Arbitration
Our arbitration team is award winning. Consistently ranked as one of the top arbitration teams in the country from the inception of the firm, we specialize in high stakes complex disputes. We are not just arbitration counsel: we combine our knowledge of the arbitration processes with our own advocacy alongside our subject matter mastery in trade, commodities and fraud. We know how to deploy arbitrations effectively as part of a global strategy, often alongside asset recovery and litigation exercises, in cross border situations and under tight timelines.
We have worked on cases involving all major arbitration rules (SIAC, LCIA, ICC, LMAA, HKIAC, GAFTA, FOSFA, LCA) and regularly get engaged on London and Singapore based arbitrations. We have been trusted with mandates fielded against larger law firms and pride ourselves on our client delivery with small teams, leveraging technology and professional litigation support.
Our lawyers have represented state owned entities, oil & gas majors, mining producers, commodities traders, contractors, vessel owners, charterers and lenders in arbitrations. Our expertise spans the full cycle of arbitration, from pre-arbitration strategy through to enforcement of awards in various countries including China, Korea and Indonesia.
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Representative Experience
- LCIA: Successfully acted for lenders in LCIA London arbitration involving an oil project in Africa, and successfully obtained a $60 million award in their favour.
- SIAC: Successfully acted for a trader in an SIAC arbitration in a $14 million claim against a Chinese conglomerate arising from several copper trades.
- SIAC: Successfully acted for a trader in SIAC proceedings against a miner involving a hacking and diversion of payment.
- SIAC: Acted for a crypto company against a cryptocurrency exchange platform in an SIAC arbitration seeking reversal of aberrant orders, culminating in a favourable settlement.
- ICC: Advising an oil trader in respect of a pricing dispute arising from the splitting of BLs when cargo was loaded.
- ICC: Advising an oil trader in respect of a pricing dispute arising from the splitting of BLs when cargo was loaded.
- SIAC: Acting for an oil trading company in SIAC proceedings involving termination of contracts arising out of sanctions.
- GAFTA: Advised lenders as assignees of receivables in securing successful GAFTA arbitration awards against traders in India, UAE and Hong Kong in excess of $20m.
- SIAC: Acted for a Bangladesh steel conglomerate in SIAC arbitrations in relation to termination of international sale contracts involving claims of $5 million.
- London ad-hoc: Acted for a commodities trader in a London arbitration for claims in relation to double financing of cotton trades, culminating in a favourable settlement.
- LCIA: Acting for a steel trader against an African company in respect of entitlement for an indemnity arising from a trade of steel products.
- SIAC: Co-Counsel for an oil trader in respect of SIAC proceedings for a claim of $5m arising from a non-performance of an oil cargo on a FSU.
- HKIAC: Advising and defending a trader in a HKIAC arbitration by shipowners whilst bringing a separate SIAC arbitration claim against the receiver for various breaches in taking timely delivery.
- LMAA: Advising and acting for a trader in an LMAA arbitration in relation to a shipping dispute concerning an unsafe berth, culminating in a favourable settlement.
- SIAC: Acting for an oil trader in defending claims brought in SIAC proceedings arising out of off-spec cargo. Successfully argued jurisdiction to get the arbitration withdrawn.
- SIAC: Acting for a Singapore trader in relation to its claim for damages arising from a non-performance by its buyer in a dispute alleging misrepresentations of the cargo.
- LMAA: Advising and acting for an oil company in an LMAA arbitration in relation to disputes arising out of a charterparty, culminating in a settlement.
- SIAC: Acting for a trader in SIAC proceedings in relation to a string dispute arising from non-performance of cargo deliveries.
- SIAC: Acting for an Indian steel trader in relation to non-performance claims arising from the purchase of steel products.
