D. Brian King

Arbitrators, counsel and experts

D. Brian King

Arbitrator, judge or committee member (published cases) · 6Counsel (published cases) · 9

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Record as arbitrator

6cases decided

2as chair or sole arbitrator

2appointed by claimants

0appointed by respondents

0appointed by States

0dissents

Outcome for the appointing side: claimant prevailed in 0% of the 1 claimant appointments. Published decisions with a clear outcome; mixed outcomes count as half.

Appointed by (party)

Appointed by clients of

Sat most often with

Also appeared as counsel with

FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER US LLP 2007–2025

Issues decided most often

Energy Charter Treaty 2 provisional measures 2 bifurcation 2 transparency 2 intra-EU objection 1 Achmea 1 Komstroy 1 coal phase-out 1 Coal Ban Act 1 Maasvlakte Power Plant 3 1 anti-arbitration proceedings 1 § 1032(2) ZPO 1 kompetenz-kompetenz 1 Article 26 ICSID Convention exclusivity 1 discontinuance 1 Article 1 Protocol No. 1 ECHR 1 fair balance 1 de facto expropriation 1

Published cases (15)

2026
Libra LLC and others v. Republic of Azerbaijan
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1

Tribunal: Eduardo Zuleta, Claus von Wobeser, Carolyn B. Lamm
2026
Sauna UK BidCo Limited v. Republic of Finland
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1

Tribunal: Audley Sheppard, Eduardo Silva Romero
2025
Tara Resources AG v. Montenegro
President · award p. 1

Tribunal: Jr. O. Thomas Johnson, Loretta Malintoppi
2025
Uniper SE, Uniper Benelux Holding B.V. and Uniper Benelux N.V. v. Kingdom of the Netherlands
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant · award p. 4

Tribunal: Tina Cicchetti, Jean E. Kalicki, H.J.M. Burg, D.A. Schreuder
2025
ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Counsel for the claimant (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP) · award p. 2

Tribunal: Kenneth Keith, L. Yves Fortier, Ian Brownlie, Georges Abi-Saab
2022
TS Villalba GmbH and others v. Kingdom of Spain
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant (accepted appointment 29 October 2021; proceeding discontinued before tribunal constituted) · award p. 3

Tribunal: Paul Sreenan
2020
Cortec Mining Kenya Limited, Cortec (Pty) Limited and Stirling Capital Limited v. Republic of Kenya
Committee president · award p. 1

Tribunal: Ian Binnie, Kanaga Dharmananda, Brigitte Stern, Cavinder Bull
2019
RSM Production Corporation v. Saint Lucia
Counsel for the respondent (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP) · award p. 1

Tribunal: Siegfried Elsing, Gavan Griffith, Edward W. Nottingham, Donald M. McRae
2018
Phillips Petroleum Company Venezuela Limited, Conocophillips Petrozuata B.V. v. Petroleos De Venezuela, S.A., Corpoguanipa, S.A., PDVSA Petroleo, S.A
Counsel for the claimant (FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER US LLP) · award p. 17

Tribunal: Laurent Lévy, Laurent Aynès, Andrea Giardina
2013
Ömer Dede and Serdar Elhüseyni v. Romania
Counsel for the respondent (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) · award p. 2

Tribunal: William W. Park, Brigitte Stern, Nicolas Herzog
2013
Libananco Holdings Co. Limited v. Republic of Turkey
Counsel for the respondent (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) · award p. 1

Tribunal: Michael Hwang, Henri C. Alvarez, Franklin Berman, Andrés Rigo Sureda
2010
Rachel S. Grynberg, Stephen M. Grynberg, Miriam Z. Grynberg and RSM Production Company v. Grenada
Counsel for the respondent (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP) · award p. 1

Tribunal: J. William Rowley, Edward W. Nottingham, Pierre Tercier, J. William Rowley
2009
Cementownia "Nowa Huta" S.A. v. Republic of Turkey
Counsel for the respondent (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) · award p. 1

Tribunal: Pierre Tercier, Marc Lalonde, J. Christopher Thomas
2009
Europe Cement Investment & Trade S.A. v. Republic of Turkey
Counsel for the respondent (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) · award p. 5

Tribunal: Donald M. McRae, Laurent Lévy, Julian D. M. Lew
2007
Oko Pankki Oyj, VTB Bank (Deutschland) AG and Sampo Bank Plc v. The Republic of Estonia, (formerly OKO Osuuspankkien Keskuspankki Oyj and others v. Republic of Estonia)
Counsel for the respondent (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) · award p. 4

Tribunal: O.L.O. de Witt Wijnen, L. Yves Fortier, V.V. Veeder

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