Derains & Gharavi obtained on 29 May 2013 an Award (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/18) in favor of the Republic of Albania, with full legal and arbitration costs, dismissing all claims amounting to approximately USD 10 million for lack of jurisdiction. The claims were brought by an Albanian gambling company and its 65% shareholder (a dual national of both Italy and Albania) under the Italian-Albanian BIT and the Albanian Investment Law for the alleged expropriation of a gambling permit. Please click here to read the full Award. This is the seventh victory of the firm in ICSID arbitration out of seven cases so far, after the victory for the Republic of Albania against Pantechniki (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/21), the Republic of Turkey against Saba Fakes (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/20), and investors DLP v. Yemen (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/17), Rumeli/Telsim v. Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/16), Lemire v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/18) and Arif v. Moldova (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/23).
I-D21 – Lead counsel to an Iraqi company against a French Company in an ICC Arbitration for breach of a distribution agreement
Counsel to an Iraqi company against a French Company in an ICC Arbitration for breach of a distribution agreement
I-C66 – Counsel to a European international organization in a multi-million USD ad hoc arbitration against a Chilean company for alleged breach of a road construction contract
Counsel to a European international organization in a multi-million USD ad hoc arbitration against a Chilean company for alleged breach of a road construction contract
I-L29 – Counsel to a European company in a 15 million USD ICC arbitration against an African state for breach of a sales contract
Counsel to a European company in a 15 million USD ICC arbitration against an African state for breach of a sales contract
Chronique des Sentences Arbitrales 2013
Co-author of Chronique des Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI in JDI, 2013, n°1, page 248
Le professionnalisme des arbitres
“Le professionnalisme des arbitres” in Cahiers de Droit de l’Entreprise n°4 (juillet-août 2012), Lexis-Nexis, 2012
Iran: la révolution inachevée
“Iran: la révolution inachevée”, Le Figaro, 22 février 2010
Panorama de jurisprudencia francesa
“Panorama de jurisprudencia francesa”, (Yves Derains e Stephan Adell), in Revista del Club Español del Arbitraje, 6-2009, p. 127, 2009
I-I6 – Counsel to a European public works company in an arbitration against its joint venture partner for the construction of a port in an African State
Counsel to a European public works company in an arbitration against its joint venture partner for the construction of a port in an African State
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
Melanie van Leeuwen will speak on the topic of the independence of arbitrators during the “New Developments in International Commercial Arbitration” conference organised by the University of Neuchâtel on 15 November 2013, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.