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Investment treaty awardUnpaid

Teinver v. Argentina (Aerolíneas Argentinas)

Expropriation of Aerolíneas Argentinas

Headline amount
$321MPrincipal
Respondent
ArgentinaState
Awarded
Jul 21, 2017
Status
UnpaidNothing collected

Latest development Oct 14, 2026

Argentina says it will petition the U.S. Supreme Court by December 2, 2026. Its 2027 budget reserves $1.1B for four ICSID cases, reported as this one, AES, Webuild and Saur.

The award

Amount awarded
About $321M plus interest and costs
Current estimate
D.D.C. judgment of $390.9M (December 10, 2024), plus post-judgment interest
Award holder
Titan Consortium 1 LLC, which bought the award’s economic rights from Burford Capital in 2018 (original claimants Teinver, Transportes de Cercanías and Autobuses Urbanos del Sur)
Respondent
Argentine Republic
Forum
ICSID ARB/09/1 · D.D.C. 21-cv-2250

Challenges

Annulment dismissed (2019). The D.C. Circuit affirmed the U.S. judgment on July 21, 2026, applying a 12-year limitations period and fixing the enforceable amount at $390.9M.

Enforcement

The D.D.C. authorized attachment and execution under §1610(c), effective September 28, 2026. No specific asset has been attached.

Recovered to date

None