Riverside accused Nicaragua of directing paramilitary groups’ seizure of its approximately 3,024-acre Hass avocado plantation, Hacienda Santa Fé, in 2018.
Analía González, Marco Molina and Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, BakerHostetler. (Latinvex collage)
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
BakerHostetler Secures Nicaragua Victory
World Bank’s ICSID tribunal rules against Riverside Coffee.
BY LATINVEX STAFF
The International Arbitration & Litigation practice of BakerHostetler secured a victory for its sovereign client the Republic of Nicaragua by achieving complete dismissal of an investment arbitration involving approximately $689 million in dispute.
Canadian law firm Appleton & Associates represented the claimant.
The arbitration, Riverside Coffee, LLC v. Republic of Nicaragua, was heard by…
Keywords: Appleton & Associates, Arbitration & Litigation, BakerHostetler, ICSID, Nicaragua












