Mealey's International Arbitration
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October 01, 2025
Tribunal Grants Georgia’s Request To Bifurcate Railway Dispute Objections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Sept. 30 published a tribunal’s order granting Georgia’s request to bifurcate its jurisdictional objections to claims brought against it by a U.S. businessman and his Georgian company, finding that it would improve efficiency to determine in a preliminary phase whether the businessman can claim rights as a U.S. citizen and whether he can bring claims related to an investment that his wife owned.
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October 01, 2025
290.6M Euro Award Against Spain Confirmed By Judge
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 30 granted summary judgment and confirmed an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitral award worth more than 290.6 million euros in favor of two Dutch renewable energy investors against the Kingdom of Spain, while Spain’s petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a jurisdictional ruling in the case remains pending.
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September 30, 2025
Judge Grants Summary Judgment In 41M Euro Award Petition Against Spain
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 29 confirmed an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitral award worth more than 41 million euros in favor of a renewable energy investor after granting its motion for summary judgment against the Kingdom of Spain, while Spain’s petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding jurisdiction remains pending.
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September 29, 2025
Judge Sets Aside Default, But Still Confirms $1B Oil Award Against Venezuela
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 26 granted the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’s motion to set aside a clerk’s default against it, then granted a motion for summary judgment filed by three Exxon Mobil entities and confirmed an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award worth roughly $1 billion against Venezuela for the expropriation of oil investments.
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September 26, 2025
High Court Grants Mining Investors Extension In $50M Zimbabwe Arbitral Dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court granted two Mauritian mining investors’ application for a two-month extension of their deadline to file a petition for a writ of certiorari challenging the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling that jurisdiction did not exist over the investors’ petition to enforce a Zambian court’s judgment confirming an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitral award worth roughly $50 million against a Zimbabwean mining regulator.
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September 25, 2025
11th Circuit Affirms Confirmation Of $21M Award In Argentine Stock Dispute
ATLANTA — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed the confirmation of an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal’s arbitral award worth more than $21 million against a Florida man in favor of an Argentine investor for a stock option dispute.
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September 24, 2025
Judge Confirms More Than 61M Euro Award In Bulgarian Energy Contract Row
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge confirmed an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award against the Republic of Bulgaria worth more than 61 million euros plus $5.2 million in attorney fees in favor of a Maltese solar power investor after denying Bulgaria’s motion to dismiss.
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September 24, 2025
D.C. Circuit Vacates More Than $13.7M Judgment Against Equatorial Guinea
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 23 vacated a court’s entry of judgment confirming an arbitral award in favor of a Swiss hospital management company worth more than $13.7 million against the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (EG), finding that the court incorrectly found that the parties agreed to delegate arbitrability to the arbitrators before exhaustion of local remedies and remanding the case.
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September 22, 2025
Judge Orders Discovery Under ‘Crime-Fraud Exception’ In $102M Shipping Award Row
NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Sept. 19 granted in part a motion to compel two Liberian shipping companies to produce records that relate to whether they committed a fraud upon a JAMS arbitrator who later awarded them more than $102 million in a shipping contract dispute, rejecting privilege arguments raised by the companies’ former law firm two days after the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied the firm’s emergency motion to stay discovery.
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September 10, 2025
Interview: Albert Bates Jr. and R. Zachary Torres-Fowler Of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP Discuss The ‘Industry Unto Itself’ Of International Construction Arbitration
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September 19, 2025
Australian Court Says Spain Can’t Escape Intra-EU Awards Worth 469M Euros
MELBOURNE, Australia — A Federal Court of Australia judge ruled that the Kingdom of Spain waived its sovereign immunity from actions to enforce International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) awards in favor of renewable energy investors and ordered entry of judgment reflecting awards against it worth more than 469 million euros, finding that changes in European Union law have “no relevance” to the Australian court’s obligations under the ICSID Convention.
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September 19, 2025
Nicaragua Wins Summary Judgment On $1.5M Attorney Fees And Costs Award
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge granted the Republic of Nicaragua’s motion for summary judgment against parties that were ordered by a tribunal to pay Nicaragua $1.5 million in attorney fees and arbitration costs after their treaty-based claims against it were rejected but said Nicaragua must obtain default judgment against two other defendants and voluntarily dismiss its claims against other non-appearing defendants that have not yet been served.
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September 17, 2025
Chinese Law Firm’s Client Seeks More Time To Answer $765K Attorney Fees Award
SEATTLE — The former client of a Chinese law firm now allegedly residing in Washington state on Sept. 16 filed an unopposed motion in Washington federal court for an extension of time to respond to the firm’s petition to confirm a Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) award worth more than $765,000 in unpaid attorney fees.
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September 17, 2025
Law Firms Dismissed From Chinese Vape Dispute After Arbitration Compelled
LOS ANGELES — A California e-cigarette technology company and its owners, along with two law firms, filed in California federal court a joint stipulation of dismissal of all claims against the law firms for claims related to their representation of a Chinese company that distributed vape devices after the company’s owner won a motion to compel arbitration of all claims against him.
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September 12, 2025
Judge Confirms 79M Euro ICSID Award Against Spain For Wind Energy Dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 11 granted summary judgment against the Kingdom of Spain and confirmed an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitral award against it worth more than 79.5 million euros plus interest for rescinding incentives that harmed investments in wind energy made by Luxembourgish and Dutch investors.
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September 11, 2025
Judge Confirms 20M Euro Award For Ukrainian Protective Gear Contract Dispute
TUCSON, Ariz. — An Arizona federal judge on Sept. 10 granted a Ukrainian company’s petition to confirm a Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) tribunal’s award against an Arizona company worth more than 20 million euros for failure to fulfill a contract for the sale of protective gear.
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September 09, 2025
Judge Won’t Enforce Annulled $50M ECT Award Against Poland
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 8 granted in part the Republic of Poland’s motion to dismiss a Cypriot energy investor’s petition to enforce an arbitral award against it worth more than $50 million issued pursuant to the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and denied the petition due to the award’s annulment in Sweden, writing that “precedent requires the Court to respect the decisions of the European courts.”
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September 08, 2025
Judge Confirms Tribunal’s 2.2M Euro Attorney Fee Award For Fertilizer Dispute
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Wyoming federal judge on Sept. 5 granted a petition by Hungarian and Slovakian companies to confirm an international arbitration award worth more than 2.2 million euros in attorney fees, expenses and arbitration costs against a Wyoming company for a dispute over profits from the use of fertilizer technology.
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September 05, 2025
Judge Stays Panama’s Bid To Enforce $4.8M Award Against American Contractors
MIAMI — A Florida federal judge on Sept. 4 stayed a petition by the Republic of Panama to enforce a $4.8 million International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award against an American construction company and its principal, citing the fact that a new International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal has been constituted to hear claims brought by the respondents for damages that may offset part or all of the ICSID award.
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September 04, 2025
Russia Urges Dismissal Of Ukrainian Bank’s Bid To Enforce Award Worth $5B
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Russian Federation filed a supplemental motion in District of Columbia federal court to dismiss a Ukrainian bank’s petition to enforce a Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) tribunal’s award against it purportedly worth more than $5B for the seizure of its business and assets in Crimea when Russia annexed the region, denying that the parties agreed to arbitrate disputes over takings during armed conflicts.
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September 03, 2025
Investment Fund Seeks To Confirm $4.1M Award Against Chinese CEO
NEW YORK — An investment fund on Sept. 2 filed a brief in New York federal court in support of its petition to confirm a more than $4.1 million arbitral award against the founder and CEO of a Chinese online grocery retailer for failure to perform a put agreement as was required after the retailer’s market capitalization fell below a certain threshold, arguing that there is no reason not to confirm the award with interest.
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September 03, 2025
Venezuelan Company Seeks To Confirm Award Ordering Freeze Of Lawyer’s Accounts
MIAMI — A Venezuelan commercial company filed a petition in Florida federal court to confirm and enforce a tribunal’s interim arbitral award ordering the freeze of assets in a Venezuelan lawyer’s accounts up to $1.5 million held at a bank located in Florida, which it says the tribunal issued to maintain the status quo while an arbitration over the lawyer’s alleged failure to perform a contract to sell four entities after being paid $17.2 million.
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September 02, 2025
Mexico Challenges Tribunal’s Jurisdiction Over $303M Claim In Railway Dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published the United Mexican States’ memorial challenging a tribunal’s jurisdiction over claims brought against it by an American citizen for violating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by allegedly rescinding a railway concession agreement without compensation, writing that the claimant is barred from seeking treaty protections.
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August 22, 2025
COMMENTARY: International Arbitration And The EU AI Act
By Natasha Tardif and Alexandre Shamloo
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August 28, 2025
Litigation Financer Seeks To Attach $13M In Albanian Oilfield Dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After previously securing a default judgment confirming an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitral award worth nearly $13 million against Albanian government agencies and an Albanian company for a dispute over oilfield taxation, an Australian litigation finance firm filed a motion in District of Columbia federal court to authorize attachment of the non-appearing respondents’ assets.