Lakah et al v. UBS AG et al

  1. May 07, 2019

    Businessman Is Wasting Time With Award Fight, Lenders Say

    An Egyptian businessman can't escape an arbitration panel's order nixing his counterclaims in a dispute over a $100 million bond debt default, UBS AG and other lenders told a New York federal judge Monday, saying he is wasting the court's time.

  2. March 06, 2019

    Lenders Say Businessman Can't Nix Award Over $100M Bonds

    UBS AG and other lenders have blasted an Egyptian businessman's bid to escape an arbitral award stemming from claims that he and his brother looted $100 million in bonds backed by companies they controlled, telling a New York federal court Tuesday that the request is "fundamentally flawed."

  3. February 05, 2019

    Businessman Wants $194M Award Nixed In Egypt Bond Row

    An Egyptian businessman urged a New York federal judge Monday to vacate a nearly $194 million arbitral award secured by lenders who claimed he and his brother plundered bonds backed by companies they controlled, saying the arbitrators didn't give him a fair chance to present his case.

  4. February 24, 2017

    Judge Grants Lenders' Wish, Pausing $100M Egypt Bond Row

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday granted a stay pending arbitration proceedings to lenders who accuse two Egyptian businessmen of plundering $100 million in bonds issued by companies the men controlled, in a move limiting the brothers’ ability to further delay review of the nearly decade-old case.

  5. February 14, 2017

    Judge Says Lakah Bros. Must Face Music In $100M Bond Row

    A New York federal judge said Tuesday that two Egyptian brothers must arbitrate with UBS AG and other lenders over $100 million in unpaid corporate bonds, concluding that Ramy and Michel Lakah "dominated and controlled" the companies that backed the debt and must answer for them.

  6. August 01, 2016

    Egyptian Businessmen Not Off Hook In $100M Bond Default

    A Manhattan federal judge on Friday refused a bid by Egyptian businessmen Ramy and Michel Lakah to abandon their suit that had aimed to halt their participation in arbitration with UBS and others over their $100 million bond debt default. 

  7. July 05, 2016

    Egyptian Brothers Give In Just As $100M UBS Debt Trial Starts

    Egyptian businessmen Ramy and Michel Lakah's quest to avoid liability to UBS and other banks for a $100 million bond debt default took a bizarre turn Tuesday when the brothers refused to participate in their own trial, nine years in the making, over whether they would have to submit to binding arbitration.

  8. June 30, 2016

    Judge Sinks Late Bid For $100M Egypt Bond Debt Trial Delay

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday turned aside an eleventh-hour bid by Egyptian businessmen Ramy and Michel Lakah to delay a trial that will decide if they may be held liable in arbitration to debt investors including UBS AG for $100 million in bond debt that the two brothers controlled.

  9. June 15, 2016

    UBS Can't Use Old Arbitral Evidence In Court, Lakahs Say

    Egyptian businessmen Ramy and Michel Lakah blasted a request by a gaggle of banks who blame the brothers for a $100 million debt default to reuse witness statements from an arbitration proceeding that the Lakahs don't want anything to do with, telling a New York federal judge Tuesday that they deserve to cross-examine the witnesses.

  10. May 27, 2016

    No More Delays For $100M Egypt Bond Debt Trial

    A July trial on whether businessmen Ramy and Michel Lakah can be held liable in arbitration to debt investors including UBS AG for $100 million in bonds issued to businesses the Egyptian brothers controlled is going forward regardless of Ramy Lakah's purported trouble in obtaining a visa, a Manhattan federal judge said Friday.

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