Marseille-Kliniken Ag v. Republic of Equatorial Guinea

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARSEILLE-KLINIKEN AG, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) V. ) Civil Case No. 20-3572 (RJL) ) REPUBLIC OF ) EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ) ) Respondent. ) 4 MEMORANDUM OPINION (November Ft. 2023) [Dkt. #1] Petitioner Marseille-Kliniken AG won an arbitration award against the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and then petitioned this Court to confirm the award. In opposition, Equatorial Guinea says that the parties agreed to litigate in an Equatoguinean court before using arbitration as an appeal tribunal. That argument has a few problems, chief among which is that…