Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
- Law360
- Law360 UK
- Law360 Pulse
- Law360 Employment Authority
- Law360 Tax Authority
- Law360 Insurance Authority
- Law360 Real Estate Authority
- Law360 Healthcare Authority
- Law360 Bankruptcy Authority
- Products
- Lexis®
- Law360 In-Depth
- Law360 Podcasts
- Rankings
- Regional Powerhouses
- Law360's MVPs
- Women in Law Report
- Law360 400
- Diversity Snapshot
- Practice Groups of the Year
- Rising Stars
- Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar
- Sections
- Adv. Search & Platform Tools
- About all sections
- Browse all sections
- Banking
- Bankruptcy
- Class Action
- Competition
- Employment
- Energy
- Expert Analysis
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Product Liability
- Securities
- Beta Tools
- Track docs
- Track attorneys
- Track judges
EIG Energy Fund XIV, L.P., et al v. Petroleo Brasileiro, S.A., et al
Case Number:
17-7067
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Companies
Sectors & Industries:
-
July 03, 2018
DC Circ. Denies Petrobras Immunity In EIG Funds Fight
A split D.C. Circuit said Tuesday that Brazil's state-owned energy giant Petrobras can't claim sovereign immunity to beat back claims over a failed drilling venture, affirming the lower court's decision that allowed a group of funds managed by EIG Global Energy Partners LLC to move forward with their suit.
-
October 31, 2017
Petrobras Says EIG Funds Can't Skirt Sovereign Immunity
Petrobras on Monday pressed the D.C. Circuit to reverse a decision allowing an array of funds managed by EIG Global Energy Partners LLC to bring claims over a failed drillship venture, saying that EIG can't create "a direct effect in the United States where there was none before" to get around sovereign immunity.
-
October 17, 2017
EIG Funds Say Petrobras Lacks Immunity From Drillship Suit
An array of funds managed by EIG Global Energy Partners LLC pushed back on Monday against a bid by Petrobras to have the D.C. Circuit reverse a decision allowing the funds to bring claims over a failed drillship venture, urging the appeals court to reject the Brazilian oil and gas behemoth's "gambit for immunity."
-
September 05, 2017
EIG Funds' Claims Too Foreign, Petrobras Tells DC Circ.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, is urging the D.C. Circuit to reverse a decision allowing investment funds managed by EIG Global Energy Partners LLC to bring claims over a failed drillship venture, arguing EIG can't bring claims in the United States because it made its investment through Luxembourg-based companies.