David K. Duffee

Nationalized Financial Institutions May Be Entitled to Sovereign Immunity under Pre-Nationalization Contracts
Douglas A. Doetsch,David K. Duffee,Steven W. Walker, April 9, 2012
In Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund v. Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited (November 28, 2011), the US District Court for the Southern District of New York held that Anglo Irish Bank (AIB), which was nationalized by the Irish government in 2009, was entitled to sovereign immunity as a...