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Albert Jan van den Berg

Country Netherlands
Year of birth 1949
OECD member Yes

Number of cases in which have they been involved

Cases in which this arbitrator has been involved, divided into claimant-appointed, respondent-appointed, or presiding arbitrator

As president Claimant/appointed Respondent/appointed Total
15 17 12 44

Additional information about nationality

Frequency with which this arbitrator has been appointed by claimants/respondents of the same/different nationality as the arbitrator

This arbitrator has been appointed by claimant 12.5% (2) of times from parties of the SAME country
This arbitrator has been appointed by claimant 87.5% (14) of times from parties of the DIFFERENT countries
This arbitrator has been appointed by respondent 0% (0) of times from parties of the SAME country
This arbitrator has been appointed by respondent 100% (12) of times from parties of the DIFFERENT countries

Claimants' countries

Nationalities of the claimants appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
United States 3
Italy 2
United Kingdom 2
Germany 2
Netherlands 2
Qatar 1
Australia 1
Cyprus 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Uzbekistan 1

Respondents' countries

Nationalities of the respondent States appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
Hungary 2
Ecuador 2
China 1
Indonesia 1
Philippines 1
United Kingdom 1
Argentina 1
Estonia 1
Guinea 1
Vietnam 1

Appointed as President Arbitrator (15 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed as presiding arbitrator

Case Appointed by Law firms

Mercuria Energy Group Limited
Unknown Clifford Chance, Hong Kong Clifford Chance, Warsaw, Poland Shearman & Sterling, Paris, France
PCA Case No 2003-03
Telekom Malaysia Berhad
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators
PCA Case No. 2010-13
Dunkeld International Investment Limited
Appointed by agreement of appointed arbitrators Dorsey & Whitney Barrow & Co Allen & Overy Matrix Chambers, London, U.K. Courtenay Coye LLP
PCA Case No. 2010-18
British Caribbean Bank Ltd.
Appointed by agreement of appointed arbitrators Dorsey & Whitney Barrow & Co Appointed by designated appointing authority Allen & Overy Matrix Chambers, London, U.K. Courtenay Coye LLP
PCA Case No. 2010-21
Dunkeld International Investment Limited
Appointed by designated appointing authority Barrow & Co Dorsey & Whitney Allen & Overy Courtenay Coye LLP Matrix Chambers, London, U.K.
PCA Case No 2016-23
Gold Pool Limited Partnership
Unknown Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, New York, U.S.A. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Milan, Italy Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Jones Day, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and London, U.K.
SCC Case No 132/2016
SunReserve Luxco Holdings SRL
Appointed by agreement of appointed arbitrators Unknown King & Spalding, Paris, France King & Spalding, Houston, TX, U.S.A. King & Spalding, New York, NY, U.S.A. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Milan and Rome, Italy
ARB/19/1
Legacy Vulcan, LLC
Appointed by agreement of the parties Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior, Dirección General de Consultoría Jurídica de Comercio Internacional, Secretaría de Economía, Ciudad de México, México Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C., Mexico City, Mexico
UNCT/14/2
Eli Lilly and Company
Appointed by designated appointing authority Trade Law Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Gowling Lafleur Henderson, Ottawa, Canada
ARB(AF)/02/1
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
Appointed by designated appointing authority Consultoría Jurídica de Negociaciones Secretaría de Economía, Mexico City, Mexico Baker & Mackenzie, Mexico City, Mexico Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ARB/98/3
International Trust Company of Liberia
Appointed by designated appointing authority Bureau of Maritime Affairs, Monrovia, Liberia Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Monrovia, Liberia Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Ridberg, Press & Sherbill, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A. Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ARB/15/3
Abed El Jaouni
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce pursuant to the Germany-Lebanon BIT
ARB/08/16
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft
Appointed by agreement of the parties Latham & Watkins, Hamburg, Germany Latham & Watkins, London, U.K. Magisters, Kiev, Ukraine Salans, Paris, France Salans, London, U.K.
ARB/12/12
Vattenfall AB and others
Appointed by agreement of the parties Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Frankfurt, Germany Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Berlin, Germany Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany Mannheimer, Swartling Advokatbyrå AB, Stockholm, Sweden
ARB/09/17
Commerce Group Corp. and San Sebastian Gold Mines, Inc.
Appointed by designated appointing authority Dewey & LeBoeuf, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Machulak, Robertson & Sodos, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.

Appointed as Claimants Arbitrator (17 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by claimants

Case Law firms
PCA Case No 2013-01
Enkev Beheer B.V.
Linklaters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Linklaters, Warsaw, Poland Simmons & Simmons, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Norton Rose Fulbright
PCA Case No. 2008-13
Achmea B.V. (formerly Eureko B.V.)
Rowan Legal, Bratislava, Slovak Republic De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
ARB/18/4
Cascade Investments NV
King & Spalding International, London, U.K. LEXIST, Istanbul, Turkey Hogan Lovells International, London, U.K.
ARB/17/15
Portigon AG
ICSID Case No ARB/12/14 and 12/40
Churchill Mining and Planet Mining Pty Ltd
Armand Yapsunto Muharamsyah & Partners (AYMP), Jakarta, Indonesia Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Didi Dermawan, Jakarta, Indonesia Minister of Law and Human Rights, Jakarta, Indonesia Clifford Chance, Singapore, Singapore Clifford Chance, Hong Kong Clifford Chance, Perth, Australia Clifford Chance, London, U.K.
ARB/16/1
Al Jazeera Media Network
Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority, Cairo, Egypt Volterra Fietta, London, U.K. Carter-Ruck, London, U.K. General Legal Counsel, Al Jazeera Media Network, Doha, Qatar Sean Aughey, London, U.K. Toby Landau, London U.K. Peter Webster, London, U.K.
ICSID Case No ARB/14/22
BSG Resources Limited (in administration), BSG Resources (Guinea) Limited and BSG Resources (Guinea) SÀRL
DLA Piper, Paris, France Orrick Rambaud Martel, Paris, France Mishcon de Reya Solicitors, London, U.K.
ARB/13/23
ASA International S.p.A.
Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority, Cairo, Egypt McDermott Will & Emery, Rome, Italy
ARB/12/35
Orascom TMT Investments S.à r.l.
Shearman & Sterling, Paris, France White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
ARB(AF)/12/7
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC v Uzbekistan
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Debevoise & Plimpton, London, U.K.
ARB/07/5
Abaclat and others
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY, U.S.A Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Legance Studio Legale Associato, Rome, Italy Perez Alati, Grondona, Benitez, Arntsen & Martinez De Hoz (Jr.), Buenos Aires, Argentina White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
ARB/04/8
BP America Production Company and others
Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina King & Spalding, Houston, TX, U.S.A. Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (Jr.) Richard J. Spies, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ARB/03/24
Plama Consortium Limited
ARB/03/13
Pan American Energy LLC and BP Argentina Exploration Company
Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina King & Spalding, Houston, TX, U.S.A. Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (Jr.)
ICSID Case No ARB/02/11
Enrho St Limited
Richards Butler, London, U.K. Herbert Smith, London, U.K.
ARB/02/1
LG&E Energy Corp., LG&E Capital Corp. and LG&E International Inc.
Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Covington & Burling LLP Deputy General Counsel, E. ON Rosso Alba, Francia & Ruiz Moreno
ARB/98/1
Houston Industries Energy, Inc. and others
Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Procuración del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Marval, O'Farrel & Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Appointed as Respondent Arbitrator (12 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by respondent State

Case Law firms
PCA Case No. 2007-02/AA277
Chevron and TexPet
Winston & Strawn, Geneva, Switzerland Foley Hoag King & Spalding Quevedo & Ponce, Quito, Ecuador

EDF
ARB(AF)/18/2
Shin Dong Baig
IDVN Lawyers Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Ministry of Justice, Hanoi, Vietnam The Ezlaw Firm
ARB/84/1
Atlantic Triton Company Limited
Coudert Brothers, Paris, France Ministère de l'Elevage et de la Pêche, Conakry, People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea Giroux, Buhagiar et Associés, Paris, France
ARB/99/2
Alex Genin and others
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, Houston, TX, U.S.A. Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Kurt Arbuckle, P.C., Houston, TX, U.S.A.
ARB/01/3
Enron Creditors Recovery Corporation (formerly Enron Corporation) and Ponderosa Assets, L.P.
Appointed by designated appointing authority M. & M. Bomchil Abogados, Buenos Aires, Argentina King & Spalding, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
ARB/03/16
ADC Affiliate Limited and ADC & ADMC Management Limited
Clifford Chance, London, U.K. Köves & Társai Ügyvédi Iroda, Clifford Chance, Budapest, Hungary Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, Montreal, Canada James R. Crawford, London, U.K. Ogilvy Renault, Montreal, Canada Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Budapest, Hungary
ARB/04/19
Duke Energy Electroquil Partners and Electroquil S.A.
Estudio Jurídico Cabezas y Wray, Quito, Ecuador Latham & Watkins, London, U.K. Procurador General del Estado, Quito, Ecuador Coronel y Pérez Abogados, Guayaquil, Ecuador Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Fullbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
ICSID Case No ARB/07/3
Government of the Province of East Kalimantan
Baker Botts, London, U.K. Herbert Smith, London, U.K. DNC Advocates At Work, Jakarta, Indonesia
ARB/11/12
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Florentino P. Feliciano, Makai City, Philippines Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines, Makati City, Philippines White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ICSID Case No ARB/12/40 and 12/14
Churchill Mining Plc and Planet Mining Pty Ltd
Armand Yapsunto Muharamsyah & Partners (AYMP), Jakarta, Indonesia Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Minister of Law and Human Rights, Jakarta, Indonesia Didi Dermawan, Jakarta, Indonesia Clifford Chance, Hong Kong Clifford Chance, Singapore, Singapore Clifford Chance, Perth, Australia Clifford Chance, London, U.K.
ARB/14/25
Ansung Housing Co., Ltd.
Dentons Europe, Paris, France Ministry of Commerce, People’s Republic of China Zhong Lun Law Firm, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Ansung Housing Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea Bae, Kim & Lee, Seoul, Republic of Korea