DOMESTIC DISPUTES
Strategic Counsel in Cross-Border Litigation and Enforcement
At Savoie Arbitration, we help clients navigate complex domestic proceedings that intersect with international obligations, assets, and actors.
From enforcing arbitral awards to representing sovereigns before national courts, we bring deep legal expertise, procedural clarity, and global perspective to high-stakes domestic disputes.
Recognition & Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
We represent clients in the recognition and enforcement of international arbitral awards and foreign court judgments before national courts. We act on behalf of award creditors, judgment holders, and sovereign states in both civil law and common law jurisdictions. Our services include initiating enforcement actions, defending against recognition, and managing multi-jurisdictional enforcement strategies.
Asset Tracing & Recovery
We assist clients in the identification, freezing, and recovery of assets across borders. This includes corporate and sovereign asset tracing, discovery proceedings, interim measures, and post-award asset recovery.
Working in coordination with local counsel, investigators, and forensic teams, we build enforceability strategies tailored to the client’s objectives and the applicable legal frameworks.
Typical engagements involve:
- Discovery in aid of execution
- Investigating corporate veils and beneficial ownership
- Seizing movable and immovable property in multiple jurisdictions
Cross-Border Litigation
We advise and coordinate litigation strategies in transnational disputes that involve foreign parties, multiple legal systems, or overlapping proceedings. Our work often complements international arbitration proceedings or foreign court cases where domestic litigation is required for relief or enforcement.
We also act before French and other European courts, while also having experience before Canadian and US courts, in matters with international or cross-border implications. This work has given us first-hand experience in dealing with complex (and sometimes fraudulent) structures used to hide assets in various jurisdictions around the world.
Our experience includes:
- Obtained provisional attachments and execution in several proceedings, confirmed by the Paris Judicial Tribunal and Court of Appeal
- Counsel in various proceedings to recognize and set aside international arbitral awards before the Paris Court of Appeal
- Obtained attachments of shares, IP rights and other intangible assets in complex enforcement case of EUR 70 million award in various French judicial districts
- Obtained largest provisional execution order ever granted by Paris Court of Appeal requiring consignment of EUR 60 million by appellants contesting enforcement of international arbitral award in France to stop provisional execution of the award
- Obtained provisional attachment of EUR 40 million through de facto recognition of Dubai International Financial Court worldwide freezing order which was successfully applied to bank accounts and high end real estate in Paris
- Obtained an order from the Brussels Francophone Tribunal of First Instance refusing the suspension of immediate application of an ICC award pending a set aside request
- Advising a State on asset tracing and enforcement of numerous judgements and arbitral awards worth over EUR 1 billion
OUR CLIENTS
- Foreign Investors & Corporations
- Sovereign States & Ministries
- Financial Institutions & Asset Recovery Specialists
- Law Firms seeking local litigation support or strategy development
A Global Perspective, A Local Presence
We combine international legal fluency with local procedural expertise to deliver results in domestic courts—whether defending against enforcement, pursuing recovery, or protecting sovereign interests.