French Court of Cassation says licence needed to enforce arbitral award against frozen LIA assets

13 February 2026

French Court of Cassation says licence needed to enforce arbitral award against frozen LIA assetsPetr Kovalenkov/Shutterstock.com

The French Court of Cassation has held that an arbitral award in favour of a Kuwaiti company cannot be enforced against the frozen assets of the EU-sanctioned Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) without a sanctions...

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Maya Lester KC

Maya Lester KC is a senior barrister (King’s Counsel) at Brick Court Chambers with a wide-ranging practice in public law, European law, competition law, international law, human rights & civil liberties. She has a particular expertise in sanctions. She is the…

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