Award

Arbitration award (arb8362)

ICSID · Investment (ICSID and treaty) · International

Why it matters

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. v. Plurinational State of Bolivia, an investment arbitration in which a foreign investor brought claims against a state under an investment treaty or contract. For a student, it is an example of investor-state dispute settlement: how an arbitral tribunal weighs a state's conduct against the protections owed to a foreign investor, with any damages set out in the award.

Summary

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. v. Plurinational State of Bolivia: an investment arbitration award from the arbitration.org collection. The tribunal's full reasoning is set out in the original.

The detail

Parties: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. v. Plurinational State of Bolivia

Case number: See arbitration.org record

Outcome: Award. The disposition is set out in the original.

Applicable law: The applicable arbitration rules and governing law; see the original.

Issues in play: The parties' substantive dispute, resolved by arbitration rather than in the courts.

Read the full decision at arbitration.org

Locus Standi links to the source decision and publishes its own plain-language summary. It does not reproduce the text of the award.

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