Deutsche Telekom Seeks Enforcement of $156M Arbitral Award Against India

Highlights

• Hughes Hubbard represented Deutsche Telekom in urging the DC Circuit to enforce a $156 million arbitral award.
• A brief argued that India should be precluded from relitigating its sovereign immunity from suit, which was already decided by the DC Circuit.

Hughes Hubbard represented Deutsche Telekom in urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to enforce a $156 million arbitral award in favor of German telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom.

The firm is representing Deutsche Telekom in India’s appeal of the enforcement of a March 2024 arbitral award, which concerned India’s cancellation of a satellite spectrum contract and an alleged breach of its 1995 bilateral investment treaty with Germany.

A brief submitted on behalf of Deutsche Telekom argued that India should be precluded from relitigating its sovereign immunity from suit, which was already decided by the DC Circuit in an October 2025 ruling.

“Confirmation proceedings should not be multi-year slugfests in which a disgruntled award-debtor is able to regurgitate specious arguments to delay confirmation, particularly when those arguments have been fully digested and rejected by multiple courts in other jurisdictions,” the brief stated.

Law360 reported on the brief.

The Hughes Hubbard team representing Deutsche Telekom includes Malik Havalic, Shayda Vance, Carter Rosekrans and Win Jordan.