Tag: state immunity

Dutch Court Deals Enforcement Blow to Yukos Shareholders

Dutch Court Deals Enforcement Blow to Yukos Shareholders

The district court of the Hague has ruled against the former majority shareholders of OJSC Yukos Oil Company seeking to enforce Energy Charter Treaty arbitration awards of over US$50 billion. At the end of October this year, the court lifted the attachment the shareholders had previously secured over two Russian vodka trademarks, Moskovskaya and Stolichnaya. […]

Kazakhstan Defeats Enforcement of Investment Arbitration Award Against National Bank Assets

Kazakhstan Defeats Enforcement of Investment Arbitration Award Against National Bank Assets

The Svea Court of Appeal, on June 17th 2020, handed down its decision in the Republic of Kazakhstan v Stati et al annulling orders of attachment against assets of the National Bank of Kazakhstan. The court ruling is the latest development in the protracted process of enforcement of an SCC investor-state award granted against Kazakhstan […]

Naftogaz and the enforcement of arbitral awards

Naftogaz and the enforcement of arbitral awards

On 28 February 2018, Ukraine’s state-owned gas entity, Naftogaz, secured an award of US$4.67 billion against Gazprom –which required Gazprom only to make a payment of US$2.56 billion on account of certain residual payments owed by Naftogaz – following a lengthy dispute between the parties concerning the supply and transit of Russian gas to consumers […]

State immunity and state-owned enterprises: a recent dispute involving Moldova

State immunity and state-owned enterprises: a recent dispute involving Moldova

In a recent judgment (27 January 2017), the Court of the Southern District of New York ordered state enterprise Moldovagaz S.A and the Republic of Moldova to pay USD 27 million to Gater Assets Limited. The judgment raises certain issues regarding the state’s liability for state-owned enterprises’ commercial activities. Given that the Government of Moldova has never been party […]

DIS Baltic Arbitration Days to Take Place in Riga on 1-2 June, 2017

DIS Baltic Arbitration Days to Take Place in Riga on 1-2 June, 2017

Riga will host 6th DIS Baltic Arbitration Days on 1–2 June, 2017. The conference concentrates on commercial arbitration involving states or state-owned entities. Focus countries: Iran, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine. CIS Arbitration Forum is a media partner of the event. Ever since 2012, the Baltic Regional Group of German Institution of Arbitration together with Riga […]