Matter
Corona Materials, LLC v. Dominican Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/14/3)
ICSID arbitration concerning the tribunal’s procedural framework and timetable in the dispute between Corona Materials and the Dominican Republic.
Procedural record
- 16 December 2015United States
16 December 2015United States
Procedural Order No. 1
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal established the procedural framework and timetable for the arbitration, including representation, advances on costs, the seat, languages, pleadings, evidence, hearings, and publication.
Participants
Corona Materials, LLC
Dominican Republic
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Pierre-Marie Dupuy
- Arbitrator
- Fernando Mantilla-Serrano
- Arbitrator
- J. Christopher Thomas
3 months and 14 days later · 105 days
- 30 March 2016United States
30 March 2016United States
Procedural Order No. 2
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal determined the procedure for the hearing on expedited objections, including equal hearing time, expert presentations, video-conference examination of Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal, post-hearing briefs, and the decision deadline.
Participants
Corona Materials, LLC
Dominican Republic
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Other
- Witness
- Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal
20 days later · 20 days
- 19 April 2016United States
19 April 2016United States
Procedural Order No. 3
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal confirmed the parties' agreement that the arbitrators could agree and sign the award by correspondence without meeting at the seat, and that the award would be deemed made at Washington, D.C. wherever it was signed.
Participants
Corona Materials, LLC
Dominican Republic
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Pierre-Marie Dupuy
- Arbitrator
- Fernando Mantilla-Serrano
- Arbitrator
- J. Christopher Thomas
1 month and 12 days later · 42 days
- 31 May 2016United States
31 May 2016United States
Award on the Respondent's Expedited Preliminary Objections in Accordance with Article 10.20.5 of the DR-CAFTA
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal held that Corona Materials had not satisfied the three-year limitation condition under DR-CAFTA Article 10.18.1, that the request for arbitration was time-barred, and that the Tribunal had no jurisdiction over the claims. Each party was ordered to pay half of the arbitration costs and to bear its own legal fees and expenses.
Participants
Corona Materials, LLC
Dominican Republic
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Pierre-Marie Dupuy
- Arbitrator
- Fernando Mantilla-Serrano
- Arbitrator
- J. Christopher Thomas
Other
- Witness
- Alain Stanley French
- Witness
- Randolph Howard Fields
- Witness
- John Elliott
- Witness
- Rosa Urania Abreu
- Witness
- Lina Beriguette
- Witness
- Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal
- Witness
- Ernesto Reyna Alcantara