Organisation: General Dynamics

A US defence contractor seeking to satisfy a £16 million ICC award against Libya has obtained a final charging order against a London property previously owned by the family of the country’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

16 April 2024

A Trafigura subsidiary has moved closer to seizing Ghanaian state properties in London to satisfy a US$140 million award after a court ruled the state didn’t need to be served with interim charging orders through diplomatic channels.

12 October 2023

A US defence contractor is seeking to satisfy a £16 million ICC award against Libya through the sale of a London property previously owned by the family of the country’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

26 June 2023

The Paris Court of Appeal has upheld an ICC award in favour of Libya’s national oil company, rejecting arguments that tribunal chair Hilary Heilbron KC lacked impartiality because another barrister at her London chambers acted as counsel to Libya in a separate case.

31 May 2023

The Commercial Court in London has upheld an order enforcing a £16 million ICC award against Libya while ruling a US-owned defence contractor should be deprived of court costs for failing to raise sovereign immunity issues.

14 March 2022

Jonathan Gimblett and Tom Cusworth of Covington & Burling consider a recent UK Supreme Court ruling that service of enforcement proceedings on a foreign state through diplomatic channels cannot be dispensed with – arguing it has strengthened the hand of debtor states.

22 July 2021

The UK Supreme Court has held that enforcement proceedings against foreign states must be served via diplomatic channels, overturning a ruling that said civil unrest and political instability in Libya meant formal service could be dispensed with.

28 June 2021

Nikolaus Pitkowitz and the rest of the 10-strong dispute resolution team at Austrian firm Graf & Pitkowitz are leaving to launch a new law firm. 

10 June 2021

A court in the British Virgin Islands has lifted attachments obtained by an ICSID creditor against US$3.1 billion worth of assets belonging to Pakistan’s national airline, including interests in two hotels in New York and Paris.

26 May 2021

Covington & Burling partner Jonathan Gimblett and associate Tom Cusworth in London welcome a recent trend in English case law that has eased the service rules for enforcing awards against sovereign states.

26 October 2020