Enforcement & Arbitration Adjacent Actions

Winning an award is often just one part of the battle.

At Akin, we are not only focused on winning but on converting awards and judgments into tangible results. All too often the focus is on victory without conversion. For us, enforcement is at the heart of everything that we do. The result is a holistic strategy from tribunal to court, focused on leverage, speed and monetization:

• At the pre-award phase, we leverage our deep network of contacts for global asset identification and tracing. We then act quickly to secure information and evidence through disclosure orders, evidence conservation and world-wide freezing orders with the sole purpose of protecting value for our clients.
• Post-award, our team handles set-aside proceedings, appeals, and are specialists in both pursing and defending award recognition and multi-jurisdictional enforcement. Sovereign immunity and public-policy defences are a particular area of expertise. We spearhead complex enforcement campaigns involving the restoration of assets that have been fraudulently dissipated to avoid enforcement, and unpacking complex structures designed to disguise beneficial ownership of assets.
• Throughout, we leverage the Firm’s best in class political and regulatory strength, targeting award debtors in an intelligent way that places disruptive pressure on them, ensuring successful recoveries.