Debevoise & Plimpton has issued a press release affirming its representation of Mobile Telesystems (MTS) against the Uzbek government before the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
The matters -- which was initially registered at the ICSID in November, 2012 -- involves MTS's claims that the Uzbek government forcefully bankrupted its business, revoked its license, confiscated its property, and imposed punitive sanctions.
The Uzbek government is represented before the ICSID -- a member of the World Bank Group -- by the U.S. law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner.
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