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Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements v Columbus (Paris Court of Appeal 13/13459)

Seat
Barbados
  1. 27 March 2011Barbados

    27 March 2011Barbados

    Arbitral Award dated 27 March 2011

    International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association

    Decision summary
    The sole arbitrator held that the parties had concluded a binding agreement which Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements breached, rejected the requests for specific performance and transfer of the Global Caribbean Fiber shares, rejected Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements' counterclaims, and reserved damages and costs for a later award.

    Supporting details

    5 participants
    Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements (AGI)
    Columbus Acquisitions Inc.
    Columbus Holdings France SAS
    Caribbean Fiber Holdings LP (CFH)
    International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association
    Arbitrator
    Mr. [C]

    1 year, 1 month and 13 days later · 410 days

  2. 10 May 2012France

    10 May 2012France

    Judgment of the Pointe-à-Pitre Mixed Commercial Court dated 10 May 2012

    Pointe-à-Pitre Mixed Commercial Court

    Decision summary
    The Pointe-à-Pitre Mixed Commercial Court opened safeguard proceedings for Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements.

    1 year, 1 month and 10 days later · 406 days

  3. 20 June 2013France

    20 June 2013France

    Exequatur Order of the Paris Regional Court dated 20 June 2013

    Paris Regional Court

    Decision summary
    The delegated president of the Paris Regional Court granted exequatur to the 27 March 2011 Barbados arbitral award.

    10 days later · 10 days

  4. 30 June 2013France

    30 June 2013France

    Three Supervisory Judge Orders dated 30 June 2013

    Supervisory Judge

    Decision summary
    Three orders of the supervisory judge addressed the claims declared by Columbus and Caribbean Fiber Holdings in Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements' safeguard proceedings.

    1 year, 3 months and 14 days later · 471 days

  5. 14 October 2014France

    14 October 2014France

    Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, Division 1 - Chamber 1 in case 13/13459 dated 14 October 2014

    Paris Court of Appeal, Division 1 - Chamber 1

    Case no.
    13/13459
    Decision summary
    The Paris Court of Appeal recorded Caribbean Fiber Holdings' withdrawal, set aside the Paris Regional Court's exequatur order for the 27 March 2011 award, and annulled that award because undisclosed work by the arbitrator's law firm for Leucadia created a reasonable doubt about the arbitrator's independence and impartiality. It ordered Columbus Acquisitions Inc. and Columbus Holdings France SAS jointly to pay the costs and EUR 200,000 to Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements under article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure.

    Supporting details

    1 authority · 20 participants
    Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements (AGI)
    Representative
    Maître [E] [A] (For: Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements (AGI))
    Representative
    [H] [Y] (For: Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements (AGI))
    Representative
    [B] [L] (For: Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements (AGI))
    Representative
    Luca De Maria (For: Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements (AGI) · Columbus Holdings France SAS)
    Representative
    Jean-Pierre Grandjean (For: Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements (AGI))
    Representative
    Jacques Pellerin (For: Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements (AGI))
    Columbus Acquisitions Inc.
    Representative
    Philippe Galland (For: Columbus Acquisitions Inc. · Columbus Holdings France SAS)
    Representative
    Rémi Turcon (For: Columbus Acquisitions Inc. · Columbus Holdings France SAS)
    Representative
    Fabien Peyremorte (For: Columbus Acquisitions Inc. · Columbus Holdings France SAS)
    Columbus Holdings France SAS
    Representative
    Luca De Maria (For: Auto-Guadeloupe Investissements (AGI) · Columbus Holdings France SAS)
    Representative
    Philippe Galland (For: Columbus Acquisitions Inc. · Columbus Holdings France SAS)
    Representative
    Rémi Turcon (For: Columbus Acquisitions Inc. · Columbus Holdings France SAS)
    Representative
    Fabien Peyremorte (For: Columbus Acquisitions Inc. · Columbus Holdings France SAS)
    Caribbean Fiber Holdings LP (CFH)
    Representative
    Matthieu Boccon Gibod (For: Caribbean Fiber Holdings LP (CFH))
    Representative
    Alexis Granblat (For: Caribbean Fiber Holdings LP (CFH))
    Representative
    Ana Vermal (For: Caribbean Fiber Holdings LP (CFH))
    Paris Court of Appeal, Division 1 - Chamber 1
    Judge
    Guihal
    Judge
    Dallery
    Other
    Court Reporter
    Pate

    Authorities cited

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    • French Code of Civil Procedure
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