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Mobil Exploration and Development Inc. Suc. Argentina and Mobil Argentina S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/04/16

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Case type:
International Investment Agreement (Investor–State)
Seat of Arbitration:
Investment treaty:
Argentina-United States BIT
Applicable legal instruments:
Argentina-United States BIT
Economic sector:
Mining and quarrying, including hydrocarbons (oil and gas)
Outcome:
In Favour of Claimant(s)
Amount of damages:
US $196,241,306
Other remedy:
The Tribunal ordered that Argentina shall pay the interest on the amount awarded and pay the legal costs and expenses of the Claimants. Claimants shall bear their costs of the arbitration. Argentina’s request for annulment was rejected.
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27 Mar 2013
Separate Opinion of Professor Antonio Remiro Brotons
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PARTICIPANTS
Separate Opinion of Professor Antonio Remiro Brotons
Participants listed for this document only; this may not include all participants involved in the entire case.
Claimant appointee
Claimant appointee:
Piero Bernardini
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Antonio Remiro Brotons
Tribunal/Panel chair
Chair/President:
Gustaf Möller
Arbitrator(s)
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
R. Doak Bishop, Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez, Craig S. Miles, Silvia M. Marchili, David H. Weiss, King and Spalding, José A. Martínez de Hoz (Jr.), Jimena Vega Olmos, María Florencia Villaggi, Alex Maculus, Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (Jr.), Eugene J. Silva II, Gwendolyn Dawson, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Respondent's counsel
Horacio Pedro Diez, Gabriel Bottini, Adriana Busto, Gisela Makowski, Tomás Braceras, Rodrigo Ruiz Esquide, Viviana Kluger, Matías Bietti, Verónica Lavista, Ignacio Torterola, Ignacio Pérez Cortés, Nicolás Grosse, Patricio Arnedo Barreiroq, Nicolás Duhalde, Julián Santiago Negro, M. Soledad Romero Caporale, Carlos Bernardo Walter Kunz, Charles Massano
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Separate Opinion of Professor Antonio Remiro Brotons
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10 Apr 2013
Decision on Jurisdiction and Liability
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PARTICIPANTS
Decision on Jurisdiction and Liability
Participants listed for this document only; this may not include all participants involved in the entire case.
Claimant appointee
Claimant appointee:
Piero Bernardini
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Antonio Remiro Brotons
Tribunal/Panel chair
Chair/President:
Gustaf Möller
Arbitrator(s)
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
R. Doak Bishop, Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez, Craig S. Miles, Silvia M. Marchili, David H. Weiss, King and Spalding, José A. Martínez de Hoz (Jr.), Jimena Vega Olmos, María Florencia Villaggi, Alex Maculus, Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (Jr.), Eugene J. Silva II, Gwendolyn Dawson, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Respondent's counsel
Horacio Pedro Diez, Gabriel Bottini, Adriana Busto, Gisela Makowski, Tomás Braceras, Rodrigo Ruiz Esquide, Viviana Kluger, Matías Bietti, Verónica Lavista, Ignacio Torterola, Ignacio Pérez Cortés, Nicolás Grosse, Patricio Arnedo Barreiroq, Nicolás Duhalde, Julián Santiago Negro, M. Soledad Romero Caporale, Carlos Bernardo Walter Kunz, Charles Massano
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Decision on Jurisdiction and Liability
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23 Mar 2015
Decision on Disqualification of Tribunal Expert (Spanish)
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PARTICIPANTS
Decision on Disqualification of Tribunal Expert (Spanish)
Participants listed for this document only; this may not include all participants involved in the entire case.
Claimant appointee
Claimant appointee:
Piero Bernardini
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Antonio Remiro Brotons
Tribunal/Panel chair
Chair/President:
Gustaf Möller
Arbitrator(s)
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Doak Bishop, Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez, Craig S. Miles, Silvia M. Marchili, King and Spalding, Eugene J. Silva II, James Lloyd Loftis, Timothy J. Tyler, Stephanie L. Miller, Mark J. Beeley, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Respondent's counsel
Michael Reisman, José Álvarez, Sebastián Edwards, Rudolf Dolzer, Keith McLeod, Nora T. Stewart, Phillip W. Pantella, Pablo Spiller, Manuel Abdala, Diego Bondorevsky, Miguel Nakhle, María Lombardi, Ariel Medvedeff, Alberto B. Bianchi, Estudio Bianchi & Galarce, Julio César Rivera, Julio César Rivera Abogados, Guillermo O. Teijeiro, Negri & Teijeiro, Carlos Manuel Bastos, Hugo Martelli, Martelli Abogados, Carlos Francisco Balbín, Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación
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Decision on Disqualification of Tribunal Expert (Spanish)
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4 Jun 2015
Decision on Disqualification of All Members of the Tribunal
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PARTICIPANTS
Decision on Disqualification of All Members of the Tribunal
Participants listed for this document only; this may not include all participants involved in the entire case.
Claimant appointee
Claimant appointee:
Piero Bernardini
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Antonio Remiro Brotons
Tribunal/Panel chair
Chair/President:
Gustaf Möller
Arbitrator(s)
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Doak Bishop, Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez, Craig S. Miles, Silvia M. Marchili, King and Spalding, Eugene J. Silva II, James Lloyd Loftis, Timothy J. Tyler, Stephanie L. Miller, Mark J. Beeley, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Respondent's counsel
Michael Reisman, José Álvarez, Sebastián Edwards, Rudolf Dolzer, Keith McLeod, Nora T. Stewart, Phillip W. Pantella, Pablo Spiller, Manuel Abdala, Diego Bondorevsky, Miguel Nakhle, María Lombardi, Ariel Medvedeff, Alberto B. Bianchi, Estudio Bianchi & Galarce, Julio César Rivera, Julio César Rivera Abogados, Guillermo O. Teijeiro, Negri & Teijeiro, Carlos Manuel Bastos, Hugo Martelli, Martelli Abogados
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Decision on Disqualification of All Members of the Tribunal
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25 Feb 2016
Award (Spanish)
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PARTICIPANTS
Award (Spanish)
Participants listed for this document only; this may not include all participants involved in the entire case.
Claimant appointee
Claimant appointee:
Piero Bernardini
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Antonio Remiro Brotons
Tribunal/Panel chair
Chair/President:
Gustaf Möller
Arbitrator(s)
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Doak Bishop, Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez, Craig S. Miles, Silvia M. Marchili, King and Spalding, Eugene J. Silva II, James Lloyd Loftis, Timothy J. Tyler, Stephanie L. Miller, Mark J. Beeley, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Respondent's counsel
Michael Reisman, José Álvarez, Sebastián Edwards, Rudolf Dolzer, Keith McLeod, Nora T. Stewart, Phillip W. Pantella, Pablo Spiller, Manuel Abdala, Diego Bondorevsky, Miguel Nakhle, María Lombardi, Ariel Medvedeff, Alberto B. Bianchi, Estudio Bianchi & Galarce, Julio César Rivera, Julio César Rivera Abogados, Guillermo O. Teijeiro, Negri & Teijeiro, Carlos Manuel Bastos, Hugo Martelli, Martelli Abogados
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Award (Spanish)
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25 Feb 2016
Dissenting Opinion of Antonio Remiro Brotóns (Spanish)
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PARTICIPANTS
Dissenting Opinion of Antonio Remiro Brotóns (Spanish)
Participants listed for this document only; this may not include all participants involved in the entire case.
Claimant appointee
Claimant appointee:
Piero Bernardini
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Antonio Remiro Brotons
Tribunal/Panel chair
Chair/President:
Gustaf Möller
Arbitrator(s)
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Doak Bishop, Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez, Craig S. Miles, Silvia M. Marchili, King and Spalding, Eugene J. Silva II, James Lloyd Loftis, Timothy J. Tyler, Stephanie L. Miller, Mark J. Beeley, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Respondent's counsel
Michael Reisman, José Álvarez, Sebastián Edwards, Rudolf Dolzer, Keith McLeod, Nora T. Stewart, Phillip W. Pantella, Pablo Spiller, Manuel Abdala, Diego Bondorevsky, Miguel Nakhle, María Lombardi, Ariel Medvedeff, Alberto B. Bianchi, Estudio Bianchi & Galarce, Julio César Rivera, Julio César Rivera Abogados, Guillermo O. Teijeiro, Negri & Teijeiro, Carlos Manuel Bastos, Hugo Martelli, Martelli Abogados
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Dissenting Opinion of Antonio Remiro Brotóns (Spanish)
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18 Jan 2017
Decision on Suspension of the Stay of Enforcement (Spanish)
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PARTICIPANTS
Decision on Suspension of the Stay of Enforcement (Spanish)
Participants listed for this document only; this may not include all participants involved in the entire case.
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Tribunal/Panel chair
Arbitrator(s)
Alexis Mourre, Vera van Houtte
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Doak Bishop, Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez, Craig S. Miles, Silvia M. Marchili, King and Spalding, Eugene J. Silva II, James Lloyd Loftis, Timothy J. Tyler, Stephanie L. Miller, Mark J. Beeley, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Respondent's counsel
Michael Reisman, José Álvarez, Sebastián Edwards, Rudolf Dolzer, Keith McLeod, Nora T. Stewart, Phillip W. Pantella, Pablo Spiller, Manuel Abdala, Diego Bondorevsky, Miguel Nakhle, María Lombardi, Ariel Medvedeff, Alberto B. Bianchi, Estudio Bianchi & Galarce, Julio César Rivera, Julio César Rivera Abogados, Guillermo O. Teijeiro, Negri & Teijeiro, Carlos Manuel Bastos, Hugo Martelli, Martelli Abogados, Carlos Francisco Balbín, Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación
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Decision on Suspension of the Stay of Enforcement (Spanish)
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14 Sep 2018
Judgment of the Argentine First Instance Court on Access to ICSID Awards (Spanish)
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Judgment of the Argentine First Instance Court on Access to ICSID Awards (Spanish)
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Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Tribunal/Panel chair
Arbitrator(s)
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Respondent's counsel
Other counsel
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Respondent's expert
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Judgment of the Argentine First Instance Court on Access to ICSID Awards (Spanish)
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27 Dec 2018
Judgment of the Argentine Appeals Court on Access to ICSID Awards (Spanish)
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Judgment of the Argentine Appeals Court on Access to ICSID Awards (Spanish)
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Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Tribunal/Panel chair
Arbitrator(s)
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Respondent's counsel
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Judgment of the Argentine Appeals Court on Access to ICSID Awards (Spanish)
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8 May 2019
Decision on Annulment (Spanish)
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PARTICIPANTS
Decision on Annulment (Spanish)
Participants listed for this document only; this may not include all participants involved in the entire case.
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Tribunal/Panel chair
Arbitrator(s)
Alexis Mourre, Vera van Houtte
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
James Lloyd Loftis, Timothy J. Tyler, Robert R. Landicho, Peter D. Danysh, Stephanie Noble, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Mark J. Beeley, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Jimena Vega Olmos, Francisco Amallo, Martinez de Hoz & Rueda, Eugene J. Silva II, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Respondent's counsel
Silvina González Napolitano, Mariana Lozza, María Alejandra Etchegorry, Sabrina Ramos, Procuración del Tesoro de la Nación
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
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Decision on Annulment (Spanish)
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