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 |
| 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) |
| Representatives of the Claimant(s) |
Mr. R Hewitt Pate, General Counsel
Mr. R. Doak Bishop
Ms. Tracie Renfroe Mr. Nate Bilhartz
Mr. Edward G. Kehoe Mr. Brian A. White
Prof. Jan Paulsson (from May 2013) Professor James Crawford SC (until November 2014) |
| Representatives of the Respondent(s) |
Ab. Juan Carlos Larrea Valencia, Procurador General del Estado (from February 2023) Dra. Ana María Larrea, Directora de Asuntos Internacionales y Arbitraje (from February 2023) Lily Díaz Granados, Subdirectora de Asuntos Internacionales (from May 2022) Ms. Macarena Bahamonde (until August 2020) Gary Lopez Velez María Emilia Grijalva Reyes
Ms. Diana Tsutieva
Ms. Sun Young Hwang
FOLEY HOAG LLP
Prof. Eduardo Silva Romero
The Respondent was also represented earlier in these proceedings by:
Mr. Mark Clodfelter
Mr. Andrew Schwartz
Mr. Kenneth S. Leonetti
Mr. Jonathan Ettinger
Mr. Nicholas Renzler
Mr. Mark Finsterwald
FOLEY HOAG LLP
Mr. Eric W. Bloom
Mr. Ricardo Ugarte
Ms. Nassim Hooshmandnia WINSTON & STRAWN LLP (Hong Kong)
Prof. Pierre Mayer
Prof. Eduardo Silva Romero
Dr. Alvaro Galindo DECHERT LLP (Wasington DC)
Professor Zachary Douglas QC Mr. Luis González García
Mr. Gregory Ewing |
| 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 | - |

