public international law

Experience

Our recent experience includes acting for:

CMS Gas Transmission Company in a landmark ICSID arbitration against Argentina, brought under a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) concerning the abolition of dollar-based gas tariffs in the gas sector;
the Republic of Kenya in an ICSID arbitration brought by World Duty Free shops;
the Republic of Mexico in respect of an ICSID arbitration against Tecnicas Medicas Ambientales;
US Eximbank and other institutions on expropriation issues connected with international power projects in Asia;
the government of Brunei on expropriation issues;
the government of Egypt in an ICSID arbitration brought by a UK company under a BIT on a dispute concerning hotel development rights;
the government of Malaysia in an ICSID arbitration brought by a Belgian investor under a BIT on a dispute concerning stock exchange investment;
a major Austrian bank in relation to investment in healthcare institutions in Romania;
a consortium of European energy companies on the privatisation of a gas supply business in eastern Europe;
a number of claimants before the United Nations Claims Commission;
a purchaser on the public international law aspects of the planned privatisation of the bauxite industry in Venezuela; and
a private client in preventing expropriation by the government of Iran.

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Competition/Regulatory Team of the Year - Lawyer Awards (2008)