METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY OF LIMA v. RUTAS DE LIMA S.A.C.

  1. March 12, 2024

    Lima Loses Bid To Duck $140M Arb. Awards In Highway Row

    A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday refused to overturn $140 million in arbitral awards against the city of Lima, Peru, stemming from its dispute with a highway contractor, ruling that the contractor won those two awards "fair and square."

  2. February 29, 2024

    Lima Denies Contractor's Call For Sanctions In $140M Row

    Lima has asked a D.C. federal judge to deny a highway contractor's bid for attorney fees as it looks to enforce nearly $140 million in arbitral awards against the Peruvian city, saying the contractor wrongly claims that the city's attempts to vacate the awards are sanctionable.

  3. February 21, 2024

    Contractor Says Lima Merits Sanctions In $140M Award Row

    A municipal contractor has asked a D.C. federal court to sanction Lima, Peru, for prolonging its efforts to enforce nearly $140 million in arbitral awards it won over a highway contract that went awry, saying the city has unnecessarily prolonged the dispute with two actions.

  4. August 14, 2023

    Lima Says $8.7M Award Must Be Nixed Over Bribery Scandal

    Public officials in Peru's capital city, Lima, have again told a D.C. federal judge that the municipality can't be forced to satisfy an $8.7 million judgment, saying a tribunal failed to weigh evidence of corruption that implicates the company now pushing for its award.

  5. March 15, 2023

    DC Judge Orders Fresh Start In $131M Peruvian Award Case

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday restarted an international arbitration dispute in which the Peruvian capital city of Lima is attempting to nix a highway contractor's more than $131 million award, ordering both sides to submit revised motions to vacate or affirm the award with updated case law citations following a nearly three-year stay.

  6. March 07, 2023

    Judge Looks To Nudge Along Case Over $131M Award

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday indicated that her patience may be waning with the Peruvian capital city of Lima as it attempts to serve litigation seeking to nix a more than $131 million arbitral award, noting that the lawsuit has already been on hold for nearly three years.

  7. January 24, 2023

    Highway Contractor Wins Another $7M From Lima

    An international tribunal has rejected the Peruvian city of Lima's attempts to void an allegedly corrupt highway construction contract that led to a more than $131 million arbitral award, instead awarding the contractor more than $7 million in additional lost profits.

  8. June 10, 2022

    Peruvian Contractor Bemoans Delay In $131.5M Award Case

    A Peruvian highway contractor is arguing that delays in a nearly two-year-old lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., where it seeks to enforce a $131.5 million arbitral award against the city of Lima, have compromised what should be a summary proceeding in a highly regarded venue for international arbitration.

  9. January 31, 2022

    Lima Won't Have To Put Up Security In $117M Award Fight

    A Peruvian highway contractor cannot force the city of Lima to put up security as the two fight over the validity of a $117 million arbitral award issued to the contractor, after a federal judge ruled Monday that the city hadn't clearly waived its sovereign immunity rights.

  10. January 12, 2022

    Ex-Odebrecht Unit Defends $117M Peru Highway Contract Award

    A former Odebrecht unit that won $117 million in arbitration over a Peruvian highway contract is arguing that the city of Lima can't try to undo the award by claiming that the company's lawyers lied to the tribunal by denying allegations that the underlying highway contract was procured through bribery.

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