Victoria R. Orlowski

Gibson Dunn

Victoria R. Orlowski, an associate in the New York of Gibson ,Dunn & Crutcher, acts as counsel in both commercial and investment-treaty based international arbitrations, as well as in litigation matters. In addition to representing clients, Ms. Orlowski is active in the international arbitration community. She is acting Vice President of the Standing Committee of the ICC International Centre for ADR and Co-Chaired the ICC Commission's task force on the revision of the Rules of ICC as Appointing Authority in UNCITRAL Or Other Ad Hoc Arbitration Proceedings, which came into force in 2017. Ms. Orlowski joined Gibson Dunn from the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. As counsel of the North American team and then as Managing Counsel, she supervised the ICC Court's case management teams, performed second level review of draft arbitral awards, worked closely with the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of the ICC Court and ICC General Counsel to form and maintain practices and helped establish the ICC's New York based case management team. Prior to joining the ICC, Ms. Orlowski was an associate at White & Case in New York.

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Investment and investor protection under the Energy Charter Treaty

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers the substantive standards of investor and investment protection under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). It does not cover the notions of the investor and investment, the denial of benefits and the dispute resolution mechanism under the ECT, which are considered in a separate Practice Note: Investment treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty. The Practice Note considers the following protections under the provisions of the ECT: fair and equal treatment and constant protection and security, within which are considered: non-impairment of investments, non-discrimination (or non-discriminatory treatment), key personnel protection, war losses compensation, and expropriation under the ECT.

Arbitration

Investment treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers investment treaty arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) (also referred to as investment arbitration under the ECT). It considers the background to the ECT (what is the Energy Charter Treaty?), the investors and investments protected by the ECT (what is a qualifying investment under the ECT; what is a qualifying investor under the ECT), denial of benefits under the ECT, and the options for dispute resolution under the ECT (ie to the courts or administrative tribunals of the Contracting Party to the dispute; in accordance with any agreed dispute settlement procedure; or, to international arbitration in accordance with article 26(4) of the ECT). It also considers amicable settlement under the ECT.

Arbitration