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International Dispute Resolution & Arbitration

Experience Highlights

  • Representing consortia of international and domestic companies in two arbitrations arising out of a hugely successful oil field offshore India in connection with a series of profit sharing disputes with the Government of India; these are collectively valued at just short of $1 billion, and have spawned significant satellite litigation in the courts of both India and Malaysia

  • Acting on a number of ICC arbitrations in connection with the design and construction of a major maritime project in Central America

  • Successfully represented El Paso International Company defending against Argentina’s application to annul the ICSID award in El Paso’s favor; the annulment was dismissed affirming our client’s award

  • Representing a private equity fund in relation to breaches of confidentially in proceedings before the DIFC court

  • Obtained a major victory for a U.S. E&P company in an AAA arbitration in connection with the purchase of more than 20,000 acres of leases in the Utica Shale for US$120 million; after discovery and evidentiary hearings, the arbitrator ruled in favor of our client on all claims; the award obligates the opposing party to pay the significant per-acre bonus if payment is required to avoid termination of the defective leases

  • Represented two investors in linked arbitrations against a Southeast Asian State — one under a bilateral investment treaty (ICSID Rules) and one under a multilateral investment agreement (UNCITRAL Rules); the claims arise out of an investment in the banking sector

  • 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)

  • Representing a Middle Eastern state in an ICC arbitration against another state in relation to breaches of an oil pipeline agreement and a Treaty of Friendship; in a separate matter, represented Middle Eastern state in a Texas court case against a political subdivision in relation to a dispute over an oil cargo

  • Advising upstream investors in connection with three maritime boundary disputes, including interface with competing sovereign over rights in field