Arbitration

• Represented a major commercial real estate developer and investor as claimants against an East Asian state in Paris-seated UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings relating to alleged investment treaty breaches.
• Represented a UK oil & gas developer as claimant against a government in London-seated UNCITRAL proceedings relating to alleged interference with the developer’s exclusive rights to develop petroleum resources.
• Represented Russia’s largest telecommunications provider as claimant against the State of Turkmenistan in Stockholm-seated ICSID (Additional Facility) arbitration proceedings relating to alleged expropriation of the investor’s assets in Turkmenistan.
• Represented a major telecommunications company as claimant against two African mobile networks in London-seated ICC arbitration proceedings relating to alleged breaches of contract.
• Represented one of the world’s largest tele-technology companies as respondent against a peer company in New York-seated ICC arbitration proceedings relating to alleged misuse of patented technologies.
• Represented a chemicals producer operating in the Middle East as respondent against an investor in London-seated LCIA arbitration proceedings relating to alleged breaches of a share purchase agreement.
• Represented an international oil & gas company as claimant against a South Asian state in London-seated UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings and connected English High Court proceedings relating to an offshore joint venture.*
• Represented a South Asian state as respondent in London-seated CIArb arbitration proceedings and connected English High Court proceedings relating to a dispute over amounts claimed by an asset recovery firm.*
• Represented an international oil & gas company in Paris-seated ICC arbitration proceedings relating the company’s relinquishment of a producing block in the Middle-East.*
• Acted for a South Asian state in its defence against a challenge brought before the High Court of an award issued in London-seated UNCITRAL proceedings in an energy investment dispute.*

Litigation

• Acted for an international logistics company as defendant in bilateral and class-action competition follow-on claims before the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal.
• Acted for a company director as respondent in unfair prejudice petition proceedings before the English High Court.
• Acted for an investment firm in a construction dispute relating to various sites across the UK subject to a statutory adjudication regime.
• Advised numerous international companies across various sectors on the appraisal and resolution of high-value claims arising from issues such as contested force majeure, alleged defamation, post-M&A breaches, shareholder and family office disputes, etc. 

Sanctions & Export Controls

• Advised major companies in the oil & gas, aviation, mining and finance sectors on the impact of UK and EU financial and trade sanctions targeting Russia on numerous proposed corporate transactions, joint venture structures and other special situations.  These have ranged from a multilateral financial institution seeking to exit its Russian investments to an international corporation seeking to fund a transfer of a football player from a Russian club.
• Advised many of the largest and most well-known companies in Russia on the application of UK and EU sanctions legislation.
• Advised a consortium of leading telecommunications companies on international sanctions relating to Yemen.
• Advised an international association for the shipping industry on UK/EU sanctions compliance with regard to the participation of Russian and Belarusian members.
• Advised a leading manufacturer operating in the oil & gas industry on an application for an import licence under the UK’s Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
• Advised global companies in the oil & gas, chemicals and life-sciences sectors on potential sanctions violations and self-reporting obligations.
• Advised a well-known consulting firm on the development of its group policy for compliance with UK sanctions and export control regulations.
• Advised a global biotech company on export control rules for goods with potential WMD application.
• Advised a European manufacturing company on export controls relating to the production and delivery of parts used in armaments.
• Advised one of the world’s foremost aerospace companies on contractual liabilities relating to its obligations to obtain export control licences from European state-level authorities.
• Advised multiple international companies on the negotiation of wording for sanctions and export control clauses in multi-million pound commercial contracts, including supply/off-take contracts, loan facilities and asset financing arrangements.
• Advised international companies and investors on the application of the UK’s Bribery Act and National Security and Investment Act.

*Prior to joining Baker Botts