Procedural Issue Substantive Issue
| Year the case was initiated | 2002 |
| Year the award was rendered | 2007 |
| Country involved | United Arab Emirates |
| Home country of the investor | Italy |
| Parties to the dispute | Hussein Nauman Soufraki v. United Arab Emirates (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/7) |
| Sector | 3 |
| Type of investment | port concession |
| Nature of dispute / claim | claim arising out of a concession agreement between the Dubai Department of Ports and Customs and the investor |
| Legal instrument | Italy-United Arab Emirates BIT |
| Rules / Venues | ICSID |
| Amount sought by investor | between US$ 580 million and US$ 2.5 billion |
| Amount awarded / status of dispute | Tribunal lacks jurisdiction; Claimant's Request for annulment is dismissed; Request for Rectification regestered on 19 June 2007 |
| Arbitrators | L. Yves Fortier (Chair); Aktham El Kholy; Stephen M. Schwebel
Annulment Committee: Florentino P. Feliciano (Chair); Omar Nabulsi; Brigitte Stern |
| Decisions rendered | Decision on Jurisdiction issued on 7 July 2004;
Decision of the Ad Hoc Committee on Annulment issued on 13 August 2007 |
| Status | awarded in favor of the state |
| Links | http://ita.law.uvic.ca/documents/Soufraki_000.pdf http://www.investmentclaims.com/decisions/Soufraki-UAE-Annulment-Decision.pdf |
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