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9REN HOLDING S.A.R.L. v. KINGDOM OF SPAIN
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January 02, 2025
Spain Details Imminent High Court Bid In Intra-EU Award Suits
Spain is planning to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a D.C. Circuit decision that greenlighted the enforcement of intra-European Union investor-state awards in U.S. federal courts, saying in court filings that the appeal raises serious issues related to foreign sovereign immunity.
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December 17, 2024
Renewable Energy Investor Asks Court To OK €42M Award
A Luxembourg-based renewable energy investment firm on Tuesday urged a District of Columbia federal judge to confirm a €41.8 million ($43.9 million) arbitration award over Spain's abandoned energy economic incentives after the D.C. Circuit recently said such awards can be enforced.
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April 21, 2023
Spain Escapes Sanctions In €42M Award Fight
The Kingdom of Spain has escaped a sanctions bid from a green energy investor that claimed the nation requested an anti-suit injunction from a court in Luxembourg and violated a District of Columbia federal judge's orders in a suit over enforcement of an arbitral award.
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April 12, 2023
Spain Must Halt Efforts To Block €42M Award, Investor Says
The renewable energy investor 9REN Holdings SARL told a D.C. federal judge to keep in place her February ruling that barred Spain from trying to stop the company from enforcing a €41.8 million award, warning of Spanish attempts to interfere with its collection effort.
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April 10, 2023
Spain Fights Contempt Bid In €42M Award Fight
Spain is fighting a renewable energy investor's motion to sanction it for allegedly ignoring a court order to withdraw litigation in Luxembourg aimed at preventing the enforcement of a €41.8 million ($45.3 million) arbitral award, arguing on Friday that the investor is acting in bad faith.
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March 22, 2023
Spain Not Obligated To Pay €42M Award, EU Says
European officials say Spain cannot be forced to pay a €41.8 million ($45.4 million) arbitral award over revoked incentives for renewable-energy development, noting that Europe's top court has ruled that investors from within the continent cannot arbitrate disputes with European nations.
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March 17, 2023
Spain Appealing Loss In $310M Solar Energy Fight
Spain is asking the D.C. Circuit to overturn a novel decision last month barring the country from avoiding a €291 million award that arbitrators, in 2019, said it owes Dutch subsidiaries of the U.S.-based NextEra Energy Inc. for reversing policies to encourage solar development.
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February 16, 2023
Spain's Intra-EU Defense Fails In $310M Award Fight
A D.C. federal judge has ruled that Spain cannot escape litigation filed by Dutch subsidiaries of U.S.-based NextEra Energy Inc. to enforce a €291 million ($310.4 million) arbitral award against it, issuing a novel opinion rejecting the country's "backdoor" European law defenses.
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December 01, 2022
Spain Can't Get €42M Renewables Award Nixed
Spain has lost its bid to annul a €41.8 million ($44 million) award issued to a renewable energy investor, after a committee pointed to crucial differences in a similar case where a tribunal had concluded that the claim was barred under European Union law.
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October 01, 2020
Spain Wins Pause In Pair Of Renewable Energy Award Suits
A D.C. federal judge will keep on hold two lawsuits filed by renewable energy investors to enforce about $390 million in arbitral awards against Spain, ruling that it's "more prudent" to refrain from delving into the intricate issues of European Union law raised by Spain in the dispute.