Lotus Holding Anonim Şirketi v. Turkmenistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/30

  • >Claimant : Lotus Holding Anonim Şirketi
  • >Nationality : Turkey
  • >Respondent : Turkmenistan
  • >Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • >Chair : Vaughan Lowe
  • >Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : James Boykin
  • >Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Brigitte Stern
  • >Invoked instruments : ECT and BIT
  • >Articles mentioned : Article 26 (1)
  • , Article 26 (2)
  • , Article 1 (6)
  • , Article 1
  • , Article 26
  • >Breaches alleged :  
  • >Breaches found : Manifest lack of legal merit - Rule 41(5) ICSID Arbitration Rules
  • >Case status : Award rendered
  • >Year of registration : 2017

  • >Subject matter of the dispute: Claims arising out of the Government’s alleged failure to make a retention payment for the construction of two 254-megawatt electric power plants, and of unlawfully terminating the agreement relating to the refinery
  • >BIT Invoked: Turkey-Turkmenistan BIT
  • >Amount claimed: at least EUR 51,702,697.9 + USD 15,650,000
  • >Amount awarded: ZERO
  • >Costs of arbitration: USD 251,780.56
  • >Award legal costs: Respondent was awarded USD 857,210.7 (90% of legal costs)
  • >Award costs of arbitration: Costs follow the award

 

ARBITRAL DECISION

6 April 2020

Award


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