Stephen M. Schwebel

Arbitrators, counsel and experts

Stephen M. Schwebel

Arbitrator, judge or committee member · 13Counsel · 6Expert · 1

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Record as arbitrator

13cases decided

3as chair or sole arbitrator

4appointed by claimants

4appointed by respondents

4appointed by States

0dissents

Outcome for the appointing side: claimant prevailed in 67% of the 3 claimant appointments; respondent prevailed in 25% of the 4 respondent appointments. Published decisions with a clear outcome; mixed outcomes count as half.

Orange 3.1.3 Appointed 3 times by Russia in cases dated within the last three years.

Appointed by (party)

Russia 3 · 3 in 3 yrs
CME Czech Republic B.V. 1
United States of America 1
Hussein Nuaman Soufraki 1
Eureko B.V. 1
Merck Sharp & Dohme (I.A.) Corporation 1

Appointed by clients of

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 3 · 3 in 3 yrs
Baker Botts LLP 3 · 3 in 3 yrs
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 1
United States Department of State 1
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP 1
Arnold & Porter LLP 1
NautaDutilh N.V. 1
White & Case LLP 1

Sat most often with

Also appeared as counsel with

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP 2005–2010
— 2009

Also appeared as expert

OPIC Karimum Corporation v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 2013

Issues decided most often

Yukos 1 Khodorkovsky 1 Energy Charter Treaty 1 provisional application 1 Article 45 ECT 1 tax carve-out 1 Article 21 ECT 1 expropriation 1 Yuganskneftegaz 1 Rosneft 1 contributory fault 1 oil and gas 1 set-aside 1 Hulley 1 Veteran Petroleum 1 sovereign immunity 1

Published cases (20)

2025
Hulley Enterprises Limited (Cyprus) v. The Russian Federation
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1

Tribunal: L. Yves Fortier, Charles Poncet
2025
Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man) v. The Russian Federation
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 2

Tribunal: L. Yves Fortier, Charles Poncet
2025
Veteran Petroleum Limited (Cyprus) v. The Russian Federation
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1

Tribunal: L. Yves Fortier, Charles Poncet
2018
Balkan Energy (Ghana) Limited v. Republic of Ghana
Co-arbitrator · award p. 3

Tribunal: Francisco Orrego Vicuña, Thomas A. Mensah
2016
Merck Sharpe & Dohme (I.A.) Corporation v. The Republic of Ecuador
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant (challenged by respondent; challenge rejected 12 April 2012 and a second challenge rejected 10 June 2012) · award p. 2

Tribunal: Bruno Simma, Franklin Berman
2013
OPIC Karimum Corporation v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Expert (international law) for the claimant · award p. 7

Tribunal: Doug Jones, Guido Santiago Tawil, Philippe Sands
2012
Toto Costruzioni Generali S.p.A. v. The Republic of Lebanon
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the institution (appointed March 2012 by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council to replace Mr Feliciani; wrote a concurring opinion) · award p. 1

Tribunal: Hans van Houtte, Alberto Feliciani, Fadi Moghaizel
2010
Compañiá de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. and Vivendi Universal S.A. v. Argentine Republic (formerly Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija, S.A. and Compagnie Générale des Eaux v. Argentine Republic)
Counsel for the claimant (Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP) · award p. 2

Tribunal: Francisco Rezek, Thomas Buergenthal, Peter D. Trooboff, L. Yves Fortier
2010
Helnan International Hotels A/S v. Arab Republic of Egypt
Committee president · award p. 1

Tribunal: Yves Derains, Rudolf Dolzer, Michael Lee, Bola Ajibola
2010
Rumeli Telekom A.S. and Telsim Mobil Telekomunikasyon Hizmetleri A.S. v. Republic of Kazakhstan
Committee president · award p. 1

Tribunal: Bernard Hanotiau, Stewart Boyd, Marc Lalonde, Campbell McLachlan
2009
Bayindir Insaat Turizm Ticaret Ve Sanayi A.S. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Counsel for the claimant · award p. 9

Tribunal: Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Franklin Berman, Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
2009
Malaysian Historical Salvors, SDN, BHD v. The Government of Malaysia
Committee president · award p. 1

Tribunal: Michael Hwang, Mohamed Shahabuddeen, Peter Tomka
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)
Counsel for the respondent (Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP) · award p. 2

Tribunal: Thomas Buergenthal, Bernardo M. Cremades, Jan Paulsson, Hans Danelius
2007
Hussein Nuaman Soufraki v. The United Arab Emirates
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant · award p. 2

Tribunal: L. Yves Fortier, Aktham El Kholy, Florentino P. Feliciano, Omar Nabulsi
2007
PSEG Global, Inc., The North American Coal Corporation, and Konya Ingin Electrik Üretim ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi v. Republic of Turkey
Counsel for the respondent (Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP) · award p. 1

Tribunal: Francisco Orrego Vicuña, L. Yves Fortier, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Francisco Orrego Vicuña
2006
Eureko B.V. v. Republic of Poland
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant · award p. 3

Tribunal: L. Yves Fortier, Jerzy Rajski
2006
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company v. The United Mexican States
Counsel for the claimant (Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood LLP) · award p. 10

Tribunal: Albert Jan van den Berg, Andreas Lowenfeld, Francisco Carrillo Gamboa, Alberto Guillermo Saavedra Olavarrieta
2005
Impregilo S.p.A. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Counsel for the claimant (Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP) · award p. 2

Tribunal: Gilbert Guillaume, Bernardo M. Cremades, Toby Landau
2003
CME Czech Republic B.V. v. The Czech Republic
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant · award p. 1

Tribunal: Wolfgang Kühn, Jaroslav Hándl, Ian Brownlie
2002
Mondev International Ltd. v. United States of America
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1

Tribunal: Sir Ninian Stephen, James Crawford

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.