Claimants’ observations on the request to address the objections to jurisdiction as a preliminary question

Opening of the document

IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION UNDER ICSID CASE NO. ARB/24/23 THE RULES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES ALMADEN MINERALS LTD. ALMADEX MINERALS LTD. -andUNITED MEXICAN STATES RESPONSE TO MEXICO’S REQUEST FOR BIFURCATION Boies Schiller Flexner (UK) LLP 5 New Street Square London EC4A 3BF Boies Schiller Flexner LLP 1401 New York Ave, NW Washington, DC 20005 RíosFerrer + Gutiérrez, S.C. Insurgentes Sur 1605, Piso 12, Col. San José Insurgentes, 03900, Ciudad de México TABLE OF CONTENTS WHETHER BIFURCATION WOULD MATERIALLY REDUCE THE TIME AND COST WHETHER THE DETERMINATION OF THE PRELIMINARY OBJECTION WOULD BE WHETHER THE OBJECTION IS SO INTERTWINED WITH THE …