Legal Opinion
Balkan Energy Ltd. v. Republic Ghana
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 22, 2018No. Case No. 17–cv–00584 (APM)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Petitioners Balkan Energy Limited ("Balkan UK") and Balkan Energy (Ghana) Limited ("Balkan Ghana") bring this action to enforce a 2014 foreign arbitral award returned against Respondent Republic of Ghana ("Respondent" or "Ghana") by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, Netherlands. Balkan Ghana was awarded $11.75 million plus costs and interest. Petitioners now seek to confirm the award under the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. §§ 201, et seq. , which codifies the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of…
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