Mr. Mikhail Maratovich Fridman (Russian Federation, Israel) v. The Kingdom of the Netherlands

The PCA provides administrative support in the arbitration, which is being conducted pursuant to the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and the UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 2013.


Case information

Name(s) of Claimant(s) Mr. Mikhail Maratovich Fridman (Russian Federation, Israel) (Private entity )
Name(s) of Respondent(s) The Kingdom of the Netherlands (State)
Names of Parties -
Case number 2026-30
Administering institution Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Case status Pending
Type of case Investment arbitration
Subject matter or economic sector Financial and insurance
Procedural rules UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976
Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced

Other

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

Ms. Dyalá Jiménez (Presiding Arbitrator)
Prof. Vladimir Pavić
Mr. J. Christopher Thomas KC

Representatives of the Claimant(s)

Mr. Baiju S. Vasani
Mr. Alexander Yean
Twenty Essex

 

Ms. Valeriya Grebenkova

 

Mr. Vladimir Gladyshev

 

Mr. Dmitry Dyakin
Mr. Vadim Vunukainen
Mr. Dmitry Tikhonov
Ms. Alexandra Aslanian
Mr. Sergei Sushkov
Mr. Matvey Tarasov
Mr. Dmitry Smirnov
Dyakin, Gortsunyan and Partners

 

Mr. Roger Gherson
Ms. Amalia Gherson
Gherson Solicitors LLP

 

Mr. Thierry Marembert
Mr. Aaron Bass
Kiejman & Marembert

Representatives of the Respondent(s)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

 

Mr. Albert Marsman
Ms. Irina Buga
Ms. Anna Sablicova
Mr. Max van Vianen
Ms. Tjia Tjia Lou
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.

Representatives of the Parties
Number of Arbitrators in case 3
Date of commencement of proceeding 26 March 2025
Date of issue of final award -
Length of Proceedings Pending
Additional notes -

Documents

Notice of Arbitration
Notice of Arbitration
Procedural Documents
Procedural Order No. 1 (Rules of Procedure)
Procedural Order No. 2 (Seat of the Arbitration)