Court: US District Court for District of Columbia

Swiss commodities trader Glencore has asked a court in Washington, DC to enforce a US$254 million UNCITRAL award against Bolivia over the nationalisation of tin and zinc mining assets.

12 October 2023

A Japanese company has applied to a US court to enforce an ICSID award requiring Spain to pay over €23.5 million for changes to its incentives regime for solar power plants, putting the award in the public domain.

18 September 2023

Ukrainian state oil and gas Naftogaz has asked a court in Washington, DC, to enforce its US$5 billion investment treaty award against Russia over assets seized during the annexation of Crimea – putting the award in the public domain.

23 June 2023

Emirati logistics group DP World has asked a DC court to enforce a US$200 million LCIA award against Djibouti – months after the court enforced an award in a separate arbitration over the same port facility on the Red Sea.

30 May 2023

An ICSID committee has upheld a €22 million Energy Charter Treaty award won by German conglomerate BayWa against Spain over measures that affected the company’s wind power investments.

10 May 2023

Kazakhstan has asked a US court to reverse its decision to enforce a US$500 million Energy Charter Treaty award, arguing the Moldovan creditors have turned the court into an “unwitting instrument of a massive fraud”.

03 March 2023

A Luxembourg entity has asked a US court to enforce its share of a €91 million Energy Charter Treaty award against Spain – the latest action to be brought by investors owed compensation for reforms to the country’s incentives regime for renewable energy.

27 February 2023

A Hungarian oil and gas group that won a US$237 million ICSID award against Croatia after defeating the state’s bribery defence has moved to enforce it in a US court, putting the award in the public domain.

26 January 2023