International Construction

Conduct of ICC arbitration (Geneva Seat) on behalf of a JV arising out of a Middle Eastern petrochemical project; the dispute of value is at $250 million+ and covers a wide range of delay and disruption claims, together with over 400 smaller value additional cost claims and back charges

Conduct of arbitration proceedings (administered by the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce) regarding disputes between the main contractor and a subcontractor arising out of the construction of a data centre

Represented an international developer of power and water projects in complex and high-value ICC international arbitration proceedings concerning a Central American hydro electric power project

Advising an international contractor in relation to issues arising out the construction of an offshore wind farm

Advising the contractor consortium on an LNG receiving, storage and regasification terminal in Europe

Advising the main contractor to the redevelopment of a North Sea oil & gas project involving an FPSO with regard to issues arising both up and down the contractual chain, with particular emphasis on almost two years of COVID and hardline lockdown related delays arising out of fabrication in China

Advising main contractor on various disputes with subcontractors at various stages of maturity from pre-action to arbitration (administered by Netherlands Institute)

Conduct of English High Court proceedings, including successfully obtaining orders for injunctive relief against environmental activists

Represented an EPC contractor in an ICC arbitration, seated in Singapore, arising out of a construction project for a coal mining conveyer system in Indonesia; the arbitration primarily concerned changed site conditions in the project area caused by an affiliate of the owner, which prevented project completion; the case settled favorably

Representing an international EPC contractor and specialist waste-to-energy plant provider in major disputes concerning the design of a waste-to-energy plant in the UK

Representing a major Turkish conglomerate in ICC arbitration proceedings arising out of the disputed termination of one of the EPC contracts relating to the Marmaray Project in Istanbul (FIDIC Silver Book based)

Texas Central Partners as project counsel in the development of a high speed rail project between Houston and Dallas

STAR Rafineri A.Ş. a subsidiary of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and its sponsors on the development and financing of a $6.3 billion greenfield oil refinery in Turkey on the Aegean Sea. This is the largest project financing in Turkey and involves the largest and most diverse group of ECAs for any multi-source financing in Turkey to date. The STAR project sets new benchmarks for project financings in Turkey in terms of amount and tenor of facilities. The Project won 10 awards including Infrastructure Journal’s “European Oil and Gas Deal of the Year 2014”

Noble Energy, Inc. as project counsel in the development of the Leviathan natural gas field in offshore Israel, including the development, construction and financing of a 2.1 Bcf/d natural gas production platform and associated subsea and tie-back facilities

BG Group in the development of a multitrain, multibillion dollar LNG project in Lake Charles, Louisiana, including involvement in the feedstock, off-take, and other project-related agreements

A joint venture among Korean Gas Corp (KOGAS), Lotte Chemical, STX Energy and Uzbekneftegas, on the development and the Asian Development Bank, KEXIM and KSure led financing of the approximately $3.9 billion Surgil upstream gas and petrochemicals project, Project Finance International’s “Petrochemical Deal of the Year 2012”, Infrastructure Journal’s “Oil and Gas Deal of the Year 2013”, The American Lawyer’s “Global Finance Deal of the Year: Project Finance (Asia) 2014” and the largest project financing in Central Asia

ChevronPhillips Chemical Company LLC on the development and financing of more than $1 billion petrochemical derivatives facilities in Saudi Arabia, including work on the related EPC contracts

Emirates Aluminium Company in connection with its construction, procurement, and technology arrangements for its 1.3 million tonnes per year aluminium smelter at Taweelah in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with a transaction value of approximately $6.4 billion

Dyno Nobel Inc. in the development of an $850 million anhydrous ammonia plant in Louisiana, including project development arrangements, real estate and environmental matters, and negotiation of CO2 and ammonia offtake agreements