ICISD Arbitrator Avoids Disqualification For Working With Argentina’s Expert

Mealey's (September 13, 2022, 12:20 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal majority on Sept. 11 declined to disqualify a third arbitrator, who was accused of bias in favor of the Argentine Republic by the Spanish claimant, with the two arbitrators finding that their colleague’s service as co-arbitrator with one of Argentina’s expert witnesses in an unrelated case was not evidence of bias....