1. Chevron Corporation and 2. Texaco Petroleum Company v. The Republic of Ecuador

The PCA is providing administrative support in this arbitration, which is being conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules pursuant to the Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment.


Case information

Name(s) of Claimant(s) Chevron Corporation (Private entity )
Texaco Petroleum Company (Private entity )
Name(s) of Respondent(s) The Republic of Ecuador (State)
Names of Parties -
Case number 2009-23
Administering institution Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Case status Pending
Type of case Investment arbitration
Subject matter or economic sector -
Procedural rules UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976
Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced

Bilateral treaty
Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment
Country A: United States
Country B: Ecuador

Language of Proceeding English
Spanish
Seat of Arbitration (by Country) Netherlands
Arbitrator(s), Conciliator(s), Other Neutral(s)

Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg (Presiding Arbitrator) 
Dr. Horacio Grigera Naón
Prof. Vaughan Lowe QC

Representatives of the Claimant(s)

Mr. R Hewitt Pate, General Counsel
Mr. Ricardo Reis Veiga
Mr. Jose L. Martin
Mr. Andrés R. Romero
CHEVRON CORP.

 

Mr. R. Doak Bishop 
Ms. Tracie Renfroe 
Mr. Wade M. Coriell 
Mr. David Weiss
Ms. Carol Wood
Ms. Elizabeth Silbert
Ms. Sara McBrearty
Ms. Eldy Quintanilla Roché
Ms. Anisha Sud
Ms. Ginny Castelan
KING & SPALDING LLP (Houston)

 

Mr. Edward G. Kehoe 
Ms. Caline Mouawad
Ms. Isabel Fernández de la Cuesta 
Ms. John Calabro Esq 
Ms. Jessica Beess und Chrostin
KING & SPALDING LLP (New York)

Mr. Brian A. White
Ms. Amelia S. Magee
KING & SPALDING LLP (Atlanta)

 

Prof. Jan Paulsson (from May 2013)
Mr. Luke Sobota (from May 2013)
THREE CROWNS LLP

Professor James Crawford SC (until November 2014)
MATRIX CHAMBERS

Representatives of the Respondent(s)

Ab. Juan Carlos Larrea Valencia, Procurador General del Estado (from February 2023)
Dr. Íñigo Salvador Crespo, Procurador General del Estado (from August 2018 until February 2023)
Dr. Rafael Parreño Navas, acting Procurador General del Estado (from February 2018 until August 2018)
Dr. Diego García Carrión, Procurador General del Estado (until February 2018)

Dra. Ana María Larrea, Directora de Asuntos Internacionales y Arbitraje (from February 2023)
Dra. Claudia Salgado Levy, Directora de Asuntos Internacionales y Arbitraje (from August 2018 until February 2023)
Dra. Blanca Gómez de la Torre, Directora de Asuntos Internacionales y Arbitraje (until August 2018)

Lily Díaz Granados, Subdirectora de Asuntos Internacionales (from May 2022)
Ab. Nazaret Ramos, Subdirectora de Asuntos Internacionales (until May 2022)
Diana Terán Zamora
Gary Lopez Velez
Ms. Macarena Bahamonde (until August 2020)
PROCURADORÍA GENERAL DEL ESTADO, REPÚBLICA DEL ECUADOR

 

Mr. Andrew Schwartz
Ms. Diana Tsutieva
Mr. Kenneth S. Leonetti
Mr. Jonathan Ettinger
Mr. Nicholas Renzler
Mr. Mark Finsterwald
FOLEY HOAG LLP

 

Prof. Eduardo Silva Romero
Mr. José Manuel García Represa
Ms. Audrey Caminades
Ms. Raphaelle LEgru
WORDSTONE 

 

The Respondent was also represented earlier in these proceedings by:

 

Mr. Mark Clodfelter
FOLEY HOAG LLP

 

Mr. Eric W. Bloom 
Mr. Tomás Leonard
Ms. Nicole Silver
Mr. Eric Goldstein
Ms. Carolina Romero Acevedo
Ms. Kathy Ames Valdivieso
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP (Washington DC)

 

Mr. Ricardo Ugarte
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP (Chicago)

 

Ms. Nassim Hooshmandnia

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP (Hong Kong)

 

Prof. Pierre Mayer

 

Prof. Eduardo Silva Romero
Mr. José Manuel García Represa
Ms. Audrey Caminades
DECHERT LLP (Paris)

 

Dr. Alvaro Galindo

DECHERT LLP (Wasington DC)

 

Professor Zachary Douglas QC 

Mr. Luis González García 
MATRIX CHAMBERS 

 

Mr. Gregory Ewing
DAVID, AGNOR, RAPAPORT & SKALNY

Representatives of the Parties
Number of Arbitrators in case 3
Date of commencement of proceeding 2009
Date of issue of final award -
Length of Proceedings Pending
Additional notes -

Documents

Award or other decision
Second Partial Award on Track II