December 04, 2024
A port operator has agreed to end litigation to enforce a $486 million arbitral award issued against Djibouti, several months after the D.C. Circuit ruled that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP would have to prove it had authority to represent the company.
July 30, 2024
A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that a lower court should have determined whether Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP had authority to represent Doraleh Container Terminal SA before deciding whether to enforce a $486 million arbitral award issued against Djibouti.
January 22, 2024
The D.C. Circuit spent the better part of an hour Monday morning trying to sort out the intricacies of a dispute between the Republic of Djibouti and a Dubai-based state-owned shipping coordinator over a $486 million arbitral award.
April 24, 2023
Djibouti must post a supersedeas bond to prevent Dubai's state-owned shipping coordinator from taking steps to collect a $486 million arbitral award, a D.C. federal judge said Monday, dealing the African nation a blow as it tries to overturn a recent confirmation order.
March 29, 2023
Dubai's state-owned shipping coordinator says it must be allowed to immediately collect a $486 million arbitral award from Djibouti, telling a D.C. federal judge that the East African nation cannot shirk that obligation simply because it is challenging a recent confirmation order.
February 15, 2023
A D.C. federal judge has enforced a $486 million arbitral award against Djibouti after rejecting the country's arguments that the petition — purportedly filed by Doraleh Container Terminal SA — was filed by a one-third minority owner without authorization.
January 04, 2023
The Republic of Djibouti on Tuesday told a D.C. federal judge that jurisdictional issues defeat efforts to enforce a $486 million arbitral award against it, telling the court that the petition — purportedly filed by Doraleh Container Terminal SA — was filed by a one-third minority owner without authorization.
November 14, 2022
A D.C. federal judge on Monday denied the Republic of Djibouti's request to investigate whether attorneys at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP had the authority to seek enforcement of a $485 million international arbitration award on behalf of investors in a terminated deepwater port venture, saying that question should have been explored during arbitration.
February 18, 2022
Emirati investors in a terminated deepwater port venture say the Republic of Djibouti is trying to turn arbitration enforcement proceedings into "full-scale litigation" with improper filings and discovery requests, after first dodging service for a year.
November 24, 2021
The Republic of Djibouti told a federal judge that U.S. federal courts have no jurisdiction to enforce a $486 million arbitration award over a terminated deep-water port venture, arguing that the enforcement petition threatens the nation's right to control its territory and national resources.