Rolf Knieper

Arbitrators, counsel and experts

Rolf Knieper

Arbitrator, judge or committee member (published cases) · 28Expert (published cases) · 1

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Record as arbitrator

30cases decided

6as chair or sole arbitrator

0appointed by claimants

11appointed by respondents

11appointed by States

1dissents

Outcome for the appointing side: respondent prevailed in 94% of the 8 respondent appointments. Published decisions with a clear outcome; mixed outcomes count as half.

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Imeks Insaat Makina Elektrik Konstrüksiyon Sanayi Limited Sirketi v. Turkmenistan 2023

Published cases (28)

2024
Everest Estate LLC et al. v. The Russian Federation
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the appointing authority (appointed by the appointing authority, Michael Hwang, on behalf of the Respondent) · award p. 1

Tribunal: Andrés Rigo Sureda, W. Michael Reisman
2024
Zaza Okuashvili v. Georgia
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (dissented) · award p. 6

Tribunal: Georgios Petrochilos, Giorgio Mandelli
2024
Victor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile
Committee president · award p. 1

Tribunal: Pierre Lalive, Mohammed Bedjaoui, Galo Leoro Franco, Emmanuel Gaillard
2024
Kaloti Metals & Logistics, LLC v. Republic of Peru
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 2

Tribunal: Donald M. McRae, José Carlos Fernández Rozas
2023
Worth Capital Holdings 27 LLC v. Republic of Peru
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1

Tribunal: Juliet Blanch, Horacio A. Grigera Naón
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 member · award p. 1

Tribunal: Gilbert Guillaume, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri, Franklin Berman
2023
Imeks Insaat Makina Elektrik Konstrüksiyon Sanayi Limited Sirketi v. Turkmenistan
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (Disqualification proposal upheld on 31 October 2023); Expert (Turkmen law) for the respondent · award p. 1 · award p. 6

Tribunal: Sir Christopher Greenwood GBE, CMG, KC, Stephan W. Schill, Gabriel Bottini
2023
Perenco Ecuador Ltd. v. The Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador)
Committee member · award p. 4

Tribunal: Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Charles N. Brower, J. Christopher Thomas, Peter Tomka
2022
Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co. Ltd. v. Hellenic Republic
Committee president · award p. 1

Tribunal: Dyalá Jiménez Figueres, Michael D. Nolan
2022
Eugene Kazmin v. Republic of Latvia
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 2

Tribunal: Vera van Houtte, Mark Kantor
2022
Big Sky Energy Corporation v. Republic of Kazakhstan
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (challenged by the claimant; the Request for Disqualification was decided by the other two arbitrators) · award p. 10

Tribunal: Bernardo M. Cremades, Stanimir A. Alexandrov, Peter Tomka, Michael Moser
2022
Hydro Energy 1 S.à r.l. and Hydroxana Sweden AB v. Kingdom of Spain
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1

Tribunal: Lord Collins of Mapesbury, Peter Rees, Wendy Miles, José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez
2021
Antoine Abou Lahoud and Leila Bounafeh-Abou Lahoud v. Democratic Republic of the Congo
Committee member · award p. 2

Tribunal: William W. Park, Karim Hafez, Marie-Andrée Ngwe, Azzedine Kettani
2021
Tenaris S.A. and Talta - Trading e Marketing Sociedade Unipessoal Lda. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Committee president · award p. 2

Tribunal: Juan Fernández-Armesto, Enrique Gómez Pinzón, Brigitte Stern, José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez
2019
Almasryia for Operating & Maintaining Touristic Construction Co. L.L.C. v. State of Kuwait
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1

Tribunal: Ricardo Ramírez Hernández, Pascal Dévaud
2018
Tidewater Inc., Tidewater Investment SRL, Tidewater Caribe, C.A., et al. v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Committee member · award p. 1

Tribunal: Campbell McLachlan, Andrés Rigo Sureda, Brigitte Stern, Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
2017
Zbigniew Piotr Grot and others v. Republic of Moldova
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1

Tribunal: Philippe Sands, L. Yves Fortier
2016
Antoine Goetz & Others and S.A. Affinage des Metaux v. Republic of Burundi
Committee member · award p. 1

Tribunal: Gilbert Guillaume, Jean-Denis Bredin, Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri, Prosper Weil
2015
Tulip Real Estate and Development Netherlands B.V. v. Republic of Turkey
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 2

Tribunal: Gavan Griffith, Michael Evan Jaffe
2015
Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH in Liqu. v. Republic of Turkey
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent (appointed 14 September 2015; tribunal not constituted before discontinuance) · award p. 2

Tribunal: Kaj Hobér, Meg Kinnear
2015
Mamidoil Jetoil Greek Petroleum Products Societe S.A. v. Republic of Albania
President — appointed by the institution · award p. 1

Tribunal: Yas Banifatemi, Steven A. Hammond
2015
State Enterprise "Energorynok" (Ukraine) v. The Republic of Moldova
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 2

Tribunal: Nancy B. Turck, Joseph Tirado
2015
State Enterprise "Energorynok" (Ukraine) v. The Republic of Moldova
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 4

Tribunal: Nancy B. Turck, Joseph Tirado
2014
El Paso Energy International Company v. The Argentine Republic
Committee member · award p. 5 · award p. 1

Tribunal: Lucius Caflisch, Piero Bernardini, Brigitte Stern, Lucius Caflisch
2013
Mr. Franck Charles Arif v. Republic of Moldova
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1

Tribunal: Bernardo M. Cremades, Bernard Hanotiau
2012
Bureau Veritas, Inspection, Valuation, Assessment and Control, BIVAC B.V. v. The Republic of Paraguay
President — appointed by the institution · award p. 1 · award p. 1

Tribunal: L. Yves Fortier, Philippe Sands, L. Yves Fortier, Philippe Sands
2012
AES Summit Generation Limited and AES-Tisza Erömü Kft v. The Republic of Hungary
Committee member · award p. 2

Tribunal: Claus Werner von Wobeser, Brigitte Stern, J. William Rowley, Bernard Hanotiau
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, Franklin Berman

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