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Click here to enlarge.   Francisco ORREGO VICUNA IAI Advisory Board Member   
Francisco Orrego Vicuña y Compañía
Avenida El Golf No. 40, 6° piso
Santiago 755-0107
Chile
Tel: +56.2.441.6300
Fax: +56.2.441.6398
forrego@uchile.cl

 
 
Languages   Spanish (native); French, English (fluent)
   
Nationality   Chile
   
Bar Admission   Santiago - 1965
   
Education   University of Chile Law School (Law Degree - 1965); London School of Economics and Political Science (PhD International Law - 1986)
   
Academic  
Position  
Professor of Law (International Law, Settlement of International Disputes, and Trade and Business Law) - University of Heidelberg Centre for Latin America, Santiago
   
Experience  
as Arbitrator  
Judge (1992-2009), Vice-President (1995–2001) and President (2001–2004), Administrative Tribunal of the World Bank; Member of the tribunal in several ICSID proceedings; Chairman of a Panel of Commissioners of the UNCC; Ad hoc Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; Ad-hoc Judge, International Court of Justice; member of tribunals in international arbitration proceedings under the Rules of the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, AAA and NAFTA; Member, Commission on the Settlement of Disputes between Chile and the United States
   
Awards  
Rendered  
• ICSID Case No. ARB/09/10, EVN AG v. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Award, 2 Sept 2011 (full text ITA)

• NAFTA/UNCITRAL, Merrill & Ring Forestry LP v. Canada, Final Award, 31 Mar 2010 (full text Foreign Affairs Canada)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/08/7, Itera Int'l Energy LLC and Itera Group NV v. Georgia, Decision on the Admissibility of Ancillary Claims, 4 Dec 2009 (full text ITA) (full text Arbipedia) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5, Burlington Resources, Inc v. Republic of Ecuador, Procedural Order No. 1 Concerning Provisional Measures, 29 June 2009 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID No. ARB/05/15, Waguih Elie George Siag and Clorinda Vecchi v. Arab Republic of Egypt, Award, 1 June 2009 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• NAFTA/UNCITRAL, Merrill & Ring Forestry LP v. Canada, Decision on a Motion to Add a New Party, 31 Jan 2008 (full text Foreign Affairs Canada) (excerpts Kluwer)

• NAFTA/UNCITRAL, Merrill & Ring Forestry LP (United States) v. Canada, Decision on the Place of Arbitration, 12 Dec 2007, (full text Foreign Affairs Canada) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/05/18, Ioannis Kardassopoulos v. Georgia, Decision on Jurisdiction, 6 July 2007 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/01/3, Enron Corp Ponderosa Assets, LP v. Argentine Republic, Award, 22 May 2007 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/02/5, PSEG Global Inc and Konya Ilgin Elektrik Uretim ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi v. Republic of Turkey, Award, 19 Jan 2007 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/01/8, CMS Gas Transmission Co v. Argentine Republic, Award, 12 May 2005 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/02/5, PSEG Global Inc and Konya Ilgin Elektrik Uretim ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi v. Republic of Turkey, Decision on Jurisdiction, 4 June 2004 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/01/8, CMS Gas Transmission Co v. Argentine Republic, Decision on Jurisdiction, 17 July 2003 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/98/4, Wena Hotels Ltd v. Arab Republic of Egypt, Decision on Annulment, 28 Jan 2002 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/97/7, Emilio Agustín Maffezini v. Kingdom of Spain, Award on the Merits, 13 Nov 2000 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/97/7, Emilio Agustín Maffezini v. Kingdom of Spain, Decision on Jurisdiction, 25 Jan 2000 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/97/7, Emilio Agustín Maffezini v. Kingdom of Spain, Procedural Order No. 2 [Request for Provisional Measures], 28 Oct 1999 (full text Arbipedia) (excerpts Kluwer)
   
Publications  
Relating to  
Arbitration  
• International Dispute Settlement in a Global Society (Cambridge University Press, 2003)

• "Legitimate Expectation in the Case-Law of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal," 5(1) L. & Practice of Int'l Courts and Tribunals 41 (2006)

• "Changing Approaches to Nationality of Claims in the Context of Diplomatic Protection and International Dispute Settlement," in Liber Amicorum Ibrahim F.I. Shihata 503 (2001)

• "Peaceful Settlement of Disputes – Prospects for the 21st Century," in The Centennial of the First International Peace Conference 261 (F. Kalshoven ed., 2000)(with C. Pinto)

• "The Binding Nature of Procedural Orders in International Arbitration," 10(1) ICC Bull. 38 (1999)
   
Other  
Connections  
with France  
Visiting Professor, University of Paris II and Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Paris II (1988)
   

 
   
 
 
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