Public record 20 published cases
Stephen L. Drymer
Arbitrator in 20 published cases (presiding or sole arbitrator in 4) before ICSID, PCA tribunals, in oil and gas exploration (north-eastern slovakia), shipwreck treasure; underwater cultural heritage (galeón san josé), oil pipeline (keystone xl) disputes.
Overview
In the published awards, Stephen L. Drymer has been appointed by claimants 7 times and by respondents 1 times, and has presided or sat alone in 4 cases. Of the party appointments, 1 came from States and 7 from investors or companies.
Outcome for the appointing side, where the published decision is clear: claimant prevailed in 57% of the 7 claimant appointments; respondent prevailed in 0% of the 1 respondent appointments. Mixed outcomes count as half.
Appointed most often by: Gramercy Funds Management LLC (2), Gramercy Peru Holdings LLC (2), Discovery Global LLC (1), WM Mining Company, LLC (1), Fengzhen Min (1).
Track record
| Year | Case | Role | Appointed by | Institution / rules | Sector | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BA Desarrollos LLC v. Argentine Republic | Co-arbitrator | — | ICSID · Washington, D.C. | Real estate development (Catalinas Norte II, Buenos Aires) | Read award → |
| 2026 | Fernando Paiz Andrade and Anabella Schloesser de León de Paiz v. Republic of Honduras | Co-arbitrator | — | ICSID · Washington, D.C. | Electricity generation; solar power purchase agreement | Read award → |
| 2026 | InfraRed Environmental Infrastructure GP Limited and others v. Kingdom of Spain | President | Institution | ICSID | Renewable energy; concentrated solar power (CSP) | Read award → |
| 2026 | Chevron Bangladesh Block Twelve, Ltd. and Chevron Bangladesh Blocks Thirteen and Fourteen, Ltd. v. People’s Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Oil Gas and Mineral Corporation | Co-arbitrator | — | ICSID · Washington, D.C. | Oil and gas; exploration, development and production of natu | Read award → |
| 2026 | Silver Bull Resources, Inc. v. United Mexican States | Co-arbitrator | — | ICSID · Washington, D.C. | Mining (Sierra Mojada district, State of Coahuila) | Read award → |
| 2026 | AES Corporation v. The Argentine Republic (replaced Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel on 5 July 2019; challenge rejected) | Co-arbitrator | Claimant | ICSID · Washington, D.C. | Electricity generation | Read award → |
| 2025 | Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission v USA | Co-arbitrator | — | ICSID · Washington, D.C. | Oil pipeline (Keystone XL) | Read award → |
| 2025 | Sea Search-Armada v. Columbia (appointed under the protocol agreed by the Parties) | President | — | PCA · London | Shipwreck treasure; underwater cultural heritage (Galeón San | Read award → |
| 2025 | Discovery Global LLC v. Slovak Republic | Co-arbitrator | Claimant | ICSID · Washington, D.C. | Oil and gas exploration (north-eastern Slovakia) | Read award → |
| 2024 | Gramercy Funds Management LLC, Gramercy Peru Holdings LLC, Gramercy Investment Advisors LLC and Gramercy Advisors LLC v. the Republic of Peru | Co-arbitrator | Claimant | ICSID · Paris | Sovereign debt; Peruvian agrarian reform bonds | Read award → |
| 2024 | Victor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile (interpretation proceeding tribunal; accepted appointment 23 January 2017) | Co-arbitrator | Respondent | ICSID | Newspaper publishing (El Clarín, CPP S.A. and EPC Ltda) | Read award → |
| 2024 | WM Mining Company, LLC v. Mongolia | Co-arbitrator | Claimant | ICSID · Washington, D.C. | Gold mining | Read award → |
| 2023 | Venezuela Holdings, B.V., et al (case formerly known as Mobil Corporation, Venezuela Holdings, B.V., Mobil Cerro Negro Holding, Ltd., Mobil Venezolana de Petróleos Holdings, Inc., Mobil Cerro Negro, Ltd., and Mobil Venezolana de Petróleos, Inc.) v.... (resubmission proceeding; accepted appointment 12 November 2018) | Co-arbitrator | Claimant | ICSID | Oil and gas (Orinoco extra-heavy crude; Cerro Negro and La C | Read award → |
| 2022 | Gramercy Funds Management LLC and Gramercy Peru Holdings LLC v. Republic of Peru | Co-arbitrator | Claimant | ICSID · Paris | Finance; sovereign debt (agrarian reform land bonds) | Read award → |
| 2022 | AES Corporation v. Argentine Republic (challenge rejected) | Tribunal | — | ICSID | — | Read award → |
| 2021 | President Allende Foundation, Victor Pey Casado and Coral Pey Grebe v. Republic of Chile | Co-arbitrator | — | PCA · Switzerland | Newspaper publishing (El Clarín) | Read award → |
| 2021 | Fengzhen Min v. Republic of Korea | Co-arbitrator | Claimant | ICSID | Real estate; shareholding in a Korean holding company | Read award → |
| 2019 | United Utilities (Tallinn) B.V. and Aktsiaselts Tallinna Vesi v. Republic of Estonia | President | Co-arbitrators | ICSID · Washington, D.C. | Water and wastewater services; privatisation; tariff regulat | Read award → |
| 2017 | Burlington Resources Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador (formerly Burlington Resources Inc. and others v. Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (PetroEcuador)) (replaced Francisco Orrego Vicuña) | Co-arbitrator | — | — | — | Read award → |
| 2017 | Instituto Dominicano de Aviación Civil v. Geci España S.A. | Sole arbitrator | — | PCA · Montreal, Quebec | — | 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 8denial of justice 6indirect expropriation 6bifurcation 5security for costs 4definition of investment 4legitimate expectations 3third-party funding 3ratione temporis 3document production 3abuse of process 3annulment 3disqualification of arbitrators 2due process 2NAFTA Chapter 11 2transparency 2fork-in-the-road 2expropriation 2real estate 2legal privilege 2cooling-off period 2umbrella clause 2limitation period 2abuse of rights 2
Co-arbitrators
- Brigitte Stern 5 cases
- Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler 3 cases
- Nicolas Angelet 3 cases
- Philippe Sands 2 cases
- Ricardo Ramírez Hernández 2 cases
- Domingo Bello Janeiro 2 cases
- David Malpass 2 cases
- Ian Glick 2 cases
- Juan Fernández-Armesto 2 cases
- Rolf Knieper 2 cases
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