On behalf of an investor, in an expropriation case predating the Economic Emergency Act in Argentina, our experts provided a report and testimony to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on: estimated damages against a utility as well as the unjust enrichment on the part of the government; compensation due to the investors in the utility; and important economic principles to apply under a Bilateral Investment Treatment (BIT) claim at ICSID.

A foreign-owned utility in Bolivia hired a law firm and one of our experts to assess its chances at the ICSID as a result of a series of actions by the regulator. Based on the results of this analysis, including the assessment of damages, the utility negotiated a tariff increase with the government that allowed the utility to improve its financial situation and receive compensation for past losses.

After the Government of Turkey expropriated electric power plants, our experts reviewed the damages estimate for an investor filing a BIT claim at ICSID.

As part of the negotiations between an investor and a Central American government, our experts performed a damages assessment for a potential claim of expropriation of investments at the ICSID.