investor-state disputes | ISDS


BHMB mining sues Nicaragua for $80 million, citing illegal expropriation of gold facility
The dispute goes now to a World Bank body after the abrupt takeover of a gold-processing facility now reportedly controlled by Chinese companies.
Cadence Minerals secures funding for Mexico arbitration case
The funding arrangement enables Cadence and its subsidiary REM Mexico Limited to commence international arbitration against the Mexico under the UK-Mexico bilateral investment treaty.
South Korean government, Elliott restart ISDS arbitration
Both parties drop appeals, sending Samsung merger dispute back to arbitration.
2025 in review: ISDS reforms in review
2025 advanced the Working Group's investor-State dispute settlement (“ISDS”) reform agenda mainly by reviewing draft provisions.
Vinci Airports to operate Santiago SCL until 2038 following settlement with Chilean government
Following a favorable arbitration ruling, Nuevo Pudahuel has secured a 36-month extension to its contract at Santiago Airport, ending a multi-million-dollar dispute with Chile.
Honduran and international allies issue statement denouncing Honduras’ return to ICSID
Honduran and international civil society organizations that defend individual and collective human rights reject the new Honduran government’s decision to rejoin the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Lukoil unit threatens legal action against Bulgaria over special administration
Swiss-based Litasco, the international supply and trading arm of Russia's Lukoil, may initiate arbitration proceedings against Bulgaria after the country transferred the management of Lukoil's local subsidiaries to a special administrator.
Oil majors running Kazakh Kashagan field file arbitration over $4.6 billion fine
Shell, TotalEnergies, Eni, Exxon and other shareholders in Kazakhstan's Kashagan oilfield have filed an arbitration claim against a 2023 environmental fine worth around $4.6 billion
To diversify trade, ditch the ideological baggage
Canada’s trade diversification policy amounts to signing more old school free trade and investment deals as quickly, and with as little debate, as possible.
S. Korea wins lawsuit seeking to revoke arbitration ruling in Elliott case
South Korea has won a case filed at a British court seeking to reverse an international tribunal court's order to pay more than US$100 million in damages to the US hedge fund Elliott Investment Management.