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L. Yves FORTIER |
IAI Member |
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Cabinet Yves Fortier
1 Place Ville Marie - Suite 2822
Montréal (Quebec) H3B 1R4
Canada
Tel: +1.514.286.2012
Fax: +1.514.286.2019
yves.fortier@yfortier.ca
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| Languages |
French, English (fluent); Spanish, Italian (knowledge) |
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| Nationality |
Canada |
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| Bar Admission |
Québec - 1961 |
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| Education |
Université de Montréal (BA (summa cum laude) - 1955); McGill University (BCL - 1958); Oxford University (Bachelor of Letters - 1960) |
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Experience
as Arbitrator |
Chairman, sole arbitrator, or member of the tribunal in numerous domestic and international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc and under the aegis of the ICC, LCIA, AAA, Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), Zurich Chamber of Commerce (ZHK), and ICSID; Chairman of Panels "C" and "F3" of the UNCC; member, Claims Resolution Tribunal for dormant accounts in Switzerland; President of the LCIA |
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Experience
as Counsel |
Numerous domestic and international arbitration proceedings; arbitration-related matters before Canadian courts; proceedings before the International Court of Justice at The Hague |
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Awards
Rendered |
• ICSID Case No. ARB/08/2, ATA Construction, Industrial and Trading Co. v. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Decision on Interpretation and on the Request for Provisional Measures, 7 Mar 2011 (full text ITA)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/08/2, ATA Construction, Industrial and Trading Co. v. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Award, 18 May 2010 (full text ITA)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/06/11, Occidental Petroleum Corp, Occidental Exploration & Production Co v. Republic of Ecuador, Decision on Jurisdiction, 9 Sep 2008 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/06/11, Occidental Petroleum Corp, Occidental Exploration & Production Co v. Republic of Ecuador, Decision on Provisional Measures, 17 Aug 2007 (full text ITA) (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/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)
• CAS Case No. 2003/A/448, International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) v. Fédération Camerounaise d'Athlétisme (CMR), Award, 2 Oct 2003 (excerpts Kluwer)
• NAFTA/UNCITRAL, United Parcel Service of America, Inc v. Government of Canada, Award on Jurisdiction, 22 Nov 2002 (full text Foreign Affairs Canada) (excerpts Kluwer)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/97/3, Compañia de Aquas del Aconquija SA and Vivendi Universal SA v. Argentine Republic, Decision on Annulment, 3 July 2002 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)
• CAS Ad Hoc Division (OWG Salt Lake City 2002) 003, Bassani-Antivari v. International Olympic Committee (IOC), Award, 12 Feb 2002 (excerpts Kluwer)
• NAFTA/UNCITRAL, United Parcel Service of America, Inc v. Government of Canada, Decision of the Tribunal on the Place of Arbitration, 17 Oct 2001 (full text Foreign Affairs Canada) (excerpts Kluwer)
• NAFTA/UNCITRAL, United Parcel Service of America, Inc v. Government of Canada, Decision of the Tribunal on Petitions for Intervention and Participation as Amici Curiae, 17 Oct 2001 (full text Foreign Affairs Canada) (excerpts Kluwer)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/99/2, Alex Genin, Eastern Credit Limited, Inc, AS Baltoil v. Republic of Estonia, Award, 25 June 2001 (full text ITA) (excerpts Kluwer)
• ICSID Case No. ARB/96/1, Compañia del Desarrollo de Santa Elena, SA v. Republic of Costa Rica, Award, 17 Feb 2000 (excerpts Kluwer) |
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Publications
Relating to
Arbitration |
Numerous articles on arbitration, including:
• "Indirect Expropriation in the Law of International Investment: I know It When I See It, or Caveat Investor," 19(2) ICSID Rev. 293 (2004)(with S. Drymer)
• "The Tribunal's Deliberations," in The Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitratin 391 (L. Newman and R. Hill eds., Juris Publishing, 2004)
• "Third-Party Intervention and Document Discovery," 4(3) J. World Inv. 473 (2003)
• "The Occasionally Unwarranted Assumption of Confidentiality," 15 Arb. Int’l 131 (1999)
• "The Last Word in International Commercial Arbitration in this Millenium," 65 Arbitration 335 (No. 4, 1999)
• "The Minimum Requirements of Due Process in Taking Measures Against Dilatory Tactics: Arbitral Discretion in International Commercial Arbitration – A Few Plain Rules and a Few Strong Instincts," in Improving the Efficiency of Arbitration Agreements and Awards: 40 Years of Application of the New York Convention, ICCA Congress Series No. 9, at 396 (Kluwer, 1999) |
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Other
Connections
with France |
Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law |
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