J. Christopher Thomas
Arbitrators, counsel and experts
J. Christopher Thomas
Arbitrator, judge or committee member · 35Counsel · 9Expert · 1
Record as arbitrator
Outcome for the appointing side: respondent prevailed in 74% of the 19 respondent 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
- — 2005
- Thomas & Partners 2006–2010
Also appeared as expert
Published cases (45)
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2026
TMA Australia Pty Ltd and others v. Republic of the Philippines
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1
Tribunal: Meg Kinnear, Bernardo M. Cremades
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2026
Mohammed Saiful Alam and others v. People's Republic of Bangladesh
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1
Tribunal: Laurent Lévy, Stanimir A. Alexandrov
- 2026
- 2025
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2024
The Renco Group, Inc. v. Republic of Peru (Second Case)
Co-arbitrator (dissented) · award p. 1
Tribunal: Bruno Simma, Horacio A. Grigera Naón
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2024
Elliott Associates L.P. v. Republic of Korea
Co-arbitrator (dissented on the 'relating to' jurisdictional question (separate opinion described in the 2024 judgment)) · award p. 4
Tribunal: Veijo Heiskanen, Oscar M. Garibaldi
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2023
Adria Group B.V. and Adria Group Holding B.V. v. Republic of Croatia
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Christopher Greenwood, Charles Poncet
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2023
Perenco Ecuador Ltd. v. The Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador)
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Charles N. Brower, Peter Tomka, Neil Kaplan
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2022
Mustafa Orhan Özer and Nurettin Mendost Dirlik v. Libya
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (appointed under the BIT only, per the decision) · award p. 1
Tribunal: Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Jean-Pierre Harb
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2022
Sodexo Pass International SAS v. Hungary
Co-arbitrator (dissented) · award p. 1
Tribunal: William W. Park, Andrea Carlevaris, Andrés Jana Linetzky, Ucheora Onwuamaegbu
- 2021
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2021
Cairn Energy PLC and Cairn UK Holdings Limited (CUHL) v. Government of India
Co-arbitrator · award p. 3
Tribunal: Laurent Lévy, Stanimir A. Alexandrov
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2020
Iberdrola Energía, S.A. v. The Republic of Guatemala
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Pierre-Marie Dupuy
- 2020
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2019
Medusa Oil and Gas Limited v. Montenegro
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1
Tribunal: Van Vechten Veeder, Charles N. Brower
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2018
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS v. Republic of India
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 3
Tribunal: Jean E. Kalicki, Julian D. M. Lew
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2018
Georg Gavrilovic and Gavrilovic d.o.o. v. Republic of Croatia
Co-arbitrator (Appears from the 30 April 2018 Decision onward (listed as Christopher Thomas QC in 2018 decision); appears in place of Matthias Scherer) · award p. 1
Tribunal: Michael Pryles, Stanimir A. Alexandrov, Matthias Scherer
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2018
Adel A Hamadi Al Tamimi v. Sultanate of Oman
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1
Tribunal: David A. R. Williams, Charles N. Brower
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2018
ACP Axos Capital GmbH v. Republic of Kosovo
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Philippe Pinsolle, Michael Feit
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2017
Horthel Systems BV, Poland Gaming Holding BV and Tesa Beheer BV v. Poland
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Laurent Lévy, Mélanie van Leeuwen
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2017
Ansung Housing Co., Ltd. v. People's Republic of China
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (withdrew his acceptance as arbitrator, notified 3 December 2015) · award p. 7
Tribunal: Lucy Reed, Michael Pryles, Albert Jan van den Berg
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2016
Hochtief AG v. The Argentine Republic
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (dissented in the Decision on Jurisdiction (separate and dissenting opinion dated 2011-10-07)) · award p. 1
Tribunal: Vaughan Lowe, Charles N. Brower
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2016
Corona Materials LLC v. Dominican Republic
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Fernando Mantilla-Serrano
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2015
Giovanni Alemanni and Others v. The Argentine Republic
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (Concurring opinion in the Decision on Jurisdiction and Admissibility) · award p. 7
Tribunal: Franklin Berman, Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel
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2015
Hupacasath First Nation v. Canada (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Expert (international economic law) for the respondent, National University of Singapore Center for International Law · award p. 14
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2014
Emmis International Holding, B.V., Emmis Radio Operating, B.V., MEM Magyar Electronic Media Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v. The Republic of Hungary
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1 · award p. 1 · award p. 1
Tribunal: Campbell McLachlan, Marc Lalonde, Campbell McLachlan, Marc Lalonde
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2013
ST-AD GmbH v. Republic of Bulgaria
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Brigitte Stern, Bohuslav Klein
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2013
Commerce Group Corp. and San Sebastian Gold Mines, Inc. v. The Republic of El Salvador
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 4
Tribunal: Albert Jan van den Berg, Horacio A. Grigera Naón, Emmanuel Gaillard, Michael Pryles
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2012
Swisslion DOO Skopje v. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Gilbert Guillaume, Daniel M. Price
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2011
Vito G. Gallo v. The Government of Canada
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (Challenged by the claimant on 7 July 2009; challenge addressed in the decision of 14 October 2009) · award p. 2
Tribunal: Juan Fernández-Armesto, Jean-Gabriel Castel, Laurent Lévy
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2010
Global Trading Resource Corp. and Globex International, Inc. v. Ukraine
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Franklin Berman, Emmanuel Gaillard
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2010
Talsud S.A. v. The United Mexican States
Counsel for the respondent (Thomas & Partners) · award p. 12
Tribunal: V. V. Veeder, L. Yves Fortier, Eduardo Magallón Gómez
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2010
Gemplus S.A., SLP S.A., Gemplus Industrial S.A. de C.V. v. The United Mexican States
Counsel for the respondent (Thomas & Partners) · award p. 12
Tribunal: L. Yves Fortier, Eduardo Magallón Gómez, V. V. Veeder
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2009
Cementownia "Nowa Huta" S.A. v. Republic of Turkey
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Pierre Tercier, Marc Lalonde
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2009
Corn Products International, Inc. v. United Mexican States
Counsel for the respondent (Thomas & Partners) · award p. 2
Tribunal: Arthur W. Rovine, Eduardo Siqueiros T., Bernardo M. Cremades, Andreas Lowenfeld
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2009
Invesmart v. Czech Republic
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 5
Tribunal: Michael Pryles, Piero Bernardini
- 2008
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2008
Archer Daniels Midland Company and Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc. v. The United Mexican States
Counsel for the respondent (Thomas & Partners) · award p. 2
Tribunal: Bernardo M. Cremades, Arthur W. Rovine, Eduardo Siqueiros T.
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2008
International Thunderbird Gaming Corporation v. The United Mexican States
Counsel for the respondent (Thomas & Partners) · award p. 1
Tribunal: Albert Jan van den Berg, Thomas Wälde, Agustín Portal Ariosa, Henry Kennedy
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2008
Bayview Irrigation District et al. v. United Mexican States
Counsel for the respondent (Thomas and Partners) · award p. 4
Tribunal: Vaughan Lowe, Ignacio Gomez-Palacio, Edwin Meese III
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2006
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company v. The United Mexican States
Counsel for the respondent (Thomas & Partners) · award p. 10
Tribunal: Albert Jan van den Berg, Andreas Lowenfeld, Francisco Carrillo Gamboa, Alberto Guillermo Saavedra Olavarrieta
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2006
EnCana Corporation v. Republic of Ecuador (formerly EnCana Corporation v. Government of the Republic of Ecuador)
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (Replaced Patrick Barrera Sweeney on 18 August 2004) · award p. 3
Tribunal: James Crawford, Horacio A. Grigera Naón, Patrick Barrera Sweeney
- 2005
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2003
SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (Appointed by Pakistan on 9 August 2002 to replace Toby Landau after his resignation; challenged by the Claimant (proposal to disqualify); challenge decided 19 December 2002.) · award p. 1
Tribunal: Florentino P. Feliciano, André Faurès, Toby Landau
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2001
Metalclad Corporation v. The United Mexican States
Counsel for the claimant · award p. 1
Tribunal: Elihu Lauterpacht, Benjamin R. Civiletti, José Luis Siqueiros, Tysoe
Compiled with AI from the published awards and decisions in the Forum’s database; it covers public cases only and may contain matching errors. Each entry links to the page it was read from where available. Corrections: info@arbitration.org.