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Bernard Hanotiau

Gender Male
Country Belgium
Year of birth 1947
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
17 20 7 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 0% (0) of times from parties of the SAME country
This arbitrator has been appointed by claimant 100% (15) 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% (7) of times from parties of the DIFFERENT countries

Claimants' countries

Nationalities of the claimants appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
France 3
United States 2
Kuwait 1
Luxembourg 1
Canada 1
Italy 1
Finland 1
Cote d'Ivoire 1
United Kingdom 1
Portugal 1
Spain 1
Macao 1

Respondents' countries

Nationalities of the respondent States appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
Poland 2
Peru 1
Senegal 1
Algeria 1
Chile 1
Mongolia 1

Appointed as President Arbitrator (17 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed as presiding arbitrator

Case Appointed by Law firms
ICC Case No. 19459/MHM
Juvel Ltd and Bithell Holdings Ltd.
Unknown Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, Kancelaria Radców Prawnych i Adwokatów, Warsaw, Poland
PCA Case No. 2012-16
Murphy Exploration & Production Company – International
Unknown Foley Hoag Procuraduría General del Estado, Quito, Ecuador King & Spalding Pérez Bustamente & Ponce
PCA Case No 2014-14
RECOFI
Unknown
PCA Case No 2015-38
Mohammad Reza Dayyani and others
Unknown
PCA Case No. 2018-20
Diag Human SE and Josef Šťáva
Unknown Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, London, United Kingdom Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, San Francisco, USA Skils s.r.o. advokátní kancelár, Prague, Czech Republic 20 Essex Street Chambers, London, United Kingdom Chevalier & Sciales, Luxembourg Cooke Young & Keidan, London, United Kingdom
PCA Case No 2018-03
Naveen Aggarwal, Neete Gupta, and Usha Industries, Inc.
Unknown Unknown Baker & McKenzie, Washington, USA Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, USA
ARB/17/35
Addiko Bank AG
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Omnia Strategy, London, U.K. Ministry of Finance, Podgorica, Montenegro Angeline Welsh, Essex Court Chambers, London, U.K. Specht & Partner Rechtsanwalt GmbH, Vienna, Austria
ARB/15/5
B3 Croatian Courier Coöperatief U.A.
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Bredin Prat, Paris, France State Attorney’s Office, Zagreb, Croatia White & Case, Paris, France
ARB/09/2
Deutsche Bank AG
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Attorney General James Crawford, Clive Freedman, Ali Malek, and Simon Olleson, London, U.K. Allen & Overy Julius & Creasy, Colombo, Sri Lanka
ARB/04/12
ABCI Investments Limited
Appointed by designated appointing authority Direction Générale du Contentieux, Tunis, Tunisia Geneviève Bastid-Burdeau, Paris, France Arnaud de Nanteuil, Paris, France Patrick Jacob, Paris, France
ARB/15/21
Menzies Middle East and Africa S.A. and Aviation Handling Services International Ltd.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Agent Judiciaire de l’Etat du Sénégal, Dakar, Senegal HMN & Partners, Paris, France Rasseck Bourgi, Paris, France
ARB/15/19
ENERGO-PRO a.s.
Appointed by designated appointing authority Tomov & Tomov, Sofia, Bulgaria Ministry of Finance, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria White & Case, New York, NY, U.S.A White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Kocián Šolc Balaštik, Prague, Czech Republic
ARB/14/8
CEAC Holdings Limited
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Moravcevié Vojnovié & Partners, Belgrade, Serbia Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria King & Spalding, London, U.K.
ARB/13/27
Marfin Investment Group Holdings S.A., Alexandros Bakatselos and others
Appointed by designated appointing authority Chrysses Demetriades & Co., Limassol, Cyprus Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, London, UK Marfin Investment Group Holdings, Kifissia, Greece Tariq Baloch, London, U.K. Three Crowns, Paris, France
ARB/06/1
Spyridon Roussalis
Appointed by designated appointing authority CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, London, U.K. Winston & Strawn, Geneva, Switzerland Appointed by designated appointing authority
ARB/05/22
Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Limited
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Amsterdam, Netherlands Mkono & Co, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Allen & Overy, London, U.K.
ARB/05/16
Rumeli Telekom A.S. and Telsim Mobil Telekomunikasyon Hizmetleri A.S.
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Reed Smith, London, U.K. Salans, Paris, France

Appointed as Claimants Arbitrator (20 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by claimants

Case Law firms
PCA Case No 2013-13
Sanum Investments
Womble Bond Dickinson, Charlotte, USA FCLaw, Macao Stinson Leonard Street, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
ICC Case No 19329/MCP/DDA
Sorelec
Viguié Schmidt & Associés, Paris, France Pellerin Kecsmar Mirza, Paris, France
PCA Case No 2015-30
Clorox Spain S.L.
Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela García & Morris Abogados, Bogotá, Colombia GST LLP, Washington, U.S.A. King & Spalding, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ICC Case No 20971/MCP/DDA
Way2B ACE
Essex Court Chambers, London, United Kingdom MS Legal, London, United Kingdom Curado, Nogueira & Associados, Porto, Portugal Denis Philippe & Partners, Brussels, Belgium
PCA Case No 2015-11
JKX Oil & Gas and Poltava
King Wood Mallesons, London, U.K. Allen & Overy, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ARB/17/24
Bursel Tekstil Sanayi Ve Diş Ticaret A.Ş., Burhan Enuştekin and Selim Kaptanoğlu
Ministry of Justice, Tashkent, Uzbekistan White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Baspinar & Partners Law Firm, Istanbul, Turkey Cooley, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ARB/18/30
Alverley Investments Limited and Germen Properties Ltd
Hunton Andrews Kurth, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. SCP Cobuz Si Asociatii, Bucharest, Romania SCP Toader Si Asociatii, Bucharest, Romania Roderick Cordara, Essex Court Chambers, London, U.K. Emilie Gonin, Doughty Street Chambers, London, U.K. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, New York, NY, U.S.A. Dragne & Asociatii, Bucharest, Romania
ARB/18/23
Gran Colombia Gold Corp.
Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado, Bogota, Colombia Latham & Watkins, Paris, France Dentons US, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ICSID Case No ARB/17/48
Wise Solutions CDI, SA
Agent Judiciaire du Trésor, Abidjan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Arent Fox, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. SCP d’Avocats KlemetSawadogoKouadio, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Sohou Law, Detroit, MI, U.S.A. SCPA Dadie-Sangaret & Associes, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Astuno Law
ARB/15/8
Aktau Petrol Ticaret A.Ş.
Reed Smith, London, U.K. Akinci Law Office, Paris, France Derains & Gharavi, Paris, France
ARB(AF)/12/6
Lao Holdings N.V.
David Branson, Jane Willems, Beijing, P.R.C. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Charlotte, NC, U.S.A. Stinson Leonard Street, Dallas, TX, U.S.A. Dr. Todd Weiler, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto, Canada
ARB/15/40
Belenergia S.A.
Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Rome, Italy Watson Farley & Williams, Rome, Italy
ARB/11/6
Bawabet Al Kuwait Holding Company
Shearman & Sterling, Paris, France Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority, Cairo, Egypt Clifford Chance, London, U.K. Zulficar & Partners, Cairo, Egypt
ARB/14/5
Infinito Gold Ltd.
Arnold & Porter, London, UK Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Ministry of Foreign Trade, San José, Costa Rica Torys, Toronto, Canada
ARB/12/6
Muhammet Ҫap & Bankrupt Sehil Inşaat Endustri ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti.
Squire Patton Boggs (US), New York, NY, U.S.A. Mr. Ahmet Emin Yildiz, Tekirdag, Turkey Derains & Gharavi, Paris, France Derains & Gharavi, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Offit Kurman, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Egemenoglu Law Firm, Istanbul, Turkey
ARB/11/23
Franck Charles Arif
DLA Piper, London, UK DLA Piper, Paris, France Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Chisinau, Moldova Minister of Justice, Chisinau, Moldova Derains & Gharavi, Paris, France
ARB/05/3
LESI, S.p.A. and Astaldi, S.p.A.
Ahmed Laraba, Algiers, Algeria Falque & Associés, Paris, France Ministère des Ressources, Algiers, Algeria Mohammed Chemloul, Algiers, Algeria Bonelli Erede Pappalardo Studio Legale, Milan, Italy
ARB/04/4
SAUR International
Procuradora del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Latham & Watkins, Paris, France Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Paris, France Shearman & Sterling, Paris, France
ARB/03/30
Azurix Corp.
Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina King & Spalding, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
ARB(AF)/13/1
Consolidated Exploration Holdings Ltd. and others
Arnold & Porter, London, UK Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic and Minister of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic Baker & McKenzie, Moscow, Russia Baker & McKenzie, New York, NY, U.S.A.