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The Federal Republic of Nigeria et al v. VR ADVISORY SERVICES, LTD. et al

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Case Number:

1:20-mc-00209

Court:

New York Southern

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Judge:

Lorna G. Schofield

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  1. April 20, 2022

    Nigeria, Asset Manager Clash In $10B Award Discovery Feud

    Nigeria and an asset manager the country is seeking documents from have continued to clash over the scope of appropriate discovery in a $10 billion arbitration battle, with the African nation arguing the company is offering peanuts and hoping to avoid review.

  2. November 06, 2020

    Nigeria Sees Bid Aimed At Bolstering $10B Award Fight Nixed

    Nigeria came up short on Friday as it sought discovery aimed at propping up bribery allegations relating to a nearly $10 billion arbitral award against it after a New York judge said the petition appeared to be an attempt to avoid U.S. Department of Justice scrutiny of its request.

  3. October 27, 2020

    Kobre & Kim Can't Get Conflict Issue Resolved By NY Judge

    Kobre & Kim could not persuade a New York judge to resolve whether it could be conflicted out of representing an engineering company that's trying to enforce a nearly $10 billion arbitral award against Nigeria, after the judge concluded that any decision he made would be an impermissible advisory opinion.

  4. October 21, 2020

    Kobre & Kim Faces Possible Conflict In $10B Award Fight

    A dispute has arisen over whether Kobre & Kim could be conflicted out of representing an engineering company that's trying to enforce a nearly $10 billion arbitral award against Nigeria, after the firm offered a job to a U.K. lawyer who may have seen information that is confidential to the country.

  5. September 09, 2020

    Nigeria Says Don't Kill Doc Bid Request In $10B Award Fight

    Nigeria has urged a New York federal judge not to quash his earlier order allowing the country to seek information it claims will prove bribery underpinning a nearly $10 billion arbitral award against it, pointing to a recent decision in England that allows related litigation to proceed.

  6. July 13, 2020

    Nigeria Says Treaty With US Doesn't Bar $10B Award Fight

    Nigeria is fighting a Manhattan asset manager's bid to quash an information request tied to alleged bribes underpinning a nearly $10 billion arbitral award, saying the American company can't seek to enforce a treaty that wouldn't bar the action anyway.

  7. June 23, 2020

    Asset Manager Says Nigeria Subpoenas Must Be Quashed

    A Manhattan asset manager urged a New York federal court on Monday to quash subpoenas allowing Nigeria to target it for information relating to alleged bribes former officials took from a British Virgin Islands engineering firm, saying "strong grounds" exist to vacate the order.

  8. May 15, 2020

    Judge OKs Bid Targeting Asset Manager In $9.8B Award Fight

    A New York judge has granted Nigeria's petition to subpoena a Manhattan asset manager to aid the country's prosecution of former government officials who allegedly accepted bribes from a British Virgin Islands engineering firm, which later won a $9.8 billion arbitral award against the country.

  9. May 13, 2020

    Nigeria Targets NY Asset Manager In $9.6B Award Fight

    Nigeria has opened another front in its bid to prove that a British Virgin Islands engineering firm paid bribes to secure a lucrative government contract that led to a $9.6 billion arbitral award, targeting a Manhattan asset manager that acquired an interest in the firm in 2018.

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