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Spotlight | France, Libya
After Al Kharafi and Sorelec cases, huge new arbitration threatens LIA's French assets again

Plastic surgery specialist Aymen Boujbel's Tunisian import-export business Siba Plast is trying to seize €280m in assets from the Libyan Investment Authority through a claim on a prison construction contract signed with Libya's National Transition Council in 2012. [...]

Published on 01/10/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Aicha Othmane
Al Kharafi
Anis Boujbel
Augusto Pelliccia
Aymen Boujbel
Banque Exterieure d'Algerie
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Daniel Vasilescu
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International Chamber of Commerce
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Libyan Investment Authority
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Muammar Gaddafi
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Ridha Neffati
Rosalinda Iaocella
Sam Zormati
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Sorelec
Stefano Bencivenga
Union des Banques Arabes et Francaises

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The premises of the Fnac building in Les Ternes, Paris, are being seized.

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With €280m at stake, Siba Plast case gets complicated for LIA

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The Fnac des Ternes building is one of the assets concerned.

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Paris FNAC store case to be heard by France's Court of Cassation in March

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Aicha Othmane
Al Kharafi
Anis Boujbel
Augusto Pelliccia
Aymen Boujbel
Banque Exterieure d'Algerie
Banque intercontinentale arabe
Daniel Vasilescu
Fnac
Giacorosa
International Chamber of Commerce
Lafico
Libyan Foreign Bank
Libyan Investment Authority
Med Espoir
Muammar Gaddafi
National Transitional Council
Ridha Neffati
Rosalinda Iaocella
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Siba Plast
Société internationale des bons affaires dans le domaine du plastique
Sorelec
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Spotlight | France, Libya
After Al Kharafi and Sorelec cases, huge new arbitration threatens LIA's French assets again

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French court rules in favour of Libya in Siba Plast case

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French courts uphold Libyan government's appeal in Siba Plast case

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Sam Zormati sentence over attempted Fnac building seizure reduced on appeal

Libya
Tripoli continues battle against Al Kharafi and Siba Plast in Paris

Libya
In Paris, LIA wins some and loses some in marathon Siba Plast affair

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With €280m at stake, Siba Plast case gets complicated for LIA

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