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Volume 26 First Quarter 2012
Number 1
THE 2012 ICC RULES OF ARBITRATION –
A REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
Julia J. Peck
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York City
On January 1, 2012, the International
Chamber of Commerce’s much-anticipated
revised Rules of Arbitration entered into
force (the “2012 Rules”). With the exception
of the Emergency Arbitrator Provisions
discussed below, the 2012 Rules apply auto-
Julia J. Peck matically to all ICC arbitration proceedings
commenced after January 1, 2012, unless the
parties have agreed to submit to the Rules in effect on the
date of their arbitration agreement.
The 2012 Rules – the culmination of a drafting process
which began in 2008 and involved substantial input from
practitioners, arbitrators and corporate users from many
countries and legal traditions – retain many of the essential
features of ICC arbitration. Yet a number of new measures
were introduced, both to codify practices that the ICC Court
and its tribunals had been developing in the years since the
last major rule revision in 1998, and also with an eye towards
increasing the speed and efficiency of the process, to
adapt to the growing complexity of international business
transactions, and to make ICC arbitration more conducive
to investor arbitrations.
(See 2012 ICC RULES OF ARBITRATION on page 2)
INSIDE THIS ISSUE…
World Arbitration & Mediation Review ................. Page 3
Experts in the News ............................................Page 8-10
Conferences in 2012 and 2013 ............................... Page 11
Scoreboard of Treaty Adherence ......................Page 12-15
YOUNG ARBITRATORS’ CORNER
Noelle C. Berryman
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London
A lot of us often wonder about how those
who are appointed as arbitrators get appointed.
Many attorneys have the benefit of
seeing how their firm goes about vetting and
recommending arbitrator-nominees to their
clients, but – it remains no small mystery as
to how these individuals became the go-to
Noelle C. Berryman
individuals sought after to preside over their
clients’ arbitrations.
What did they do to get there? How does everybody know
who they are? And, most importantly, what can you do to best
position yourself to get appointed?
To answer these questions, I reached out to several arbitrators
who provided thoughtful, valuable insight into the
process. Some of those who contributed their collective wisdom
are:
Joachim Knoll, a partner at Brown & Page in Geneva;
Franz Schwarz, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
and Dorr LLP in London; and
Lisa Tomas, a senior associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP in
London.
Arbitration appointments are not only for partners!
Depending on your practice, you could be forgiven for
having the skewed perception that, to be appointed as an arbitrator,
one must be both exceedingly experienced and exceedingly
male. Although this may be true for the arbitrations in
which you might have been involved, this is not the case for a
vast number of arbitrations.
Hundreds of disputes are arbitrated each year with claim
values in the thousands or low millions. Arbitration institutions
are very eager to appoint fresh, well-qualified, younger
practitioners to preside as arbitrators in these disputes because
they tend to have more flexible calendars than the grey-beards
with the names with which we are all familiar and because,
frankly, they are hungry to make a good impression. Efficiency,
hard work, and availability for a hearing date before
(See YOUNG ARBITRATORS’ CORNER on page 6)

The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) is a division of The
Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern
Legal Foundation), an international center for continuing education
located in Plano, Texas, USA. ITA’s focus is education. It encourages
through practical education the resolution of transnational investment
and commercial disputes by arbitration. ITA is not an arbitration center.
It does not administer or supervise arbitrations, nor does it act as an appointing
authority of arbitrators.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ITA ADVISORY BOARD
Chair ...................................................................................................................................Lucy F. Reed
Vice Chair .................................................................................................Prof. Charles H. Brower, II
Vice Chair .........................................................................................................Jonathan C. Hamilton
Vice Chair ...............................................................................................................Joseph E. Neuhaus
Vice Chair .................................................................................................................... R. Doak Bishop
Vice Chair ................................................................................................................Bernard Hanotiau
Vice Chair ...........................................................................................................Abby Cohen Smutny
Member at Large ...................................................................................................Prof. Jack J. Coe, Jr.
Member at Large ...........................................................................................................Aníbal Sabater
Member at Large .................................................................................................. Prof. Peter Winship
Past Chair .............................................................................................. The Hon. Charles N. Brower
Past Chair ........................................................................................................... Prof. David D. Caron
Past Chair ....................................................................................................Donald Francis Donovan
Past Chair .............................................................................................................. Ewell E. Murphy, Jr.
Past Chair ..............................................................................................................Jeswald W. Salacuse
Chair, Academic Council .......................................................................Prof. Charles H. Brower, II
Vice Chair, Academic Council ..............................................................Prof. Andrea K. Bjorklund
Vice Chair, Academic Council ................................................................Prof. Christopher Gibson
Chair, Americas Initiative .......................................................................................... Eduardo Zuleta
Chair, Young Arbitrators Initiative ......................................................................Thomas W. Walsh
Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee .........................................................Jonathan Hamilton
Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee ...................................................... Prof. Roger P. Alford
Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee ..............................................Prof. Christopher Gibson
Co-Chair, Membership Committee............................................................................Jean E. Kalicki
Co-Chair, Membership Committee....................................................................Dietmar W. Prager
Co-Chair, Networking Committee ..................................................................Cecilia Flores Rueda
Co-Chair, Networking Committee .........................................................................Kathleen Paisley
Co-Chair, Programs Committee ............................................................................... Wendy J. Miles
Co-Chair, Programs Committee ................................................................................ Klaus Reichert
Co-Chair, Winter Conference Development Committee ...............................Prof. Susan Franck
Co-Chair, Winter Conference Development Committee .................................... Leah D. Harhay
Chair, Sponsorships Review Task Force ....................................................................Aníbal Sabater
Editor, News & Notes ................................................................................................Stephen Wallace
General Editor, Board of Reporters/KluwerArbitration.com .................... Prof. Roger P. Alford
Managing Editor, Board of Reporters/KluwerArbitration.com ................................ Seem Maleh
Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation Review .....Prof. Charles H. Brower, II.
Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation Review ............... Prof. David D. Caron
Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation Review ................Abby Cohen Smutny
Managing Editor, World Arbitration and Mediation Review ............................. Leah D. Harhay
2012 ITA Workshop Co-Chair ......................................................................Prof. Tai-Heng Cheng
2012 ITA Workshop Co-Chair ............................................................................... Philippe Pinsolle
2012 ITA Workshop Co-Chair ............................................................................. Jennifer M. Smith
CAIL President ................................................................................................... Michael J. Marchand
ITA Director ..................................................................................................................David B. Winn
ITA Associate Director ...........................................................................................J. Alan B. Dunlop
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Some of the key features of the 2012 Rules are discussed below.
A. Emergency Arbitrator Provisions
One of the most significant additions to the new Rules
has been the introduction of Emergency Arbitrator Provisions,
which allow a party in need of “urgent interim or
conservatory measures that cannot await the constitution of
an arbitral tribunal,” to make application to the Secretariat
for the appointment of an emergency arbitrator. Under the
1998 Rules, parties seeking interim measures to preserve the
status quo prior to the confirmation of the arbitral tribunal
must have “opted-in” at time of contracting to an additional
set of rules. These additional rules were infrequently
invoked in arbitration agreements, leaving most parties in
need of emergency relief prior to tribunal formation with
recourse only through local courts.
Pursuant to the mechanism set forth in Article 29 and
Appendix V of the 2012 Rules, a party may apply for an
emergency arbitrator at any point prior to the constitution
of the arbitral tribunal. 1 Upon such application, the President
of the ICC Court shall appoint an emergency arbitrator
“within as short a time as possible, normally within two
days.” (Appendix V, Art. 2(1).) Like all ICC proceedings,
applications for emergency relief are made on notice to the
other parties, who are given an opportunity to challenge the
proposed emergency arbitrator and to oppose the request
for emergency relief. The Emergency Arbitrator is directed
to issue an order within 15 days of receiving the file, although
this deadline may be extended at the discretion of
the President of the ICC Court. (Appendix V, Art. 6(4).)
The initial fee to the applicant seeking emergency relief is
US$40,000. The Emergency Arbitrator possesses discretion
to later shift or apportion the costs among the parties. (Appendix
V, Art. 7.)
Although under Article 29.2, the parties “undertake to
comply” with the decision of the Emergency Arbitrator, the
decision takes the form of an “order,” and not a final arbitration
“award” and therefore cannot be enforced directly
through national courts under the New York Convention.
The decision likewise does not bind the arbitral tribunal
which, once constituted, may modify, terminate or annul
any order made by the Emergency Arbitrator. (Art. 29(3).)
1 In fact, parties may invoke the Emergency Arbitrator Provisions
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(See 2012 ICC RULES OF ARBITRATION on page 4)

WORLD ARBITRATION & MEDIATION REVIEW 2012
The World Arbitration & Mediation Review, whose leadership
was assumed by ITA in 2008, reaches a milestone this
year as it is fully up-to-date, expanded and has attained a significant
level of recognition for itself and ITA in the global
dispute resolution community. It opens this year with a
two-issue Liber Amicorum José María Abascal containing
19 manuscripts from practitioners, experts and academics
around the world all in honor of their and our dear friend José
María Abascal. This will be followed by an issue presenting
papers from the first ever ITA Winter Forum as well as from
the annual ITA-ASIL conference in Washington, and will include
for the first time a section of book reviews. We wrap up
the year, as always, with the transcripts of the ITA Workshop.
These and all the issues of WAMR would not be possible
without the dedicated volunteer editorial staff. In honor of
this auspicious year, we reacquaint you with the editors of
WAMR, as many of them have moved into positions of even
greater accomplishment since they took up their positions at
WAMR, in addition to their impressive full time careers.
Leah Harhay
Managing Editor
Leah Harhay is Of Counsel in Jones Day’s
Global Disputes practice (San Francisco)
where she represents corporate and sovereign
clients in investor-state disputes throughout
Leah Harhay
the world. Leah sits on the ITA Executive
Committee and is the Managing Editor of ITA’s World Arbitration
& Mediation Review. Leah previously assisted investment
tribunals and experts with secretariat services, damages
analysis and drafting of decisions and awards, and served as
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Gold, Ltd. v. United States of America and Cargill, Inc.
v. United Mexican States. In the early 2000’s, Leah practiced
with Latham & Watkins, clerked with the U.S. Department of
Justice and, prior to that, worked for several years in the financial
industry.
Leah is a frequent speaker and author on the subjects of investment
arbitration, regional and arbitral trends, and women
in arbitration. Leah recently published an article entitled
“Investment Arbitration in 2021: A Look to Consistency and
Diversity” in the International Law Association’s International
Law Weekend-West Symposium issue in the Southwestern
Journal of International Law, and has a chapter entitled “The
Argentine Annulments: The Uneasy Application of ICSID Article
52 in Parallel Claims” forthcoming in the Yearbook on
International Law and Policy.
Epaminontas Triantafilou
Assistant Managing Editor
Epaminontas Triantafilou is Legal Counsel
at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in
The Hague, The Netherlands. Previously he
served as Legal Assistant to Judge Charles N.
Nontas Triantafilou
Brower, Arbitrator, 20 Essex St. Chambers,
and practiced international arbitration for
several years with a major international law firm in Washington,
DC. His practice experience includes disputes in Europe,
Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
Nontas has published and lectured widely on various topics
in international law and arbitration. He serves as Assistant
Managing Editor of the World Arbitration and Mediation Review
and has been awarded the Gillis Wetter Memorial Prize
by the London Court of International Arbitration. He holds
B.A. and M.A. degrees in Politics from Brandeis University
and a J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School, where
he was an Onassis Scholar, a McQuistion Scholar, and Comments
Editor of the Chicago Journal of International Law. He
is admitted to practice in New York State and in the District
of Columbia.
Rafael T. Boza
Associate Managing Editor
Rafael T. Boza is an attorney with Adair & Myers
in Houston. Mr. Boza holds LL.B. (Peru),
J.D. (U.S.), and LL.M. (Belgium) degrees and
is authorized to practice law in Peru, Texas,
Rafael T. Boza and New York. He was legal counsel at an international
bank in Chile and in Peru’s Office
of Foreign Trade and Tourism. Mr. Boza’s practice focuses
on commercial litigation, including alternative dispute resolution,
arbitration, and mediation, as well as transnational and
international business law.
M. Anderson Berry
Editor, WAMR on the Web
Anderson Berry is an attorney in Jones
Day’s Global Disputes and Business & Tort
Litigation practice groups (San Francisco).
He specializes in complex civil litigation and
M. Anderson Berry international arbitration. He was a member
of the trial team that achieved a full defense
verdict on numerous Alien Tort Statute claims, which was
ranked as the top California defense verdict in 2008 by the
Daily Journal. Anderson has published numerous articles
dealing with transnational issues and arbitration. Before
practicing law, Anderson worked as a private investigator in
the San Francisco Bay Area.
(See WORLD ARBITRATION REVIEW on page 5)
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The Emergency Arbitrator Provisions are non-exclusive and
thus expressly leave parties free to seek parallel relief from
any competent court. (Art. 29(7).)
The Emergency Arbitrator Provisions apply only to arbitration
agreements concluded after the January 1, 2012 entry
into force of the 2012 Rules. As such, it may be several years
before the efficacy of the Emergency Arbitration Provisions
are thoroughly tested. They also do not apply if the parties
decided in their contract to “opt out” of the Emergency Arbitrator
Provisions or agreed to be bound by other pre-arbitral
relief procedures. (Art 29(6).)
B. Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitrations
The 2012 Rules also add a number of specific provisions
to deal with arbitrations involving multiple parties and
multiple contracts as a means of responding to the increasing
complexity of international disputes. These provisions
largely implement practices used by parties to ICC proceedings
in recent years.
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wishing to join an additional party to the arbitration may
do so by a Request for Joinder to the Secretariat. Such
requests must be made before the confirmation or appointment
of any arbitrator, unless all parties, including
the additional party, otherwise agree.
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that in arbitrations with multiple parties, any party
may make a claim against any other party.
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of more than one contract to be made in a single arbitration,
irrespective of whether the claims are made under
one or several arbitration agreements.
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consolidation of multiple arbitrations into a single ICC
proceeding where: (a) all the parties agree; or (b) all of the
claims are brought under the same arbitration agreement;
or (c) “where the claims in the arbitrations are made under
more than one arbitration agreement, the arbitrations
are between the same parties, the disputes in the arbitrations
arise in connection with the same legal relationship,
and the Court finds the arbitration agreements to
be compatible.” Where multiple arbitrations are consolidated,
they will be consolidated into the arbitration that
was initiated first, unless otherwise agreed by all parties.
C. Case Management and Efficiency Innovations
Throughout the 2012 Rules there are a number of revisions
aimed at making the arbitral proceedings more efficient.
Pursuant to Article 24, tribunals are required when drawing
up the Terms of Reference, or as soon as possible thereafter,
to “convene a case management conference to consult
the parties on procedural measures that may be adopted” to
ensure efficient case management. Appendix IV contains a
listing of Case Management Techniques for controlling the
time and cost of arbitration. Among the suggestions are bifurcating
the proceedings or rendering one or more partial
awards on key issues; identifying issues that can be decided
solely on the basis of documents, rather than through oral
evidence or legal argument at hearing; limiting document
requests to the categories of documents that are likely to be
most relevant and material to the case; limiting the length
and scope of written submissions and witness evidence “so
as to avoid repetition and maintain a focus on key issues;”
using telephone or video conferencing for procedural and
other hearings where attendance in person is not essential;
and organizing a pre-hearing conference at which the
arbitral tribunal can indicate to the parties issues on which
it would like the parties to focus at the hearing. 2
Communications with the Secretariat or the arbitral tribunal
may now expressly be made by e-mail under Article
3(2).
The parties are also obliged to conduct the arbitration “in
an expeditious and cost effective manner” (Art. 22(1)), and
the tribunal may take the parties’ adherence to this mandate
into account when awarding costs (Art. 37(5)).
D. Confidentiality
Like the old rules, the 2012 Rules do not provide for
the presumptive confidentiality of the arbitration, absent
agreement by the parties. However, the new Article 22(3)
expands the arbitral tribunals’ authority to make orders respecting
confidentiality, providing that, upon the request of
any party, the arbitral tribunal may make orders “concerning
the confidentiality of the arbitration proceedings or of
any other matters in connection with the arbitration.” The
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tribunal also may, as under the 1998 rules, make orders to
protect trade secrets and confidential information.
E. Arbitral Independence and Availability
While the old rules simply required arbitrators to remain
independent, the 2012 Rules, in homage to international
trends, including the UNCITRAL Model Law, add to that a
requirement of impartiality. (Art. 11(1)).
Before being appointed or confirmed, prospective arbitrators
must now sign a statement of acceptance, availability,
impartiality and independence. (Art. 11(2)). The availability
requirement, which is new, aims to focus arbitrators, before
accepting an assignment, on whether they will have the
time to efficiently manage the arbitrations for which they
have been nominated.
F. Jurisdictional Challenges
Article 6(3) of the 2012 Rules provides that where a party
fails to answer or challenges the existence, validity or scope
of the arbitration agreement, or the consolidation of multiple
claims in a single arbitration, such challenges will be
heard by the arbitral tribunal, unless the Secretary General
refers the matter to the ICC Court. Previously, such challenges
would first be presented to the ICC Court for determination
as to whether there was a prima facie agreement
to arbitrate. The new procedure should theoretically yield
significant time savings and is more aligned with the principle
of competence-competence, that challenges to arbitral
jurisdiction are for the tribunal to decide.
G. Administration of Arbitration
Only the ICC can administer arbitrations under the ICC
Rules. This provision is aimed to prevent parties from entering
into arbitration agreements that select the ICC Rules
but designate a different or no administering institution.
There are a vast number of law firm and other publications
that can be used in understanding the 2012 Rules in
comparison to the 1998 Rules and those of the other leading
arbitral institutions. Additionally, the Secretariat’s Guide to
ICC Arbitration, a treatise prepared by members of the ICC
Secretariat and offering in-depth article-by-article analysis
of the 2012 Rules, will be published shortly by the ICC.
Julia J. Peck is an associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &
Sullivan, LLP, New York City. She concentrates her practice
on complex commercial and business litigation, government
investigations and regulatory work, and international arbitration.
She may be reached at juliapeck@quinnemanuel.com.
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Kate Brown de Véjar
Assistant Editor
Kate Brown de Véjar specializes in investor-state
and international commercial arbitration.
Counsel in the Mexico City office
Kate Brown de Véjar of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, S.C.,
Ms. Brown de Véjar advises State, State-owned
and private clients in connection with international disputes
under the leading institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules
across a wide range of sectors (including construction, financial
services, oil and gas, mining, transport and telecommunications),
in both the commercial sphere and under a variety
of international treaty instruments (including the Energy
Charter Treaty, the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) and numerous bilateral investment treaties).
Ms. Brown de Véjar is a member of the Australian Delegation
to UNCITRAL Working Group II, recently charged with
revising the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. As a member of
the Advisory Body to the Construction Industry Arbitration
Center of Mexico (Centro de Arbitraje de la Industria de la
Construcción, or CAIC), Ms. Brown de Vejar heads that organization’s
taskforce to develop rules on acting as appointing
authority under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. She
is also a guest lecturer on international arbitration at the Tecnológico
de Monterrey, Mexico City.
Benjamin Jones
Assistant Editor
Benjamin Jones is an associate in the San
Francisco office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP.
Benjamin represents clients in international
commercial arbitration and investment trea-
Benjamin Jones ty arbitration, and in international litigation.
Benjamin also counsels clients in the financial
services industry on legal and regulatory issues in payments
and electronic commerce.
Charles B. (“Chip”) Rosenberg
Assistant Editor
Charles B. (“Chip”) Rosenberg is a Legal
Adviser at the Iran-United States Claims
Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. Previously,
Chip was the International Ar-
Charles B. Rosenberg bitration Law Clerk to The Honorable
Charles N. Brower. Chip graduated first
in his class, summa cum laude from the American University
Washington College of Law. Chip and his wife, Sydney, have
a three-year old son, Harrison.
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the turn of the next millennium are not the only characteristics
sought by institutions, law firms, and parties, however.
To be appointed, would-be arbitrators must be well-qualified,
known to the institution, firm, or party doing the appointing,
and interested in being appointed.
What can you do to gain the skills necessary to be qualified
to arbitrate a dispute?
Be exposed.
Gain exposure to as many parts of the arbitration process
as possible. If you are a smart, hard working lawyer with a
variety of international arbitration matters, this usually goes
with the territory. However, due to luck of the draw, one might
find herself always developing the fact arguments, rather than
analyzing the law and drafting legal arguments; or drafting
legal arguments, but never having the opportunity to attend a
hearing or draft communications; or being staffed on a series
of arbitrations that settle before reaching the hearing stage,
thus missing out on exposure to a critical part of the process.
Take charge of your career. Seek out opportunities to gain
experience at every stage of the process. It is enormously useful
to see an arbitration from start to finish, from the very
first fact-development interviews through drafting the rebuttal
brief of the closing memorial. Having a significant role in
developing the facts, analyzing the law, developing the strategy,
drafting communications to opposing counsel and the
arbitral tribunal, and drafting or presenting the opening statement,
cross-examination scripts, and the closing argument (if
relevant), is necessary preparation for developing the analytical,
organizational, and consensus-building skills required of
an arbitrator.
If you ever have the opportunity to act as administrative
secretary to an arbitrator, do so. As secretary, one may gain
insight into what is important to arbitrators in making their
decisions, experience in drafting orders and portions of the
final award, and experience in being asked to put yourself
in the arbitrators’ shoes and work out how you might decide
the dispute. You will have the opportunity to see what works
in counsels’ briefs and oral argument to persuade arbitrators
(and what does not work). This last perspective, in particular,
can be a valuable asset to you as an advocate, as well.
But shyness will get you nowhere: tell members of your
firm who sit as arbitrators that you would like to work as their
secretary – which segues nicely into my next point.
How can you make your interest known to those who
make arbitrator appointments?
Be bold.
Without being obnoxious about it, tell your lawyer friends
that you want to be an arbitrator. Tell everyone you know, in
fact. Lawyers in your age and experience cohort may have the
opportunity to propose potential arbitrators to their clients, to
more senior lawyers in their firm, or, more informally, to arbitration
institutions with which they are affiliated. But they
have to be aware that you are interested in being appointed.
Do not risk being passed over simply because that fact is unknown.
Articulating your interest to your colleagues makes it
much more likely that your name and face will come to their
minds when an appointment opportunity crosses their desks.
Do not keep this information to your close friends and coworkers,
though; make sure you tell business associates and
individuals within arbitral institutions, as these institutions
often give new arbitrators their first appointments.
Be involved.
If you have kept up with either of the last two YAC pieces,
you would know that being involved with one or more arbitral
institutions (or their young-practitioner organizations) can be
very helpful in raising your profile and increasing your skills
in relationship-building and public-speaking. Arbitral institutions
keep track of the well-qualified and interested individuals
whom they may tap for institutional appointments.
Becoming involved with them through volunteer or other activities
is a good way to get on their radar.
An arbitrator I know received his first appointment – as
chair – at age 30. This appointment, as well as the majority of
the others he has received, came from an arbitral institution.
After several years of building credibility as an arbitrator with
institutional appointments, he now regularly receives appointments
from other counsel and arbitrators, as well. These counsel
and arbitrators may have seen his work as counsel or as an
arbitrator, have read his publications, or have heard him speak
knowledgeably at conferences – all of these activities have solidified
his reputation for competence and good judgment.
How can you become involved with arbitral institutions?
Again, without being obnoxious, be creative in seeking opportunities
to make yourself known. Attend institutional conferences
– and speak up when the floor is open for questions.
When you are acting as counsel in an institutional arbitration,
introduce yourself to the deputy counsel who staffed your
matter. Also, consider whether arbitral institutions have national
committees, like the ICC. Leverage your differences by
joining the national committee for your country of origin, attending
its meetings, and volunteering for tasks as they arise.
Be different.
Each of those whom I interviewed stressed that it helps
enormously to have characteristics that set you apart from others
in your legal market. Language skills, nationality, where
you practice, legal qualifications, or a combination of these
characteristics can make you unique in your market. Lisa Tomas
is among the few Canadian arbitration professionals who
are qualified in England and practicing in London. Franz
Schwarz is an Austrian qualified attorney whose German lan-
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guage skills and civil law perspective make him unique among
London practitioners. Joachim Knoll is a German born, New
York and Paris qualified attorney whose international experience
and his German, French, and English language skills
make him stand out in Geneva. Each brings something that
is unique and in demand to the location in which they are
practicing, and these attributes have not gone unnoticed by
the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), the ICC,
the LCIA, the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), or the
Geneva Chamber of Commerce, to name just a few of the institutions
that have appointed these individuals.
These differences do little to enhance your profile unless
others know about them, however. Making your colleagues
and others aware of your home jurisdiction and niche skills
is a critical component of making these assets work for you.
Be humble.
Your first few appointments might be for small claim value
arbitrations with relatively less-complex issues. These might
be very different from the billion dollar, bet-the-company
cases you are accustomed to handling as counsel. Do not be
discouraged. These disputes offer an excellent opportunity to
build your credibility as a competent and efficient arbitrator
while you learn a new skill. And your credibility as a capable
arbitrator is the best advertisement for further appointments.
Being humble will help you to diligently apply the same
skill to small arbitrations as you would to any other matter.
Humility also helps you turn down opportunities when you
do not have the time to do so efficiently, the expertise to do
so effectively, or when you have the slightest doubt about conflicts.
Decline opportunities that are likely to result in embarrassment
for you and your firm, significant delays for the parties,
or a potentially unenforceable award for the parties. Your
candor will pay dividends in the long run. Let the size and
complexity of the matters grow in tandem with your skills and
experience as an arbitrator and you stand to build a vibrant
and respected practice over time.
As for me, my dear friends and colleagues, it is true: I, too,
would like to be an arbitrator. I am a Texas-qualified lawyer
practicing in London, with particular experience in CIS and
Middle-Eastern oil and gas and energy disputes, in case you
are interested ….
Noelle C. Berryman is counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering
Hale and Dorr LLP, London. She works in the firm’s litigation/
controversy department, and is a member of the international
arbitration practice group. She may be reached at noelle.berryman@wilmerhale.com.
* * * *
Jeffrey Sullivan
Assistant Editor
Jeffrey Sullivan is Counsel in the International
Arbitration Group of Allen & Overy
LLP’s London office. He specializes in investment
treaty arbitration, international com-
Jefffey Sullivan
mercial arbitration and public international
law. He has been counsel in numerous investment
arbitrations under the ICSID and UNCITRAL arbitration
rules, representing both States and investors. Jeff has
particular experience of advising clients in the energy industry
with respect to both commercial disputes and investment
treaty cases and he has acted as counsel in four Energy
Charter Treaty cases.
Ekaterina Apostolova
Assistant Editor
Kate Apostolova is an associate at Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York. Her
practice focuses on international arbitration
and litigation. Kate received a J.D. degree
Kate Apostolova
in 2010 from the University of California,
Berkeley School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief
of the Berkeley Journal of International Law
and an oralist, coach, and arbitrator at the Foreign Direct
Investment International Moot Competition and Willem
C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. In law
school, Kate also served as a Research Assistant for Professor
David Caron. Her publications include “The Relationship
between the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim
Protection Act,” Berkeley Journal of International Law, 2010
and “International Arbitration in Eastern Europe: Comparative
Study of UNCITRAL Model Law, Latvian and Slovakian
Arbitration Laws,” Institute of Slavic, East European, and
Eurasian Studies, 2010.
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Daniel Gal
Juliet Blanch
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TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION EXPERTS…
IN THE NEWS
Dechert LLP has upgraded to a Sustaining Member and has
added Daniel Gal (London) and José-Manuel García Represa
(Paris) as representatives to the Advisory Board.
New Supporting Member Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
LLP has added Gabriela Alvarez-Avila (Mexico City), Claudia
Frutos-Peterson (Washington, D.C.) and Miriam Harwood
(New York) as representatives to the Advisory Board.
JAMS, Inc. has upgraded to a Supporting Member and has
added Lorraine M. Brennan (London) and Robert B. Davidson
(New York) as representatives to the Advisory Board.
Miriam Harwood
José-Manuel García Represa
Lorraine M. Brennan
Alexandre Job
Gabriela Alvarez-Avila Claudia Frutos-Peterson
Robert B. Davidson
New Supporting Member TOTAL S.A. has added Jean-André
Diaz (Paris), Anne-Maria Guillerme (Paris) and Alexandre
Job (Paris) as representatives to the Advisory Board.
New Supporting Member Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has
added Arif Hyder Ali (Washington, DC), Juliet Blanch (London)
and Penny Reid (New York) as representatives to the Advisory
Board.
Supporting Member Covington & Burling LLP has added
Thomas L. Cubbage, III (Washington, DC) as a representative
to the Advisory Board.
Jean-André Diaz
Arif Hyder Ali
Penny Reid Thomas L. Cubbage, III
Supporting Member Crowell &
Moring LLP has added Ian A.
Laird (Washington, DC) as a
representative to the Advisory
Board.
Justin D’Agostino
Craig Chiasson
Zel Saccani
Olivia Haruko Kamra
Ian A. Laird David A. Delman
Supporting Member Hogan
Lovells US LLP has added David A. Delman (Houston) as a
representative to the Advisory Board.
Jaya Sharma
New Sponsoring Member Herbert Smith has added Justin
D’Agostino (Hong Kong) as a representative to the Advisory
Board. New Associate Members are Zel Saccani (SLBT,
Brownsville) and Jaya Sharma (4N Consultants Inc., Madison).
Astigarraga Davis has upgraded to a Supporting Member.
Jarrod Wong
New Academic/Government/Nonprofit Members are Craig
Chiasson (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver), Meredith
Blasingame (National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), Stennis Space Center), Olivia Haruko Kamra (University
of CA - Berkeley School of Law, Albany), and Jarrod
Wong (University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law).
Academic Council member Tai-Heng Cheng
is joining the New York office of Quinn
Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as a partner
in the firm’s international arbitration
practice. Cheng, a specialist in international
law and international arbitration, was a tenured
professor of law at New York Law School
Tai-Heng Cheng
and co-director of its Institute for Global
Law, Justice, and Policy. Cheng has wide experience
in all aspects of international commercial arbitration
and investor-state arbitration, having served as counsel, tribunal
chair, arbitrator, and expert in investor-state disputes
and international commercial arbitrations, under ICDR, ICC,

Alfredo de Jesús O.
TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION EXPERTS…
IN THE NEWS
UNCITRAL, JAMS, SCC, HKIAC and ICSID rules. He is a
member of the panels of neutrals of the AAA/ICDR, CPR and
HKIAC. Additionally, Cheng has counseled sovereign states
on public international law disputes, including state succession.
He has also represented clients in international parallel
proceedings, as well as in U.S. federal and state court trials and
appeals. Cheng, who was born in Singapore, is bilingual in
English and Mandarin. He received his legal education in the
United States, England and Singapore, and has been involved
in numerous matters in every continent. In addition to teaching
at New York Law School, Cheng has taught international
arbitration and international law as a visiting professor of law
at Vanderbilt University, Hebrew University, and City University
of Hong Kong. He is the author of two books and dozens
of articles on international law and international arbitration,
which the U.S. Federal Circuit and District Courts have cited
and relied on. Before becoming a law professor, Cheng practiced
law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York.
Alfredo De Jesús O., ITA’s Reporter for Venezuela,
of Paris and Caracas, has been appointed as
a member of the Peer Review Board of the IC-
SID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal.
Bernard Hanotiau, a vice chair of the Executive
Committee of ITA’s Advisory Board, of
Hanotiau & van den Berg, Brussels, reports
that the firm has taken an office in Singapore:
Maxwell Chambers, 32 Maxwell Road, #02-05,
Singapore 069115, tel. +65 6408 3343, e-mail:
singapore@hvdb.com.
Mitchell L. Lathrop
Bernard Hanotiau
Advisory Board member Mitchell L. Lathrop of
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo,
P.C., New York and San Diego, has been named a
Chartered Arbitrator by the Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators (U.K.). He has also been named
to the panel of arbitrators of the Vienna International
Arbitration Centre.
Advisory Board member Barry Leon, partner
and head of the international arbitration
group at Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall
LLP/s.r.l., Ottawa, has become a Member Arbitrator
and Advisory Board Member at Arbitration
Place, the new arbitration hearing centre
in Toronto, Canada. For more information, go
to www.arbitrationplace.com.
Barry Leon
Advisory Board member Dr. Anton G. Maurer
of CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart, reports that Juris
Publishing will publish a book on June 15,
2012 that he has written. The title is: The Public
Policy Exception under the New York Convention:
History, Interpretation, and Application.
Dr. Anton G. Maurer
This work describes in detail the drafting history
of the public policy exception of art. V (2) (b). The book
also explains how this clause is applied by the courts in many
economically relevant states, and especially in Brazil, Russia,
India, and China. For more information, go to http://www.
jurispub.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=12675.
Academic Council Member Professor A F M
Maniruzzaman has been recently appointed
Visiting Professor of Law at China University
of Political Science and Law, Beijing. His article
entitled “Co-operation as the Philosophical
Foundation of Good Faith in International
Dr. M. Maniruzzaman Business-Contracting – A view through the
Prism of Transnational Law” (with L. Carvajal-Arenas) will
be published in Oxford University Comparative Law Forum,
in June 2012. He has also published an article entitled “The
Concept of Good Faith in International Investment Disputes
– the Arbitrator’s Dilemma” in 89 Amicus Curiae (Spring Issue,
2012), also in Kluwer Arbitration Blog.
Advisory Board member Suzanne K. Nusbaum
of Los Gatos, California, presented a
talk on Confidentiality and Disclosure Settlement
Issues in IP ADR cases at the American
Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
Spring Meeting in April in Washington DC.
She judged the Chinese National Rounds of Suzanne K. Nusbaum
the Jessup International Moot Court in Beijing,
China in February, the memorials for the Willem C.
Vis (East) and (West) International Commercial Arbitration
Moot and the finalist round memorials for the Willem C. Vis
(East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
Dietmar W. Prager, a member of ITA’s Executive
Committee, was promoted to partner at
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP with effect of 1 July
2012. Dietmar, who is Austrian, joined Debevoise
in 2000 and was promoted to counsel in
Dietmar W. Prager
2007. He has represented parties before multiple
arbitration institutions in venues throughout
the world, with a particular concentration on Latin America.
He also was one of the youngest lawyers ever to have argued
before the International Court of Justice and has sat as arbitra-
(See EXPERTS IN THE NEWS on page 10)
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tor. Dietmar is the co-chair of the ITA Membership Committee
and previously served as the first chair of ITA’s Americas Initiative
(2005-08).
Lucy Reed, chair of the Executive Committee
of ITA’s Advisory Board, relocated to the Hong
Kong office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
in May. Ms. Reed continues as co-head of the
Freshfields international arbitration group, with
Jan Paulsson.
Advisory Board member Pablo T. Spiller is returning
to his regular position at the University
of California at Berkeley after spending two
years on leave in New York City first as Visiting
Professor of Law at New York University and
then as Visiting Professor of Law at Columbia
Pablo Spiller
University, where together with Prof. Robert
Scott he ran a colloquium on contracts and organizations.
This spring he gave these lectures: at the Y-ICCA gathering at
Miami on issues related to damages and preparation of expert
testimony; at the invitation of Jan Paulsson at the International
Law Lecture Series of the University of Miami on “Inconsistencies
between legal standards and compensation in investment
treaty awards”; at the University of Pennsylvania Law
School on “Public Contracts”; and the same lecture at George
Mason Law School. Finally, he published, together with Manuel
Abdala and Pablo Lopez Zadicoff, a paper in World Arbitration
& Mediation Review entitled “Invalid Round Trips in
Setting Pre-judgment Interest in International Arbitration.”
Academic Council member Prof. S.I. Strong
published several articles recently, including
“International Arbitration and the Republic
of Colombia: Commercial, Comparative and
Constitutional Concerns From a U.S. Perspective,”
22 Duke Journal of Comparative & Inter-
S.I. Strong
national Law 47 (2011); “Arbitration and Alternative
Dispute Resolution in the United States of America,”
in Médiation, Arbitrage: Une justice en devenir? (Conseil
de l’Europe et la Commission Européenne 2011); “Class and
Collective Relief in the Cross-Border Context: A Possible Role
for the Permanent Court of Arbitration,” 23 The Hague Yearbook
of International Law 2010 113 (2011); and “Collective
Arbitration in ICSID Disputes: Abaclat (formerly Beccara) v.
Argentine Republic,” 16 Arbitration News (2012). Two of her
works, “From Class to Collective: The De-Americanization
of Class Arbitration,” 26 Arbitration International 493 (2010),
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TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION EXPERTS…
IN THE NEWS
(EXPERTS IN THE NEWS, cont’d from page 9)
Lucy F. Reed
and “Does Class Arbitration ‘Change the Nature’ of Arbitration?
Stolt-Nielsen, AT&T and a Return to First Principles,”
17 Harvard Negotiation Law Review (forthcoming 2012),
were cited in the jurisdictional awards rendered in one of the
most closely-watched ICSID arbitrations of the year, Abaclat
(formerly Beccara) v. Argentine Republic. Professor Strong
also recently received the CPR Institute’s award for Best Short
Article 2011 for “Collective Arbitration Under the DIS Supplementary
Rules for Corporate Law Disputes: A European
Form of Class Arbitration?” 29 ASA Bulletin 45 (2011). Professor
Strong has also recently begun her tenure as the Henry
G. Schermers Fellow at the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation
of Law and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced
Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Guido Tawil
Academic Council member Guido Santiago
Tawil of M. & M. Bomchil, Buenos Aires, has
been appointed to the IBA’s Conflicts of Interest
Subcommittee for the years 2012 and 2013
which will undertake the task of reviewing
the 2004 IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest
in International Arbitration.
Chinedum Umeche, ITA’s Reporter for Nigeria,
of Banwo & Ighodalo, Lagos, is the co-author
of the Nigerian Chapter of the International
Comparative Legal Guide to Litigation & Dispute
Resolution 2012 published by Global Legal
Group (London) in association with CDR.
Chinedum Umeche
Stephan Wilske, ITA’s Reporter for Turkey,
of Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart, moderated a panel
on “Crime and Ethics in International Commercial
Arbitration” and gave an introductory
presentation titled “International Arbitration
in Tougher Times – An Overview” at the IV.
Stephan Wilske
Belgrade Arbitration Conference on 23 March
2012 at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law.

Upcoming ITA Programs in 2012
24th Annual ITA Workshop
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June 21, 2012
Westin Galleria Hotel � Dallas, Texas
The ITA Forum
(Invitation only: Members of the ITA Advisory Board, Academic Council,
Board of Reporters, WAMR Board of Editors, Workshop & Roundtable Faculty)
June 22, 2012
Westin Galleria Hotel � Dallas, Texas
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ITA Programs in 2013
2nd Annual ITA Winter Forum
including the 2 nd Annual Young Arbitrators Winter Roundtable
January 24-25, 2013 (TBC) � Miami, Florida
10th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference
April 3, 2013
Marriott Renaissance Hotel � Washington, D.C.
9th Annual Americas Workshop
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25th Annual ITA Workshop
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June 19-20, 2013 � Dallas, Texas
The ITA Forum
(Invitation only: Members of the ITA Advisory Board, Academic Council,
Board of Reporters, WAMR Board of Editors, Workshop & Roundtable Faculty)
June 21, 2013 � Dallas, Texas
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SCOREBOARD
OF ADHERENCE TO TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION TREATIES
(as of February 10, 2012)
THE INSTITUTE FOR TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Abbreviations:
Changes from previous issue:
NY = United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign
NY = Liechtenstein ratified on July 7, 2011.
Arbitral Awards (commonly, 1958 New York Convention)
Entry into force on October 5, 2011.
ICSID = Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (1965)
ICSID = None.
MIGA= Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (1985)
IA = Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration
(commonly, Panama Convention of 1975)
USBIT = United States Bilateral Investment Treaty
MIGA = None.
IA = None.
USBIT = Rwanda came into force on January 1, 2012.
OPIC = None.
OPIC = Agreements supporting programs of the Overseas Private Investment Corp. Symbols:
S: Signed, but not ratified A: Subscribed, but not
R: Ratified, acceded or succeeded signed, ratified or paid
(*): Capital-exporting country under MIGA N/A: Not applicable
NATION
NY 1 ICSID 2 MIGA 3 IA USBIT 4 OPIC 5
Afghanistan R R R R
Albania R R R R R
Algeria R R R R
Angola R R
Antigua and Barbuda R R R
Argentina R R R R R R
Armenia R R R R R
Australia R R R*
Austria R R R*
Azerbaijan R R R R R
Bahamas R R R R
Bahrain R R R R R
Bangladesh R R R R R
Barbados R R R R
Belarus R R R S
Belgium R R R*
Belize S R R
Benin R R R R
Bhutan
Bolivia 6 R R R R R
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 R R R R R
Botswana R R R R
Brazil R R R R
Brunei Darussalam R R
Bulgaria R R R R R
Burkina Faso R R R R
Burundi R R R
Cambodia R R R R
Cameroon R R R R R
Canada R S R*
Cape Verde R R R
Central African Republic R R R R
Chad R R R
Chile R R R R R
China (People’s Republic) 8 R R R
Colombia R R R R R
Comoros R R
Congo R R R R

NY1 ICSID2 MIGA3 IA USBIT4 OPIC5 NATION NY1 ICSID2 MIGA3 IA USBIT4 OPIC5 NATION
Congo (Democratic Republic of) R R R R
Cook Islands R R
Costa Rica R R R R R
Côte d’Ivoire R R R R
Croatia 7 R R R R R
Cuba R
Cyprus R R R R
Czech Republic R R R* R R
Denmark 9 R R R*
Djibouti R R R
Dominica R R R
Dominican Republic R S R R R
Ecuador R R R R R
Egypt R R R R R
El Salvador R R R R S R
Equatorial Guinea R R
Eritrea R R
Estonia R R R R R
Ethiopia S R R
Fiji R R R R
Finland R R R*
France 10 R R R*
Gabon R R R R
Gambia R R R
Georgia R R R R R
Germany R R R*
Ghana R R R R
Greece R R R* R
Grenada R R R R
Guatemala R R R R R
Guinea R R R R
Guinea-Bissau S R R
Guyana R R R
Haiti R R R S R
Holy See (Vatican City) R
Honduras R R R R R R
Hungary R R R R
Iceland R R R*
India R R R
Indonesia R R R R
Iran R R
Iraq R R
Ireland R R R* R
Israel R R R R
Italy R R R*
Jamaica R R R R R
Japan R R R*
Jordan R R R R R
Kazakhstan R R R R R
Kenya R R R R
Kiribati R
Korea (North)
Korea (Republic) (South) R R R R
Kosovo R R R
Kuwait R R R R
Kyrgyzstan R S R R R
Lao People’s Democratic Republic R R R
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NY1 ICSID2 MIGA3 IA USBIT4 OPIC5 NATION NY1 ICSID2 MIGA3 IA USBIT4 OPIC5 NATION
Latvia R R R R R
Lebanon R R R R
Lesotho R R R R
Liberia R R R R
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya R
Liechtenstein R
Lithuania R R R R R
Luxembourg R R R*
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of 7 R R R R
Madagascar R R R R
Malawi R R R
Malaysia R R R R
Maldives R R
Mali R R R R
Malta R R R R
Marshall Islands R R
Mauritania R R R R
Mauritius R R R R
Mexico R R R R
Micronesia R R R
Moldova R R R R R
Monaco R
Mongolia R R R R R
Montenegro R R R
Morocco R R R R R
Mozambique R R R R R
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia S R R
Nauru
Nepal R R R R
Netherlands 11 R R R*
New Zealand 12 R R A
Nicaragua R R R R S R
Niger R R S R
Nigeria R R R R
Norway R R R*
Oman R R R R
Pakistan R R R R
Palau R R
Panama R R R R R R
Papua New Guinea R R R
Paraguay R R R R R
Peru R R R R R
Philippines R R R R
Poland R R R R
Portugal R R R* R
Qatar R R R
Romania R R R R R
Russian Federation R S R S R
Rwanda A R R R R
Saint Kitts and Nevis R R R
Saint Lucia R R R
St. Vincent and the Grenadines R R R R
Samoa R R R
San Marino R
Sao Tome and Principe S S R
Saudi Arabia R R R

NATION
Notes: (1) Extends to metropolitan and overseas constituent territorial subdivisions but not to overseas
dependent territories. Consult UN or ITA for definitive status. Under Art. I(3), 60 states have entered a
“reciprocity reservation” (including 8 that will apply it to non-contracting states as well) and 37 states
have entered a “commercial reservation”. (2) Extends to metropolitan and overseas constituent territorial
subdivisions and to overseas dependent territories unless specifically excluded. (3) Extends to metropolitan
and overseas constituent territorial subdivisions and to overseas dependent territories. (4) Chapter Eleven
of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) covers U.S. investment in Canada and Mexico. (5)
Countries where OPIC programs are generally available will be listed as ratified. At times, statutory and policy
constraints, such as Congressionally required certifications on labor practices, may limit the availability of
OPIC programs in various countries. Under agreements with certain countries, the host government may
be required to approve OPIC assistance for a project. (See also Notes 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12). (6) The Government
of the Republic of Bolivia signed the ICSID Convention on May 3, 1991 and deposited its instrument
of ratification on June 23, 1995. The Convention entered into force for Bolivia on July 23, 1995. On May 2,
2007, the depositary received a written notice of Bolivia’s denunciation of the Convention. In accordance with
Article 71 of the Convention, the denunciation took effect six months after the receipt of Bolivia’s notice, i.e.,
on November 3, 2007. (7) As of 4 February 2003, The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has changed its name
to “Serbia and Montenegro.” Montenegro declared itself independent from Serbia on June 3, 2006. Bosnia &
Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Slovenia are separated successor states
to parts of the former Yugoslavia and have succeeded to the NY. MIGA, ratified by the former Yugoslavia, is
NY 1 ICSID 2 MIGA 3 IA USBIT 4 OPIC 5
Senegal R R R R R
Serbia 7 R R R R
Seychelles R R
Sierra Leone R R R
Singapore R R R R
Slovakia R R R R R
Slovenia 7 R R * R
Solomon Islands R R
Somalia R R
South Africa R R R
Spain R R R*
Sri Lanka R R R R R
Sudan R R
Suriname R R
Swaziland R R R
Sweden R R R*
Switzerland R R R*
Syrian Arab Republic R R R
Taiwan R
Tajikistan R R
Tanzania R R R R
Thailand R S R R
Timor Leste R R R
Togo R R R
Tonga R R
Trinidad and Tobago R R R R R
Tunisia R R R R R
Turkey R R R R R
Turkmenistan R R R
Tuvalu
Uganda R R R R
Ukraine R R R R R
United Arab Emirates R R R
United Kingdom 13 R R R*
United States of America 14 R R R* R N/A N/A
Uruguay R R R R R R
Uzbekistan R R R S R
Vanuatu R
Venezuela R R R R
Vietnam R R R
West Bank and Gaza 15 R
Yemen R R R
Zambia R R R R
Zimbabwe R R R R
considered by MIGA as ratified by Serbia & Montenegro and by the aforementioned four separated successor
states. OPIC programs are available in the four separated states. (8) NY and MIGA: includes Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region. (See Note 12). (9) NY: includes Faeroe Islands and Greenland. (10) NY: includes,
inter alia, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, and
St. Pierre and Miquelon. OPIC programs available in French Guiana. (11) NY: includes Aruba and Netherlands
Antilles. OPIC programs are available in Aruba and Netherlands Antilles. (12) ICSID: excludes Cook Islands,
Niue and Tokelau. (13) NY: includes Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, and Isle of Man. ICSID:
excludes British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Sovereign Base Areas
of Cyprus. ICSID: continues to include Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. OPIC programs available
in Northern Ireland, Anguilla and Turks and Caicos. (14) NY: includes, inter alia, American Samoa, Guam,
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. (15) West Bank and Gaza are not recognized
as states by the United States.
SOURCES:
This issue was compiled by Editor Seem Maleh of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, and Kathleen
Amanda Zugsay (SMU intern) based on the following sources: United Nations; ICSID; MIGA; Organization of
American States; OPIC; and the Office of the United States Trade Representative. The Scoreboard is designed to
be a convenient reference, but is not intended to be relied on as legal advice. Please consult the sources directly to
confirm the status of any particular ratifications, reservations, changes, special conditions or new developments.
Copyright 2012, The Center for American and International Law (formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation).
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Sustaining
Baker Botts L.L.P.
ConocoPhillips
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Dechert LLP
ExxonMobil Corporation
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
King & Spalding LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP (New York)
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Vinson & Elkins
White & Case LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
Supporting
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Alvarez & Marsal
Arnold & Porter LLP
Astigarraga Davis
Baker Hughes Inc.
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.
Chevron Corp.
Coats, Rose, Yale, Ryman & Lee, P.C.
Compass Lexecon
Covington & Burling LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Foley Hoag LLP
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William B. Abington
Olufunke Adekoya
Roberto Aguirre Luzi
Linda A. Ahee
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Kenneth E. Aldous
Jay Alexander
William A. Alexander
Stanimir A. Alexandrov
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Arif Hyder Ali
Henri Alvarez
Gabriela Alvarez-Avila
Catherine M. Amirfar
Steven K. Andersen
Alexandra V. Andreeva
David Arias
Jose I. Astigarraga
John B. Attanasio
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Markham Ball
Casey Ballard
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Ronald J. Bettauer
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Jeffrey Chambers, III
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Paolo Di Rosa
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