EM LTD. v. BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA

Nos. 13-3819-cv (L), 13-3821-cv (CON).

800 F.3d 78 (2015)

EM LTD., NML Capital, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA, Republic of Argentina, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 31, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Neuhaus ( Michael J. Ushkow and Zeh S. Ekono , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, N.Y; Jeffrey B. Wall , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, N.Y., for Banco Central de la República Argentina, Defendant-Appellant.

Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr. ( Jonathan I. Blackman , Daniel J. Northrop , and Michael M. Brennan , on the brief), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, N.Y., for Republic of Argentina, Defendant-Appellant.

Theodore B. Olson ( Matthew D. McGill and Jason J. Mendro , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Robert A. Cohen and Dennis H. Hranitzky , Dechert LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for NML Capital, Ltd., Plaintiff-Appellee.

David W. Rivkin , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, N.Y., for EM Ltd., Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: CABRANES, WESLEY, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


In December 2001, in the midst of a severe financial crisis, the Republic of Argentina ("Argentina" or "the Republic") declared a moratorium on principal and interest payments for more than $80 billion in sovereign debt, including bonds that were issued under a Fiscal Agency Agreement ("FAA"). Pursuant to two...

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