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Egyptian investor can’t join ICSID claim against Kuwait

An ICSID tribunal has refused to allow an Egyptian businesswoman to be joined as co-claimant in an investment treaty case against Kuwait over a failed project to build a heritage site in the country’s capital.

16 October 2020

Kuwait Mediation & International Arbitration

28 January 2020

Kuwait Mediation & International Arbitration Chamber

04 January 2019

Kuwait tribunal rejects interim requests from both sides

Kuwait and a trio of European construction companies have failed to convince an ICSID tribunal to adopt a raft of provisional measures in their dispute over an overrunning highway construction project, including issuing orders to halt work or ensure it continues.

06 December 2017

Highway project leads to first ICSID claim against Kuwait

Italian and Spanish construction companies have filed the first ICSID claim against Kuwait over a billion-dollar project to upgrade one of the Gulf state’s main highways.

07 March 2017

Egypt and Jordan settle ICSID claims

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