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Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler

Gender Female
Country Switzerland
Year of birth 1952
OECD member Yes
Law firm Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators

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
43 9 2 54

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

Claimants' countries

Nationalities of the claimants appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
France 3
Sweden 1
Belgium 1
Spain 1
Hong Kong 1

Respondents' countries

Nationalities of the respondent States appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
Turkey 1
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1

Appointed as President Arbitrator (43 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed as presiding arbitrator

Case Appointed by Law firms
PCA Case No 2015-27
Lumina (Miedzi) Copper Corp.
Unknown CMS Cameron McKenna Unknown
PCA Case No 2014-03
JSW Solar (zwei) GmbH & Co.KG and Wirtgen
Appointed by agreement of the parties Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Prague, Czech Republic Squire Sanders, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. Squire Sanders, Columbus, O.H., U.S.A. Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Prague, Czech Republic Matrix Chambers, London, U.K. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, London, United Kingdom Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany
PCA Case No 2014-10
Deutsche Telekom AG
Appointed by agreement of the parties Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP Essex Court Chambers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
PCA Case No 2015-34
PJSC Ukrnafta
Appointed by designated appointing authority Appointed by designated appointing authority Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Paris, France
PCA Case No 2015-35
Crimea-Petrol LLC, Elefteria LLC, Novel-Estate LLC and others
Unknown Appointed by designated appointing authority Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Paris, France
SCC Case No 068/2008
Ashmore Energy International (A.E.I) Luxembourg Holdings S.a.r.l.
Unknown Foley Hoag Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer King & Spalding

Valle Esina S.p.A.
Unknown Appointed by designated appointing authority Boris Kojevnikov John Kadelburger
SCC Case No 2014/168
GPF GP S.à.r.l
Unknown K&L Gates Jamka sp.k., Warsaw, Poland Dentons, Warsaw, Poland Dentons Europe, Paris, France
PCA Case No. 2008-01
Crompton (Chemtura) Corp.
Unknown Ogilvy Renault, Montreal, Canada
PCA Case No. 2012-17
Mesa Power Group LLC
Appointed by designated appointing authority Trade Law Bureau, Global Affairs, Ottawa, Canada Appleton & Associates International Lawyers, Toronto, Canada Astigarraga Davis Mullins & Grossman
PCA Case No. 2012-14
AES Solar and others (PV Investors)
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Herbert Smith Freehills Attorney General Allen & Overy Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, London, U.K.
PCA Case No 2017-41
Iberdrola Energía
Appointed by agreement of the parties Procurador General de la Nación, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala Dechert, Paris, France Dechert, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Uría Menéndez, Madrid, Spain
PCA Case No 2017-08
Spółdzielnia Pracy Muszynianka
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Squire Patton Boggs Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners, Warsaw, Poland
PCA Case No 2019-17
Rogelio Barrenechea Cuenca, Antonio Cosío Ariño, Luis de Garay Russ and others
Unknown Abogacía General del Estado, Ministerio de Justicia, Madrid, Spain Kirkland & Ellis LLP
ARB/17/16
Carlos Rios and Francisco Javier Rios
Appointed by agreement of the parties Arnold & Porter, London, UK Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales (DIRECON), República de Chile Dechert, Paris, France
ARB/17/18
(DS)2, S.A., Peter de Sutter and Kristof De Sutter
Appointed by agreement of the parties Walid Ben Hamida, Paris, France DLA Piper UK, Brussels, Belgium
ARB/17/27
Magyar Farming Company Ltd, Kintyre Kft and Inicia Zrt
Appointed by agreement of the parties DLA Piper, Paris, France Sárhegyi and Partners Law Firm, Budapest, Hungary Horváth and Partners Law Firm DLA Piper, Budapest, Hungary LFB László Fekete Bagaméry, Budapest, Hungary
ARB/17/32
Elitech B.V. and Razvoj Golf D.O.O.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Latham & Watkins, Hamburg, Germany Latham & Watkins, London, U.K. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna
ARB/18/17
Autopista del Norte S.A.C.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Estudio Navarro & Pazos Abogados, Lima, Peru Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, Lima, Peru Dechert, Paris, France Miranda & Amado Abogados, Lima, Peru
ARB/18/5
Astrida Benita Carrizosa
Appointed by agreement of the parties Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado and Dirección de Inversión Extranjera y Servicios, Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, Bogota, Colombia Arnold & Porter, London, UK Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Bryan Cave, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
ARB/18/8
Rand Investments Ltd. and others
Appointed by designated appointing authority Office of the State Attorney, Belgrade, Serbia Senka Mihaj, Belgrade, Serbia Vladimir Djeric, Belgrade, Serbia Petar Djundic, Belgrade, Serbia Squire Patton Boggs s.r.o., advokátní kancelár, Prague, Czech Republic Stankovic & Partners, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
ARB(AF)/04/2
Cargill, Incorporated
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators David A. Pawlak, Warsaw, Poland Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, Kancelaria Radców Prawnych i Adwokatów, Warsaw, Poland Domański Zakrzewski Palinka Limited Partnership Law Office, Warsaw, Poland Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
ICSID Case No ARB/00/5
Autopista Concesionada de Venezuela, C.A.
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Attorney General, Caracas, Venezuela Ministry of Infrastructure, Caracas, Venezuela Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ARB/04/13
Jan de Nul N.V. and Dredging International N.V.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Bredin Prat, Paris, France Ministry of Justice, Cairo, Egypt Office of State Litigation, Cairo, Egypt Bonelli Erede Pappalardo Studio Legale, Milan, Italy
ARB/04/19
Duke Energy Electroquil Partners and Electroquil S.A.
Appointed by agreement of the parties 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.
ARB/05/12
Noble Energy Inc. and MachalaPower Cía. Ltd.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Fabara & Compañía Procurador General del Estado, Quito, Ecuador Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Budapest, Hungary King & Spalding, Houston, TX, U.S.A. Pérez Bustamente & Ponce
ARB/05/7
Saipem S.p.A.
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators A. Hossain & Associates Law Offices, Dhaka, Bangladesh Richard Clegg, London, U.K. Bonelli Erede Pappalardo Studio Legale, Milan, Italy
ARB/06/2
Quiborax S.A. and Non-Metallic Minerals S.A.
Appointed by designated appointing authority Ministerio para la Defensa Legal del Estado, La Paz, Bolivia Gomm & Smith Bofill Mir & Alvarez Jana, Santiago, Chile
ARB/06/4
Vestey Group Ltd
Appointed by agreement of the parties Procuradora General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Guglielmino & Asociados, Buenos Aires, Argentina Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Travieso Evans Arria Rengel & Paz, Caracas, Venezuela
ARB/06/6
Rail World LLC and others
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Advokaadibüroo LEXTAL Law Firm, Tallinn, Estonia Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications, Tallinn, Estonia Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ICSID Case No ARB/07/3
Government of the Province of East Kalimantan
Appointed by agreement of the parties Baker Botts, London, U.K. Herbert Smith, London, U.K. DNC Advocates At Work, Jakarta, Indonesia
ARB/09/14
Mærsk Olie, Algeriet A/S
ARB/09/8
KT Asia Investment Group B.V.
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Ali Malek, London, U.K. Christopher Harris, London, U.K. Reed Smith, London, U.K. Addleshaw Goddard, London, U.K.
ARB/10/3
Metal-Tech Ltd.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ARB/11/17
Renée Rose Levy and Gremcitel S.A.
Appointed by designated appointing authority Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Fernando Olivares, Gremcitel S.A.
ICSID Case No ARB/12/14 and 12/40
Churchill Mining and Planet Mining Pty Ltd
Appointed by agreement of the parties 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/12/35
Orascom TMT Investments S.à r.l.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Shearman & Sterling, Paris, France White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
ICSID Case No ARB/12/40 and 12/14
Churchill Mining Plc and Planet Mining Pty Ltd
Appointed by agreement of the parties 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.
ICSID Case No ARB/14/22
BSG Resources Limited (in administration), BSG Resources (Guinea) Limited and BSG Resources (Guinea) SÀRL
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators DLA Piper, Paris, France Orrick Rambaud Martel, Paris, France Mishcon de Reya Solicitors, London, U.K.
ARB/14/5
Infinito Gold Ltd.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Arnold & Porter, London, UK Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Ministry of Foreign Trade, San José, Costa Rica Torys, Toronto, Canada
ICSID Case No ARB/15/2
Lighthouse Corporation Pty Ltd and Lighthouse Corporation Ltd, IBC
Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators DLA Piper, Brisbane, Australia Chester Brown, Sydney, Australia Johnson Winter & Slattery, Sydney, Australia
ARB/03/29
Bayindir Insaat Turizm Ticaret Ve Sanayi A.S.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Attorney General for Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan Eversheds Sutherland, Paris, France Samuel Wordsworth, London, U.K. Samdani & Qureshi, Islamabad, Pakistan Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Stephen M. Schwebel, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ARB/08/5
Burlington Resources, Inc.
Appointed by agreement of the parties Dechert, Paris, France Procurador General del Estado, Quito, Ecuador Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, New York, NY, U.S.A. King & Spalding, Houston, TX, U.S.A. Paz Horowitz Robalino Garces, Quito, Ecuador

Appointed as Claimants Arbitrator (9 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by claimants

Case Law firms
PCA Case No. 2012-12
Philip Morris Asia Limited
Essex Court Chambers Sidley Austin LLP, Geneva, Switzerland Essex Court Chambers
ARB/03/17
Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A. and Interagua Servicios Integrales de Agua S.A.
Procuradora del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ARB/03/18
Aguas Cordobesas S.A., Suez, and Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A.
Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France
ARB/03/19
Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A. and Vivendi Universal S.A
Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France
ARB/03/22
Electricidad Argentina S.A. and EDF International S.A.
Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Clifford Chance Europe
ARB/03/23
EDF International S.A., SAUR International S.A. and León Participaciones Argentinas S.A.
Procuradora del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
ARB/07/19
Electrabel S.A.
Arnold & Porter, London, UK Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Kende, Molnár-Bíró, Katona, Budapest, Hungary Allen & Overy, Paris, France Faludi Wolf Theiss, Budapest, Hungary Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France
ARB/07/27
Venezuela Holdings B.V. and others
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, New York, U.S.A. Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Mexico City, Mexico Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ARB/09/6
Vattenfall AB, Vattenfall Europe AG, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG
K&L Gates, Paris, France Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Berlin, Germany Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany Mannheimer, Swartling Advokatbyrå AB, Stockholm, Sweden