On January 9, 2023, the Amsterdam District Court denied the request by Anatolie Stati, Gabriel Stati, Ascom Group S.A. and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd. for exequatur of a $530 million arbitral award, according to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
On 24 December 2021, the Supreme Court quashed an earlier decision of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal granting the exequatur and referred the matter to the Amsterdam District Court. After an interim judgment from the Amsterdam District Court on 3 May 2022, Kazakhstan was given the opportunity to further substantiate its claim that the arbitral award...