Perenco Ecuador Ltd. v. Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador), ICSID Case No. ARB/08/6

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Case type:
International Investment Agreement (Investor–State)
Seat of Arbitration:
Investment treaty:
Ecuador-France BIT
Applicable legal instruments:
Ecuador-France BIT
Economic sector:
Mining and quarrying, including hydrocarbons (oil and gas)
Outcome:
In Favour of Claimant(s)
Amount of damages:
US $503,313,917
Other remedy:
Ecuador shall beer Perenco’s legal fees and costs related to the principal claim, plus simple interest. Claimant shall pay to Ecuador and Petroecuador their legal fees and costs related to the counterclaims, together with simple interest.
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8 May 2009
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8 Dec 2009
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30 Jun 2011
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Neil Kaplan
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Peter Tomka
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12 Sep 2014
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10 Apr 2015
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Mark Friedman, Ina Popova, Thomas Norgaard, Sonia Farber, Terra Gearhart-Serna, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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Diego García Carrión, Blanca Gómez de la Torre, Eduardo Silva Romero, Pierre Mayer, José Manuel García Represa, Philip Dunham, Maria Claudia Procopiak, Audrey Caminades, Timothy Lindsay, Dechert LLP
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11 Aug 2015
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Peter Tomka
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Mark W. Friedman, Ina C. Popova, Floriane Lavaud, Laura Sinisterra, Sarah Lee, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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Eduardo Silva Romero, José Manuel García Represa, Philip Dunham, Alvaro Galindo, Maria Claudia Procopiak, Audrey Caminades, Gabriela González Giráldez, Dechert LLP, Íñigo Salvador Crespo, Claudia Salgado Levy, Nazaret Ramos, Diana Moya Dávalos, Blanca Gómez de la Torre, Francisco Grijalva, Alvaro Galindo, Carlos Venegas, Rafael Parreño Navas, Diego García Carrión, Francisco Larrea, Gianina Osejo, Agustin Acosta, Francisco Paredes Balladares, Pierre Mayer
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18 Aug 2017
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Peter Tomka
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Mark W. Friedman, Ina C. Popova, Floriane Lavaud, Laura Sinisterra, Sarah Lee, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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Eduardo Silva Romero, José Manuel García Represa, Philip Dunham, Alvaro Galindo, Maria Claudia Procopiak, Audrey Caminades, Gabriela González Giráldez, Dechert LLP, Íñigo Salvador Crespo, Claudia Salgado Levy, Nazaret Ramos, Diana Moya Dávalos, Blanca Gómez de la Torre, Francisco Grijalva, Alvaro Galindo, Carlos Venegas, Rafael Parreño Navas, Diego García Carrión, Francisco Larrea, Gianina Osejo, Agustin Acosta, Francisco Paredes Balladares, Pierre Mayer
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27 Sep 2019
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Peter Tomka
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Mark W. Friedman, Ina C. Popova, Floriane Lavaud, Laura Sinisterra, Sarah Lee, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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Eduardo Silva Romero, José Manuel García Represa, Philip Dunham, Alvaro Galindo, Maria Claudia Procopiak, Audrey Caminades, Gabriela González Giráldez, Dechert LLP, Íñigo Salvador Crespo, Claudia Salgado Levy, Nazaret Ramos, Diana Moya Dávalos, Blanca Gómez de la Torre, Francisco Grijalva, Alvaro Galindo, Carlos Venegas, Rafael Parreño Navas, Diego García Carrión, Francisco Larrea, Gianina Osejo, Agustin Acosta, Francisco Paredes Balladares, Pierre Mayer
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1 Oct 2019
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3 Oct 2019
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20 Jan 2020
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