Split Tribunal Awards Chevron More Than $220M In Fees For Ecuador Fight

Mealey's ( December 12, 2025, 2:14 PM EST) -- THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A split Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) tribunal awarded Chevron Corp. and its subsidiary more than $220 million in attorney fees and expenses incurred opposing an Ecuadorian court’s “fraudulent” multibillion-dollar judgment for oil drilling in the rainforest, representing less than 25% of what Chevron sought, with a dissenting arbitrator saying Chevron deserved all the fees it incurred suing a U.S. lawyer who was involved in bribing an Ecuadorian judge....