This petition asks the court to do what courts do in these cases: preserve the status quo so arbitration can mean something. It is not a “trial on the merits,” but a request to stop the obvious risk—asset dissipation—while the parties litigate contractual rights under the PAA and ICC arbitration clause. It frames the relief around return of assets, an accounting, preservation of records, and restraints on transfers. In a story full of media spin, this is the procedural spine: the effort to force the dispute into a forum governed by evidence and enforceable orders.
