Franklin Berman

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Franklin Berman

Arbitrator, judge or committee member (published cases) · 20

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Record as arbitrator

23cases decided

11as chair or sole arbitrator

3appointed by claimants

4appointed by respondents

4appointed by States

1dissents

Outcome for the appointing side: claimant prevailed in 0% of the 3 claimant appointments; respondent prevailed in 33% of the 3 respondent appointments. Published decisions with a clear outcome; mixed outcomes count as half.

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Published cases (20)

2026
MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Company Plc v. Republic of Croatia
President — chosen by the co-arbitrators · award p. 1

Tribunal: William W. Park, Brigitte Stern
2025
World Wide Minerals v. Republic of Kazakhstan
Co-arbitrator · award p. 2

Tribunal: John R. Crook, Sir Michael Burton
2024
Victor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile
President (resubmission tribunal) · award p. 2

Tribunal: Pierre Lalive, Mohammed Bedjaoui, Galo Leoro Franco, Emmanuel Gaillard
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....
Committee president · award p. 1

Tribunal: Gilbert Guillaume, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri, Cecil W.M. Abraham
2022
Vedanta Resources PLC v. Government of India
President (proposed as chairman of the UK Treaty arbitration tribunal; not confirmed in these documents) · award p. 3
2018
Vodafone v. India
Co-arbitrator (Proposed by the defendants as chairman of the UK Treaty tribunal; Union of India had not yet agreed.) · award p. 3
2016
Merck Sharpe & Dohme (I.A.) Corporation v. The Republic of Ecuador
President — appointed by the appointing authority (appointed by the Acting Secretary-General of the PCA on 8 May 2012) · award p. 4

Tribunal: Stephen M. Schwebel, Bruno Simma
2015
Giovanni Alemanni and Others v. The Argentine Republic
President — appointed by the institution · award p. 7

Tribunal: Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, J. Christopher Thomas
2013
RosInvestCo UK Ltd. v. The Russian Federation
Co-arbitrator · award p. 2

Tribunal: Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, The Right Honourable The Lord Steyn, Sir Franklin Berman KCMG, QC
2013
Libananco Holdings Co. Limited v. Republic of Turkey
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 2

Tribunal: Michael Hwang, Henri C. Alvarez, Andrés Rigo Sureda, Hans Danelius
2013
The Rompetrol Group N.V. v. Romania
President — chosen by the co-arbitrators · award p. 5 · award p. 1 · award p. 6

Tribunal: Donald Francis Donovan, Marc Lalonde, Donald Francis Donovan, Marc Lalonde
2012
Marion Unglaube v. Republic of Costa Rica
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant · award p. 2

Tribunal: Judd Kessler, Bernardo M. Cremades
2012
Reinhard Unglaube v. Republic of Costa Rica
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant · award p. 2

Tribunal: Judd Kessler, Bernardo M. Cremades
2011
HICEE B.V. v. The Slovak Republic
President — chosen by the co-arbitrators · award p. 5

Tribunal: Charles N. Brower, Peter Tomka
2011
Togo Electricité and GDF-Suez Energie Services v. Republic of Togo
Committee member · award p. 2

Tribunal: Ahmed El-Kosheri, Marc Grüninger, Marc Lalonde, Rolf Knieper
2011
Vattenfall AB, Vattenfall Europe AG, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG v. Federal Republic of Germany (formerly Vattenfall AB, Vattenfall Europe AG, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG & Co. KG v. The Federal Republic of Germany)
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 2

Tribunal: Marc Lalonde, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
2010
Global Trading Resource Corp. and Globex International, Inc. v. Ukraine
President — appointed by the parties jointly · award p. 1

Tribunal: Emmanuel Gaillard, J. Christopher Thomas
2009
Bayindir Insaat Turizm Ticaret Ve Sanayi A.S. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1 · award p. 1

Tribunal: Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel
2007
Empresas Lucchetti, S.A. and Lucchetti Peru, S.A. v. The Republic of Peru (also known as: Industria Nacional de Alimentos, A.S. and Indalsa Perú S.A. v. The Republic of Peru)
Committee member (dissented) · award p. 2

Tribunal: Thomas Buergenthal, Bernardo M. Cremades, Jan Paulsson, Hans Danelius
2006
F-W Oil Interests, Inc. v. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant · award p. 2

Tribunal: Fali S. Nariman

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.