Recent
Instructions
Delivering critical results for sovereign states, multinational corporations, and private investors.
Explore your selected mandate below.
A curated archive of over 500 of our recent mandates.
Drawn from our archive of over 500 recent representations, this case study highlights our specific expertise in Global Arbitration.
This mandate addresses complex challenges involving Construction & Engineering.
The representation required a highly specialized approach to Infrastructure & Transport.
Specific client identities and non-public details regarding this matter have been anonymized.
- Service: Global Arbitration
- Area: Construction & Engineering
- Focus: Infrastructure & Transport
Selected Mandate
Advising a construction firm on the procedural termination and subsequent reconstitution of a Subcontract Dispute Adjudication Board, including the nomination of board members and the referral of disputes to the FIDIC President for appointment.
Related Mandates
Critical TransactionsHNW Investment DisputesPrivate Wealth & Family Office
Counsel to a private client in a pre-litigation dispute involving the fiduciary duties of an agent, addressing claims of reputational damage and harassment arising from the management of a commercial entity and interactions with UAE financial institutions.
Administrative LawGovernment Affairs & RegulationSensitive Geopolicy
Counsel to an education services provider vis a licensing authority for the revocation of an operating permit.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy
Litigation regarding the recovery of AED 4.4 million in excess refundable tax and associated damages, challenging the Authority’s refusal to process refunds or allow set-off pending the verification of third-party supplier payments.
Asset ProtectionCritical TransactionsPrivate Wealth & Family Office
Coordinating between UAE litigation counsel and UK conveyancing solicitors to execute a court-mandated transfer of deed for a property in Westminster following the restoration of a RAK International Corporate Centre company.
Global ArbitrationInvestor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)Procedural Strategy & Enforcement
Counseling an international construction firm on challenging the partial nullification of legal costs in a Dubai-seated arbitration award, arguing that ICC Rules and party submissions conferred authority on the tribunal to allocate legal fees.
Critical TransactionsDigital Assets & FintechNFT & Web3 Structuring
Advisory services concerning revenue recognition and taxation frameworks associated with high-volume NFT minting events.
Global ArbitrationInvestor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)Treaty Claims (BITs & MAs)
Representation in ICSID proceedings under a Bilateral Investment Treaty between a Dutch holding conglomerate and an EMEA State.
Construction & EngineeringGlobal ArbitrationInfrastructure & Transport
Counsel to a UAE-headquartered contractor in structuring a QAR 188 million damages claim for repudiatory breach, involving complex ‘global’ claims for delay and disruption on a Phase 2 infrastructure project in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy
Judicial review proceedings regarding the mitigation of percentage-based tax penalties from 40% to 5% where the delay in payment was attributed to the Authority’s approval processes and the tax was previously declared by the surviving entity.
Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor LitigationShareholder & Joint Venture Litigation