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J. Christopher Thomas

Arbitrator in 39 published cases before ICSID, PCA tribunals, in retail, food and agriculture conglomerate (agrokor), railway carriage manufacturing, thermal paper manufacturing and supply under a joint venture with the philippine charity sweepstakes office disputes.

Canadian ICSID, PCA Retail, food and agriculture conglomerate (Agrokor), Railway carriage manufacturing, Thermal paper manufacturing and supply under a joint venture with the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Other industry; ownership in various industries (case record), Oil and gas (Blocks 7 and 21, Ecuadorian Amazon), Renewable energy; concentrated solar power

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Overview

In the published awards, J. Christopher Thomas has been appointed by claimants 0 times and by respondents 24 times, and has presided or sat alone in 0 cases. Of the party appointments, 24 came from States and 0 from investors or companies. 3 dissenting or separate opinion(s) are recorded.

Outcome for the appointing side, where the published decision is clear: respondent prevailed in 70% of the 20 respondent appointments. Mixed outcomes count as half.

Appointed most often by: Argentina (2), Ecuador (2), Guatemala (1), Libya (1), Croatia (1).

39Published cases
0As chair or sole arbitrator
24Party appointments
3Dissents recorded

Track record

YearCaseRoleAppointed byInstitution / rulesSectorAward
2026 TMA Australia Pty Ltd and others v. Republic of the Philippines Co-arbitrator — ICSID Thermal paper manufacturing and supply under a joint venture Read award →
2026 Mohammed Saiful Alam and others v. People's Republic of Bangladesh Co-arbitrator — ICSID · Washington, D.C. Other industry; ownership in various industries (case record Read award →
2026 Mr. Mikhail Maratovich Fridman (Russian Federation, Israel) v. The Kingdom of the Netherlands Co-arbitrator — PCA · DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) — Read award →
2025 GRAND EXPRESS Non-Public Joint Stock Company v. Republic of Belarus Co-arbitrator — ICSID · Geneva Railway carriage manufacturing Read award →
2025 Antin Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.à.r.l. and Antin Energia Termosolar B.V. v. Kingdom of Spain Co-arbitrator — ICSID · Washington, D.C. Renewable energy; concentrated solar power Read award →
2024 The Renco Group, Inc. v. Republic of Peru (Second Case) dissent Co-arbitrator Respondent PCA · Paris Metal smelting and refining; environmental regulation (La Or Read award →
2024 Elliott Associates L.P. v. Republic of Korea (separate opinion on the 'relating to' issue) Co-arbitrator — PCA · London Financial investment; corporate merger (Samsung C&T / Cheil Read award →
2023 Adria Group B.V. and Adria Group Holding B.V. v. Republic of Croatia Co-arbitrator Respondent ICSID Retail, food and agriculture conglomerate (Agrokor) Read award →
2023 Perenco Ecuador Ltd. v. The Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador) Co-arbitrator Respondent ICSID Oil and gas (Blocks 7 and 21, Ecuadorian Amazon) Read award →
2022 Mustafa Orhan Özer and Nurettin Mendost Dirlik v. Libya (appointed under the BIT only, per the decision) Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2022 Sodexo Pass International SAS v. Hungary dissent Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2021 Glencore International A.G. and C.I. Prodeco S.A. v. Republic of Colombia Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2021 Cairn Energy PLC and Cairn UK Holdings Limited (CUHL) v. Government of India Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2020 Iberdrola Energía, S.A. v. The Republic of Guatemala Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2020 Bridgestone Licensing Services, Inc. and Bridgestone Americas, Inc. v. Republic of Panama Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2019 Medusa Oil and Gas Limited v. Montenegro Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2018 Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS v. Republic of India Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2018 Georg Gavrilovic and Gavrilovic d.o.o. v. Republic of Croatia (Appears from the 30 April 2018 Decision onward (listed as Christopher Thomas QC in 2018 decision); appears in place of Matthias Scherer) Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2018 Adel A Hamadi Al Tamimi v. Sultanate of Oman Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2018 ACP Axos Capital GmbH v. Republic of Kosovo Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2017 Horthel Systems BV, Poland Gaming Holding BV and Tesa Beheer BV v. Poland Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2017 Ansung Housing Co., Ltd. v. People's Republic of China (withdrew his acceptance as arbitrator, notified 3 December 2015) Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2016 Hochtief AG v. The Argentine Republic dissent Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2016 Corona Materials LLC v. Dominican Republic Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2015 Giovanni Alemanni and Others v. The Argentine Republic (Concurring opinion in the Decision on Jurisdiction and Admissibility) Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2014 Emmis International Holding, B.V., Emmis Radio Operating, B.V., MEM Magyar Electronic Media Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v. The Republic of Hungary Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2014 Emmis International Holding, B.V., Emmis Radio Operating, B.V., MEM Magyar Electronic Media Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v. The Republic of Hungary Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2014 Emmis International Holding, B.V., Emmis Radio Operating, B.V., MEM Magyar Electronic Media Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v. The Republic of Hungary Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2013 ST-AD GmbH v. Republic of Bulgaria Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2013 Commerce Group Corp. and San Sebastian Gold Mines, Inc. v. The Republic of El Salvador Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2012 Swisslion DOO Skopje v. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2011 Vito G. Gallo v. The Government of Canada (Challenged by the claimant on 7 July 2009; challenge addressed in the decision of 14 October 2009) Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2010 Global Trading Resource Corp. and Globex International, Inc. v. Ukraine Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2009 Cementownia "Nowa Huta" S.A. v. Republic of Turkey Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2009 Invesmart v. Czech Republic Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2008 City Oriente Limited v. Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador) [I] Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2008 City Oriente Limited v. Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador) [I] Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2006 EnCana Corporation v. Republic of Ecuador (formerly EnCana Corporation v. Government of the Republic of Ecuador) (Replaced Patrick Barrera Sweeney on 18 August 2004) Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2003 SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Appointed by Pakistan on 9 August 2002 to replace Toby Landau after his resignation; challenged by the Claimant (proposal to disqualify); challenge decided 19 December 2002.) Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →

Expertise

The legal issues and sectors decided most often in the published awards. Each links to the cases in the database.

fair and equitable treatment 3intra-EU objection 2Achmea 2Komstroy 2enforcement 2public policy 2artificial intelligence 2document production 2indirect expropriation 2annulment 2Termination Treaty 1Member States' Declaration 2019 1Croatia–Netherlands BIT 1Article 25(1) ICSID Convention 1withdrawal of consent 1Article 30 VCLT 1Article 59 VCLT 1subsequent agreement 1suspension of treaty 1sunset clause 1primacy of EU law 1Agrokor 1Todorić 1European Commission amicus 1

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