Matter
H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc. v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/15)
- 27 December 1998Egypt
27 December 1998Egypt
South Cairo Court of First Instance decision dated 27 December 1998
South Cairo Court of First Instance
- Decision summary
- The court rejected claims seeking to compel the Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels to obtain approval of the December 1992 development plan and an operating licence from the Ministry of Tourism.
Supporting details
2 participantsH&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.
Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels
South Cairo Court of First Instance
2 years, 4 months and 3 days later · 855 days
- 30 April 2001Egypt
30 April 2001Egypt
Cairo Court of Appeals judgment dated 30 April 2001
Cairo Court of Appeals
- Decision summary
- The court terminated the Management and Operation Contract on account of the Claimant's failure to perform its obligations under the contract and the Cairo Arbitral Award.
Supporting details
2 participantsH&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.
Grand Hotels of Egypt
Cairo Court of Appeals
11 years, 1 month and 6 days later · 4054 days
- 5 June 2012Arbitration
5 June 2012Arbitration
Decision on Jurisdiction
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal rejected the jurisdictional objections based on ratione materiae, ratione temporis, ratione personae, and equitable prescription. It joined the validity of the Option to Buy and the fork-in-the-road objection to the merits.
Supporting details
4 authorities · 18 participantsH&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.
- Representative
- Arif H. Ali (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Baiju S. Vasani (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Marguerite C. Walter (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Kassi D. Tallent (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Emily Alban (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Khaled El Shalakany (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Adam El Shalakany (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
Arab Republic of Egypt
- Representative
- Karim Hafez (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Dalia Hussein (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Johanne Cox (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Fatma Khalifa (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Amr Arafa (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Bernardo M. Cremades
- Arbitrator
- Hamid G. Gharavi
- Arbitrator
- Veijo Heiskanen
- Tribunal secretary
- Milanka Kostadinova
1 year, 11 months and 1 day later · 700 days
- 6 May 2014Arbitration
6 May 2014Arbitration
Award
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal found that it had no jurisdiction over the Claimant's claims except the corruption, denial of justice, and denial of effective means claims. It dismissed the other claims for lack of jurisdiction and dismissed those three claims on the merits. Each Party was ordered to bear its own costs; the Respondent was ordered to bear USD 225,000 of the direct costs of the arbitration, with the remaining direct costs borne by the Claimant.
Supporting details
3 authorities · 32 participantsH&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.
- Representative
- Clifton S. Elgarten (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Kathryn Kirmayer (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Jane Wessel (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Meriam Alrashid (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Amal Bouhabib (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Randa Adra (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
- Representative
- Derya Tokdemir (For: H&H Enterprises Investments, Inc.)
Arab Republic of Egypt
- Representative
- Ian Laird (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- John Shuler (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Alex Erines (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Jasmine Dehghan-Dusch (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Claudia Annacker (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Robert T. Greig (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- J. Cameron Murphy (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Larry Work-Dembowski (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Laurie Achtouk-Spivak (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Affef Ben Mansour (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Sean McGrew (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Salma Mohy Eldin Khalid Elalaily (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Yasmine Mohamed Aziz Lotfy Shamekh (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Ezzat Ouda (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Mahmoud El Khrashy (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Amr Arafa (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Fatma Khalifa (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Lela Kassem (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
- Representative
- Yasmine Aziz (For: Arab Republic of Egypt)
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Bernardo M. Cremades
- Arbitrator
- Hamid G. Gharavi
- Arbitrator
- Veijo Heiskanen
- Tribunal secretary
- Milanka Kostadinova