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Sevilla Beheer and others v. Spain, Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award and Annulment Costs, May 20, 2026

20 May 2026
Sevilla Beheer B.V. and others v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/16/27
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Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award and Annulment Costs
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Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award and Annulment Costs
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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
Christopher M. Ryan, Anna Stockamore, Ifeoluwa Atinuke Kolade
Claimant's law firm
Respondent's counsel
Respondent's law firm
Other counsel
Claimant's expert
Claimant's expert firm
Respondent's expert
Respondent's expert firm
Claimant's witness
Respondent's witness
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Third-party funder
Entities
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, A. & O. Shearman, Sevilla Beheer B.V., Spain
Country
United States
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Document Summary
Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award and Annulment Costs
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Procedural Posture

This document is a Petition to Enforce Arbitral Award and Annulment Costs filed by Sevilla Beheer B.V. and affiliated corporate petitioners against the Kingdom of Spain in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Petitioners seek the recognition and enforcement of a May 22, 2023 arbitral award and a June 11, 2025 annulment cost decision rendered in ICSID Case No. ARB/16/27.

Legal Basis and Relief Sought

The Petitioners invoke the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1605(a)(1), and 1605(a)(6), asserting that Spain waived its sovereign immunity by becoming a contracting party to the ICSID Convention and the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Furthermore, the Petitioners rely on 22 U.S.C. § 1650a, which grants U.S. federal courts exclusive jurisdiction to enforce ICSID awards and mandates that such awards be accorded the same full faith and credit as a final judgment of a state court, precluding collateral attacks on the merits.

The Petitioners request the Court to enter judgment against Spain for the principal damages amount of €6,756,894, alongside pre- and post-award interest calculated at EURIBOR plus one percent compounded semi-annually. Additionally, the Petitioners seek the enforcement of €512,898.60 in legal fees and expenses incurred during the annulment proceedings, as well as specific costs associated with Spain's requests for reconsideration during the underlying arbitration.