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Novenergia v. Spain, Status Report, August 14, 2023

14 Aug 2023
Novenergia II - Energy & Environment (SCA) (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), SICAR v. Kingdom of Spain, SCC Case No. 2015/063
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LISTED PARTICIPANTS
Status Report
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Claimant appointee
Respondent appointee
Tribunal/Panel chair
Arbitrator(s)
Sole Arbitrator
ICSID Annulment Committee president
ICSID Annulment Committee members
WTO Appellate Body members
WTO Appellate Body chair
Judges
Claimant's counsel
Allen M. Gardner, Rebekah L. Soule, Lilia B. Vazova, Fernando Mantilla-Serrano, Thomas C.C. Childs
Claimant's law firm
Respondent's counsel
Derek C. Smith, Lawrence Hedrick Martin, Andrew Z. Schwartz, Andrew B. Loewenstein, Nicholas M. Renzler
Respondent's law firm
Other counsel
Claimant's expert
Claimant's expert firm
Respondent's expert
Respondent's expert firm
Claimant's witness
Respondent's witness
Other witnesses
Tribunal secretary
Tribunal assistant
Third-party funder
Entities
Latham & Watkins, Foley Hoag, King & Spalding, Foresight Luxembourg Solar 1, Novenergia II – Energy & Environment, Spain
Country
Print reporter
Document Summary
Status Report
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This document is a Joint Status Report submitted by the petitioners, including Novenergia II and Foresight Luxembourg Solar 1, and the respondent, the Kingdom of Spain, to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The filing was made pursuant to the Court's September 9, 2020 order requiring the parties to provide periodic updates regarding ongoing related litigation in foreign jurisdictions.

The principal issue addressed in the report is the procedural status of two separate set-aside proceedings initiated by the Kingdom of Spain before the Svea Court of Appeal in Sweden. These Swedish proceedings challenge the validity of the arbitral awards that form the basis of the U.S. enforcement actions. The parties jointly informed the District Court that there had been no new developments, decisions, or updates in either of the Swedish set-aside proceedings since the submission of their previous joint status report in July 2023.