ICSID case ARB/10/23 (Annulment decision)
ICSID · Investment (ICSID and treaty) · International (investor-state)
Why it matters
TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC v. Republic of Guatemala, an investment-treaty arbitration administered by ICSID (case no. ARB/10/23), in which a foreign investor brought claims against a state under an investment treaty. In the outcome, the tribunal rendered its award. For a student, it is a worked example of investor-state dispute settlement: how an ICSID tribunal weighs a state's right to regulate against the treaty protections owed to foreign investors.
Summary
TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC v. Republic of Guatemala: an ICSID annulment decision (ARB/10/23). In the outcome, the tribunal rendered its award. The tribunal's full reasoning is set out in the original.
The detail
Parties: TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC v. Republic of Guatemala
Case number: ICSID Case No. ARB/10/23
Outcome: Annulment decision in case ARB/10/23. See the original for the disposition and any quantum.
Applicable law: ICSID Convention and Arbitration Rules; the applicable investment treaty.
Issues in play: A foreign investor's treaty protections against a sovereign state's right to regulate.
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