Bank for International Settlements
Permanent Court of Arbitration · Interstate and investor-state (PCA) · International · 1930
Why it matters
Dr. Horst Reineccius (Claim No. 1) (Private entity )First Eagle SoGen Funds, Inc. (Claim No. 2) (Private entity )Mr. Pierre Mathieu and La Société de Concours Hippique de La Châtre (Claim No. 3) (Private entity ) v. Bank for International Settlements (State entity ), an arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The matter is known as the Bank for International Settlements. For a student, the PCA is the oldest institution for resolving international disputes, and its cases range from boundary and treaty disputes between states to investor-state and commercial arbitrations. This is a worked example of how international arbitration operates above the level of any single national court.
Summary
Dr. Horst Reineccius (Claim No. 1) (Private entity )First Eagle SoGen Funds, Inc. (Claim No. 2) (Private entity )Mr. Pierre Mathieu and La Société de Concours Hippique de La Châtre (Claim No. 3) (Private entity ) v. Bank for International Settlements (State entity ), an arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The matter is known as the Bank for International Settlements. For a student, the PCA is the oldest institution for resolving international disputes, and its cases range from boundary and treaty disputes between states to investor-state and commercial arbitrations. This is a worked example of how international arbitration operates above the level of any single national court.
The detail
Parties: Dr. Horst Reineccius (Claim No. 1) (Private entity )First Eagle SoGen Funds, Inc. (Claim No. 2) (Private entity )Mr. Pierre Mathieu and La Société de Concours Hippique de La Châtre (Claim No. 3) (Private entity ) v. Bank for International Settlements (State entity )
Case number: 2000-04
Outcome: Status: Concluded
Applicable law: The applicable treaty, contract or arbitration rules; see the original.
Issues in play: Public international law / investment law
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