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Cert petition in the BG v Argentina case: no support from the US Solicitor General

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, USA
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  • May 17 2013

In the latest development in Argentina's challenge of the BG Group v Argentina arbitral award, the United States Solicitor General ("SG") has argued

Blue Ridge Invs., LLC v. Republic of Argentina, No. 10 Civ. 153, 2012 U.S. Dist. Lexis 142016 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2012)

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Argentina, USA
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  • March 25 2013

Petitioner Blue Ridge Investments, LLC ("Blue Ridge") filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to

Continental Cas. Co. v. Argentine Republic, No. 1:12cv99, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129535 (E.D. Va. Sept. 11, 2012)

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Argentina, USA
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  • March 25 2013

Plaintiff Continental Casualty Company brought suit against Defendant the Argentine Republic ("Argentina") in the Eastern District of Virginia seeking

Participation in New York arbitration not an implicit waiver of sovereign immunity under the FSIA

  • Jorden Burt LLP
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  • Argentina, USA
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  • February 12 2013

A pro se attorney sued his former clients, Argentina's economic ministry and a reinsurance company owned by the Argentine government, for malicious

International trade compliance - August 2012

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, European Union, Global, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Switzerland, Syria, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Vanuatu , Yemen
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  • August 6 2012

Covering Customs and Other Import Requirements, Export Controls and Sanctions, Trade Remedies, WTO and Anti-Corruption

Suspension of Argentina's GSP eligibility; designation of South Sudan as GSP beneficiary

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • Argentina, South Sudan, USA
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  • May 1 2012

President Obama issued a proclamation suspending benefits to Argentina under the Generalized System of Preferences (“GSP”) program and designating South Sudan as a GSP least developed beneficiary country on March 26, 2012

United States suspends Argentina’s preferential trade status for failure to pay ICSID arbitral awards

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • Argentina, USA
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  • March 30 2012

On March 26, 2012, the United States took the unprecedented step of using trade measures to support the efforts of U.S. investors to recover under arbitral awards rendered against Argentina

$185 million award confirmed for losses caused by Argentina’s emergency laws enacted in response to 2002 economic crisis

  • Jorden Burt LLP
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  • Argentina, USA
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  • February 9 2011

On June 24, 2010, we reported on a dispute between BG Group, a British company that invested in Argentinean gas distribution, and Argentina over losses incurred by BG Group after Argentina enacted emergency laws in response to an economic crisis in 2002

Azurix Corp. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. Arb0112), Annulment Proceeding, Decision of the Ad Hoc Committee, Sept. 1, 2009

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • Argentina, USA
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  • November 17 2010

Azurix v. Argentina involved a U.S. company’s successful bid for privatization of an Argentinean company, owned and operated by the Province of Buenos Aires, which was in charge of providing potable water and sewage services in the Province. In 1999, Azurix, through its Argentinean subsidiary, ABA, paid the Province a Canon payment of approximately US$438.5 million, in exchange for a 30-year concession. Over the next several years, Azurix made additional capital contributions to ABA of almost US$113 million

Court holds New York Convention covers domestic awards that are “foreign in character”

  • Jorden Burt LLP
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  • Argentina, USA
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  • June 24 2010

A U.S. District Court has denied the Republic of Argentina’s motion to vacate a $185 million dollar arbitration award in favor of a British investor in Argentinean gas distribution