Legal Opinion
Lasidi, S. A. v. Financiera Avenida, S. A.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 28, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The judgment appealed from and the April 7, 1987 order of the Appellate Division brought up for review should be affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiffs, who operate an investment management business in Switzerland, were retained by Abdullah Darwish Ahmed (Darwish) and Riaz Saleem Aslam (Aslam), two officials of the Department of Personal Affairs (DPA) of the United Arab Emirates, to manage certain overseas investments made with funds belonging to His Highness Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahayan, the Absolute Ruler of Abu Dhabi. The DP A was *949created by the Shaikh to…
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