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Judge Brower rejects Russian Federation conflict claim over his amicus role in Yukos enforcement appeal; experts urge US DC Circuit to honour Dutch judgments under the New York Convention

Published on: 30 May 2024

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On 23 May 2024, in a filing, Brower J informed the circuit judges that, contrary to the Russian Federation’s assertions in its appeal of the District Court arbitration enforcement victory, he has no disqualifying conflict of interest, and that the dispute now before the Circuit Court bears no relation to other matters involving the Russian Federation over which he has previously presided...

In his 23 May response to the Kremlin, he contends that his experience of arbitrations concerning the Russian Federation does not bar him from offering a systemic perspective, likening the position to saying a judge’s legal conclusions in one case are tainted simply because he is also overseeing another case featuring the same litigant...

The Russian Federation seeks to prevent Brower J from taking part in a friend-of-the-court brief he submitted with two other international law experts, in which the trio urges the Circuit Court to uphold enforcement of the arbitral award Russia was ordered to pay to former investors in Yukos, formerly the nation’s largest oil company...

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