Georgia will challenge the enforcement in the United States of a $350 million arbitration award won by Enka, the country indicated this week, setting up a new round of litigation in a dispute that has already run through international arbitration.

The award, totaling $350 million, was issued in favor of Enka against Georgia. Enforcement proceedings are now underway in the US, and Georgian authorities have decided to contest them rather than pay.

The announcement confirms that the dispute has shifted from the arbitral forum to national courts. Georgia's decision to resist enforcement means a US court will now examine whether the award can be set aside or refused recognition under the applicable legal standards.

For practitioners, the development signals a protracted enforcement fight. Georgia is likely to raise grounds for non-enforcement, and asset identification and attachment in the US jurisdiction will become the practical battleground. Respondent states that resist enforcement typically argue procedural defects, public policy exceptions, or excess of arbitral authority, though Georgia has not yet disclosed the specific grounds it intends to press.

Enka, the award creditor, will need to pursue recognition and execution against any Georgian assets reachable in the US, while Georgia's legal team prepares its challenge. The case adds to a growing docket of investor-state arbitration awards contested in American courts.