The second panel discussion concerned the future of investor-state arbitration, particularly in light of moves by states in recent months and years to withdraw from the ICSID Convention and revoke or re-negotiate bilateral investment treaties.

The panel first addressed what is driving the backlash against ISDS. Mr. Baldwin opined that, while rising costs and lack of transparency are common criticisms of ISDS, those are more typically the concerns of insiders familiar with the system. The broader criticisms are likely traceable to members of the general public, particularly in countries that have been frequent respondents and where the consequences of ISDS are felt more strongly. Mr. Ravell emphasized that the recent attention to ISDS is also the result of increased usage of the mechanism more generally; the number of proceedings is growing as small investors seek treaty protection and third-party funding allows for more claims to be filed.

Mr. Ravell opined that there is a miscalculation at the state level that ISDS is no longer needed to attract investors. The reality is that large, sophisticated investors are concerned about dispute resolution, and the mechanisms for resolution of investment disputes are a fundamental piece of the risk assessment. Mr. Baldwin suggested that a state’s withdrawal from the ICISID Convention may have unintended consequences. Venezuela, for example, withdrew from ICSID in an attempt to reduce claims by investors, but the move had the opposite effect in at least one important respect. Venezuela’s bilateral investment treaty with Spain allowed for UNCITRAL proceedings if Venezuela was not a party to ICSID. UNCITRAL has less restrictive requirements regarding nationalities of the parties than does the ICSID Convention. Thus, by withdrawing from ICSID, Venezuela opened the door to claims under the Spanish-Venezuelan bilateral investment treaty that might not have been allowed previously under ICSID’s rules.

Mr. Ravell and Mr. Baldwin also discussed efforts by states to reduce the protections for investors through modification of existing treaties, rather than total revocation, such as providing more detail on what constitutes fair and equitable treatment. Mr. Ravell suggested that these efforts are unlikely to be successful as sophisticated investors will negotiate contractual provisions that preserve their rights and draw upon other treaties when possible. Mr. Baldwin doubted that such efforts by states would result in more consistency or predictability regarding fair and equitable treatment as such claims are necessarily fact-specific, and so far attempts to provide more detail have not resulted in harmonization of outcomes.

Transparency and other proposed reforms, such as amicus briefs or third-party interventions, were discussed. Mr. Ravell emphasized the need to strike the right balance, because absolute transparency could disrupt the proceedings and negatively affect settlement opportunities. Mr. Baldwin argued that, from the state’s perspective, increased transparency could actually promote resolution through settlement, and suggested that more states should consider efforts such as the Mauritius Convention on Transparency, which entered into force in October 2017.

For more information about this and other #YoungITATalks programs, visit www.cailaw.org/ita.

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The Institute for Transnational ArbitrationA Division of THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

SCOREBOARDOF ADHERENCE TO TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION TREATIES

(as of December 4, 2017)ABBREVIATIONSNY United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (commonly, 1958 New York Convention) ICSID Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (1965) MIGA Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (1985) IA Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (commonly, Panama Convention of 1975) USBIT United States Bilateral Investment Treaty USFTA United States Free Trade Agreement OPIC Agreements supporting programs of the Overseas Private Investment Corp.

SYMBOLSS Signed, but not ratified R Ratified, acceded or succeeded A Subscribed, but not signed, ratified or paid (*) Capital-exporting country under MIGA N/A Not applicable

CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS ISSUENY None. ICSID None. MIGA None. IA None. USBIT None. USFTA None. OPIC None.

Afghanistan R R R R

Albania R R R R R

Algeria R R R R

Andorra R

Angola R R R

Antigua and Barbuda R R R

Argentina R R R R R R

Armenia R R R R R

Australia R R R* R/S19

Austria R R R*

Azerbaijan R R R R R

Bahamas R R R R

Bahrain R R R R R

Bangladesh R R R R R

Barbados R R R R

Belarus R R R S R

Belgium R R R*

Belize S R R

Benin R R R R

Bhutan R

Bolivia 6 R R R R R

Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 R R R R

Botswana R R R R

Brazil R R R R

Brunei Darussalam R R S19

Bulgaria R R R R R

Burkina Faso R R R R

Burundi R R R R

Cambodia R R R R

Cameroon R R R R R

Canada R R R* R8/S19

NY1 ICSID2 MIGA3 IA USBIT USFTA4 OPIC5NATION

Cape Verde R R R

Central African Republic R R R R

Chad R R R

Chile R R R R R/S19 R

China (People’s Republic) 9 R R R

Colombia R R R R R R

Comoros R R R R

Congo R R R R

Congo (Democratic Republic of) R R R R

Cook Islands R R

Costa Rica R R R R R10 R

Côte d’Ivoire R R R R

Croatia 7 R R R R R

Cuba R

Cyprus R R R R

Czech Republic R R R* R R

Denmark 11 R R R*

Djibouti R R R

Dominica R R R

Dominican Republic R S R R R10 R

Ecuador R R R R R

Egypt R R R R R

El Salvador R R R R S R10 R

Equatorial Guinea R R

Eritrea R R

Estonia R R R R R

Ethiopia S R R

Fiji R R R R

Finland R R R*

France 12 R R R*

Gabon R R R R

Gambia R R R

Georgia R R R R R

Germany R R R*

Ghana R R R R

Greece R R R* R

Grenada R R R R

Guatemala R R R R R10 R

Guinea R R R R

Guinea-Bissau S R R

Guyana R R R

Haiti R R R S R

Holy See (Vatican City) R

Honduras R R R R R R10 R

Hungary R R R R

Iceland R R R*

India R R R

Indonesia R R R R

Iran R R

Iraq R R R

Ireland R R R* R

Israel R R R R

Italy R R R*

Jamaica R R R R R

Japan R R R* S19

Jordan R R R R R

Kazakhstan R R R R R

Kenya R R R R

Kiribati R

Korea (North)


Korea (Republic) (South) R R R R R

Kosovo R R R

Kuwait R R R R

Kyrgyzstan R S R R R

Lao People’s Democratic Republic R R R

Latvia R R R R R

Lebanon R R R R

Lesotho R R R R

Liberia R R R R

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya R

Liechtenstein R

Lithuania R R R R R

Luxembourg R R R*

Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of 7 R R R R

Madagascar R R R R

Malawi R R R

Malaysia R R R S19 R

Maldives R R

Mali R R R R

Malta R R R R

Marshall Islands R R

Mauritania R R R R

Mauritius R R R R

Mexico R R R R8/S19 R

Micronesia R R R

Moldova R R R R R

Monaco R

Mongolia R R R R R

Montenegro R S R R

Morocco R R R R R R

Mozambique R R R R R

Myanmar (Burma) R R R

Namibia S R R

Nauru R S

Nepal R R R R

Netherlands 13 R R R*

New Zealand 14 R R R S19

Nicaragua R R R R S R10 R

Niger R R R R

Nigeria R R R R

Norway R R R*

Oman R R R R R

Pakistan R R R R

Palau R R

Panama R R R R R R R

Papua New Guinea R R R

Paraguay R R R R R

Peru R R R R R18/S19 R

Philippines R R R R

Poland R R R R

Portugal R R R* R

Qatar R R R

Romania R R R R R

Russian Federation R S R S R

Rwanda A R R R R

Saint Kitts and Nevis R R R

Saint Lucia R R R

St. Vincent and the Grenadines R R R R

Samoa R R R

San Marino R S


Notes: (1) Extends to metropolitan and overseas constituent territorial subdivisions but not to overseas dependent territories. Consult UNCITRAL for definitive status. Under Art. I(3), 74 States have entered a “reciprocity reserva-tion”. With regard to awards made in the territory of non-contracting States, 9 States have entered a “reciprocal treatment” reservation, and 46 States have entered a “commercial reservation”. (2) Extends to metropolitan and overseas constituent territorial subdivisions and to overseas dependent territories unless specifically excluded. (3) Extends to metropolitan and overseas constituent territorial subdivisions and to overseas dependent territories. www.miga.org/whoweare/index.cfm?stid=1789 (4) The free trade agreements listed are those signed by the U.S. with a chapter on investments. They are bilateral unless indicated otherwise. (5) Countries where OPIC programs are generally available will be listed as ratified. At times, statutory and policy constraints, such as Congressionally required certifications on labor practices, may limit the availability of OPIC programs in various countries. Under agreements with certain countries, the host government may be required to approve OPIC assistance for a project. www.opic.gov/doing-business-us/OPIC-policies/where-we-operate (6) The Government of the Republic of Bolivia signed the ICSID Convention on May 3, 1991 and deposited its instrument of ratification on June 23, 1995. The Convention entered into force for Bolivia on July 23, 1995. On May 2, 2007, the depositary received a written notice of Bolivia’s denunciation of the Convention. In accordance with Article 71 of the Convention, the denunciation took effect six months after the receipt of Bolivia’s notice, i.e., on November 3, 2007. The Government of Bolivia delivered notice to the United States on June 10, 2011, that it was terminating the “Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bolivia Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment.” As of June 10, 2012 (the date of termination), the treaty ceases to have effect, except that it continues to apply for another 10 years to covered investments existing at the time of termination. (7) As of 4 February 2003, The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has changed its name to “Serbia and Montenegro.” Montenegro declared itself independent from Serbia on June 3, 2006. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Slovenia are separated successor states to parts of the former Yugoslavia and have succeeded to the NY. MIGA, ratified by the former Yugoslavia, is considered by MIGA as ratified by Serbia & Montenegro and by the aforementioned four separated successor states. OPIC programs are available in the four separated states. (8) Included in the North American Free Trade Agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico. (9) NY and MIGA: includes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (10) Included in the Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement. (11) NY: includes Faeroe Islands and Greenland. (12) NY: includes, inter alia, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, and St. Pierre and Miquelon. OPIC programs available in French Guiana. (13) NY: includes Aruba and Netherlands Antilles. OPIC programs are available in Aruba and Netherlands Antilles. (14) ICSID: excludes Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. (15) NY: includes Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, and British Virgin Islands. ICSID: excludes British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus. ICSID: continues to include Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. OPIC programs available in Northern Ireland, Anguilla and Turks and Caicos. (16) NY: includes, inter alia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. (17) West Bank and Gaza are not recognized as states by the United States. (18) United States - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. (19) Trans-Pacific Partnership signed on February 4, 2016.

SOURCES:This issue was compiled by Co-Editors Elina Mereminskaya and Monique Sasson of The Institute for Transnational Arbitration based on the following sources: United Nations; ICSID; MIGA; Organization of American States; OPIC; and the Office of the United States Trade Representative. The Scoreboard is designed to be a convenient reference, but is not intended to be relied on as legal advice. Please consult the sources directly to confirm the status of any particular ratifications, reservations, changes, special conditions or new developments. Copyright 2014, The Center for American and International Law.

Sao Tome and Principe R S S R

Saudi Arabia R R R

Senegal R R R R R

Serbia 7 R R R R

Seychelles R R R

Sierra Leone R R R

Singapore R R R R R

Slovakia R R R R R

Slovenia 7 R R * R

Solomon Islands R R

Somalia R R

South Africa R R R

South Sudan R R

Spain R R R*

Sri Lanka R R R R R

Sudan R R

Suriname R R

Swaziland R R R

Sweden R R R*

Switzerland R R R*

Syrian Arab Republic R R R

Taiwan R

Tajikistan R R R

Tanzania R R R R

Thailand R S R R

Timor Leste R R R

Togo R R R

Tonga R R

Trinidad and Tobago R R R R R

Tunisia R R R R R

Turkey R R R R R

Turkmenistan R R R

Tuvalu

Uganda R R R R

Ukraine R R R R R

United Arab Emirates R R R

United Kingdom 15 R R R*

United States of America 16 R R R* R N/A N/A

Uruguay R R R R R R

Uzbekistan R R R S R

Vanuatu R

Venezuela R R R R

Vietnam R R R

West Bank and Gaza 17 R

Yemen R R R

Zambia R R R R

Zimbabwe R R R R


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ADVISORY BOARD Dr. Manuel A. Abdala John Adam Alvaro Aguilar Ojeda Roberto Aguirre Luzi Jay Alexander Prof. Roger P. Alford Meredith Alfred Arif Hyder Ali José María Alonso Steven K. Andersen Olivier P. André David Arias William G. Arnot, III Anne Ashby José I. Astigarraga Alden L. Atkins John B. Attanasio Thomas J. (AJ) Auner Fernando Avila C. Mark Baker Markham Ball Casey Ballard Crina Baltag Yas Banifatemi Eliana B. Baraldi Michael Baratz Antonio M. Barbuto Neto Rosemary Barkett C. Dennis Barrow, Jr. Charles Beach Julie Bédard Andrew M. Behrman Gary L. Benton Trey Bergman Ronald J. Bettauer Gautam Bhattacharyya Pierre Bienvenu Dr. Giuseppe Bisconti R. Doak Bishop Andrea K. Bjorklund Suzana M. Blades Nigel Blackaby Karl-Heinz Bockstiegel Stephen R. Bond Amal Bouchenaki John P. Bowman Erica Bramer Lorraine M. Brennan Prof. Charles H. Brower, II The Hon. Charles N. Brower Alice Brown Chester Brown Paul Brown Dominique Brown-Berset Philip L. Bruner The Hon. Thomas Buergenthal Michael Buhler Ryan Bull Henry G. Burnett

ADVISORY BOARD CONT. Michael Burnett Jared Butcher Charlie Caher Kristin Campbell-Wilson David D. Caron Cindy Carradine Janet Langford Carring Derrick B. Carson Greg J. Casas James E. Castello David M. Castro Ricardo A. Cevallos John Allen Chalk, Sr. Carla Chavich Jeffrey Chambers, III Maria Chedid Marney L. Cheek Richard Chernick Craig Chiasson Donald Earl Childress, III Magaly Cobian Prof. Jack J. Coe, Jr. John P. Cogan, Jr. Michael Collins, Q.C. Katie Connolly Wade Coriell Paulo Rogério Brandão Couto Bob Craig Alan Crain Bernardo M. Cremades Thomas L. Cubbage, III Tulio F. Cusman Amanda Bueno Dantas Robert B. Davidson Steve Davidson Kate Davies Platt W. Davis, III Alexandre de Gramont René de Liux Campos Garcia Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall Robert J.C. Deane E.F. Mano DeAyala Santiago Dellepiane Andrew B. Derman Richard Deutsch Elizabeth McKee Devaney Paolo Di Rosa Charles H. Dick, Jr., Sashe Dimitroff Donald Donovan Stephen L. Drymer Nicole Duarte Thomas A. Dubbs James P. Duffy, IV Phillip Dye Brian Egan Ike Ehiribe Jeffrey Elkinson Alejandro A. Escobar Wayne I. Fagan Richard D. Faulkner John Fellas Mike Filla Steven Finizio Hal Fiske Kenneth Fleuriet Paulo Flores Cecilia Flores Rueda Molly Fox Susan D. Franck Érica Franzetti Elliot Friedman Mark W. Friedman Stephanie Black Fuller Emmanuel Gaillard James M. Gaitis Alvaro Galindo J. Richard Gallagher Lauro Gama, Jr. Manuel García Barragán M. José-Manuel García Represa John L. Gardiner

Barry H. Garfinkel Gaela K. Gehring Flores John T. Gerhart Gerald W. Ghikas, Q.C. Leonardo R. Giacchino Luke J. Gilman Chiara Giorgetti Teresa Giovannini Jennifer Glasser Beverly B. Godbey Federico Godoy Michael S. Goldberg Marc J. Goldstein Christopher Goncalves Eduardo Damião Gonçalves Daniel E. González Katherine González Arrocha Emilio González de Castilla Brody Greenwald Nicholas Greenwood Shelby Grubbs Anne-Maria Guillerme Pedro Guilhardi Pierre-Yves Gunter Martin F. Gusy Hugh E. Hackney David R. Haigh Jonathan C. Hamilton Bernard Hanotiau John L. Hardiman David E. Harrell, Jr. Clifford J. Hendel Mary T. Hernandez Kelly Herrera John W. Hinchey James M. Hosking J. Martin Hunter Don Jackson, III Michael E. Jaffe Andrés Jana Melinda Jayson Francisco JijÓn Alexandre Job O. Thomas Johnson Vernon Jones John Judge Brent C. Kaczmarek John M. Kadelburger Jean E. Kalicki Mark A. Kantor Lee L. Kaplan William M. Katz David Kay Ed G. Kehoe Rachael D. Kent M. Imad Khan Karl Killian Michael S. Kim Louis Benno Kimmelman Brian King Meg Kinnear Jennifer Kirby William H. Knull, III Steven G. Kobre Lea Haber Kuck Jordan La Raia Hamish Lal Robert Landicho Christopher LaVigne Jim Lawrence Benoit Le Bars Clyde Lea Christian Leathley Mimi Lee Glenn R. Legge Barton Legum Mike P. Lennon, Jr. Barry Leon Giselle Leonardo Macarena Letelier Erika Levin Richard C.Levin David J. Levy Li Li

David M. Lindsey Nicholas Lingard Guy Lipe Gregory A. Litt Rafael Llano Oddone Jim Loftis Carlos Loperena David T. Lopez Miguel López Forastier Ben Love Lucinda Low Edward J. Lynch Dana C. MacGrath David Madsen Adrián Magallanes Mark Mangan Fernando Mantilla-Serrano Montserrat Manzano E. Mike Marchand Noiana Marigo Jose Luis Martin Luis M. Martinez Robert B. Matthews Dr. Anton G. Maurer John Burritt McArthur Carlos J. McCadden James D. McCarthy Gary V. McGowan Paul J. McMahon, Esq. Mark S. McNeill Luis Manuel C. Mejan Carrer Andrew Melsheimer Gustavo J. Membiela Nalleli I. Menéndez Cabrera Ian Meredith Elina Mereminskaya Michelle R. Meriam Juan Felipe Merizalde Carl Micarelli Craig S. Miles Robert W. Mockler Allan B. Moore Carolina Da Rocha Morandi Matthew Moran Flavia Cristina Moreira de Campos Andrade Mark C. Morril Danielle Morris The Hon. Joseph W. Morris Margaret L. Moses Ewell E. Murphy, Jr. Giovanni Ettore Nanni Timothy G. Nelson Paul J. Neufeld Joseph E. Neuhaus Denton Nichols William J. Noble Gustavo Gaspar Nogueira Michael D. Nolan Joshua Norris Piotr Nowaczyk Gary Nugent Suzanne Nusbaum Damien Nyer Soledad G. O’Donnell Kevin M. O’Gorman Eileen O’Neill Basil Ononbhara Odigie Alejandro Ogarrio Seyilayo A. Ojo Liliana Orbegozo Elsa Ortega Shola Oshodi-John Kyle A. Owens Ryan Padden Kathleen Paisley R. Hewitt Pate Jeffrey R. Pendergraft Flávio Pereira Lima Sebastian Perez Arteta Lorena Perez McGill Jennifer L. Permesly Hansel Pham John V.H. Pierce

Lisa A. Powell Dietmar W. Prager Andrew P. Price Yanett Quiroz Valdovinos Noradèle Radjai John Jay Range Alberto Ravell Guilherme Recena Costa Lucy F. Reed Daniel Reich Klaus Reichert Natalie L. Reid Kenneth B. Reisenfeld Tracie J. Renfroe Caroline Richard Matthew D. Richardson Francisco Rivero Joshua M. Robbins Ann Ryan Robertson Laura M. Robertson John D. Roesser Zoila Rosa Volio Myriam Rosales Jiménez Roger Rubio Guerrero William W. Russell Gary Russo Christopher M. Ryan Aníbal Sabater Jeswald W. Salacuse Claudio Salas Gloria Saldaña Claudia T. Salomon Ank Santens Monique Sasson Lawrence S. Schaner Marco Schnabl Michael E. Schneider, Esq. Edward T. Schorr Lionel Schooler Chris Schwartz Franz Schwarz Marc Schwartz Krystal Scott James Searby Sebastian Seelmann- Eggebert Fernando Eduardo Serec David E. Sharp Patricia Shaughnessy Audley Sheppard George T. Shipley Laurence Shore Mallory Silberman Tomas J. Sikora Eugene J. Silva, II Eduardo Silva Romero Joshua Simmons Aditya Singh Laura Sinisterra José Luis Siqueiros William K. Slate, II Emily Slater Jennifer Smith Reginald R. Smith Abby Cohen Smutny Elizabeth Snodgrass Allison J. Snyder Luke A. Sobota Mariana Solís Frédéric G. Sourgens Pablo T. Spiller Margrete Stevens Dr. S.I. (Stacie) Strong Jeffrey Sullivan John Sullivan Edna Sussman Christopher K. Tahbaz James E. Tancula Ruth Teitelbaum Nasiru Tijani Sylvia Tonova John Townsend John Trenor Elizabeth Trujillo

Andrew Tuck Timothy J. Tyler Chinedum Umeche Adriana Vaamonde M. Tomas Vail Thabiso van den Bosch Eric van Ginkel Marc Veit Marco Tulio Venegas Cruz Vincent Verschoor Odean L. Volker Dr. Georg von Segesser David W. Waddell Richard E. (Rory) Walck Arnoldo Wald David Waldron Stephen Wallace Thomas W. Walsh Jun Wang Anton Ware Philip R. Weems Todd Weiler Matthew Weldon Carlton Wilde, Jr. Justin Williams Wayne R. Wilson David B. Winn Peter Winship Robert Wolinsky Jarrod Wong Louise Woods Kristen Young Rodrigo Zamora Eduardo Zuleta

ACADEMIC COUNCIL Shahla Ali Andrea K. Bjorklund Stavros L. Brekoulakis Charles H. Brower, II Chester Brown The Hon. Thomas Buergenthal David D. Caron Donald Earl Childress, III Giuditta Cordero-Moss Diane Desierto William S. Dodge Christopher R. Drahozal Kun Fan Mark Feldman Franco Ferrari Susan D. Franck Chiara Giorgetti Manuel A. Gomez J. Martin Hunter Susan L. Karamanian Joshua Karton Won Kidane Céline Lévesque Munir Maniruzzaman Loukas Mistelis Julian D. Mortenson Margaret L. Moses Pilar Perales Viscasillas Sergio Puig Caroline S. Richard Catherine A. Rogers Victoria Shannon Sahani Stephan W. Schill Patricia Shaughnessy Linda J. Silberman

BOARD OF REPORTERS ITA ARBITRATION REPORT

GENERAL EDITOR Prof. Roger P. Alford

CO-MANAGING EDITOR Elina Mereminskaya

CO-MANAGING EDITOR Monique Sasson

ITA DIRECTOR David B. Winn

DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR Vincent Verschoor

COUNTRY REPORTERS ARGENTINA Federico Godoy

AUSTRALIA Damian Sturzaker

AUSTRIA Dr. Guenther J. Horvath

BELGIUM Maarten Draye Bernard Hanotiau Charlotte Villeneuve

BOLIVIA Bernardo Wayar Caballero Bernardo Antonio Wayar Ocampo

BRAZIL Dr. João Bosco Lee

BULGARIA Assen Alexiev

CANADA Tina Cicchetti

CHILE Cristian Conejero-Roos

CHINA Arthur X. Dong Jingzhou Tao

COLOMBIA Eduardo Zuleta

COSTA RICA Ryan Mellske

CZECH REPUBLIC Ivo Janda Petr Polášek

DENMARK Peter F. Thommesen

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Stephan Adell

ECUADOR Javier Robalino Orellana

EGYPT Dr. Karim Abou Youssef

EL SALVADOR Ryan Mellske

ENGLAND Nicholas Fletcher QC

FINLAND Mika Savola Anna-Maria Tamminen

FRANCE Nataliya Barysheva Valentine Chessa Yves Derains Bertrand Derains

GERMANY Thomas Kopp Dr. Richard H. Kreindler

Abby Cohen Smutny ITA Chair White & Case LLP Washington, DC USA

Guido S. Tawil ALARB Representative M. & M. Bomchil and Univ. of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

David B. Winn ITA Director Vice President, The Center for American & International Law Plano, TX USA

Eduardo Zuleta ALARB President Zuleta Abogados Asociados Bogotá, COLOMBIA

INSTITUTIONAL CONTRIBUTORS

Cámara Nacional de Comercio de la Ciudad de México Comisión de Mediación y Arbitraje Comercial (CANACO)

Centro de Arbitragem da Amcham Brasil (Amcham Brasil)

Centro de Arbitragem e Mediação Câmara de Comércio Brasil Canadá (CAM-CCBC)

Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliación de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá (CCB)

Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje Nacional e Internacional de la Cámara de Comercio de Lima (CCL - Arbitraje)

GREECE Ioannis Vassardanis

HONG KONG Justin D’Agostino

INDIA Dipen Sabharwal Aditya Singh

IRELAND Klaus Reichert SC

ISRAEL Tamar Meshel

ITALY Stefano Azzali Benedetta Coppo

JAPAN Takiko Kadono Hisaya Kimura Koki Yanagisawa

KOREA Kun Hee Cho Kay-Jannes Wegner

LATVIA Inga Kačevska

LEBANON Jalal El Ahdab

MEXICO José María Abascal Zamora Cecilia Flores Rueda

NETHERLANDS Bo Ra Hoebeke

NEW ZEALAND Stephen Hunter

PAKISTAN Nudrat E. Piracha

PANAMÁ Ryan Mellske

PERU Fernando Cantuarias Salaverry

POLAND Dr. Wojciech Sadowski Ewelina Wetrys

PORTUGAL José Miguel Júdice

QATAR Minas Khatchadourian

ROMANIA Nicolae Viorel Dinu

RUSSIA Andrey Panov

SCOTLAND David Scott

SINGAPORE Michael Hwang S.C.

SPAIN Esperanza Barrón Baratech Fernando Mantilla Serrano

SWEDEN John M. Kadelburger

SWITZERLAND Dr. Georg von Segesser, FCIArb

SYRIA Dr. Abdulhay Sayed

TURKEY Dr. Ismail G. Esin Stephan Wilske

UKRAINE Yaroslav Petrov

UNITED KINGDOM Nicholas Fletcher, Q.C.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES John Gaffney Marak Naseddine

UNITED STATES Donald Francis Donovan Sonia R. Farber Natalie Reid William H. Taft V

URUGUAY Sandra González

VENEZUELA Alfredo De Jesús O.

INSTITUTIONAL REPORTERS ICSID Ina C. Popova Dietmar W. Prager Samantha J. Rowe

NAFTA Prof. Charles H. Brower II

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Francisco González de Cossío González de Cossío Abogados, S.C. Mexico City, MEXICO

Clifford J. Hendel ARAOZ & RUEDA Abogados Madrid, SPAIN

Elina Mereminskaya Wagemann & Associados Santiago, CHILE

Giovanni Ettore Nanni Nanni Advogados São Paulo, BRAZIL

Elsa Ortega Ortega & Gomez Ruano, S.C. Mexico, MEXICO

COUNCIL José I. Astigarraga Founding Member Reed SMith LLP Miami, FL USA

Flávia Bittar Neves CBAr President Grebler Advogados Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL

Eduardo Damião Gonçalves CBAr Representative Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados São Paulo, BRAZIL|

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Francisco González de CossíoMexico City, MEXICO

Clifford J. HendelMadrid, SPAIN

Elina MereminskayaSantiago, CHILE

Giovanni Ettore NanniSão Paulo, BRAZIL

Elsa OrtegaMexico City, MEXICO

André Albuquerque AbbudSão Paulo, BRAZIL Christian AlbanesiParis, FRANCE

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5TH ITA-IEL-ICC JOINT CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ENERGY ARBITRATION

January 18 - 19, 2018Hilton Houston Post Oak2001 Post Oak Blvd. | Houston, Texas, USA

Conference Co-Chairs: Mimi M. Lee (Managing Counsel, Litigation, Chevron Upstream, San Ramon), James L. Loftis (Vinson & Elkins, Houston and London), and Sylvia Noury (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London)

15TH ANNUAL ITA-ASIL CONFERENCE: Diversity and Inclusion in International Arbitration

April 4, 2018Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill400 New Jersey Ave, NW | Washington, D.C., USA

Conference Co-Chairs: Won Kidane (Seattle University School of Law, Seattle) and Caroline S. Richard (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Washington, D.C.)

1ST ITA-ALARB JOINT CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

May 3 - 4, 2018Santiago, Chile

Conference Co-Chairs: Andrés Jana (Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana, Santiago) and Eduardo Zuleta (Zuleta Abogados Asociados, Bogota)

30TH ANNUAL ITA WORKSHOP AND ANNUAL MEETING: Multiple Proceedings, Multiple Parties, and International Arbitration: What a Tangled Web We Weave

June 20 - 22, 2018Westin Galleria13340 Dallas Parkway | Dallas, Texas, USA

Conference Co-Chairs: Jean-Christophe Honlet (Dentons, Paris), Prof. Frédéric G. Sourgens (Washburn University School of Law, Topeka) and Erica Stein (Dechert, Brussels)

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