TY - JOUR AB - CHALLENGE DECISIONS The Rompetrol Group N.V. v. Romania (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/3) Decision of the Tribunal on the Participation of a Counsel Members of the Tribunal: Sir Franklin Berman, KCMG, QC Mr. Donald Francis Donovan, Esq. The Honourable Marc Lalonde PC, OC, QC 1. This is the Tribunal’s Decision on the Respondent’s application dated 21 August 2009, in which the Respondent seeks an order from the Tribunal requiring the Claimant “to remove Mr. [Barton] Legum from the case and to forbid him from participating in it in any way.” The Respondent cites as the ground for its application that Mr. Legum was until 31 December 2008 employed by a law firm of which one of the Members of the Tribunal is a member. 2. The application is opposed by the Claimant. The background is as follows. It is not clear from the syntax whether the intention was to have the Tribunal require the Claimant to withdraw Mr. Legum, or whether it was that the Tribunal should do so directly (see further paragraph 24 below). 232 CHALLENGE DECISION – THE ROMPETROL GROUP V. ROMANIA 233 I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 3. The Claimant’s legal representation in the Arbitration is entrusted to the TI - The Rompetrol Group N.V. v. Romania (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/3), Decision of the Tribunal on the Participation of a Counsel JO - ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal DO - 10.1093/icsidreview/24.1.232 DA - 2009-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-rompetrol-group-n-v-v-romania-icsid-case-no-arb-06-3-decision-of-YAWkYs90RG SP - 232 EP - 242 VL - 24 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -