Our Cases
Construction Disputes
Business centre
Representing a major Russian developer in an arbitration against a Chinese contractor regarding construction of a business-centre in Kazakhstan. SCC Arbitration Rules. Russian law.
Power plant
Representing a Russian power generating company in a dispute with a Spanish contractor over construction of a heat and electricity generating power plant in Russia. ICC Arbitration Rules.
Storage facility construction
Representing a Russian company active in transportation and logistics of mineral fertilisers in a dispute with a Spanish contractor related to construction of a storage facility. SCC Arbitration Rules. Russian law.
Investment Treaty Arbitration
Russian Ministry of Justice
Advising the Russian Ministry of Justice in connection with the arbitrations on the basis of the Energy Charter Treaty initiated by the former shareholders of “Yukos” oil company. UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
Oil production company
Acting for a Canadian oil and natural gas exploration and production company in a dispute with a state corporation arising out of a natural gas sale and purchase agreement. ICSID Arbitration.
Expropriation of insurance company
Representing the Government of Romania in an intra-EU dispute valued at EUR 350mln with the investor relating to the expropriation of an insurance company.
International Commercial Arbitration
Liquified natural gas (LNG)
Representing an Austrian trader in a dispute with a Mongolian energy company relating to the supply of liquified natural gas (LNG). SCC Arbitration Rules. Austrian law.
Supply of sunflower oil
Representing a Russian company in a dispute with a UAE trader concerning supply of sunflower oil at the Appeal Stage of the FOSFA Arbitration. English law.
Gas price dispute
Acting for a natural gas producer in a gas price dispute with a state company. SCC Arbitration Rules.
UAE Business law
Development of a data protection policy
Development of a data protection policy for a multi-million dollar holding company registered in the DIFC.
UAE Corprate income taxation
Advising a family office holding company on the potential corporate tax implications of engaging in development activities.
Corporate law
Fintech IPO
Advising a Southeast European consumer finance and fintech business on its restructuring in anticipation of a prospective London IPO.
Acquisition of AI start-up
Acting for a Swiss investor in the acquisition of an AI start-up with an enterprise value of EUR 100 million.
UK-based business structuring
Advising a UK client on the acquisition of properties in Bulgaria, including setting up a UK holding, incorporating a Bulgarian subsidiary and facilitating the acquisition of the properties through it. English and Bulgarian.
International Transactions
Restaurant franchise
Acting for an UAE-headquartered restaurant franchise on its expansion in Eastern Europe.
Investment fund
Assisting a Taiwanese client on its registration of an EU Alternative Investment Fund Manager and Fund for investments in exchange-listed companies. EU financial regulation law.
Drafting a shipbuilding contract
Drafting a contract, governed by the law of England and Wales, between a Turkish shipyard and a Jordanian shipowner for the construction of tug boats.
International Sanctions
Assets release
Assisting a variety of clients with release of asset funds held via Euroclear, following an amendment to EU law permitting such. EU law.
OFAC license
Representing an EU importer on an application to OFAC to unfreeze funds paid to an Asian company, frozen under US Iranian sanctions.
Challenge of freezing order
Advising two MENA clients on challenges in an EU member state of national freezing orders issued pursuant to suspicions of money laundering where the predicate offences were breaches of US-Venezuelan sanctions.
Technology
Gaming licence
Assisting a leading Armenian company in the offline and online gaming industry with obtaining a licence in Bulgaria.
Medtech expansion
Advising a Swiss medtech on its expansion into England and Wales. Advising on the diagnostic imaging regulation framework within England and Wales. English Law.
Trade mark dispute
Advising a German business on its potential trade mark dispute with a UK competitor in relation to a niche Amazon vertical in the UK.
Digital assets / crypto
Losses recovery
Assisting and advising clients who have staked tokens to а crypto platform and suffered losses. Swiss, Israeli, English Law.
Gaming NFT project
Acting for a French joint venture between an IT company and a French financial institution for the development and implementation of a gaming NFT project. Bulgarian and English law.
DAO token launch
Advising the founders of a Decentralised Autonomous Organization (DAO) on a token launch including coordinating international securities, tax and corporate law advice relating to the USA, EU and the UK.
