Kluwer: No Section 1782 Discovery for ICSID Arbitrations Says Second Circuit in In re Webuild S.p.A. (But Some Paths Remain)

Published on August 3, 2024

By Gavin Frisch (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP) and Lucas Bento (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP)

The chasm between the Section 1782 and arbitration worlds just got wider. In Webuild S.p.A. v. WSP USA Inc. (“Webuild S.p.A.”), the Second Circuit determined that a tribunal in an arbitration administered by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) was not a “foreign or international tribunal” under Section 1782, the U.S. federal...

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