The First Investor-State Arbitration Award Under the 1994 Energy Charter Treaty Nykomb Synergetics Technology Holding Ab, Sweden ("Nykomb") Vs. The Republic of Latvia - A Case Comment
Article from: TDM 1 (2005), in Case Comments & Awards
Introduction
An event of concern for the international arbitration community is the handing down of the first arbitral award under the 1994 Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) by an arbitral tribunal seated in Stockholm and convened under the Rules of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC). The award by the SCC Tribunal was issued on 16 December 2003. The author of this article was the chief counsel of the claimant investor in the arbitration proceedings. Professor Thomas W. Wälde provided the principal expert opinion in the case. The case is specifically notable because of its ...