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)

From 26 June 2022:

 

The Hon. Mr. Justice David Unterhalter (Presiding Arbitrator)
Judge O. Thomas Johnson
Professor Mόnica Pinto

 

Until 30 July 2020:

 

Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg (Presiding Arbitrator)

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

Mr. Gabriel Bottini

Representatives of the Claimant(s)

Mr. Baiju Vasani

Twenty Essex

 

Ms. Melissa S. Gorsline

Mr. Michael P. Daly

Jones Day

Washington D.C.

 

Mr. Philip Devenish

Ms. Isabella Noyen

Jones Day

London

 

Mr. Alexey Buktiarov

 

Representatives of the Respondent(s)

Mr. Mark O’Donoghue

Dr. Alexandra Maier

Mr. Yerzhan Mukhitdinov

Mr. Andrew Larkin (until 17 May 2024)

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

New York

 

Mr. Mark Handley (until 14 September 2023),

Ms. Belén Ibañez

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

London

 

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 08 August 2025
Length of Proceedings More than 4 years
Additional notes -