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Daniel Bethlehem

Leading arbitrator Public record 18 published cases

Daniel Bethlehem

Arbitrator in 18 published cases (presiding or sole arbitrator in 8) before PCA, ICSID tribunals, in fish and caviar processing; beverages; sugar refining; real estate; carpets, insurance, potash fertilizers; transit; sanctions disputes.

British PCA, ICSID Fish and caviar processing; beverages; sugar refining; real estate; carpets, Insurance, Potash fertilizers; transit; sanctions, Online payment and mobile telecommunication services (per the case database entry), Banking; Crimean branch network

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Overview

In the published awards, Daniel Bethlehem has been appointed by claimants 2 times and by respondents 3 times, and has presided or sat alone in 8 cases. Of the party appointments, 3 came from States and 2 from investors or companies.

Outcome for the appointing side, where the published decision is clear: claimant prevailed in 100% of the 2 claimant appointments; respondent prevailed in 0% of the 2 respondent appointments. Mixed outcomes count as half.

Appointed most often by: Aeroport Belbek LLC (1), Igor Valerievich Kolomoisky (1), PJSC CB PrivatBank (1), Finance Company Finilon LLC (1), Spain (1).

18Published cases
8As chair or sole arbitrator
5Party appointments
0Dissents recorded

Track record

YearCaseRoleAppointed byInstitution / rulesSectorAward
2026 Humans Mobile Ltd. v. Republic of Uzbekistan President — ICSID · Washington, D.C. Online payment and mobile telecommunication services (per th Read award →
2026 Eurohold Bulgaria AD and Euroins Insurance Group AD v. Romania President Co-arbitrators ICSID · Washington, D.C. Insurance Read award →
2025 Belaruskali JSC v. Lithuania (named in Procedural Order No. 1 only; Zachary Douglas named in later orders) Co-arbitrator — PCA · Switzerland Potash fertilizers; transit; sanctions Read award →
2024 Mohammad Reza Khalilpour Bahani v. Republic of Azerbaijan, PCA Case No. 2022-49 (role not stated in the documents) Tribunal — PCA Fish and caviar processing; beverages; sugar refining; real Read award →
2024 Aeroport Belbek LLC and Mr. Igor Valerievich Kolomoisky v. The Russian Federation Co-arbitrator Claimant — — Read award →
2024 PJSC CB PrivatBank and Finance Company Finilon LLC v. The Russian Federation Co-arbitrator Claimant PCA · The Hague Banking; Crimean branch network Read award →
2024 Coropi Holdings Limited, Kalemegdan Investments Limited and Erinn Bernard Broshko v. Republic of Serbia President — — — Read award →
2022 Hela Schwarz GmbH v. People's Republic of China (appointed by the Secretary-General after the parties' ballot failed; accepted 8 January 2018) President Appointing authority — — Read award →
2022 Tennant Energy, LLC v. Government of Canada Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2022 Cavalum SGPS, S.A. v. Kingdom of Spain Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2022 Human Rights Defenders Inc., as assignee of Natale Palazzo, Rodolfo Scodeller and Antonio Basile v. Swiss Confederation President Appointing authority ICSID — Read award →
2022 Human Rights Defenders lnc. v. Switzerland President Appointing authority — — Read award →
2020 KS Invest GmbH and TLS Invest GmbH v. Kingdom of Spain Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2020 Itisaluna Iraq LLC and others v. Republic of Iraq President Parties jointly — — Read award →
2018 UP (formerly Le Chèque Déjeuner) and C.D Holding Internationale v. Hungary Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2018 UP (formerly Le Chèque Déjeuner) and C.D Holding Internationale v. Hungary Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2018 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 President Appointing authority — — Read award →
2017 Eli Lilly and Company v. The Government of Canada Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →

Expertise

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

attribution 2bifurcation 2Caspian Fish 1caviar 1Coolak Baku 1Iran–Azerbaijan BIT 1State organ 1acknowledgment and adoption 1ratione temporis 1creeping expropriation 1composite act 1fair and equitable treatment 1full protection and security 1MFN clause 1denial of justice 1Article 9 approval 1moral damages 1forgery 1Persian carpets 1intra-EU BIT 1EU Termination Agreement 1Achmea 1sunset clause 1termination of treaty 1

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