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Bruno Simma

Gender	Male
Country	Austria
Second Country	Germany
Year of birth	1941
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
14	2	4	20

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% (2) 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% (4) of times from parties of the DIFFERENT countries

Claimants' countries

Nationalities of the claimants appointing this arbitrator

Country	No. of times
United Kingdom	1
Ukraine	1

Respondents' countries

Nationalities of the respondent States appointing this arbitrator

Country	No. of times
Ecuador	2
Kyrgyzstan	1
Venezuela	1

Appointed as President Arbitrator (14 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed as presiding arbitrator

Case	Appointed by	Law firms
PCA Case No. 2009-04 William Ralph Clayton, William Douglas Clayton, Daniel Clayton and Bilcon of Delaware, Inc.	Appointed by agreement of the parties	Trade Law Bureau, Global Affairs, Ottawa, Canada Appleton & Associates International Lawyers, Toronto, Canada
E.T.I. Euro Telecom International N.V.	Unknown
PCA Case No 2017-21 D.S. Construction FZCO	Appointed by agreement of appointed arbitrators	Appointed by designated appointing authority
HKIAC Case No. 18117 Jin Hae Seo	Appointed by agreement of the parties	Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong Herbert Smith Freehills, Seoul, South Korea Yoon & Yang, Seoul, South Korea Dodam Law Firm, Seoul, South Korea
ELA, U.S.A., INC.	Unknown	Ellex Raidla, Tallinn, Estonia Appleton & Associates International Lawyers, Toronto, Canada Reed Smith, Miami, USA
ARB/18/1 ACF Renewable Energy Limited	Appointed by agreement of the parties	Ministry of Finance, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Tomov & Tomov, Sofia, Bulgaria CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang - Bulgaria King & Spalding, Washington, D.C., U.S.A King & Spalding, Paris, France and Houstoun, TX, U.S.A
ARB/18/32 AS Windoor	Appointed by agreement of the parties	Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, Paris, France Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Mexico City, Mexico Jones Day, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and London, U.K. Sorainen, Tallin, Estonia
ARB/07/28 E.T.I. Euro Telecom International N.V.	Appointed by agreement of the parties	Foley Hoag, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Ministerio para la Defensa Legal del Estado, La Paz, Bolivia Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Paris, France Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Rome, Italy
ARB/08/9 Ambiente Ufficio S.p.A. and others	Appointed by agreement of the parties	Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina ARBLIT, Milan, Italy Piero Parodi, Milan, Italy Rodolfo Carlos Barra, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ICSID Case No ARB/10/10 Olyana Holdings LLC	Appointed by agreement of the parties
ARB/14/18 RENERGY S.à r.l.	Appointed by agreement of the parties	Abogacía General del Estado, The Ministry of Justice of the Government of Spain Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, Madrid, Spain
ARB/14/27 Zelena N.V. and Energo-Zelena d.o.o Inđija	Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators	Mikijelj Janković & Bogdanović, Belgrade, Serbia Mihaj Ilić Milanović, Belgrade, Serbia Office of the State Attorney, Belgrade, Serbia Karanovic & Nikolic o.a.d., Belgrade, Serbia Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria Moravčević Vojnović i Partneri, Belgrade, Serbia
ARB/15/25 KS Invest GmbH and TLS Invest GmbH	Appointed by agreement of the parties	Abogacía General del Estado, The Ministry of Justice of the Government of Spain Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid, Spain King & Spalding, Paris, France
ARB/15/37 Silver Ridge Power BV	Appointed by agreement of the parties	Avvocato Generale dello Stato, Rome, Italy Ministerio degli Affari Esteri, Rome, Italy Dentons Europe, Paris, France Pavia e Ansaldo, Milan, Italy

Appointed as Claimants Arbitrator (2 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by claimants

Case	Law firms
PCA Case No 2015-29 Limited Liability Company Lugzor and others	Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva, Switzerland Ivanyan & Partners, Moscow, Russian Federation Fieldfisher LLP, London, United Kingdom Fieldfisher LLP, Birmingham, United Kingdom Matrix Chambers, London, U.K. One Essex Court, London, United Kingdom
SCC Case No 2018/007 Mohammed Munshi	Unknown Baker & McKenzie, Washington, USA

Appointed as Respondent Arbitrator (4 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by respondent State

Case	Law firms
PCA Case No. 2012-10 Merck Sharpe & Dohme (I.A.) LLC	Procuraduría General del Estado, Quito, Ecuador Foley Hoag Merck Sharpe & Dohme LLC Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, London, U.K.
BTA Bank
PCA Case No 2012-2 Copper Mesa Mining Corporation	Lalive, Geneva, Switzerland Procuraduría de Petroecuador, Quito, Ecuador McMillan, Toronto, Canada
ARB(AF)/12/5 Rusoro Mining Ltd.	Foley Hoag, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Figueiras & Fishbach Mezgravis & Asociados