Sheila L. Shadmand

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.