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Year the case was initiated1998
Year the award was rendered
Country involvedEgypt
Home country of the investorUnited Kingdom
Parties to the disputeWena Hotels Ltd. V. Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/4)
Sector3
Type of investmenthotel lease and development agreements
Nature of dispute / claim
Legal instrumentEgypt-United Kingdom BIT
Rules / VenuesICSID
Amount sought by investornot less than US$ 62,820,000
Amount awarded / status of disputeUS$ 8,061,897 awarded plus interest of US$ 11,431,386 (calculated at rate of 9%, compounded quarterly) awarded in 2000. Interest in default of payment at the same rate.
ArbitratorsDecision on Jurisdiction (1999): Monroe Leigh (Chair); Ibrahim Fadlallah; Hamzeh Ahmad Haddad
Final Award (2000): Monroe Leigh (Chair); Ibrahim Fadlallah; Don Wallace
Decision on Application for Annulment (2002): Konstantinos D. Kerameus (Chair); Andreas Bucher;
Francisco Orrego Vicuña
Application for Interpretation (2005): Klaus Sachs (Chair); Ibrahim Fadlallah; Carl F. Salans
Decisions renderedDecision on Jurisdiction issued on 29 June 1999;
Final Award issued on 8 December 2000;
Decision on Application for Annulment issued on 5 February 2002;
Decision on the Claimant’s Application for Interpretation of the Arbitral Award dated December 8, 2000 issued on 31 October 2005
Statusawarded in favor of the investor
Linkshttp://ita.law.uvic.ca/documents/Wena-1999-Final.pdf
http://ita.law.uvic.ca/documents/Wena-2000-Final.pdf
http://ita.law.uvic.ca/documents/Wena-annulment.pdf
http://ita.law.uvic.ca/documents/WenaInterpretationDecision.pdf
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