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Elliot Polebaum

Arbitrator in 2 published cases (presiding or sole arbitrator in 1) before ICSID, U.S. District Court for the District of tribunals, in paper-based packaging; forestry landholdings, medical residency matching disputes.

ICSID, U.S. District Court for the District of Paper-based packaging; forestry landholdings, medical residency matching

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Overview

In the published awards, Elliot Polebaum has been appointed by claimants 1 times and by respondents 0 times, and has presided or sat alone in 1 cases. Of the party appointments, 0 came from States and 1 from investors or companies.

Outcome for the appointing side, where the published decision is clear: claimant prevailed in 100% of the 1 claimant appointments. Mixed outcomes count as half.

Appointed most often by: Smurfit Holdings B.V. (1).

2Published cases

1As chair or sole arbitrator

1Party appointments

0Dissents recorded

Track record

Year	Case	Role	Appointed by	Institution / rules	Sector	Award
2024	Smurfit Holdings B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (concurring statement)	Co-arbitrator	Claimant	ICSID · Washington, D.C.	Paper-based packaging; forestry landholdings	Read award →
2018	National Resident Matching Program v. X	Sole arbitrator	—	U.S. District Court for the District of · Washington, D.C.	medical residency matching	Read award →

Expertise

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

Smurfit Kappa 1 Netherlands–Venezuela BIT 1 denunciation of ICSID Convention 1 Article 72 ICSID Convention 1 perfected consent 1 jurisdiction ratione voluntatis 1 indirect expropriation 1 fair and equitable treatment 1 free transfer of funds 1 dividend repatriation 1 VAT refund certificates 1 moral damages 1 forestry landholdings 1 INTI land recovery 1 SUNDDE 1 country risk premium 1 compound interest 1 reasonableness of costs 1

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