Representative Engagements

• Obtaining a favorable award on behalf of Citigroup in a $7.5 billion ICDR arbitration brought by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.  The three-person arbitration panel unanimously decided in our client’s favor.  The ruling was subsequently upheld by the Southern District of New York, and by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
• A leading European energy company in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration in Paris against a European liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier, arising from an LNG sale and purchase agreement with New York law applied;
• Successfully obtaining an injunction in aid of arbitration for Invar International, Inc. and Talex International, LLC which ordered the respondent, a major Turkish power company, to prevent its affiliate from foreclosing on a $780 million project finance loan pending a Geneva Chamber of Commerce arbitration.
• Successfully representing a state-owned electric company in an LCIA arbitration concerning a $200 million dispute with a midstream marketer of natural gas over spiking of gas prices during a major weather event, including early termination damages for the dissolution of a long-term gas supply agreement.
• Acting for a global private equity firm in a SIAC arbitration concerning oppressive conduct by one of India’s most valuable startups, seeking damages of $200 million. 
• Securing a substantial cash payment and other favorable terms on behalf of a German-based IT company in the radiotherapy field in an AAA/ICDR arbitration (and parallel Delaware litigation) regarding a dispute under a long-running sales contract.
• Successfully representing the Santa Barbara Hospitality, N.V., in a ICDR arbitration against Hyatt involving alleged breaches of a hotel management agreement involving a 350-room luxury resort in the Caribbean. The tribunal ruled that SBH properly terminated Hyatt under the hotel management agreement and that Hyatt breached its fiduciary duties, resulting in the Panel awarding SBH damages.
• Negotiating a favorable settlement on behalf of a leading producer of premium men’s grooming and skin care products in a dispute with its Russian distributor concerning allegations of product diversion. Our client was able to avoid formal ICDR arbitration proceedings while also recovering unsold product and unwound its relationship with the Russian distributor.

• Achieving a favorable settlement on behalf of a Japanese electronics company in an ICC arbitration against a Chinese solar module manufacturer concerning breaches of a purchase agreement.
• Representing a private equity firm in an ICC arbitration brought by another private equity firm that alleged breaches of the purchase agreement for interests in a South American technology company. The matter was successfully resolved prior to hearing.
• Securing a final award of more than $24 million for a Thai chemical company in an ICC arbitration concerning a dispute over pricing and disclosure obligations under a long-term purchase and sale agreement.
• Representing a Chinese-based telecommunications company in an ICC arbitration in Hong Kong with respect to a patent licensing dispute arising from a joint venture transaction with a global communications technology company.

• Representing a large independent crude oil and natural gas producer and its insurer in a UK Arbitration Act arbitration against their reinsurer regarding a dispute arising out of damages suffered at an off-shore oil platform.