Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration – Law Services

Partnering with you, we structure our relationship to make us an extension of your own team, not a replacement for it.

At the outset, we will take the time to develop a comprehensive understanding of your strategic and commercial objectives. 

Where we have to fight, we will fight for you but our focus is on working with you to resolve disputes in the most commercially sensible way possible.

Communication is key and we focus on maintaining a regular dialogue with you throughout the course of a matter.

Your business is international and with our global reach, with offices in London, Piraeus, Monaco, Singapore and Hong Kong, we provide you with a service that is fast and efficient, utilising our local knowledge and experience of the specific region.

Our clients come from a broad range of sectors, including:

• energy
• construction and infrastructure
• international trade and commodities
• transport
• insurance and reinsurance
• partnerships

We act as both arbitrators and counsel and many of our lawyers have first-hand industry experience. We have extensive experience handling complex, large-scale, cross-border commercial arbitration cases, for example:

• acting in an LCIA arbitration for a UK-based client claiming a multi-million dollar sum from a large state-owned oil and gas company. The dispute is cross-border and involves the supply of high value, complex, machinery to the oil and gas industry
• acting for a former member of a limited liability partnership (an international property consultancy) in an arbitration against the partnership. The claim involved allegations of mis-representation arising from the member’s terms of release from the LLP. The multi-million pound claim related to his loss from the sale of the business and additional loss of earnings
• successfully acting for a property management company in an ad hoc arbitration against a waste management company for unpaid royalties under a lease of easement
• representing a Spanish main design and build contractor in ICC London proceedings brought by a Pakistan employer for breach of contract on the basis that the plant did not produce alcohol to the agreed contractual specification or in the agreed contractual volumes
• acting in a CIETAC dispute seated in Hong Kong between a US-based global trader and their Chinese counterpart in relation to a substantial shipment of corn
• acting in an LMAA arbitration for a UK-based contractor claiming $28 million for wrongful termination in respect of the refurbishment of an oil rig belonging to the defendant, a global provider of offshore drilling services. This matter was funded on a discounted CFA basis, reflecting the team’s ability to fund complex matters in line with client demands
• representing an Italian main design and build contractor in a contract dispute concerning a repowering project in Greece as well as in related ad hoc proceedings in London in a claim brought by a UK employer for delay
• acting on behalf of clients both claiming and defending claims as well as obtaining domain names rightfully theirs or defending such claims; in each case under WIPO’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
• conducting AFSA trade arbitration in South Africa concerning the import of German wheat
• advising and handling an ICC arbitration involving a claim for defective parts in excess of US$ 4.5m in relation to the supply and purchase of a mechanical vapour recompressor for use in a sugar refinery based in the UAE
• advising in connection with a contract for handling services provided under a terminal supply agreement for oil products in Russia, which involved cross-jurisdictional issues owing to the insolvency of the terminal owners
• advising an international trading house in connection with an emissions credits sales dispute against Chinese sellers subject to PCA arbitration in Singapore
• acting for a Japanese trading house in expedited JCAA proceedings against a Korean chemicals buyer
• representing a manufacturer in an ICC dispute concerning the sale of seven compressors for a project in India with a contract value of US$77 million
• representing an Asian power company in AAA arbitration proceedings on a CDM-related documentary credit dispute involving South American sellers
• representing an Italian subcontractor consortium in ICC proceedings brought by the UK main contractor for delay and out of spec shells for railway carriages
• represented the Singapore office of an European trading house in SIAC arbitration claiming a shortfall in payment by an Indian counter-party arising from the application of Indian withholding tax
• advised the Singapore office of an US trading house in pursuing a series of demurrage claims against various Chinese buyers in SIAC arbitration
• representing a Swiss turnkey contractor in ICC proceedings brought by a Kuwaiti employer for delay and off- spec resins plant works
• representing the Singapore office of an Asian trading house in a series of Gafta string arbitrations arising from the unavailability of cargo which led to significant loading delays
• advising the director of a successful garment trading company regarding the resolution of a shareholders’ dispute by way of UNCITRAL arbitration in Hong Kong pursuant to English law
• acting for the US distributor of printed circuit boards (PCBs) against Hong Kong and Macanese companies in Hong Kong litigation in connection with an exclusive supply contract
• representing a Singaporean listed commodities trading house against a PRC state-owned enterprise purchaser in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings seated in Hong Kong and obtaining recognition of the Award in China – one of the earliest examples of a non CIETAC award being recognised in the PRC
• acting for rice exporters in India in a number of Gafta and LCIA arbitrations including on enforcement issues throughout the world
• advising the Geneva branch of a bio ethanol trader to advise in respect of a circa €10 million claim and handle ICC arbitration proceedings against the subsidiary of a major Spanish energy company in the Netherlands
• successfully handling London RSA arbitration proceedings on behalf of a French seller against a Greek buyer, including aspects of securing the claimants’ claim and enforcement
• LCIA (India) Rules arbitration seated in New Delhi, India involving a claim value of over US $1 billion in connection with several major real estate projects in India
• ad hoc arbitration proceedings seated in London for the NHS in a multi-million pound dispute with a global IT systems supplier arising from a major IT procurement
• ICC arbitration seated in London concerning a dispute valued at over £50 million in connection with a major construction/infrastructure project based in the UK
• representing palm kernel extract (PKE) producers against commodity feed/grain traders on two sets of Gafta arbitrations involving contamination claims

Our expertise has been recognised:

• Dispute Resolution Award at the Liverpool Law Society Legal Awards (2015) and (2013)
• Finalist for the Litigation Team of the Year at the Lawyer Awards 2016
• Finalist for the Legal 500 UK 2017 Dispute Resolution, Regional firm of the year