Examples of Arbitrations

• Very broad range of appointments: all manner of disputes in shipping, trade, banking/financial services and offshore construction:
  • Emergency arbitrator: dispute related to USD40m oil cargo detained onboard (DIAC)
  • Sole and chair: disputes under loan facilities (LCIA)
  • Sole: dispute related to recoverability of hedging losses (Ad hoc)
  • Sole: dispute under performance guarantee for construction project (LCIA)
  • Sole: IT dispute related to platform construction (LCIA)
  • Sole: dispute related to warehouse thefts (Ad hoc)
  • Sole: dispute related to ship vetting clauses by oil majors (LMAA)
  • Sole: disputes under multiple MOA for sale of vessels (LMAA)
  • Chair: dispute under War Risks/Sanctions clauses (Ukraine/Red Sea)
  • Chair: USD100m claim related to defects to superyacht under sale and purchase (LMAA)
  • Chair: accounting dispute under ship management agreement (LMAA)
  • Party appointed: dispute related to heavy lift cranes for the offshore construction industry (LMAA)
  • Party appointed: claim for USD80m related to paint for 22 ship fleet (LMAA)
  • Party appointed: dispute under joint venture agreement for upstream construction (Ad hoc)
  • Party appointed: disputes related to ship-to-ship transfer operation(LMAA)
  • Party appointed: disputed deliveries under LME contracts (LME)
  • Party appointed: USD100m+claim against shipyard following casualty on maiden voyage (Ad hoc)
• Expert Determination: assessing market loss under SCoTA (coal)

Examples of Mediations

• Early Intervention Mediation (dispute under charterparty)
• Early Neutral Evaluation (dispute under charterparty)
• Traditional Mediation (dispute under derivatives contract)
• Emergency Arbitration-Mediation (dispute under sales contract preventing discharge)