Our international disputes team brings sector depth and strategic clarity to the most complex energy and infrastructure disputes in the Middle East and around the world— delivering focused advice, rigorous strategy and effective advocacy.

We handle all forms of dispute resolution— international arbitration( commercial and treaty), litigation and DIFC court proceedings— providing a seamless, strategydriven service from early risk assessment through to final award or judgment.

In the:

- Oil & Gas sector: we advise on disputes concerning all aspects of the oil and gas industry. Our clients include super majors, large independents, mid-caps, start-ups, petrochemical and refinery companies, governments, trading houses, equity investors and financial institutions.

- Power sector: we are trusted advisors to clients involved in conventional, renewable, alternative, nuclear and hydro power disputes across the full value-chain including generation, transmission, networks, energy storage and related infrastructure.

- Infrastructure sector: we advise a diverse range of infrastructure project participants on disputes, including those arising under joint venture agreements, EPC / EPCM contracts and related subcontracts.

- DIFC Court: we are currently acting for the Defendant in one of the largest set of proceedings currently before the DIFC Court.

Recent experience:

• Developer of renewables projects— numerous force majeure issues arising under PPAs and EPC Contracts in relation to wind and solar projects in the Middle East

• Developer of wind projects— disputes with the construction contractors regarding defects, delay and liquidated damages claims in relation to a wind project in the Middle East

• Foreign direct investor— $ 1 billion ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Iraq over the seizure of cement and pipe plants— the first such investor-state claim brought in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq

• Independent energy company— providing strategic advice on the implications of a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Iraq in respect of oil and gas assets in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

• International oil and gas companies— advised on a dispute with a Middle Eastern Ministry of Energy, including potential investment treaty and PSC claims arising from national court decisions on the constitutionality of production sharing contracts

• International oil and gas services company— LCIA arbitration concerning the construction of an oil and gas extraction and refining plant in Iraq

• Oil and gas services company— dispute over a Saudi Arabian project for a water disposal system

• Oil trading company— DIAC arbitration concerning non-payment for a cargo of gasoline

• Owner of a solar project— dispute relating to the supply of equipment for a solar project in Jordan

• Project company— disputes arising under an EPC contract for the construction of a large water desalination project in the Middle East concerning delay, liquidated damages, defects, force majeure and calls on a performance bond

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