Consolidated appeals from a judgment and post-judgment orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. In the judgment, the district court (Gerard E. Lynch, Judge) confirmed a final arbitral award in favor of the petitioner and denied the respondent's cross-motion to vacate. We agree with the district court that the arbitration panel did not "manifestly disregard" the law either by failing to give preclusive effect to Ukrainian court judgments that the parties' dispute was not arbitrable because the respondent's agent lacked authority to execute the agreement giving rise to the dispute, or by failing to require a trial to determine the agreement's arbitrability pursuant to Sphere Drake Ins. Ltd. v. Clarendon Nat'l Ins. Co., 263 F.3d 26 (2d Cir. 2001). We also agree with the district court that the agreement was arbitrable as a matter of law because the respondent's agent had the apparent authority to execute it.

Affirmed.