Gold Pool JV Limited v. The Republic of Kazakhstan

The PCA acts as registry in this arbitration, which is conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976 pursuant to the Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments signed on 20 November 1989. 


Case information

Name(s) of Claimant(s) Gold Pool JV Limited (Private entity )
Name(s) of Respondent(s) The Republic of Kazakhstan (State)
Names of Parties -
Case number 2016-23
Administering institution Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Case status Concluded
Type of case Investment arbitration
Subject matter or economic sector Mining and quarrying
Procedural rules UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976
Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced

Bilateral treaty
Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments
Country A: - N/A -
Country B: - N/A -

Language of Proceeding English
Seat of Arbitration (by Country) United Kingdom
Arbitrator(s), Conciliator(s), Other Neutral(s)

Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg

(Presiding Arbitrator)

Mr. David A.R. Williams, Q.C.

Mr. Gabriel Bottini

Representatives of the Claimant(s)

Mr. Charles T. Kotuby Jr.

Ms. Melissa S. Gorsline

Mr. James Egerton-Vernon

Ms. Maria I. Pradilla Picas

Jones Day

Washington D.C.

 

Mr. Baiju S. Vasani

Ms. Tatiana Minaeva

Ms. Sylvia Tonova

Mr. Anatoly Matveev

Jones Day

London

 

 

Representatives of the Respondent(s)

Mr. Mark O’Donoghue

Mr. Fuad Zarbiyev

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

New York

 

Professor Tullio Treves

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Milan

 

Mr. Marat Umerov

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Washington D.C.

Representatives of the Parties
Number of Arbitrators in case 3
Date of commencement of proceeding 22 March 2016
Date of issue of final award 30 July 2020
Length of Proceedings More than 4 years
Additional notes -