Region: Djibouti

A US court that enforced LCIA awards worth US$541 million against Djibouti earlier this year has rejected the state’s bid to quash subpoenas served on 10 banks in connection with post-judgment discovery efforts.

27 September 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

A Djibouti state-owned entity has failed to overturn a liability award issued by Maxi Scherer as sole arbitrator in an LCIA dispute with Emirati logistics group DP World over a port facility on the Red Sea.

26 May 2023

A US court has enforced LCIA awards worth over US$486 million won by a subsidiary of the UAE’s DP World against the east African state of Djibouti over a strategic port facility on the Red Sea.

16 February 2023

Dubai-based logistics group DP World says it has won over US$200 million in an LCIA arbitration against Djibouti over the east African state’s seizure of a strategic port facility on the Red Sea.

24 January 2022

Dubai-based logistics group DP World has reportedly prevailed in another LCIA arbitration with Djibouti over a strategic port facility on the Red Sea, with a sole arbitrator rejecting a state-owned entity’s bid to escape a joint venture agreement.

12 July 2021

UAE logistics group DP World is demanding US$210 million in an LCIA claim against Djibouti after the state refused to hand back control of a major port facility on the Red Sea.

13 April 2021

A subsidiary of Emirati logistics group DP World has applied to a US court to enforce LCIA awards totalling more than US$485 million against the east African state of Djibouti arising from a bitter dispute over a strategic port facility on the Red Sea.

15 September 2020

Khawar Qureshi QC, an English silk known for his international arbitration and litigation work, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Bar Standards Board – after he reported himself to the authority in the wake of accusations he misled a court in a freezing order application.

01 August 2016

18 June 2015