Burlington Resources Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador (formerly Burlington Resources Inc. and others v. Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (PetroEcuador))
Tribunal, counsel and experts
- Decided by
- Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler President award
- Brigitte Stern Co-arbitrator award
- Francisco Orrego Vicuña Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant (dissented in the Decision on Jurisdiction (2 June 2010) and the Decision on Liability (14 December 2012); disqualification proposed by Ecuador and decided 13 December 2013) award
- Stephen L. Drymer Co-arbitrator (replaced Francisco Orrego Vicuña) award
- Andrés Rigo Sureda Committee president award
- Piero Bernardini Committee member award
- Vera van Houtte Committee member award
- For the claimant
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- For the respondent
- Dechert LLP · Procuraduría General del Estado
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Case ID
ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5
Country
Claimant
Burlington Resources Inc.
Respondent
Ecuador
Documents
Decision on Jurisdiction
2 June 2010
Decision on Jurisdiction (English)
(580.3 KB)
Decision on Jurisdiction (Spanish)
(681.1 KB)
Dissenting Opinion of Arbitrator Orrego Vicuña
8 November 2012
Decision on Liability
14 December 2012
Decision on Liability
(1.61 MB)
Decision on Liability
14 December 2012
Decision on Liability (Spanish)
(1.64 MB)
Decision on Reconsideration and Award
7 February 2017
Source
Decision on Ecuador's Counterclaims
7 February 2017
Source
Dissenting Opinion
14 December 2012
Dissenting Opinion
(68.07 KB)
Decision on Counterclaims
7 February 2017
Decision on Counterclaims
(14.26 MB)
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