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John M. Townsend

Public record 9 published cases

John M. Townsend

Arbitrator in 9 published cases (presiding or sole arbitrator in 2) before ICSID tribunals, in construction of power systems disputes.

ICSID Construction of power systems

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Overview

In the published awards, John M. Townsend has been appointed by claimants 3 times and by respondents 0 times, and has presided or sat alone in 2 cases. Of the party appointments, 0 came from States and 3 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: Flemingo DutyFree Shop Private Limited (1), Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd. (1), AS PNB Banka (1), Grigory Guselnikov (1), Yulia Guselnikova (1).

9Published cases
2As chair or sole arbitrator
3Party appointments
0Dissents recorded

Track record

YearCaseRoleAppointed byInstitution / rulesSectorAward
2026 Lotus Proje Akaryakıt Enerji Madencilik Telekominikasyon İnşaat Sanayi Taah. Ve Tic. A.Ş. v. Turkmenistan (III), ICSID Case No. ARB/24/13 Co-arbitrator — ICSID · Paris Construction of power systems Read award →
2025 Etrak Insaat Taahut ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi v Libya Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2021 AS PNB Banka and others v. Republic of Latvia (replaced Stanimir Alexandrov on 29 September 2018) Co-arbitrator Claimant — — Read award →
2020 Daniel Kappes and Kappes Cassiday & Associates v Guatemala Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2019 CMC Muratori Cementisti CMC Di Ravenna SOC. Coop., CMC MuratoriCementisti CMC Di Ravenna SOC. Coop. A.R.L. Maputo Branch and CMC Africa, and CMC Africa Austral, LDA v. Republic of Mozambique President — — — Read award →
2017 Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd. v. Republic of Yemen Co-arbitrator Claimant — — Read award →
2016 Garanti Koza LLP v. Turkmenistan President Institution — — Read award →
2016 Pošštová banka, a.s. and ISTROKAPITAL SE v. Hellenic Republic Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2016 Flemingo DutyFree Shop Private Limited v the Republic of Poland Co-arbitrator Claimant — — Read award →

Expertise

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

security for costs 1ICSID Arbitration Rule 53 12022 ICSID Arbitration Rules 1third-party funding 1after-the-event insurance 1ATE insurance 1insolvent claimant 1bankruptcy administration 1adverse costs 1Lotus Holding 1Energy Charter Treaty 1Turkmenistan 1power systems construction 1suspension of proceedings 1Rule 54 1discontinuance 1transparency 1

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