A legal battle involving a major European engineering contractor has entered the Asian judicial landscape, after the Bombay High Court admitted a case connected to the enforcement of a multi-billion-dollar foreign judgment against Italy’s engineering behemoth Tecnimont.
The proceedings were filed by Russian fertilizer company EuroChem, following a Russian court decision ordering the recovery of more than $2.2 billion from Tecnimont and its affiliated entities within the MAIRE Group. EuroChem is seeking recognition of that ruling in India and has requested court-approved measures that could extend to the freezing of Tecnimont-related assets. The next stage of the Indian proceedings is scheduled for January 2026.
While the litigation does not concern any Asian project directly, its arrival in Indian courts has wider relevance. Tecnimont is deeply embedded in Asia’s industrial development, with active participation in refinery, petrochemical and energy projects in India, and a well-established presence in Malaysia, where it has worked on downstream and process-industry facilities supporting regional energy and manufacturing supply chains.
These projects are central to national objectives such as fuel quality upgrades, domestic chemical capacity growth and energy security.