Experience

• • 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.