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USA: District court confirms HKIAC award, rejecting respondents’ defenses under Article V of the New York Convention and holding that a co-awardee’s absence does not bar confirmation

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Bronzelink Holdings Ltd. v. STM Atlantic N.V., No. 2:25‑cv‑06783‑JLS‑PVC (C.D. Cal. Feb. 9, 2026).[1] Factual Background Respondents Emil Youssefzadeh, Umar Javed, and STM Atlantic N.V. (collectively, “Respondents”) were individuals and their closely held corporate entities who sought to build and launch a communications satellite to provide internet access to underserved parts of Africa. To facilitate the project, Respondents incorporated Global‑IP Cayman (“GIP”), to which they transferred assets, capital, and intellectual property. In 2016, Petitioner Bronzelink Holdings…

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Eleventh Circuit holds that a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement who signs Terms of Reference explicitly consenting to arbitrate the issue of arbitrability is bound by the arbitral tribunal’s jurisdictional determination and the resulting award

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Pott v. World Cap. Props., Ltd., No. 24-13071 (11th Cir. Sept. 24, 2025)[1] Factual Background Alfredo Carlos Pott entered into a Stock Option Agreement (“SOA”) with World Capital Properties, Ltd. (“WCP”) containing an International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) arbitration clause. Gonzalo Lopez-Jordan was not a signatory to the SOA. When Pott later filed an ICC arbitration naming Lopez-Jordan as a respondent, Lopez-Jordan objected to the tribunal’s jurisdiction over him as a non-signatory. However, Lopez-Jordan, through…

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Eleventh Circuit holds that subrogees of plant owner are third-party beneficiaries of contract subject to arbitration, and that incorporation of ICC Rules indicates delegation of questions of arbitrability to arbitrators

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Factual Background Litigation ensued after a catastrophic turbine failure at the Hadjret En Nouss Power Plant (the “Plant”) in Tipaza, Algeria. Various insurers, reinsurers, and retrocessionaires (collectively, the “Insurers”) initiated litigation as subrogees of the plant owner, Shariket Kahraba Hadjret En Nouss (“SKH”). SNC-Lavalin Constructeurs International Inc. (“SNC”) had operated the Plant on behalf of SKH, and had entered a Services Contract and various other contracts with General Electric International, Inc. and other GE entities…

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Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2024-2025 – United States

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A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The United States is a federal jurisdiction that has arbitration-related legislation at both the federal (national) and state levels. The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) of 1925 continues to be the controlling federal arbitration statute and reflects a well-established national policy that strongly favors arbitration as an alternate means of dispute resolution. On a bipartisan, bicameral basis, Congress agreed on a draft national data privacy standard, the American Privacy Rights…

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