Work Area: Telecoms
Mexican satellite fraud claim fails at ICDR
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES has applied to enforce a costs award after fending off fraud claims brought by a Mexican business partner in an ICDR arbitration.
21 January 2021
Satellite investors seek to enforce treaty award against India
Mauritian investors have applied to a US court to enforce a US$111 million investment treaty award against India over a cancelled satellite telecoms deal – months after the enforcement of a billion-dollar ICC award related to the same project.
13 January 2021
Dechert faces renewed discovery bid in Iraqi telecoms dispute
A joint venture between French telecoms group Orange and Kuwaiti logistics group Agility has asked a US court to compel Dechert to produce documents concerning an alleged bribery scheme in Iraq for use in a US$1 billion ICC arbitration over its stake in a Kurdish mobile operator.
01 December 2020
ICC arbitrators targeted in Kenyan mobile dispute
A Kenyan company has obtained a court order in Nairobi requiring the ICC to turn over documents for use in a fraud suit against an arbitrator – and says it has filed related criminal complaints against tribunal members in France and Austria.
02 November 2020
Georgia will face claim from telecoms investor
An Azerbaijani businessman has made good on a threatened ICSID claim against Georgia over alleged state interference in a local internet provider.
30 October 2020
US court confirms Indian satellite award
A US court has confirmed a US$562 million ICC award against Indian state-owned satellite company Antrix, rejecting suggestions that the tribunal had been improperly constituted.
29 October 2020
Orange brings claim against Iraq
UPDATED: French telecoms group Orange has filed an ICSID claim against Iraq over the alleged expropriation of its US$500 million investment in a Kurdistan-based mobile phone operator.
13 October 2020
Telecoms investor takes on Costa Rica
A Venezuelan investor has brought an ICSID additional facility claim against Costa Rica seeking at least US$25 million for the alleged expropriation of his mobile phone distribution business.
19 August 2020
Dos Santos telecoms award enforced in BVI
The High Court of the British Virgin Islands has enforced a US$646 million award against a company owned by beleaguered Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, finding that the ICC Court was right to appoint all five members of the arbitral tribunal itself.
18 August 2020
Telecoms claim against Sudan discontinued
The first ever ICSID claim against Sudan, brought by a Jordanian-Lebanese telecoms investor, has been discontinued by agreement of the parties.
13 August 2020
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