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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 20:46:14+00:00

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As part of our celebration of OGEMID's 10th birthday, the OGEMID Awards of 2102 featured a new set of categories. The categories aimed at not only celebrating and remembering the past and Professor Thomas Wälde's legacy, but also looking to the future and to OGEMID's leadership, forward-thinking role in the international dispute resolution community.
ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5 (Italy/Argentina BIT).
Other nominations: Impregilo S.p.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/17; Hochtief AG v. The Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/31 (Germany/Argentina BIT); Alps Finance and Trade AG v. Slovak Republic, UNCITRAL (Switzerland/Slovak Republic BIT).
Other nominations: Impregilo S.p.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/17; Tza Yap Shum v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/6 (China/Peru BIT); Joseph C. Lemire v. Ukraine, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/18.
Prof. William W. Park, "Arbitration in Autumn", Journal of International Dispute Settlement, No. 2, September 2011, pp. 1-29.
Bernard Hanotiau, "International Arbitration in a Global Economy", Journal of International Arbitration 28:3, pp. 89-103 (2011).
Other nominations: A. Sinclair, "Bridging the Contract/Treaty Divide", in Homage to Professor Christophe Schreuer, 2011.; A. Timothy Martin, "Dispute Resolution in the International Energy Sector: An Overview", 4:4 J WORLD ENERGY LAW & BUSINESS, pp. 332-368 (December 2011).; Sophie Nappert & Dieter Flader, "A Psychological Perspective on the Facilitation of Settlement in International Arbitration - Examining the CEDR Rules", Jnl. of Int. Dispute Settlement, OUP, August 2011 (2).
Evolution in Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration, Chester Brown and Kate Miles (eds.), (CUP 2011).
Compensation and Restitution in Investor-State Arbitration, Borzu Sabahi, (OUP 2011).
Other nominations: International Commercial Arbitration in Sweden, Kaj Hobér, (OUP 2011); International Commercial Arbitration - An Asia-Pacific Perspective, Simon Greenberg, Christopher Kee and J. Romesh Weeramanty, (CUP 2011); Fair and Equitable Treatment in International Investment Law, Roland Klaeger, (CUP 2011).
Congratulations to all winners, runners up and nominees.
Other nominations: Fakes v Turkey, Award, ICSID Case No ARB/07/20; Enron Corporation and Ponderosa Assets LP v Argentina, Decision on Application for Annulment, ICSID Case No ARB/01/3; Sempra Energy International v Argentina, Decision on Argentina's Application for Annulment of the Award, ICSID Case No ARB/02/16; Urbaser S.A. and Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia, Bilbao Biskaia Ur Partzuergoa v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/26. Decision on Claimants' Proposal to Disqualify Professor Campbell McLachlan, Arbitrator, 12 August 2010.
Other nominations: Sempra Energy International v Argentina, Decision on Argentina's Application for Annulment of the Award, ICSID Case No ARB/02/16; Eureko BV v Slovak Republic, Award on Jurisdiction, Arbitrability and Suspension, PCA Case No 2008-13; Urbaser S.A. and Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia, Bilbao Biskaia Ur Partzuergoa v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/26. Decision on Claimants' Proposal to Disqualify Professor Campbell McLachlan, Arbitrator, 12 August 2010; Merrill & Ring Forestry v. Canada, UNCITRAL, ICSID Administered Case (NAFTA). Award March 31, 2010.
Other nominations: Recent Trends in International Investment Agreements in Asia, Lindsey Marchessault; Power and Persuasion in Investment Treaty Arbitration: The Dual Role of States, Anthea Roberts; Moral Hazard in International Dispute Resolution (articled lecture), Jan Paulsson; Agora - Asymmetry and Equality of Arms, Thomas Wälde and Abba Kolo.
Congratulations to all winners, runners up and nominees!
Congratulations to all the winners (and, indeed, nominees)!
Winner with 64% of the vote: CMS Gas Transmission Company v. Argentina, Decision of the Ad Hoc Committee, September 25, 2007.
CMS was described during nomination and voting as: "Great jurists at work," "the most important award of the year," and "likely to influence and shape views on umbrella clauses."
Runner up with 17% of the vote: Compania de Aguas del Aconquija & Vivendi Universal v. Argentina, Award, August 20, 2007.
Vivendi was described during nomination and voting as: "Magisterial."
Since the third place award, Eurotunnel v. France & UK, was only beaten into third by Vivendi by 2% of the vote, it is also given special honorable mention here.
Eurotunnel was described during nomination and voting as "the first arbitration brought by an investor against two states and the first time that two states were found liable for the same award, with the five person arbitral tribunal probably the most impressive ever constituted."
Winner with 50% of the vote: J. Paulsson, Enclaves of Justice, TDM Volume 4, Issue #05, September 2007.
Enclaves was described during nomination and voting as follows: "Shows how an arbitration practitioner can be simultaneously both pragmatic and intellectual. Great drafting as well, clear and concise. Not to mention the powerful message, with which one can disagree but which one finds difficult to disregard," and "it is the article I most enjoyed reading last year, without hesitation or reservation."
Runner up with 22% of the vote: Thomas Wälde, New Aspects of International Investment Law, published by Hague Academy of International Law, Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2007; pp. 63-154.
The article was described during nomination and voting as follows: "A veritable tour de force with a very interesting view of how investment tribunals ought to approach their task," and "one of the best analyses of our field I have ever read."
TDM is an initiative of MARIS BV (the Netherlands), visit www.maris.nl for more information about MARIS.

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