Organisation: International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Spanish infrastructure group Abertis has filed an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) claim against Argentina over motorway concessions – more than six years after settling an earlier case at the centre.

04 September 2023

An International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) tribunal has thrown out a US$310 million claim by Occidental Exploration and Production Company against its Chinese former partner in an Ecuadorean oil block, finding it was barred by res judicata because of an earlier award.

16 August 2023

Colombia’s state-owned oil company Ecopetrol says it has been awarded US$1 billion in damages in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) dispute with a US contractor over a troubled refinery in Cartagena.

14 June 2023

Featured in The Guide to International Arbitration in Latin America

Today, the countries with the most ICSID cases against them are Argentina and Venezuela. Between them, they account for almost 12 per cent of ICSID’s historical caseload.

15 September 2022