The Dominican government has seven international arbitrage cases open in courts abroad. The most important are the Lajun Corporation case where the company rejects its eviction from managing the Santo Domingo waste dump and is suing for US$300 million. Also, that placed against the government by Odebrecht that is claiming an additional US$708 million for the completion of the Punta Catalina power center in Peravia province.
As reported in Listin Diario, other cases registered at the United Nations arbitrage court were submitted by a French company for electricity distribution in 2007, another by TCW in 2007 that alleges indirect interference of a government holding, two in 2014 by a US mining company, another by Bellantine, a US luxury real estate project with hotel and spa, and another real estate project by Panamanian company Silverton.
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Listin Diario
24 April 2018
