The case involved a consortium between an Italian and a Dutch company to build some heat recovery steam generators for two electrical power plants in Egypt. On October 17, 2006, the Italian company, by then in liquidation, claimed some amounts from the other party. The sole arbitrator, Sebastien Besson, sitting in Geneva, granted part of the claim in an award of October 8, 2008 and an appeal to the Federal Tribunal was filed by the Italian company.