Additional Specialized Areas of Focus
- Representing Jordanian and Syrian entities in a series of commercial arbitrations against an Asian automobile manufacturer arising out of distribution contracts for the MENA region.
- Representing a UAE-headquartered coal company in an ad hoc arbitration raising out of breaches of supply agreements with a Moroccan power plant owner.
- Representing a Jordanian company in a dispute with an oil trading company supplying government contracts in Iraq, including parallel litigation.
- Representing a Korean construction company in an ICDR arbitration arising from a project in Afghanistan.
- Representing the State of Qatar in an ICC arbitration against an East Asian engineering company arising out of the design and construction of a utilities facility.
- Advising a multinational energy company on public international law issues arising out of renewable energy projects in Western Sahara.
- Representing a US entity in an ICC arbitration and parallel litigations against a UK entity arising out of a collaboration agreement for oil and gas development in Kurdistan.
- Advising, and successfully settling, a dispute between a Jordanian company and a US-based engineering company for supply of vehicles to Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Representing Egypt in successfully defending against enforcement of an award in federal court in Washington D.C.
- Representing an Afghanistan governmental agency in an arbitration arising out of a consulting agreement for a hydro project in Afghanistan.
- Representing an international trading company in an ICC arbitration against Libya for breaches of the Cyprus-Libya BIT.
- Representing an energy company in an UNCITRAL arbitration relating to a production sharing agreement and a windfall tax on oil profits in Algeria.
- Representing the Czech Republic in an UNCITRAL arbitration successfully having all claims brought by a UAE investor arising out of real estate transactions denied, and obtaining an award of indemnity costs for our client.
- Advising a Middle East sovereign wealth fund on potential claims in US litigation and a potential arbitration.
- Advising a Kuwaiti investor in the energy sector on potential claims against a Middle East state to be determined under the OIC.
- Representing Iran in two proceedings before the Iran-US Claims Tribunal.
- Representing the Central Bank of Iran in a widely publicized litigation involving efforts to execute judgments against US$2 billion in assets seized in New York, ultimately determined by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Representing six Yemeni nationals held at Guantanamo Bay in habeas corpus proceedings in US federal court.
- Advising Ethiopia’s Government on the State’s accession to the New York Convention and the CISG.
