Prior to Law No. 2 of 2025 Concerning the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts (New DIFC Courts Law)—a law which consolidates and updates the legal framework of the DIFC Courts—the DIFC Court of Appeal (Court of...more
The BVI Commercial Court (the "Court") has recently granted summary judgment in favour of Access Bank plc (the "Bank") against Dr Ambrosie Bryant Chukwueloka Orjiako ("Dr Orjiako"), together with his wife and eight BVI...more
Could the long-running debate over the validity of unilateral or asymmetrical jurisdiction clauses soon be resolved? Following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU’s) judgment of 27 February 2025, which sets out...more
In September, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recognized a $1.5 million award through a series of orders in favor of the Republic of Nicaragua against U.S. investors....more
A developing situation involving sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), and the European Union has prompted critical questions about how far sanctions restrictions reach in...more
The New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958 (Convention) requires contracting states to treat arbitral awards issued in other states as binding and recognise and enforce them...more
The English High Court has rejected an attempt to rely on a foreign arbitral award to ground an issue estoppel because it had not been recognised under the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA). The judgment further explains that an...more
Federal Government of Nigeria & Anor v Louis Emovbira Williams [2025] EWHC 2217 (Comm) - Summary - In what is understood to be the first reported case of its kind, the English High Court has granted an...more
Central Asia is rapidly evolving as a strategic hub for cross-border investments, infrastructure development, and energy projects. But with opportunity comes legal complexity, especially in the disputes arena. This...more
The UAE has established a comprehensive system of laws and registries for the draft and execution of Wills. This has been done for the benefit of the large expatriate community in the UAE who own movable and immovable assets...more
You may have a judgment from a United States court against a Chinese company, and are about to contemplate the possibility of enforcing it in the far east. Prior to the commencement of your enforcement journey, perhaps you...more
You won your case, but how do you enforce the judgment, especially if the debtor’s assets are in another state? To collect in Texas, you need a judgment that’s valid in Texas. If your judgment is from out of state — a foreign...more
Being able to enforce a judgment is of crucial importance for businesses: securing a judgment is a pyrrhic victory unless it can be enforced. Here we explore whether concerns about the recognition and enforcement procedure...more
On 27 June 2024, the United Kingdom ratified the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters. Considering the complex international legal framework...more
The Situation: On January 12, 2024, the United Kingdom signed up to the Hague Convention of July 2, 2019, on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters ("Hague 2019")....more
The English High Court held in Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini [2023] EWHC 2302 that a foreign judgment with res judicata effect in its jurisdiction of origin can be enforced in England at common law even if it is unenforceable...more
The Ministry of Justice has published the UK government’s response to the consultation on joining the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters,...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently confirmed that foreign companies looking to enforce international arbitration awards have a powerful tool at their disposal: a U.S. statute targeting organized criminal activity. In Yegiazaryan...more
The United States Supreme Court may soon provide to foreign holders of arbitral awards a powerful tool to enforce the awards in the United States against recalcitrant parties and their enablers — a claim under the Racketeer...more
Pre-Brexit and during the transition period, UK judgments were enforced within the EU on the basis of the Brussels I Recast. Judgments were easily enforceable in other member states without any declaration of enforceability...more
This week, the Court addresses whether the Federal Arbitration Act’s grounds for vacatur are available to challenge an arbitration award governed by the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards...more
In Short - The Situation: On September 13, 2022, the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") Ministry of Justice ("MoJ") sent a letter to the Dubai courts stating that the MoJ considers the recent UK High Court decision in Lenkor...more
A new direction from the UAE Ministry of Justice will allow courts in Dubai to enforce judgments and orders issued by English courts. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and English governments have never entered into a...more
Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires pour les mois de juillet et août 2022. Ces Actualités...more
Hong Kong is not a party to the Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters. Accordingly, the two mechanisms by which a foreign judgment may be enforced in Hong Kong...more