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October 4, 2019
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| Big Sky Energy Corporation c/o Mr. Stephen Fietta Mr. Ashique Rahman Ms. Laura Rees-Evans Ms. Zsófia Young Ms. Oonagh Sands Ms. Miglena Angelova Fietta LLP 1 Fitzroy Square London W1T 5HE, United Kingdom |
Republic of Kazakhstan c/o Ms. Belinda Paisley Ms. Chloe Carswell Ms. Lucy Winnington-Ingram Ms. Azhar Kuzutbayeva Reed Smith LLP The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2RS, United Kingdom and c/o Mr. Samuel Wordsworth QC Essex Court Chambers 24 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3EG, United Kingdom and c/o Mr. Paul Choon Kiat Wee 3 Verulam Buildings Gray's Inn London WC1R 5NT, United Kingdom |
Re: Big Sky Energy Corporation v. Republic of Kazakhstan
(ICSID Case No. ARB/17/22)
Dear Sirs and Mesdames,
Please see the following correspondence from the President:
The Tribunal has received and reviewed [Redacted] Respondent's request to pursue 28 U.S.C. § 1782 discovery in the United States District Court for the District Court of Arizona (the “Arizona Court").
[Redacted] the Tribunal notes that Respondent has indicated it will pursue such discovery in a manner as to prevent the improper disclosure to the public of any confidential information. In permitting the Respondent to pursue 28 U.S.C. § 1782 discovery in the Arizona Court, the Tribunal reserves the authority to later rule on any attempted introduction of evidence obtained
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through the 28 U.S.C. § 1782 proceedings. [Redacted]
Yours sincerely,
Signature
Alex B. Kaplan
Secretary of the Tribunal
cc: Members of the Tribunal