Successfully advocated new jurisidictional standard under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in connection with petition to confirm international arbitration award.
International law
Silverman v. China National Native Produce et al.
Jun 17, 2009
OUTCOME: Judgment vacated
Ex parte judgment entered against Chinese state-owned enterprise in 2000 vacated for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
Arbitration
Karaha Bodas Company L.L.C. v. Pertamina
Sep 30, 2008
OUTCOME: Judgment executed
Successfully enforced $261 million judgment against Pertamina, the Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company. Represented plaintiff in New York enforcement proceedings, and supervised related legal p...roceedings in various other countries including Hong Kong, Canada, Cayman Islands, and Indonesia. Obtained international anti-suit injunction barring collateral claims against judgment and underlying arbitral award.
Key Decisions:
2006 WL 565694 (2d Cir. Mar. 9 2006), cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 129 (2006) (execution of assets)
465 F. Supp.2d 283 (S.D.N.Y. 2006), aff'd, 500 F.3d 111 (2007), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 2958 (2008) (injunction against collateral foreign litigation seeking recovery of proceeds executed by district court)
2007 WL 1284903 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 30, 2007) (sanctions awarded to petitioner)