Yves Derains, together with Bernardo Cremades, has been honoured with a Liber Amicorum entitled “Arbitraje Internacional: Pasado, Presente y Futuro” during the VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Arbitraje that took place at the end of April 2013 in Lima. Representing 26 countries and written by 96 well-known authors in the field of arbitration, the publication was coordinated by Carlos Alberto Soto Coaguila and Delia Revoredo Marsana de Mur and is published by the Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje.

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).

Counsel to a British company against a Middle Eastern company in annulment proceedings concerning an ICC partial award and an ICC final award.

Counsel to an Iraqi company against a French company in annulment proceedings concerning an ICC  award

Counsel to a U.S. company against a French company in annulment proceedings concerning an ICC partial award

Counsel to an Italian company against a U.S. company in annulment proceedings of an ICC award.

Counsel to a French company against an African state in annulment proceedings of an ICC award

Counsel to a French company against another French company in annulment proceedings of an ICC arbitral award

Counsel to a Middle Eastern State against a Cayman Islands company in annulment proceedings of two ICC awards.

Counsel to a Belgian company against a Brasilian company in annulment proceedings of a partial ICC award