Spence International Investments, LLC, Bob F. Spence, Joseph M. Holsten, Brenda K. Copher, Ronald E. Copher, Brette E. Berkowitz, Trevor B. Berkowitz, Aaron C. Berkowitz and Glen Gremillion v. The Government of the Republic of Costa Rica
Tribunal, counsel and experts
- Decided by
- Daniel Bethlehem President — appointed by the appointing authority award
- Mark Kantor Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant award
- Raúl E. Vinuesa Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent award
- For the claimant
- Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP · GST LLP · Todd Weiler
- For the respondent
- Sidley Austin LLP · Ministerio de Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica · Vianney Saborío Hernández
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Case ID
UNCITRAL
Country
Claimant
Spence International Investments, Holsten, Copher, Berkowitz, Gremillion
Respondent
Costa Rica
Documents
Notice of Intent
9 October 2012
Notice of Intent
(259.02 KB)
Notice of Arbitration and Statement of Claim
10 June 2013
Notice of Arbitration and Statement of Claim
(153.07 KB)
Respondent Response to Notice of Arbitration
26 July 2013
Procedural Order No. 1
26 February 2014
Procedural Order No. 1
(137.14 KB)
Claimant Memorial on Merits
26 April 2014
Claimant Memorial on Merits
(1.33 MB)
Respondent Reply on Jurisdiction and Rejoinder on Merits
22 December 2014
Claimant Rejoinder on Jurisdiction
4 February 2015
Claimant Rejoinder on Jurisdiction
(431.32 KB)
Annexes A-F to Non-Disputing Party Submission of El Salvador
17 April 2015
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Interim Award of the Tribunal
25 October 2016
Interim Award of the Tribunal (English)
(982.39 KB)
Interim Award of the Tribunal (Spanish)
(1022.64 KB)
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Respondent Letter to Tribunal re Suspension of Proceedings
8 February 2017
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Claimants Petition to United States District Court of DC to Set Aside Interim Award
23 January 2017
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Claimants Letter to Tribunal re Set Aside Proceedingss
25 January 2017
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Claimants Letter to Tribunal re Termination of Proceedings
23 December 2016
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Respondent Letter to Tribunal re Termination of Proceedings
14 December 2016
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First ICSID Letter to the Parties re an Error or Omission of a Factual Nature in the Interim Award of October 25, 2016
17 April 2017
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Second ICSID Letter to the Parties re Publication on ICSID’s Website of Certain Documents
17 April 2017
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Letter to the Parties from ICSID re U.S. Court Proceeding
13 February 2017
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Letter from Respondent to ICSID re U.S. Court Proceeding
16 February 2016
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Claimants Letter to Tribunal re Set Aside Proceedings - Annex I
25 January 2017
Procedural Order on Correction of the Interim Award and Termination of the Proceedings
30 May 2017
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Interim Award of the Tribunal
30 May 2017
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ICSID Letter re Factual Error or Omission in the Interim Award and Termination of the Case
9 May 2017
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Respondent's Letter re Factual Error or Omission in the Interim Award and Termination of the Case
1 May 2017
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Claimants' Letter re Factual Error or Omission in the Interim Award and Termination of the Case
1 May 2017
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