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Philippe Sands

Country United Kingdom
Year of birth 1960
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
1 2 32 35

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% (32) of times from parties of the DIFFERENT countries

Claimants' countries

Nationalities of the claimants appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
United States 1
Cyprus 1

Respondents' countries

Nationalities of the respondent States appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
Turkmenistan 4
Egypt 4
Bolivia 3
Colombia 2
Poland 2
Venezuela 2
Czech Republic 2
Mexico 2
Spain 2
Turkey 1
Paraguay 1
Macedonia 1
Ukraine 1
Belgium 1
Uzbekistan 1
Peru 1
Kyrgyzstan 1
Canada 1

Appointed as President Arbitrator (1 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed as presiding arbitrator

Case Appointed by Law firms
ARB/16/8
Zbigniew Piotr Grot and others

Appointed as Respondent Arbitrator (32 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by respondent State

Case Law firms
ICSID Case No UNCT/20/1
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. and Exploraciones Oceánicas S. de R.L. de C.V.
Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior, Dirección General de Consultoría de Comercio Internacional, Secretaría de Economía, Mexico City, Mexico Tereposky & DeRose, Ontario, Canada Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Cooley (UK) LLP, London, UK Cooley, New York, NY, U.S.A.
SCC Case No 2014/023
Cem Cenzig Uzan
Lalive, Geneva, Switzerland Alas Abogados, Madrid, Spain Araoz & Rueda Abogados, Madrid, Spain CAA Juris Europae, Strasbourg, France Lellos P. Demetriades Law Office, Nicosia, Cyprus London Centre of International Law Practice, London, United Kingdom
SCC Case No 2014/168
GPF GP S.à.r.l
K&L Gates Jamka sp.k., Warsaw, Poland Dentons, Warsaw, Poland Dentons Europe, Paris, France

Nova Scotia Power
Foley Hoag Norton Rose Fulbright

E.T.I. Euro Telecom International N.V.
PCA Case No 2016-39
Glencore Finance (Bermuda) Ltd.
Procuraduría General del Estado, La Paz, Bolivia Dechert, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Ferrere Abogados
SCC Case No V 2015/014
J.P. Busta and I.P. Busta
zeiler.partners Rechtsanwälte, Vienna, Austria BROŽ BROŽ VALA advokátní kancelář, Brno, Czech Republic
SCC Case No V 2014/181
Anglia Auto Accessories Ltd
zeiler.partners Rechtsanwälte, Vienna, Austria BROŽ BROŽ VALA advokátní kancelář, Brno, Czech Republic

Ministry of Land and Property of the Republic of Tatarstan
Unknown Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Paris, France Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY, U.S.A Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Moscow, Russia
ICC Case No 22755/MHM
Honwood Services Limited
Unknown Eversheds Sutherland, London, U.K.
ARB/17/46
Cunico Resources N.V.
White & Case, New York, NY, U.S.A Hogan Lovells, London, U.K. Petrol Chilikov, Moscow, Russia
UNCT/18/5
PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd
Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior, Dirección General de Consultoría Jurídica de Comercio Internacional, Secretaría de Economía, Ciudad de México, México Tereposky & DeRose, Ontario, Canada Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Sidley Austin, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ARB/18/35
Dirk Herzig as Insolvency Administrator over the Assets of Unionmatex Industrieanlagen GmbH
Squire Patton Boggs (US), New York, NY, U.S.A. Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart, Germany Schultze & Braun GmbH, Achern, Germany
ARB/18/12
Red Eagle Exploration Limited
Latham & Watkins, Paris, France Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado, Bogota, Colombia White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
ARB/16/41
Eco Oro Minerals Corp.
Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado, Bogota, Colombia Latham & Watkins, Paris, France Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ARB/16/37
LP Egypt Holdings I, LLC, Fund III Egypt, LLC and OMLP Egypt Holdings I, LLC
Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority Amereller Legal Consultants, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ARB/13/29
Cementos La Union S.A. and Aridos Jativa S.L.U
Bredin Pratt, Paris, France Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority, Giza, Egypt Youssef & Partners Attorneys, Giza, Egypt
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.
ARB/07/28
E.T.I. Euro Telecom International N.V.
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/07/9
Bureau Veritas, Inspection, Valuation, Assessment and Control, BIVAC B.V.
Abogado del Tesoro Ministerio de Hacienda, Asuncion, Paraguay Procurador General de la República, Asuncion, Paraguay Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France Mersán Abogados, Asuncion, Paraguay
ARB/09/9
Adem Dogan
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Paris, France; Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Istanbul, Turkey Curti, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Mexico City Gürel Yörüker Law Firm, Istanbul, Turkey Alexander Lorz, Düsseldorf, Germany Gleiss Lutz Rechtsanwälte, Stuttgart, Germany
ICSID Case No ARB/10/14
OPIC Karimum Corporation
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, New York, U.S.A. Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela K&L Gates, Paris, France McDermott Will & Emery, London, U.K.
ARB/10/24
İçkale İnşaat Limited Şirketi
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, New York, U.S.A. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Istanbul, Turkey Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Mexico City, Mexico Gregor Grubhofer, Vienna, Austria Sakmar Law Office, Istanbul, Turkey William Kirtley, Paris, France
ARB/12/29
Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Limited and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Limited
Foley Hoag, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Liedekerke, Wolters, Waelbroeck, Kirkpatrick, Brussels, Belgium Administration Générale de la Trésorerie, Kingdom of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium Kirkland & Ellis International, London, U.K.
ARB/13/19
Güneş Tekstil Konfeksiyon Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi and others
Ministry of Justice, Tashkent, Uzbekistan White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Akinci Law Office, Istanbul, Turkey
ARB/13/5
Ossama Al Sharif
Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority Eversheds, Paris, France Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, London, U.K.
ARB/10/1
Kılıç İnşaat İthalat İhracat Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, Paris, France Gürel Yörüker Law Firm, Istanbul, Turkey Volterra Fietta, London, U.K. Yasemin Cetinel, Istanbul, Turkey
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/14/18
RENERGY S.à r.l.
Abogacía General del Estado, The Ministry of Justice of the Government of Spain Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, Madrid, Spain
ARB/14/21
Bear Creek Mining Corporation
Estudio Navarro & Pazos Abogados, Lima, Peru Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Stanimir A. Alexandrov PLLC, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. King & Spalding, New York, NY, U.S.A. King & Spalding, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
ARB/15/36
OperaFund Eco-Invest SICAV PLC and Schwab Holding AG
Abogacía General del Estado, The Ministry of Justice of the Government of Spain Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, Madrid, Spain
ARB(AF)/07/4
Mobil Investments Canada Inc. and Murphy Oil Corporation
Trade Law Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, U.S.A. Law Departments of Exxon Mobil Corporation and Murphy Oil Corporation, Houston, TX, U.S.A. Law Departments of Exxon Mobil Corporation and Murphy Oil Corporation, El Dorado, AR, U.S.A. Salans FMC SNR Denton Europe