On behalf of the Tribunal
Professor Vaughan Lowe, Q.C., President of the Tribunal
ICSID Secretariat:
Ms. Mercedes Cordido-Freytes de Kurowski, Secretary of the Tribunal
On behalf of the Claimant:
Counsel: | |
Ms. Andrea J. Menaker | White & Case LLP |
Mr. Petr Polasek | White & Case LLP |
Ms. Kristen M. Young | White & Case LLP |
Ms. Harpreet K. Dhillon | White & Case LLP |
Parties: | |
Mr. Javier Cuebas | TECO Energy Inc. |
On behalf of the Respondent:
Counsel: | |
Nigel Blackaby | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP |
Lluís Paradell | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP |
Francesca Loreto | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP |
Alexander Alonso | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP |
Jean Paul Dechamps | Dechamps International Law |
Republic of Guatemala’s Authorities: | |
Luisa Gatica | Procuraduría General de la Nación |
Lilian Nájera | Procuraduría General de la Nación |
Mario Mérida | Procuraduría General de la Nación |
Day 1:
• The hearing shall start at 9:30 am and end at 5:30 pm, subject to the provisions set forth below. There will be two 15-minute breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There will be a 75-minute lunch break.
Days 2 and 3:
• The hearing day shall start at 9:30 am and end by 5:30 pm. There will be two 15-minute breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There will be a 75-minute lunch break.
Day 4:
• The hearing day shall start at 09:30 am and end by 4.30 pm (or later if the day starts with a session for the concurrent examination of the Parties‘ experts). There will be two 15-minute breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There will be a 75-minute lunch break.
• Day 1 (Monday, March 11, 2019)
i. Administrative matters
ii. Claimant’s Opening Statement: up to 3 hours (morning coffee when convenient)
iii. Lunch break
iv. Respondent’s Opening Statement: up to 3 hours (afternoon coffee when convenient)
• Day 2 (Tuesday, March 12, 2019)
i. Mr. Brent C. Kaczmarek (Claimant’s expert)
a) Presentation: up to 45 min. [PO-1 # 20.9.3]
b) Cross: up to 3 hours (estimate)
c) Re-direct: up to 30 min. (estimate)
ii. end of Day 2
• Day 3 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)
i. Dr. Manuel A. Abdala / Mr Julián M. Delamer (Respondent’s experts)
a) Presentation: up to 45 min. [PO-1 # 20.9.3]
b) Cross: up to 3 hours (estimate)
c) Re-direct: up to 30 min. (estimate)
ii. end of Day 3
• Day 4 (Thursday, 14 March)
i. [Possible session for one expert from each Party to answer Tribunal questions, followed by a break to allow the Parties to consider the answers given]
ii. Claimant’s Closing Statement: up to 2 hours
iii. Coffee break
iv. Respondent’s Closing Statement: up to 2 hours
v. Tribunal’s questions
vi. End of the Hearing
a) Corrections to transcripts
b) Post-Hearing Briefs
c) Submissions on Costs
a. 9.25 hours for the Claimant
b. 9.25 hours for the Respondent
As indicated above, Day 1 shall consist of the Opening Statements of the Parties; Day 2 shall consist of the examination of Claimant’s expert; Day 3 shall consist of the examination of Respondent’s expert; and Day 4 shall be reserved for the possibility of further questions to be put jointly by the Tribunal to one expert from each Party, and for closing statements by the Parties. Within that framework, each Party may decide how to allocate its time between the various elements of its presentation.
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