Tethyan Copper Company Pty Limited v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/1

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Case type:
International Investment Agreement (Investor–State)
Seat of Arbitration:
Investment treaty:
Australia-Pakistan BIT
Applicable legal instruments:
Australia-Pakistan BIT
Economic sector:
Mining and quarrying, including hydrocarbons (oil and gas)
Outcome:
In Favour of Claimant(s)
Other remedy:
Respondent shall pay to Claimant pre-award and pre-award interests on the principal amount awarded. Respondent shall bear the costs of the arbitration and the legal expenses incurred by Claimant.
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13 Dec 2012
Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Donald Francis Donovan, Mark W. Friedman, Dietmar W. Prager, Natalie L. Reid, Carl Riehl, Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland, Elizabeth Nielsen, Lord Goldsmith, Patrick Taylor, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Feisal Hussain Naqvi, Bhandari Naqvi Riaz (BNR)
Respondent's counsel
Ahmed Irfan Aslam, Mian Shaoor Ahmad, Office of the Attorney General for Pakistan, Ignacio L. Torterola, Quinn Smith, Diego Gosis, GST LLP, Ali Zahid Rahim, Axis law Chambers, Usman Raza Jamil, URJ & Co
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
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Respondent's witness
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Other witnesses
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
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WTO chair
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20 Mar 2017
Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Leonard Hoffmann
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Donald Francis Donovan, Mark W. Friedman, Dietmar W. Prager, Natalie L. Reid, Carl Riehl, Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland, Elizabeth Nielsen, Lord Goldsmith, Patrick Taylor, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Feisal Hussain Naqvi, Bhandari Naqvi Riaz (BNR)
Respondent's counsel
Ahmed Irfan Aslam, Mian Shaoor Ahmad, Office of the Attorney General for Pakistan, Ignacio L. Torterola, Quinn Smith, Diego Gosis, GST LLP, Ali Zahid Rahim, Axis law Chambers, Usman Raza Jamil, URJ & Co
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
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Respondent's witness
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Other witnesses
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
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WTO chair
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10 Nov 2017
Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Leonard Hoffmann
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Donald Francis Donovan, Mark W. Friedman, Dietmar W. Prager, Natalie L. Reid, Carl Riehl, Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland, Elizabeth Nielsen, Lord Goldsmith, Patrick Taylor, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Feisal Hussain Naqvi, Bhandari Naqvi Riaz (BNR)
Respondent's counsel
Ahmed Irfan Aslam, Mian Shaoor Ahmad, Office of the Attorney General for Pakistan, Ignacio L. Torterola, Quinn Smith, Diego Gosis, GST LLP, Ali Zahid Rahim, Axis law Chambers, Usman Raza Jamil, URJ & Co
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
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Respondent's witness
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Other witnesses
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
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WTO chair
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Country
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10 Nov 2017
Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Leonard Hoffmann
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Donald Francis Donovan, Mark W. Friedman, Dietmar W. Prager, Natalie L. Reid, Carl Riehl, Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland, Elizabeth Nielsen, Lord Goldsmith, Patrick Taylor, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Feisal Hussain Naqvi, Bhandari Naqvi Riaz (BNR)
Respondent's counsel
Ahmed Irfan Aslam, Mian Shaoor Ahmad, Office of the Attorney General for Pakistan, Ignacio L. Torterola, Quinn Smith, Diego Gosis, GST LLP, Ali Zahid Rahim, Axis law Chambers, Usman Raza Jamil, URJ & Co
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
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Respondent's witness
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Other witnesses
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
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WTO chair
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Country
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12 Jul 2019
Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Leonard Hoffmann
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Donald Francis Donovan, Mark W. Friedman, Dietmar W. Prager, Natalie L. Reid, Carl Riehl, Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland, Elizabeth Nielsen, Lord Goldsmith, Patrick Taylor, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Feisal Hussain Naqvi, Bhandari Naqvi Riaz (BNR)
Respondent's counsel
Ahmed Irfan Aslam, Mian Shaoor Ahmad, Office of the Attorney General for Pakistan, Ignacio L. Torterola, Quinn Smith, Diego Gosis, GST LLP, Ali Zahid Rahim, Axis law Chambers, Usman Raza Jamil, URJ & Co
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
[field_claimant_s_witness]
Respondent's witness
[field_respondent_s_witness]
Other witnesses
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
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WTO chair
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Country
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9 Aug 2019
Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Respondent appointee:
Leonard Hoffmann
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Robert Weigel, Matthew D. McGill, Jason Myatt, Matthew S. Rozen, Katherine Maddox Davis, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Respondent's counsel
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
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Respondent's witness
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Other witnesses
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
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WTO chair
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Country
Print reporter
17 Sep 2020
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Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Chair/President
Chair/President:
Joongi Kim
Arbitrator(s)
Carita Wallgren-Lindholm
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Donald Francis Donovan, Mark W. Friedman, Dietmar W. Prager, Natalie L. Reid, Carl Riehl, Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland, Elizabeth Nielsen, Lord Goldsmith, Patrick Taylor, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Feisal Hussain Naqvi, Bhandari Naqvi Riaz (BNR)
Respondent's counsel
Ahmed Irfan Aslam, Mian Shaoor Ahmad, Office of the Attorney General for Pakistan, Ignacio L. Torterola, Quinn Smith, Diego Gosis, GST LLP, Ali Zahid Rahim, Axis law Chambers, Usman Raza Jamil, URJ & Co
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
[field_claimant_s_witness]
Respondent's witness
[field_respondent_s_witness]
Other witnesses
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
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WTO chair
[field_wto_appellate_body_chai]
Country
Print reporter
10 Mar 2022
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Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Trevor N McFadden
Claimant's counsel
Respondent's counsel
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
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Respondent's witness
[field_respondent_s_witness]
Other witnesses
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
[field_wto_appellate_body_memb]
WTO chair
[field_wto_appellate_body_chai]
Country
Print reporter
10 Mar 2022
Document provided by: IAReporter
Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Trevor N McFadden
Claimant's counsel
Respondent's counsel
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
[field_entities]
Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
[field_claimant_s_witness]
Respondent's witness
[field_respondent_s_witness]
Other witnesses
[field_other_witnesses]
Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
[field_wto_appellate_body_memb]
WTO chair
[field_wto_appellate_body_chai]
Country
Print reporter
28 Apr 2022
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Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Analisa Torres
Claimant's counsel
Respondent's counsel
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
[field_entities]
Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
[field_claimant_s_witness]
Respondent's witness
[field_respondent_s_witness]
Other witnesses
[field_other_witnesses]
Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
[field_wto_appellate_body_memb]
WTO chair
[field_wto_appellate_body_chai]
Country
Print reporter
9 Dec 2022
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Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Umar Ata Bandial, Ijaz ul Ahsan, Munib Akhtar, Yahya Afridi, Jamal Khan Mandokhail
Claimant's counsel
Respondent's counsel
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
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Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
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Respondent's witness
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Other witnesses
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Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Annulment Committee members
WTO members
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WTO chair
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Country
Country in which this occurs:
Pakistan
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6 Jan 2023
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Case Profile:
/ Participants Details
Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Chair/President
Arbitrator(s)
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Respondent's counsel
Other counsel
Entities (Firms/Institutions)
[field_entities]
Claimant's expert
Respondent's expert
Claimant's witness
[field_claimant_s_witness]
Respondent's witness
[field_respondent_s_witness]
Other witnesses
[field_other_witnesses]
Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Annulment Committee president
Joongi Kim
Annulment Committee members
Joongi Kim, Carita Wallgren-Lindholm, Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor
WTO members
[field_wto_appellate_body_memb]
WTO chair
[field_wto_appellate_body_chai]
Country
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