D.C. Circuit Affirms Denial Of Ukraine’s Motion To Dismiss Petition To Confirm

Mealey's (May 30, 2019, 1:54 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — After rejecting Ukraine’s argument that an arbitration agreement cannot constitute an implied waiver of foreign sovereign immunity, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 28 affirmed a district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss a petition to confirm a $112 million arbitral award issued for a Russian entity in a dispute over shares in a Ukrainian oil company (PAOTatneft v. Ukraine, No. 18-7057, D.C. Cir.)....