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Cases · Risk, disputes & investigations · Contracts, commercial disputes & collections

Enforce a judgment or arbitration award abroad

We won our case but the debtor's assets are abroad. How do we enforce?

WONE Global coordinates recognition and enforcement in each country where the debtor's assets sit.

Countries in the typical case Singapore · India · United Arab Emirates

The situation

What is happening

You have won a case but the debtor’s assets are in another country.

What is at stake

A judgment that cannot be enforced is only paper.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Private clients and families

A scenario

Award holderCorporation · from Singapore · in India, United Arab Emirates

It holds a Singapore award against a contractor with assets in India and the UAE.

Where it ends An award turned into money.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Enforcing a foreign judgment”“Arbitration award enforcement”“A foreign arbitral award needs enforcement locally”“We need to enforce a foreign court judgment”“A foreign judgment faces enforcement obstacles in a difficult market”“I need to enforce a judgment against assets held abroad”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global coordinates recognition and enforcement in each country where the debtor's assets sit.

Usually led by Disputes & Resolution, with Legal & Contracting and Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1Assets located.
  2. Weeks 2-6Recognition filed.
  3. Months 2-8Enforcement.
  4. ThenRecovery.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Where assets are and which treaties allow enforcement
  2. 02Recognition procedure and timing
  3. 03Asset searches and attachment

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Recognition and enforcement proceedings
  • Assets attached
  • Recovery

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsDisputes & Resolution9 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedLegal & Contracting18 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedRisk, Compliance & Financial Integrity11 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Disputes & Resolution, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Singaporein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. United Arab Emiratesin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  5. Australia WONE Global Partner Dimitrios Katsaros · Principal Solicitor Brief this Partner →
  6. Italy WONE Global Partner Alessandro Dagnino · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  7. Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
  8. Portugal WONE Global Partner Bruna Prinzo · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  9. Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
  10. United States WONE Global Partner Frederick Miles Adler · Principal Brief this Partner →
  11. Zambia WONE Global Partner Reagan Blankfein Gates · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  12. Zimbabwe WONE Global Partner Thompson Mucheki · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  13. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

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UNIONE™ · Before You Enforce™

When money has to be recovered across a border.

Plan recognition, assets, jurisdiction and security, including State and State-owned parties, before committing to enforcement.

For this moment

UNIONE™ is the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem's institution for cross-border dispute prevention, resolution, arbitration and enforcement. Like WONE Global, it is part of the ecosystem, and the two work as one. Links open theunione.org. Visit UNIONE™

UNBOUNDED™ · Global Business Circuit™

Work through India ↔ United Arab Emirates with the leaders doing it.

Bring a live question about this corridor to a small online session of senior business leaders, run by UNBOUNDED™, the ecosystem WONE Global belongs to.

WONE Global is one of the six institutions of the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem. Links open unboundedglobal.com. WONE Global in the ecosystem