A couple of comments in the LinkedIn International Arbitration and Arbitration Experts groups discussed my post on the Russian Arbitrazh court’s judgment before the Munich Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) – raising, amongst other things, the question what the situation would have been if an application had been made for recognition as a foreign judgment, rather than as an arbitral award, so I thought I briefly address the issue: Read More
Tag: Arbitrazh Court
Russian Arbitrazh Court Not an Arbitral Tribunal, Says Munich Court of Appeals
The Munich Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) has held that a Russian Arbitrazh Court (Arbitragegericht, in the German original) is a state court, and not an arbitral tribunal. As a result, the application to the Munich court to recognize and enforce the Arbitrazh court’s judgment as a foreign arbitration award pursuant to Sec. 1061 German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) and the New York Convention was denied. Read More