Arbitrator Appointments
Acting as presiding arbitrator in a high stakes dispute valued at around USD 70 million between a global energy company and a US-based refinery arising under a Crude and Feedstock Supply Agreement, and pertaining to matters concerning, inter alia, crude nomination procedures and the determination of freight charges. The arbitration is governed by the 2020 LCIA Arbitration Rules, seated in London, and governed by New York law.
Acting as presiding arbitrator in a dispute concerning the transport and sales of 40,000 MT of gasoil. The dispute concerns UK and Ghanian parties and is being conducted under the 2020 LCIA Arbitration Rules, with English law governing the substance and procedure of the dispute. The matter involves a nonparticipating respondent party, and parallel Ghanian court proceedings.
Acting as sole arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration arising out of a Mandate Agreement pursuant to which the claimant was appointed as the exclusive financial, strategic, and management advisor in relation to the respondent’s housing and energy projects for the United Nations Office for Project Services. The matter involves Emirati and Singaporean parties, is governed by English law, and is seated in the DIFC.
Acted as sole arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration concerning the sale and supply of certain commodities, including fertilizer. The matter involves Zambian and Emirati parties and is being conducted under the 2020 LCIA Arbitration Rules, with English law governing the arbitration’s substance and procedure.
Acted as presiding arbitrator in a consolidated multi-party (Swiss, Cypriot and Russian) LCIA arbitration arising out of a Memorandum of Understanding and Personal Guarantee concerning payments under a loan agreement. The dispute is being conducted under the 2020 LCIA Arbitration Rules, with English law governing the arbitration’s substance and procedure. The dispute involved numerous procedural applications, including requests for bifurcation, emergency measures, and the withdrawal of certain claims and parties, as well as the issuance of an interim cost award in advance of the final award.
Acted as sole arbitrator in a dispute arising from back-to-back aircraft purchase and sale agreements. The arbitration was conducted under the 2014 LCIA Rules and seated in London, with English law governing the procedure and substance of the dispute. The matter involved a non-participating respondent party, and parallel U.S. state court proceedings in Oklahoma.
Acted as sole arbitrator in a dispute arising out of a program partnership agreement for the provision of private aircraft hire. The arbitration was conducted under the 2014 LCIA Rules and was seated in London, with English law governing the procedure and substance of the dispute.
Acted as co-arbitrator on a three-member tribunal, where the parties' dispute concerned their respective obligations under a joint venture shareholder agreement related to a real estate project in Scotland. The arbitration was conducted under the 2014 LCIA Arbitration Rules and was seated in London, with English law governing the procedure and substance of the dispute.
Acted as presiding arbitrator in an aviation dispute concerning the parties’ respective obligations under a Component Support Agreement, pursuant to which the claimant, as the supplier, provided to the respondent, as the customer, certain services for the supply, repair, and overhaul of aircraft components for use in the respondent’s aircraft. The arbitration was conducted under the 2014 LCIA Arbitration Rules and seated in London, with English law governing the procedure and substance of the dispute.
Advisory / Counsel
Representing a UK energy company and its subsidiaries in an Energy Charter Treaty claim against the Republic of Kazakhstan, concerning the host state’s role in facilitating and effectuating the corporate raiding of the investor’s assets.
Acting as lead counsel in a bilateral arbitration for an Italian mining company against a North African state in relation to the host State’s internationally wrongful treatment of the investor and its investment.
Successfully defended a South Asian State in a USD 500 million multilateral treaty claim brought by a Saudi investor claiming, in relation to a failed steel plant project, that the State and its SOEs had failed to honour sovereign assurances, including those related to the supply of natural gas at a favourable tariff. All claims against the State were dismissed on the merits, and the investor was ordered to pay a portion of the State’s legal and arbitration costs.
Acted as lead counsel for the largest private Indian construction company in an ICC proceeding brought by Mozambique and its Ministry of Transportation and Communications in relation to a USD 3 billion deepwater port and rail project. The case focused heavily on the specific requirements of Mozambican public procurement processes. The proceeding was governed by Mozambican law and seated in Maputo.
Acted as lead counsel for a major US-based technology company in a DIFC-LCIA arbitration concerning alleged breaches of a Teaming Agreement concerning the provision of communications technology to a UAE stated-owned water and electricity authority as part of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (“AMI”) for the SoE’s smart grid. The arbitration concerned, inter alia, various smart metering technologies and the SOE’s procurement processes for pilot projects and large-scale competitive public tenders. Procedurally, the arbitration involved objections to jurisdiction, preliminary issues applications, a security for cost application, complex disclosure applications, and a host of applications related to evidentiary issues. The arbitration was governed by English law and seated in the DIFC.
Acted as counsel for a US oil and gas major in a USD 170 million dispute with a port authority in relation to the interpretation of a long-term lease and corresponding commercial arrangements for conservancy dues associated with the passage of ships and their contents through the terminal in question. The ad hoc arbitration was governed by English law, and seated in London.
Acted as lead counsel for a Saudi energy company and its Ukrainian subsidiary in a DIAC arbitration against Chinese EPC contractors concerning the significant delay in the construction of a solar power plant project in Ukraine. The dispute was governed by English law and seated in London.
Acted as lead counsel for a large US-based multinational producer and distributor of commodities in an ICDR arbitration governed by English law and seated in London. The dispute concerned the termination of the parties’ supply agreement and numerous unpaid debts claims, as well as counterclaims related to the COVID pandemic. The dispute resulted in a settlement favourable.
Acted as lead counsel for a major US-based gas services company against a Pakistani company in four high value DIFC-LCIA arbitrations arising out of five contracts and relating to the provision of goods and services for three gas processing facilities in Karachi, Pakistan. The arbitration was governed by English law and seated in Dubai.
Acted as lead counsel for a West African communications and technology company in a dispute with a West African Central Bank in a high value LCIA arbitration concerning a technology project. The arbitration concerned was governed by Ghanaian law and seated in London.
Acted as lead counsel for the Ministry of Energy of a West African State in relation to high stakes UNCITRAL arbitration seated in London concerning a dispute under a Build, Operate, Own and Transfer Agreement for a 300MW power station. The dispute concerned, inter alia, the contractor’s failure to comply with the relevant procurement processes dictated by the Ministry.
Acted as lead counsel for a Ghanaian oil and gas company in an UNCITRAL arbitration governed by Ghanaian law and seated London, against multinational lending institutions, in relation to the failure of the institutions to disburse loans related to a petroleum storage facility. The representation included defending an anti-suit injunction obtained by the lending institutions (on a without notice basis) before the English courts.
Advised India’s largest private oil and gas company in three UNCITRAL arbitrations concerning multi-million dollar disputes with the Indian Government and its SOEs, in relation to, inter alia, the right to cost recovery under relevant production sharing contracts, disputes concerning gas pricing, and disputes concerning unitisation of the relevant oil and gas field.
Advised a major US-based oil and gas services provider in a dispute with a Kazakh company in three LCIA arbitrations governed by English law and seated in London. The dispute involved three separate agreements to provide goods and services to a gas processing and treatment facility in Kazakhstan (interim services, technical consultancy and O&M agreements).
Advised a major US-based oil and gas services provider in dispute avoidance strategies in relation to an explosion at a gas processing plant in Pakistan.
Advised one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies on restructuring its investment in the Middle East and revising its web of layered disputes resolution clauses to maximise legal protection while minimising costs in the event of a dispute between the company and its contracting parties.
Advised a Swiss technology company in a LCIA arbitration against a US technology corporation concerning a licensing dispute governed by the substantive laws of California and the US, and the procedural laws of England.
Advised a Mexican publishing distributor in a London-based LCIA arbitration in a dispute with a Greek publishing house. The dispute concerned the breach of an exclusive distribution agreement, which expanded to include copyright claims and criminal matters.
