Public record 5 published cases
David W. Rivkin
Arbitrator in 5 published cases (presiding or sole arbitrator in 2) before ICSID, ICC tribunals, in special economic zones (zede); real estate development, sand mining (according to the case database entry), sugar and ethanol disputes.
Overview
In the published awards, David W. Rivkin has been appointed by claimants 2 times and by respondents 0 times, and has presided or sat alone in 2 cases. Of the party appointments, 0 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. Mixed outcomes count as half.
Appointed most often by: Honduras Próspera Inc. (2), St. John's Bay Development Company LLC (2), Próspera Arbitration Center LLC (2).
Track record
| Year | Case | Role | Appointed by | Institution / rules | Sector | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Honduras Próspera Inc., St. John’s Bay Development Company LLC, and Próspera Arbitration Center LLC v. Republic of Honduras (challenge rejected) | Co-arbitrator | Claimant | ICSID · Washington, DC | Special economic zones (ZEDE); real estate development | Read award → |
| 2026 | Minerali Industriali SRL v. Republic of Tunisia | Co-arbitrator | — | ICSID · Paris | Sand mining (according to the case database entry) | Read award → |
| 2025 | Honduras Prospera v. Honduras (challenge rejected) | Co-arbitrator | Claimant | ICSID · Washington, DC | Special economic zones (ZEDE); real estate development | Read award → |
| 2017 | ASA Bioenergy Holding A.G. and others v. Adriano Giannetti Dedini Ometto and other (Challenge to his impartiality raised by respondents; US court upheld the award) | President | Co-arbitrators | ICC · New York | sugar and ethanol | Read award → |
| 2013 | Ometto v. ASA Bioenergy Holding A.G. (Chairman of both ICC arbitral panels; partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; challenged for evident partiality, challenge rejected by the court) | President | — | ICC · New York | sugar cane ethanol | Read award → |
Expertise
The legal issues and sectors decided most often in the published awards. Each links to the cases in the database.
exhaustion of local remedies 2Article 26 ICSID Convention 2futility 2no-U-turn clause 2waiver 2CAFTA-DR 2ZEDE 2Próspera 2Roatán 2special economic zones 2Legal Stability Agreement 2arbitrator disqualification 2nationality of arbitrators 2Article 39 ICSID Convention 2ICSID denunciation 2Article 10.18.2 CAFTA-DR 1Article 10.20.5 expedited objection 1Decreto 41-88 1sand mining 1mining 1Tunisia 1Italy–Tunisia BIT 1ICSID Arbitration Rules 2022 1procedural order 1
Co-arbitrators
- Juan Fernández-Armesto 2 cases
- Raúl E. Vinuesa 2 cases
- Ajay Banga 2 cases
- Pierre-Marie Dupuy 2 cases
- José Emilio Nunes Pinto 2 cases
- Peter Turner 1 case
- Hélène Ruiz Fabri 1 case
- Guillhermo Aguiar Alvarez 1 case
- Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez 1 case
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