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1. The Estate of Julio Miguel Orlandini-Agreda, 2. Compañía Minera Orlandini Ltda. v. The Plurinational State of Bolivia

The PCA provides administrative support in this arbitration, which is being conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, as revised in 2010 (with new Article 1, paragraph 4, as adopted in 2013)

Case information

Name(s) of Claimant(s) 1. The Estate of Julio Miguel Orlandini-Agreda (Private entity )
2. Compañía Minera Orlandini Ltda. (Private entity )
Name(s) of Respondent(s) The Plurinational State of Bolivia (State)
Names of Parties -
Case number 2018-39
Administering institution Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Case status Pending
Type of case Investment arbitration
Subject matter or economic sector Mining and quarrying
Procedural rules UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2013
Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced

Bilateral treaty
Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bolivia Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, signed on April 17, 1998, entered into force on June 6, 2001 and denounced by
Country A: United States
Country B: Bolivia
Language of Proceeding English
Spanish
Seat of Arbitration (by Country) France
Arbitrator(s), Conciliator(s), Other Neutral(s)

Dr. Stanimir A. Alexandrov (Presiding Arbitrator)
Prof. Dr. Guido Santiago Tawil
Dr. José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez
Representatives of the Claimant(s)

Mr. David M. Orta
Mr. Daniel Salinas-Serrano
Ms. Dawn Y. Yamane Hewett
Mr. Lucas Loviscek
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP

Dr. Bernardo A. Wayar Caballero
Dr. Bernardo A. Wayar Ocampo
Dr. Mauricio Dávila Jordán 
Dr. Joaquín Vásquez Schaer
WAYAR & VON BORRIES ABOGADOS S.C.
Representatives of the Respondent(s)

Wilfredo Franz David Chávez Serrano

Procurador General del Estado

Patricia Guzmán Meneses

Sub-Procuradora de Defensa y Representación Legal del Estado

Manuel Andrés Tórrez Ticona

Director General de Defensa 1

PROCURADURIA GENERAL DEL ESTADO

 

Prof. Eduardo Silva Romero 
Mr. José Manuel García Represa
DECHERT (PARIS) LLP
Representatives of the Parties
Number of Arbitrators in case 3
Date of commencement of proceeding 05 February 2018
Date of issue of final award -
Length of Proceedings Pending
Additional notes -

Documents

Procedural Documents
Acta de Constitución, de fecha 18 de diciembre de 2018
download | 18 December 2018 | Spanish | 360.76KB
Terms of Appointment, dated December 18, 2018
download | 18 December 2018 | English | 365.65KB
Procedural Order No. 1, dated February 4, 2019
download | 04 February 2019 | English | 83.76KB
Orden Procesal No. 1, de fecha 4 de febrero de 2019
download | 04 February 2019 | Spanish | 80.53KB
Procedural Order No. 2 (Protocol on Confidentiality and Transparency), dated March 8, 2019
download | 08 March 2019 | English | 48.66KB
Orden Procesal No. 2 (Protocolo sobre Confidencialidad y Transparencia), de fecha 8 de marzo de 2019
download | 08 March 2019 | Spanish | 41.41KB
Procedural Order No. 3 (Procedural Calendar), dated March 8, 2019
download | 08 March 2019 | English | 59.74KB
Orden Procesal No. 3 (Calendario Procesal), de fecha 8 de marzo de 2019
download | 08 March 2019 | Spanish | 51.61KB
Procedural Order No. 1 (amended), dated March 27, 2019
download | 27 March 2019 | English | 84.02KB
Orden Procesal No. 1 (enmendada), de fecha 27 de marzo de 2019
download | 27 March 2019 | Spanish | 81.18KB
Decision on the Respondent's Application for Termination, Trifurcation and Security for Costs
download | 09 July 2019 | English | 399.96KB
Decisión sobre la solicitud de terminación, trifurcación y cautio judicatum solvi del Demandado
download | 09 July 2019 | Spanish | 439.95KB
Procedural Order No. 4 (Phase on Jurisdiction and Liability), dated August 12, 2019
download | 12 August 2019 | English | 46.67KB
Orden Procesal No. 4 (Fase de jurisdicción y fondo), de fecha 12 de agosto de 2019
download | 12 August 2019 | Spanish | 39.37KB
Procedural Order No. 5 (Amended Procedural Calendar), dated November 20, 2019
download | 20 November 2019 | English | 48.55KB
Orden Procesal No. 5 (Calendario Procesal Enmendado), de fecha 20 de noviembre de 2019
download | 20 November 2019 | Spanish | 37.07KB
Orden Procesal No. 6 (Calendario procesal enmendado para la fase sobre jurisdicción y fondo), de fecha 17 de marzo de 2020
download | 17 March 2020 | Spanish | 42.07KB
Procedural Order No. 6 (Procedural Calendar for the Phase on Jurisdiction and Liability), dated March 17, 2020
download | 17 March 2020 | English | 41.33KB
Procedural Order No. 7 (Respondent’s Request for Suspension of the Time-limit for the Submission of its Statement of Defense)
download | 10 April 2020 | English | 112.21KB
Orden Procesal No. 7 (Solicitud del Demandado de Suspensión del Plazo para la Presentación de su Escrito de Contestación)
download | 10 April 2020 | Spanish | 110.72KB
Procedural Order No. 8 (Decision on the Parties’ Requests for Document Production)
download | 27 July 2020 | English | 2.94MB
Orden Procesal No. 8 (Decisión sobre las Solicitudes de Exhibición de Documentos de las Partes)
download | 27 July 2020 | Spanish | 2.93MB
Procedural Order No. 9
download | 21 February 2021 | English | 148.24KB
Orden Procesal No. 9
download | 21 February 2021 | Spanish | 76.25KB
Procedural Order No. 10
download | 06 March 2021 | English | 559.10KB
Orden Procesal No. 10
download | 06 March 2021 | Spanish | 563.65KB
Orden Procesal No. 11
download | 23 March 2021 | Spanish | 78.57KB
Procedural Order No. 11
download | 23 March 2021 | English | 73.91KB
Procedural Order No. 12
download | 01 April 2021 | English | 51.32KB
Orden Procesal No. 12
download | 01 April 2021 | Spanish | 50.54KB
Procedural Order No. 13
download | 09 June 2021 | English | 29.47KB
Orden Procesal No. 13
download | 09 June 2021 | Spanish | 26.94KB
Procedural Order No. 14
download | 29 July 2021 | English | 36.59KB
Orden Procesal No. 14
download | 29 July 2021 | Spanish | 38.48KB
Procedural Order No. 15
download | 12 November 2021 | English | 151.56KB
Orden Procesal No. 15
download | 12 November 2021 | Spanish | 171.34KB