Region: Jordan

A pair of Austrian and Swiss engineering companies are bringing an investment treaty claim against Jordan at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, it has emerged.

05 August 2022

Jordan and one of its state-owned entities have launched ICC claims against a company awarded a US$2.1 billion contract to build a power station and mine as part of China’s Belt and Road initiative.

20 January 2021

Switzerland’s top court has upheld an LCIA award rejecting a US$130 million claim against a Jordanian state-owned fund after finding that the underlying share purchase deal was fraudulent– as it emerges that related ICSID and UNCITRAL claims have been discontinued.

30 January 2017

A Kuwaiti investor has settled an ICSID claim that it filed against Egypt in the wake of the Arab Spring, as Jordan amicably resolves a dispute with French mobile operator Orange.

04 November 2016