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Court setback for ENI in Delaware over OPL 245

ENI's crusade to hold to account those it considers guilty in the "Malabu affair" ran into a first stumbling block in a Delaware court in mid-July. [...]

Published on 29.07.2021 at 05:00 GMT

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Johnson & Johnson
Malabu Oil & Gas

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Litigation funder Drumcliffe tries to ensnare JP Morgan in Nigerian asset recovery fight

The litigation funder is lobbying the US Congress to facilitate seizures of assets linked to the Malabu Oil case. Its sights are set on the New York investment bank, which acted as an agent of Abuja in the complex sale and purchase of OPL 245 by Eni and Shell from Malabu Oil & Gas.

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Nigeria
Former Attorney General Adoke's shadow looms over JPMorgan trial in OPL 245 affair

Mohammed Bello Adoke, the former Minister of Justice of ex-Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, instructed the transfer of $875m to Malabu Oil & Gas in connection with the purchase of the OPL 245 oil block.

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Former Nigerian Attorney General Mohammed Bello Adoke.

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ENI-Nigeria arbitration over OPL 245 resumes at ICSID after false start

The arbitration between ENI and the Nigerian state before the ICSID was interrupted in early December after Nigeria requested the disqualification of arbitrator Stanimir Alexandrov.

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Abuja fine-tunes case against JPMorgan in OPL 245 affair

Nigeria, whose case against JPMorgan is about to be heard in London, is doing its utmost to prove the bank was negligent over the transfer of $875m from state funds to Dan Etete's Malabu Oil & Gas ahead of the sale of OPL 245 block to Shell and ENI.

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Nigeria
ENI and Cnooc favour lawyers Aluko & Oyebode in dispute with state

ENI has hired Lagos-based Aluko & Oyebode for its arbitration against Nigeria, joining a list of other private oil majors, to use the law firm's services in their disputes with Abuja.

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Nigeria
Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin

The arbitration tribunal put in place to resolve the dispute between the Nigerian State and ENI on the development of the OPL 245 offshore oil field is ready to go.

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.2021

Italy, Nigeria
Sergio Spadaro, prosecutor Pasquale's loyal deputy in ENI legal battles

Sergio Spadaro, a public prosecutor in Milan, has over the past decade become a major figure in the fight against corruption in Italy, relentlessly pursuing the oil major and its subsidiaries as well as politicians.

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Nigeria
OPL 245: Abuja still in dispute with JPMorgan over $875m wired to Dan Etete

Though the court in Milan acquitted ENI over its 2011 acquisition of the OPL 245 oil block, the High Court in London is taking a closer look at the transaction.

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.2021

Nigeria
Milan acquittal on Malabu case spurs ENI into action against Abuja

The Italian major ENI is keen for more than the acquittal handed down in mid-March by a Milan court in the long-running Malabu Oil corruption case.

Subscribers only Energy 24.03.2021

Nigeria
OPL 245: Johnson law firm keeps Nigeria in dark over deal with Drumcliffe to finance Malabu litigation

In dramatic new developments in a Delaware courtroom, it has come to light that the lawyer representing Abuja in the Malabu affair, Olabode Johnson, has signed a litigation financing arrangement with a US private equity firm without informing Nigeria of the deal.

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Nigeria Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin

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Nigeria OPL 245: Abuja still in dispute with JPMorgan over $875m wired to Dan Etete

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Nigeria OPL 245: Johnson law firm keeps Nigeria in dark over deal with Drumcliffe to finance Malabu litigation

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Nigeria
Court setback for ENI in Delaware over OPL 245

Nigeria
Litigation funder Drumcliffe tries to ensnare JP Morgan in Nigerian asset recovery fight

Nigeria
Former Attorney General Adoke's shadow looms over JPMorgan trial in OPL 245 affair

Nigeria
ENI-Nigeria arbitration over OPL 245 resumes at ICSID after false start

Nigeria
Abuja fine-tunes case against JPMorgan in OPL 245 affair

Nigeria
ENI and Cnooc favour lawyers Aluko & Oyebode in dispute with state

Nigeria
Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin

Italy, Nigeria
Sergio Spadaro, prosecutor Pasquale's loyal deputy in ENI legal battles

Nigeria
OPL 245: Abuja still in dispute with JPMorgan over $875m wired to Dan Etete

Nigeria
Milan acquittal on Malabu case spurs ENI into action against Abuja

Nigeria
OPL 245: Johnson law firm keeps Nigeria in dark over deal with Drumcliffe to finance Malabu litigation