Matter
Klesch Group Holdings Limited & others v. European Union (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/23/1)
- 14 June 2024Switzerland
14 June 2024Switzerland
Procedural Order No. 1
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal set the procedural rules governing the arbitration, including the procedural timetable, document production, hearings, and other case-management arrangements, and confirmed Geneva, Switzerland as the seat.
Supporting details
3 authorities · 9 participantsKlesch Group Holdings Limited
European Union
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Cavinder Bull
- Arbitrator
- O. Thomas Johnson
- Arbitrator
- Jorge E. Viñuales
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurélia Antonietti
- Institutional administrator
- Elisabeth Liang
- Institutional administrator
- Ayong Lim
- Institutional administrator
- Shay Lakhter
- 14 June 2024Switzerland
14 June 2024Switzerland
Procedural Order No. 2 on Transparency and Confidentiality
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal established the transparency and confidentiality regime for the proceeding, including publication and redaction arrangements for orders, decisions, and Awards and restrictions on publication of submissions, supporting documents, hearings, transcripts, and recordings.
Supporting details
2 authorities · 6 participantsKlesch Group Holdings Limited
European Union
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Cavinder Bull
- Arbitrator
- O. Thomas Johnson
- Arbitrator
- Jorge E. Viñuales
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurélia Antonietti
7 months and 30 days later · 244 days
- 13 February 2025Switzerland
13 February 2025Switzerland
Procedural Order No. 3 on the Organization of the Hearing on Bifurcation
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal organized the bifurcation hearing scheduled for 19 March 2025 at the World Bank in Paris, including its hybrid format, agenda, time allocation, recording, transcription, and public-access arrangements.
Supporting details
1 authority · 7 participantsKlesch Group Holdings Limited
European Union
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Cavinder Bull
- Arbitrator
- O. Thomas Johnson
- Arbitrator
- Jorge E. Viñuales
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurélia Antonietti
- Institutional administrator
- Elisabeth Liang
1 month and 26 days later · 54 days
- 8 April 2025Switzerland
8 April 2025Switzerland
Decision on Bifurcation
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- By majority, the Tribunal dismissed the Respondents' Request for Bifurcation, directed the parties to follow Scenario 2 of Procedural Order No. 1's timetable in the Three Arbitrations, and reserved the costs of the application without prejudice to future rulings on the claims.
Supporting details
4 authorities · 7 participantsKlesch Group Holdings Limited
European Union
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Cavinder Bull
- Arbitrator
- O. Thomas Johnson
- Arbitrator
- Jorge E. Viñuales
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurélia Antonietti
- Institutional administrator
- Elisabeth Liang
8 months and 2 days later · 246 days
- 10 December 2025Switzerland
10 December 2025Switzerland
Procedural Order No. 4 on Document Production
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal decided the parties' document-production requests in the annexed Stern Schedules, ordered production of specified documents by 7 January 2026, and reserved the costs of the document-production phase.
Supporting details
2 authorities · 7 participantsKlesch Group Holdings Limited
European Union
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Cavinder Bull
- Arbitrator
- O. Thomas Johnson
- Arbitrator
- Jorge E. Viñuales
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurélia Antonietti
- Institutional administrator
- Elisabeth Liang
8 days later · 8 days
- 18 December 2025Switzerland
18 December 2025Switzerland
Procedural Order No. 5 on CAN Europe's Application to File a Written Submission as Non-Disputing Party
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Tribunal dismissed CAN Europe's application to file a written submission as a non-disputing party in the Three Arbitrations. CAN Europe and each party were ordered to bear their own costs, and access to the redacted Memorial and Counter-Memorial was not granted.
Supporting details
4 authorities · 8 participantsClimate Action Network Europe
Klesch Group Holdings Limited
European Union
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Cavinder Bull
- Arbitrator
- O. Thomas Johnson
- Arbitrator
- Jorge E. Viñuales
- Tribunal secretary
- Aurélia Antonietti
- Institutional administrator
- Elisabeth Liang