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Appellate Court Limits “Procedural Loophole” to Enforce Foreign Arbitral Awards in New York Absent Jurisdiction over the Award Debtor or Its Property

Andreas Frischknecht (Chaffetz Lindsey LLP)/April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 /Leave a comment

The recent decision by an intermediate New York appellate court in AlbaniaBEG Ambient Sh.p.k. v. Enel S.p.A.1)A.D.3d, No. 152679/14, 2018 WL 755355 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t Feb. 8, 2018). has sharply curtailed “a procedural loophole in Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act”2)Commissions Imp. Exp. S.A. v. Republic of Congo, 916 F. Supp. 2d…

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How Effective are ICSID Provisional Measures at Suspending Criminal Proceedings before Domestic Courts: The English Example?

Emilie Gonin (Doughty Street Chambers)/September 30, 2017October 2, 2017 /Leave a comment

Since the first application for provisional measures suspending criminal proceedings in Tokios Tokelés v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/18, Order No. 3, 18 January 2005), the number of applications before ICSID tribunals for these types of measures has steadily increased. Recent applications have been widely commented on in the arbitration community, including in this blog….