Gold mining bilateral investment treaty dispute

In a Bilateral Investment Treaty dispute under UNCITRAL rules between a CIS-based gold mining company and a sovereign state, CRA experts were engaged by the Claimant to assess allegations of unfair taxation. The client was headquartered in Russia, and most supporting documentation, including financial statements, was in Russian. The CRA team provided multiple expert reports during the liability phase of the arbitration, analyzing the company’s operating costs, cash costs, and production costs.