Representing a multinational pharmaceutical company in an arbitration under the HKIAC Rules, where the supplier alleged that the defendant had breached an exclusive distributorship agreement by failing to provide assistance in obtaining relevant regulatory approvals. The agreement is governed by New York law. The claim value is around USD 2 million in wasted costs, plus as-yet unquantified lost profits. 

Advised clients on potential collective action before the local courts to recover losses arising from a failed crypto investment. 

Represented a Hong Kong global asset management company in an HKIAC dispute arising under a framework agreement and personal guarantee governed by Hong Kong law.  The issues concern the repayment of a deposit and the use of commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a sale and purchase agreement.  The case also involved parallel receivership and debt enforcement actions in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the consolidation of multiple arbitrations. 

Represented two international oil & gas companies in a Hawaii-seated, AAA-ICDR arbitration with certain U.S. entities that arose out of a USD800m settlement with a Southeast Asian State-owned national oil company that we secured for our clients in a separate related dispute. 

Advised a global dredging and land reclamation company in a potential dispute involving its consortium partner in a construction project for a large oil and gas major in relation to a pipeline rejuvenation project in Singapore.

Advised one of the largest telecommunications companies in Malaysia on its proposed sale of shares to another Malaysian telecommunications company.  This involved consideration of the impact of parallel legal and arbitration proceedings on the proposed transaction. Represented an oil and gas major in a commercial LCIA arbitration, seated in London, relating to a dispute arising from a Farmout Agreement. 

Represented a large multinational cement group subsidiary in a UNCITRAL dispute seated in Austria, arising out of a share purchase agreement. 

Represented a Middle Eastern government in an ICC arbitration, seated in Geneva, relating to a dispute arising from an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement. 

Represented a Korean manufacturing company in an ICC arbitration seated in Singapore concerning a dispute arising from distributorship agreements with its distributor in Korea. Our client prevailed in significant part on its counterclaims and obtained a multi-million dollar award.  This case involved working closely with Korean co-counsel and legal experts. 

Represented Occidental in a New York seated arbitration arising from an agreement concerning entitlements to damages following a successful multi-million dollar ICSID investment-treaty award against the Republic of Ecuador. Represented an energy client in a dispute arising from a long-term gas contract concerning the pricing of long-term LNG supplies delivered by our client to a European buyer.

Represented the Sultanate of Oman in connection with an ICSID treaty claim brought against it in a dispute relating to an USD 850m oil and gas engineering and construction contract. 

Represented an oil & gas major in a UNCITRAL dispute against a Southeast Asian State arising from the imposition of a tax assessment resulting from the transfer of businesses in an Asian state.  The dispute involved elements of both contractual and public international law. We secured a favourable settlement for the client. 

Advised on the availability of investment treaty protection for a proposed private equity investment.  The acquisition involved a European fund management company offering to acquire shares in a group of companies with international operations in LNG import and regasification facilities.  The transaction was worth between USD 150-300 million. 

Advised an oil and gas major on the prospects of success of a potential investment treaty claim arising out of tax measures by a  Southeast Asian State, including an issue relating to a denial of justice claim based on inconsistent decisions of the national Supreme Court. 

Advised Gas Natural Fenosa in its US$1 billion-plus investment treaty arbitration against the Republic of Colombia over the unlawful expropriation of its investment in a power distribution company serving the Caribe Region of Colombia.

Advised a private equity fund concerning potential Energy Charter Treaty arbitration against the Kingdom of Spain arising from retroactive changes to the regulatory and economic framework for the renewable sector, particularly the hydro-energy sector.

Assisting with an urgent application for joint provisional liquidators to seek recognition/assistance from the Hong Kong courts in relation to an insurance fraud involving a Bermudian company. 

Advising the administrators of an English company with operations in Hong Kong in relation to the termination of employees' employment and obtaining the cooperation of third-party banks and storage facilities. 

Assisted with the preparation of a report of the United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on “Current Levels of Representation of Women in Human Rights Organs and Mechanisms: Ensuring Gender Balance” in conjunction with REDRESS, a leading human rights organisation, and GQUAL, a global campaign body that works to overcome the under-representation of women in international tribunals and monitoring bodies (distributed on 21 May 2021). 

Yale Lowenstein Clinic Report on the World Bank Inspection Panel (2017). 

Member of the Yale Law School Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic (2014-2015).