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Lotus Holding Anonim Sirketi v. Turkmenistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/30)

Case no.
ARB/17/30
Applicable rules
ICSID Rules of Procedure for Arbitration Proceedings (2006)
  1. 6 April 2020Arbitration

    6 April 2020Arbitration

    Award dated 6 April 2020

    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

    Decision summary
    The Tribunal dismissed Lotus Holding's claims against the Republic of Turkmenistan as manifestly without legal merit under ICSID Arbitration Rules 41(5) and 41(6). It ordered Lotus Holding to pay the Republic of Turkmenistan USD 983,100.98, comprising 90 percent of the Respondent's legal fees and disbursements and all costs of the proceeding.

    Supporting details

    5 authorities · 21 participants
    Lotus Holding Anonim Sirketi
    Representative
    Egemen Egemenoglu (For: Lotus Holding Anonim Sirketi)
    Representative
    Egemenoglu Law Firm (For: Lotus Holding Anonim Sirketi)
    Representative
    Akin Alcitepe (For: Lotus Holding Anonim Sirketi)
    Representative
    Offit Kurman (For: Lotus Holding Anonim Sirketi)
    Representative
    Didem Keles Pinar (For: Lotus Holding Anonim Sirketi)
    Republic of Turkmenistan
    Representative
    Miriam K. Harwood (For: Republic of Turkmenistan)
    Representative
    Ali R. Gursel (For: Republic of Turkmenistan)
    Representative
    Zeynep Gunday (For: Republic of Turkmenistan)
    Representative
    Carlos Guzman (For: Republic of Turkmenistan)
    Representative
    Bahar Charyyeva (For: Republic of Turkmenistan)
    Representative
    Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (For: Republic of Turkmenistan)
    Representative
    Lorenzo Windham (For: Republic of Turkmenistan)
    Representative
    Tereza Psutkova (For: Republic of Turkmenistan)
    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
    Arbitrator
    Vaughan Lowe
    Arbitrator
    James H. Boykin
    Arbitrator
    Brigitte Stern
    Tribunal secretary
    Ella Rosenberg
    Institutional administrator
    Diana Burden
    Institutional administrator
    Alice Burden

    Authorities cited

    5
    • Turkey-Turkmenistan Bilateral Investment Treaty of 2 May 1992 (Treaty of 2 May 1992)
      statute
    • Energy Charter Treaty of 17 December 1994
      statute
    • Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States of 18 March 1965 (Convention of 18 March 1965)
      statute
    • Enkev Beheer BV v Poland (First Partial Award dated 29 April 2014)
      case-law
    • The ICSID Convention: A Commentary (Cambridge University Press 2010)
      academic

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