James Egerton-Vernon

Aug 27, 2024 | mondaq.com | James Egerton-Vernon |Melissa Stear Gorsline |Ricardo Puente |Sheila L. Shadmand

The D.C. Circuit has approved a backdoor challenge to the validity of an international arbitration award, finding that a challenge to counsel's authority to enforce an award can never be forfeited. In 2020, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP sought to enforce an international arbitration award against Djibouti in favor of the Djiboutian company Doraleh Container Terminal ("DCT") in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Aug 22, 2024 | lexology.com | Sion Richards |James Egerton-Vernon |Melissa Stear Gorsline |Ricardo Puente |Sheila L. Shadmand

The D.C. Circuit has approved a backdoor challenge to the validity of an international arbitration award, finding that a challenge to counsel's authority to enforce an award can never be forfeited. In 2020, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP sought to enforce an international arbitration award against Djibouti in favor of the Djiboutian company Doraleh Container Terminal ("DCT") in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Apr 8, 2024 | mondaq.com | Sion Richards |James Egerton-Vernon |Melissa Stear Gorsline |Eliot Pedrosa

On March 12, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia confirmed two arbitration awards totaling more than US$196 million against the municipality of Lima in Peru.

Apr 4, 2024 | jdsupra.com | James Egerton-Vernon |Melissa Stear Gorsline |Eliot Pedrosa

On March 12, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia confirmed two arbitration awards totaling more than US$196 million against the municipality of Lima in Peru.

Apr 2, 2024 | lexology.com | Sion Richards |James Egerton-Vernon |Melissa Stear Gorsline |Eliot Pedrosa |Cristina Soto |Ricardo Puente

The recent District of Columbia District Court's decision against Lima demonstrates deference to arbitral tribunals. On March 12, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia confirmed two arbitration awards totaling more than US$196 million against the municipality of Lima in Peru.