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Vaughan Lowe

Arbitrator in 30 published cases (presiding or sole arbitrator in 16) before ICSID, PCA, SCC tribunals, in real estate development; zoning, maritime boundary delimitation, blood plasma fractionation disputes.

British ICSID, PCA, SCC Real estate development; zoning, maritime boundary delimitation, blood plasma fractionation, mining, mining (gold), territorial and maritime boundary

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Overview

In the published awards, Vaughan Lowe has been appointed by claimants 1 times and by respondents 8 times, and has presided or sat alone in 16 cases. Of the party appointments, 9 came from States and 0 from investors or companies.

Outcome for the appointing side, where the published decision is clear: claimant prevailed in 50% of the 1 claimant appointments; respondent prevailed in 64% of the 7 respondent appointments. Mixed outcomes count as half.

Appointed most often by: Czech Republic (2), Barbados (1), Mauritius (1), Canada (1), Georgia (1).

30Published cases
16As chair or sole arbitrator
9Party appointments
0Dissents recorded

Track record

YearCaseRoleAppointed byInstitution / rulesSectorAward
2026 Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Corporation v. The Republic of Ecuador Co-arbitrator — PCA Oil and gas; environmental litigation; judicial conduct Read award →
2025 Mercuria Energy Group Limited v. Republic of Poland Co-arbitrator Respondent SCC · Stockholm Oil and fuel trading; mandatory fuel reserves Read award →
2025 Sistem Mühendislik In_aat Sanayi ve Ticaret A._. v. Kyrgyz Republic President Institution ICSID · Paris Hotel construction and operation; tourism Read award →
2025 Pawlowski AG and Project Sever s.r.o. v. Czech Republic Co-arbitrator Respondent ICSID · Paris Real estate development; zoning Read award →
2025 Pawlowski AG vs. Czech republic Co-arbitrator Respondent ICSID · Paris Real estate development; zoning Read award →
2025 Cube Infrastructure Fund SICAV and others v. Kingdom of Spain President Parties jointly ICSID · Washington, D.C. Renewable energy; photovoltaic and hydroelectric plants Read award →
2024 Achmea B.V. v. The Slovak Republic (formerly Eureko B.V. v. The Slovak Republic) President Co-arbitrators PCA · Frankfurt am Main Private health insurance Read award →
2023 TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC v. Republic of Guatemala (appointed by the ICSID Secretary-General) President Institution ICSID · Washington, D.C. Electricity distribution; tariff regulation Read award →
2022 Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. v. Canada Co-arbitrator — ICSID · Paris Wireless telecommunications; spectrum licensing Read award →
2022 Mathias Kruck and others v. Kingdom of Spain President Parties jointly ICSID Renewable energy; solar photovoltaic (PV) feed-in tariffs Read award →
2021 Vattenfall AB and others v. Federal Republic of Germany (challenge rejected (2019 and 2020)) Co-arbitrator — ICSID Nuclear power generation Read award →
2020 Lotus Holding Anonim Şirketi v. Turkmenistan President Institution ICSID Energy and construction (EPC contracts) Read award →
2019 State General Reserve Fund of the Sultanate of Oman v. Republic of Bulgaria President Parties jointly — — Read award →
2018 Dawood Rawat v. The Republic of Mauritius Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2017 Arbitration Between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia Co-arbitrator Parties jointly PCA · Peace Palace, The Hague territorial and maritime boundary Read award →
2016 Hochtief AG v. The Argentine Republic President Co-arbitrators — — Read award →
2015 Detroit International Bridge Company v. Government of Canada Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2014 David Minnotte and Robert Lewis v. Republic of Poland (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/10/1) President Parties jointly ICSID · England blood plasma fractionation Read award →
2014 David Minnotte & Robert Lewis v. Republic of Poland President Parties jointly — — Read award →
2013 AES Corporation and Tau Power B.V. v. Republic of Kazakhstan Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2013 Vannessa Ventures Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/04/6) President Parties jointly ICSID · Washington, D.C. mining (gold) Read award →
2013 Vannessa Ventures Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (appointed by agreement of the parties in May 2010 to replace Dr Briner) President Parties jointly — — Read award →
2011 Ioannis Kardassopoulos v. The Republic of Georgia Co-arbitrator — — — Read award →
2011 EVN AG v. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2011 Ron Fuchs v. The Republic of Georgia Co-arbitrator Respondent — — Read award →
2010 Piero Foresti, Laura de Carli and others v. Republic of South Africa (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/07/1) President Parties jointly ICSID · England mining Read award →
2010 Piero Foresti, Laura de Carli & Others v. The Republic of South Africa President Parties jointly — — Read award →
2008 Bayview Irrigation District #11 and others v. The United Mexican States President Parties jointly ICSID · Toronto water resources Read award →
2008 Bayview Irrigation District et al. v. United Mexican States President Parties jointly — — Read award →
2006 Barbados v. the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Co-arbitrator Claimant PCA · The Hague maritime boundary delimitation 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 8legitimate expectations 6annulment 6Energy Charter Treaty 5indirect expropriation 4unreasonable measures 3discrimination 3national treatment 3failure to state reasons 3umbrella clause 3Achmea 3intra-EU objection 3Czech Republic–Switzerland BIT 2real estate development 2zoning plan change 2Benice 2Prague 2payment demands 2satisfaction 2causation 2right to be heard 2fork in the road 2set-aside 2DCF valuation 2

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