India, Aug. 30 -- BNP Paribas (BNP.L, BNPQY,BNP.PA,BNP.DE) emphasized in the Sudan Litigation appeal that the case will be decided under the governing Swiss law. The Bank is confident that the trial court fundamentally misconstrued Swiss law, committed numerous legal errors, and disregarded highly relevant evidence showing that the financial transactions at issue were authorized under both Swiss and European law.
The dispute stems from a lawsuit by Sudanese plaintiffs who allege that BNP Paribas provided banking services to former President Omar al-Bashir's government between 1997 and 2011, helping it circumvent sanctions and contributing to human-rights abuses during the conflict in Sudan. A New York jury in October 2025 found BNP Paribas...