Investor-State Emergency Arbitrator Award Enforced An investor-State emergency arbitrator award was enforced by a domestic court in Ukraine, as was initially reported by the Global Arbitration Review. This decision is interesting since it is the first known enforcement of an emergency arbitrator award against a State. Emergency arbitrator awards are non-binding on an arbitral tribunal, but remain in […]
Overview of the Yukos Arbitration
OVERVIEW OF THE YUKOS ARBITRATION Few arbitration awards in the past years have attracted as much attention as the Yukos arbitration between shareholders of the company and the Russian Federation. After 10 years of proceedings, on 18 July 2014, the Tribunal issued a 600-page award awarding USD 50 billions in damages, legal fees of USD […]
Yukos Owners Win Largest Arbitration Award In History Against Russia For “Devious And Calculated” Expropriation
Yukos Owners Win Largest Arbitration Award In History Against Russia For “Devious And Calculated” Expropriation. Yukos’ owners have won the largest arbitration award in history against Russia for what was determined by an international arbitration tribunal to be a “devious and calculated” expropriation of its assets. Russia has been ordered to pay over USD 50.2 billion to […]