Summary

Memorandum Opinion

MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas PLC ("MOL") prevailed in arbitration against the Republic of Croatia and petitions this court to enforce the arbitration award. MOL moves for summary judgment, arguing that it obtained an arbitration award against Croatia, that Croatia agreed to be bound by such awards, and that U.S. law requires enforcement of the award. Croatia cross-moves for summary judgment, repeating many of the same arguments that this court rejected at the motion to dismiss phase, see MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC v. Republic of Croatia, No. 23-cv-218, 2025 WL 1134945 (D.D.C. Apr. 16, 2025), and that other judges in this district have since found unpersuasive as well, see Blasket Renewable Invs. v. Kingdom of Spain, No. 19-cv-3783, 2025 WL 2320368 (D.D.C. Aug. 12, 2025); Infrastructure Servs. Luxembourg S.A.R.L. v. Kingdom of Spain, No. 18-cv-1753, 2025 WL 2320406 (D.D.C. Aug. 12, 2025); Blasket Renewable Invs., LLC v. Kingdom of Spain, No. 20-cv-817, 2025 WL 2336428 (D.D.C. Aug. 13, 2025); Cube Infrastructure Fund SICAV v. Kingdom of Spain, No. 20-cv-1708, 2025 WL 2374517 (D.D.C. Aug. 14, 2025); Blasket Renewable Invs. LLC v. Kingdom of Spain, No. 20-cv-1081, 2025 WL 3516146 (D.D.C. Sept. 11, 2025); ACF Renewable Energy Ltd. v. Republic of Bulgaria, 804 F. Supp. 3d 141 (D.D.C. 2025); 9Ren Holdings S.À.R.L. v. Kingdom of Spain, No. 19-cv-1871, 2025 WL 2779795 (D.D.C. Sept. 29, 2025); NextEra Energy Glob. Holdings B.V. v. Kingdom of Spain, No. 19-cv-1618, 2025 WL 2779908 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 2025). The court grants MOL's motion and denies Croatia's motion.