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Abdallah Andraous v. Kingdom of the Netherlands (ICSID Case No. UNCT/23/3)

Andraous' insurance investment dispute with the Netherlands, concerning his Ennia group interests in Curacao and a request for security for arbitration costs.

  • Investor-state arbitration
  • Interim measures
Case no.
UNCT/23/3
Seat
Switzerland
Industry type
Financial and insurance activities
Applicable rules
1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules · UNCITRAL Transparency Rules

Procedural record

  1. 23 November 2023Switzerland

    23 November 2023Switzerland

    Procedural Order No. 1

    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

    Decision summary
    The Tribunal established the parties' agreed procedural framework and resolved outstanding procedural matters, including Geneva as the place of arbitration, transparency, communications, and the procedural timetable.

    Participants

    Abdallah Andraous
    Kingdom of the Netherlands
    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
    Arbitrator
    Claudia Salomon
    Arbitrator
    Nassib G. Ziade
    Arbitrator
    Jose Emilio Nunes Pinto
    Tribunal secretary
    Felipe Aragon

    7 months and 16 days later · 229 days

  2. 9 July 2024Switzerland

    9 July 2024Switzerland

    Procedural Order No. 2 - Decision on Document Production

    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

    Decision summary
    The Tribunal decided the parties' outstanding document-production requests in the schedules annexed to the Order and ordered production of the specified documents by 31 July 2024.

    Participants

    Abdallah Andraous
    Kingdom of the Netherlands
    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
    Arbitrator
    Claudia Salomon
    Arbitrator
    Nassib G. Ziade
    Arbitrator
    Jose Emilio Nunes Pinto
    Tribunal secretary
    Felipe Aragon
    Institutional administrator
    Alex B. Kaplan

    4 months and 19 days later · 142 days

  3. 28 November 2024Switzerland

    28 November 2024Switzerland

    Procedural Order No. 3 - Decision on Security for Costs

    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

    Decision summary
    The Tribunal dismissed the Respondent's application for security for costs and deferred the Claimant's request for reimbursement of costs incurred as a consequence of that application to a later stage of the proceedings.

    Participants

    Abdallah Andraous
    Kingdom of the Netherlands
    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
    Arbitrator
    Claudia Salomon
    Arbitrator
    Nassib G. Ziade
    Arbitrator
    Jose Emilio Nunes Pinto
    Tribunal secretary
    Felipe Aragon
    Institutional administrator
    Alex B. Kaplan

    Authorities cited

    2
    • RSM Production Corporation v. Saint Lucia (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/10, Decision on Security for Costs, 13 August 2014)
      case law
    • Eugene Kazmin v. Republic of Latvia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/5, Procedural Order No. 6, 13 April 2020)
      case law

    1 month and 1 day later · 31 days

  4. 29 December 2024Switzerland

    29 December 2024Switzerland

    Procedural Order No. 4 - Hearing Protocol

    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

    Decision summary
    The Tribunal set the protocol for the forthcoming two-day jurisdiction hearing, including the hearing dates, hybrid format, schedule, order of proceedings, document arrangements, public-hearing arrangements, and timekeeping.

    Participants

    Abdallah Andraous
    Kingdom of the Netherlands
    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
    Arbitrator
    Claudia Salomon
    Arbitrator
    Nassib G. Ziade
    Arbitrator
    Jose Emilio Nunes Pinto
    Tribunal secretary
    Felipe Aragon
    Institutional administrator
    Alex B. Kaplan

Matter record

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