Experience

• • Mr. Felipe Massa (a former Brazilian F1 driver) in his English High Court proceedings against Formula One Management (FOM), Mr. Bernard Ecclestone and F1’s governing body, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), to recover substantial damages and certain declarations in claims for breach of contract, inducing breach of contract and unlawful means conspiracy arising out of actions and decisions taken by the defendants following a crash during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008. In November 2025, Debevoise successfully defended reverse summary judgment/strike out applications brought by FOM, Mr Ecclestone and the FIA.
  • Dutch and Swedish investors in Caruna, a Finnish electricity distribution company, in an ECT claim against Finland concerning the regulation of the electricity market.
  • One of the largest energy companies in a potential dispute under the Energy Charter Treaty arising from the closure of a major natural gas field by a European state.
  • A Panamanian company operating in the power sector in its US$275 million ICC arbitration claim against a Turkish contractor for wrongful termination of a long-term agreement for the supply of electricity to a Caribbean state.
  • Investors in an energy company in a potential claim against a State under the Energy Charter Treaty concerning the regulation of the electricity market.
  • Eiser Infrastructure and a subsidiary in their successful ICSID arbitration, brought under the Energy Charter Treaty, against the Kingdom of Spain following the withdrawal of certain financial incentives to encourage investment in renewable energy.
  • A Middle Eastern infrastructure project in a $4 billion ICC arbitration.
  • A transport project in a $750 million UNCITRAL arbitration.
  • 25 investors in renewable energy projects in 10 separate ICSID and UNCITRAL arbitration claims against the Kingdom of Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty involving claims in excess of $2.5 billion.
  • Two parallel LCIA arbitrations with the amount in dispute in excess of $2.2 billion.
  • One of the world’s largest mining companies in an ICC arbitration regarding a South African law-governed joint venture dispute involving claims in excess of $1 billion.
  • The Republic of Poland in an investment treaty arbitration brought under the UNCITRAL Rules and relating to alleged investments in the pharmaceutical sector involving claims in excess of $250 million.
  • An Italian manufacturing company in an ICC arbitration regarding an English law-governed breach of contract dispute involving claims in excess of $250 million.