King & Spalding

Application by Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S., of Colombia, to take discovery from Mason Capital Management LLC, described as a New York-based "hedge fund manager", for use in "court-supervised restructuring proceedings" that McDermott International Holdings B.B., formerly Comet II B.V., formerly Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., and CB&I UK Limited "have initiated in the Netherlands and England", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by ArcelorMittal Holdings AG to take discovery from Reibus International Inc., Reibus Logistics LLC, and Reibus Financial LLC for use in legal proceedings in England and Singapore "to enforce an arbitral award in ArcelorMittal’s favor in the amount of €140 million, plus interest" against Liberty Steel East Europe Limited and Liberty House Group Pte Limited, which are "part of the GFG Alliance, an opaque, complicated, and ever-shifting web of companies that moves assets in and out of Alliance companies as and when it suits Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, who appears to sit at the helm of the Alliance", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Application by Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S., of Colombia, to take discovery from McDermott International Ltd., described as "a global engineering and construction company", for use "in restructuring proceedings recently commenced in the Netherlands and England by two of McDermott’s principal subsidiaries", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Petition for Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards totaling $168 million in Redes Andinas de Comunicaciones SRL, of Peru v. The Republic of Peru, The Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and Programa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (PRONATEL) at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint alleging "false promises and misrepresentations ... regarding a supposedly lucrative investment opportunity in a Louisiana oil well" in Shinnecock Income Fund LP and The Core Investment LP, both of Delaware, collectively described as "a family office investment boutique" v. Hillair Capital Investments LP, of the Cayman Islands; Hillair Capital Advisors LLC, Hillair ANEC Holding LLC, ANEC WI Holding Inc., Hillair Oil and Gas Inc., Hillair 154 LP, HPH Louisiana LLC, all of Delaware; Scott D. Kaufman, Sean M. McAvoy, and Neal P. Kaufman at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

Ex Parte Application by the Agency for Policy Coordination on State Property, described as "the Mongolian government agency that owns and manages state-owned enterprises in various industry sectors, including energy production, mining, and transport"; Erdenet Mining Corporation, described as "a state-owned mining company that owns Mongolia's mining interests in the Erdenet mine", and Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC, described as "a 34-percent shareholder of Oyu Tolgoi LLC, the project company that controls the operation of the Oyu Tolgoi mine", to take discovery from JPMorgan Chase Bank NA for use in legal proceedings in Mongolia against Batbold Sukhbaatar, described as a former Prime Minister of Mongolia; Ganzorig Chimiddorj, Tuul Ulambayar, Nyamdalai Ochirbat, Cheong Choo Young, Kim Hak Seon, Kim Yoonjung, Lee Yu Jeong, Rhee Byung Wook, Kang Eun Joo, Battushig Batbold, Catrison Limited, Cliveden Trading AG, and Genetrade Limited for an alleged $250 million fraud involving "a complex network of offshore and onshore corporate structures and proxies across numerous jurisdictions", including the British Virgin Islands, Jersey, in the Channel Islands; Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by East Asian Consortium B.V., of the Netherlands, to take discovery from the New York branches of Bank of America, N.A., Bank of New York Mellon, BNP Paribas USA, China Construction Bank, Citibank N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., MashreqBank PSC, Standard Chartered Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. for use in legal proceedings in South Africa "against MTN Group Ltd., MTN International (Mauritius) Ltd., Mobile Telephone Networks Holding (Pty) Limited, MTN International (Pty) Ltd., Phutuma Freedom Nhleko, and Irene Charnley", filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint "to recover losses suffered as a result of illegal and fraudulent acts in connection with two of Mongolia's most prized natural resources, the Erdenet copper mine and the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine" in Agency for Policy Coordination on State Property, Erdenet Mining Corporation, and Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC v. Sükhbaataryn Batbold, of Mongolia; Ganzorig Chimiddorj, of Mongolia; Tuul Ulambayar, of Mongolia; Nyamdalai Ochirbat, of Mongolia; Cheong Choo Young, of Hong Kong; Kim Hak Seon, of Hong Kong; Kim Yoonjung, of Hong Kong; Lee Yu Jeong, of Hong Kong; Rhee Byung Wook, of Hong Kong; Kang Eun Joo, of South Korea; Battushig Batbold, of Mongolia; Baloas Inc., of New York, NY; Baloas Limited, of the British Virgin Islands; Lovitas, Inc., of New York, NY; Lovitas Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, and Glowassets Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Complaint "to invalidate, at least as to UFG, Egypt's fraudulent agreement purporting to transfer funds into a trust, with BNY Mellon serving as the purported trustee, for the sole purpose of shielding those funds from attachment by UFG, which holds a judgment against Egypt for over US$ 2 billion" in Unión Fenosa Gas S.A., of Spain v. Arab Republic of Egypt, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint to recognize and enforce an arbitral award of €33.7 million in losses, plus costs of €1.5 million and $262,500, in Cube Infrastructure Fund SICAV, of Luxembourg; Cube Infrastructure Managers SA, of Luxembourg; Cube Energy SCA, now Cube Energy Sarl, of Luxembourg; Demeter Partners SA, of France, and Demeter 2 FPCI, of France v. The Kingdom of Spain at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Application by Unión Fenosa Gas SA, of Spain, to take discovery from The Depository Trust Company, of New York, for use in legal proceedings in England "through which UFG seeks to enforce" a $2 billion arbitral award against Egypt regarding its sovereign bonds, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Compel Examination of Books and Records in K17 GmbH, of Germany v. Maple Heights Investments LLC at the District Court for Dallas County, Texas.

Application by Unión Fegosa Gas SA, of Spain, to take discovery from The Bank of New York Mellon, a Delaware company based in New York, for use in legal proceedings in England to enforce a $2 billion arbitral award against Egypt, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by the Republic of Turkey to take discovery from Hamit Çiçek for use in an international arbitration involving Cascade Investments NV, of Belgium, filed at the U. S. District Court of the District of New Jersey.

Application by InterGlobe Enterprises Private Limited, of India, and Rahul Bhatia to take discovery from Dr. Anupam Khanna, described as a "Maryland resident", for use in arbitration proceedings in India involving Rakesh Gangwal, the Chinkerpoo Family Trust, Shobha Gangwal, and InterGlobe Aviation Limited, filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Petition to Confirm Arbitral Award in SL Mining Limited, of Sierra Leone v. The Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Complaint in Jetcraft Corporation, as Beneficial Owner, of North Carolina, and TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc., as Owner Trustee under the Jetcraft Stone Briar Challenger 605-5899 Business Trust, of Utah v. Sovereign Financial Holdings Limited, of Dubai; Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc, of Nigeria, and Adeniyi Makanjuola, of London, England, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County.

Application by Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd., of South Korea, to take discovery from Liberty Maritime Corporation for use in legal proceedings in Egypt involving Damietta International Port Company S.A.E., of Egypt, and Kuwait Gulf Link Ports International, a.k.a. KGL International For Ports, Warehousing and Transport K.S.C.C., of Kuwait, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Petitioners' Motion to Compel Production of Documents in Anatolie Stati, of Moldova; Gabriel Stati, of Moldova; Ascom Group SA, of Romania, and Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd., of Gibraltar v. State Street Corporation at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Petition to Confirm Foreign Arbitral Award in Foresight Luxembourg Solar 1 Sarl, Foresight Luxembourg Solar 2 Sarl, Greentech Energy Systems A/S, now known as Athena Investments A/S; GWM Renewable Energy I SpA, and GWM Renewable Energy II SpA v. The Kingdom of Spain at New York Supreme Court.

Complaint to enforce arbitration award in Union Fenosa Gas SA, of Spain v. Arab Republic of Egypt at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Notice of Removal in Passport Special Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. v. ARY Communications Ltd., Haji Mohammad Iqbal, Mohammad Mehboob, Mohammad Salman Iqbal, Hajra Shafi, and Haji Jan Mohammad at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.