Matter
Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. v. Canada (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/16)
- 13 June 2017France
13 June 2017France
Procedural Order No. 1 dated June 13, 2017
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal issued the procedural rules governing the arbitration and set the procedural timetable.
Supporting details
5 authorities · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
4 months and 17 days later · 139 days
- 30 October 2017France
30 October 2017France
Confidentiality Order dated October 30, 2017
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Arbitral Tribunal defined confidential and restricted-access information and established procedures for designating, handling, and disclosing it.
Supporting details
5 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
1 month and 14 days later · 45 days
- 14 December 2017France
14 December 2017France
Procedural Order No. 2 dated December 14, 2017
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal denied Canada’s request to bifurcate the proceedings.
Supporting details
2 authorities · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
5 months and 18 days later · 169 days
- 1 June 2018France
1 June 2018France
Procedural Order No. 3 dated June 1, 2018
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal decided the Parties’ document-production requests and confirmed that it was not ordering production of documents subject to legal privilege.
Supporting details
1 authority · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
5 months and 2 days later · 155 days
- 3 November 2018France
3 November 2018France
Procedural Order No. 4 dated November 3, 2018
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal decided the Claimant’s objections to the Respondent’s privilege claims and issued directions concerning the privilege log and review of withheld or redacted documents.
Supporting details
1 authority · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
1 month and 10 days later · 40 days
- 13 December 2018France
13 December 2018France
Procedural Order No. 5 dated December 13, 2018
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal decided outstanding issues concerning legal privilege, including privilege over communications shared with financial, tax, and public-relations advisers.
Supporting details
1 authority · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
1 month and 5 days later · 36 days
- 18 January 2019France
18 January 2019France
Procedural Order No. 6 dated January 18, 2019
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal found that the Claimant had affirmatively used legal advice in support of its claims, held that privilege was waived for the relevant documents, and ordered disclosure subject to specified redactions.
Supporting details
1 authority · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
1 month and 24 days later · 55 days
- 14 March 2019France
14 March 2019France
Procedural Order No. 7 dated March 14, 2019
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal organized the evidentiary hearing, including the hearing schedule and examination of witnesses and experts.
Supporting details
6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
- 14 March 2019France
14 March 2019France
Procedural Order No. 8 dated March 14, 2019
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal issued directions concerning the conduct and record of the hearing, including demonstrative exhibits, hearing bundles, and transcripts.
Supporting details
6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
11 days later · 11 days
- 25 March 2019France
25 March 2019France
Procedural Order No. 9 dated March 25, 2019
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal issued further procedural directions concerning the hearing and the treatment of privilege-related documents.
Supporting details
6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
8 months and 13 days later · 258 days
- 8 December 2019France
8 December 2019France
Procedural Order No. 10 dated December 8, 2019
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal decided the requests concerning additional documents and evidence and admitted or rejected the identified materials as stated in the Order.
Supporting details
6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Frauke Nitschke
3 months and 19 days later · 110 days
- 27 March 2020France
27 March 2020France
Award dated March 27, 2020
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal declined jurisdiction over GTH’s national treatment claim, accepted jurisdiction over its fair and equitable treatment, full protection and security, and unrestricted transfer claims, found those claims admissible, dismissed them on the merits and dismissed GTH’s damages request. The Parties were ordered to bear the arbitration costs equally, with each Party bearing its own legal costs and expenses.
Supporting details
3 authorities · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Georges AFFAKI
- Arbitrator
- Gary Born
- Arbitrator
- Vaughan Lowe
- Tribunal secretary
- Lindsay Gastrell
7 months and 27 days later · 241 days
- 23 November 2020France
23 November 2020France
Procedural Order No. 1 dated November 23, 2020
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The ad hoc Committee established the procedural framework and timetable for the annulment proceedings.
Supporting details
3 authorities · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Monica Pinto
- Arbitrator
- Lawrence Boo
- Arbitrator
- Dyla Jimenez
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurelia Antonietti
2 months and 12 days later · 73 days
- 4 February 2021France
4 February 2021France
Procedural Order No. 2 dated February 4, 2021
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The ad hoc Committee dismissed Canada’s application to submit new evidence and reserved its decision on costs for the Decision on Annulment.
Supporting details
3 authorities · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Monica Pinto
- Arbitrator
- Lawrence Boo
- Arbitrator
- Dyla Jimenez
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurelia Antonietti
11 months and 15 days later · 349 days
- 19 January 2022France
19 January 2022France
Procedural Order No. 3 dated January 19, 2022
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The ad hoc Committee organized the virtual hearing scheduled for February 7 and 8, 2022 and set directions for the hearing bundle, exhibits, recording, and transcription.
Supporting details
6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Monica Pinto
- Arbitrator
- Lawrence Boo
- Arbitrator
- Dyla Jimenez
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurelia Antonietti
8 months and 11 days later · 254 days
- 30 September 2022France
30 September 2022France
Decision on Annulment dated September 30, 2022
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The ad hoc Committee dismissed both Canada’s Application for Partial Annulment and GTH’s Application for Partial Annulment. It allocated each party its own fees and expenses and required the parties to share the costs of the proceedings.
Supporting details
3 authorities · 6 participantsGlobal Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Canada
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Monica Pinto
- Arbitrator
- Lawrence Boo
- Arbitrator
- Dyla Jimenez
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurelia Antonietti