GRUPO UNIDOS v. AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMA

No. 21-14408.

78 F.4th 1252 (2023)

GRUPO UNIDOS POR EL CANAL, S.A., Sacyr, S.A., WeBuild, S.P.A., Jan De Nul, N.V., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AUTORIDAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: August 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn B. Lamm , Matthew Drossos , Nicolle Kownacki , Hansel T. Pham , White & Case, LLP, Washington, DC, Maria Josefa Beguiristain , U.S. Attorney Service — SFL, MIAMI, FL, Noel John Francisco , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Luke A. Sobota , Three Crowns, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James Lloyd Loftis , Peter D. Danysh , Matthew C. Hoffman , Timothy James Tyle , Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Houston, TX, Jose I. Astigarraga , Sujey S. Herrera , Edward M. Mullins , Reed Smith, LLP, MIAMI, FL, James Christopher Martin , Reed Smith, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Kristen Loveland , Pratik A. Shah , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Brendan Casey, Hamish Lal.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, and Hull, and Marcus, Circuit Judges.


This appeal requires us to decide whether the losing party to an international arbitration can obtain a vacatur of the award because the arbitrators failed to disclose their involvement in unrelated arbitrations. After Grupo Unidos por el Canal, S.A., received two adverse awards amounting to more than a quarter-billion dollars...

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