FH HOLDING MOSCOW LTD V AO UNICREDIT BANK

[2025] EWHC 3111 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Mr Justice Henshaw, 25 November 2025

Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Alleged breach of arbitration clause – Oppressive and vexatious ground for relief – Jurisdiction of English court over defendants – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37 – CPR Practice Direction 6B, paras 3.1(3) and 3.1(6)(c)

On 2 November 2018, FH, a Cyprus company operating solely in Russia, entered into a Facility Agreement with AO, a Russian bank which was the wholly owned subsidiary of SPA, an Italian bank.