2012
Tenaris and Talta v. Venezuela (II) Tenaris S.A. and Talta - Trading e Marketing Sociedade Unipessoal Lda. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (II) (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/23)
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Luxembourg

Portugal
Shareholding in two Venezuelan companies involved in the steel sector, Tavsa and Comsigua.
Claims arising out of the expropriation of two Venezuelan companies in which the claimants had invested, the steel production company Tavsa and the hot briquetted iron producer Comsigua.
Secondary: C - Manufacturing
24 - Manufacture of basic metals
ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes)
ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes)
Fernández-Armesto, J.
Gómez-Pinzón, E.
Stern, B.
Decided in favour of investor
Decision on the Respondents’ request to address the objections to jurisdiction as a preliminary question dated 15 January 2014
243.70 mln USD
137.00 mln USD
Direct expropriation

Fair and equitable treatment/Minimum standard of treatment, including denial of justice claims

Most-favoured nation treatment

Arbitrary, unreasonable and/or discriminatory measures
Direct expropriation
ICSID annulment proceedings
ICSID annulment proceedings
Award/decision upheld
Knieper, R. (President)

Moreno Rodríguez, J. A. (Member)

Pierola Castro, N. F. (Member)

Jiménez Figueres, D. (Member) (replaced)
https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Pages/cases/casedetail.aspx?CaseNo=ARB/12/23
http://globalarbitrationreview.com/news/article/30792/whos-suing-venezuela-round-up-recent-claims/ (requires subscription)
http://www.iareporter.com/articles/20130808 (requires subscription)
http://www.comsigua.com.ve/site/
http://www.iareporter.com/articles/venezuela-hit-with-160-million-award-including-pre-award-interest-in-second-of-two-cases-brought-by-tenaris/ (requires subscription)
http://globalarbitrationreview.com/article/1078919/steelmaker-wins-second-award-against-venezuela (requires subscription)
http://www.iareporter.com/articles/venezuela-hit-with-160-million-award-including-pre-award-interest-in-second-of-two-cases-brought-by-tenaris/ (requires subscription)
http://globalarbitrationreview.com/article/1078919/steelmaker-wins-second-award-against-venezuela (requires subscription)
http://ir.tenaris.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1004079
http://globalarbitrationreview.com/article/1139875/venezuela-and-hungary-seek-to-overturn-icsid-awards (requires subscription)
https://www.iareporter.com/articles/in-new-icsid-award-arbitrators-weigh-in-on-the-effects-of-venezuelas-denunciation-of-icsid-convention-and-then-find-the-state-liable-for-bit-breach/ (requires subscription)
https://www.iareporter.com/articles/damages-in-second-case-brought-to-icsid-by-tenaris-and-talta-a-discounted-cashflow-dcf-valuation-is-embraced-by-arbitrators/ (requires subscription)
http://www.iareporter.com/articles/rolf-knieper-once-again-tapped-by-icsid-to-preside-over-an-annulment-committee/ (requires subscription)