International Dispute Resolution

Construction, Development & Infrastructure Projects

• Represented an international construction company as prime contractor in an arbitration under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris against a defaulted Pakastani subcontractor involving fast-track, design/build improvements to a military airfield in Afghanistan. Following a lengthy hearing, we received the award of the Arbitral Panel which ruled in our client's favor on entitlement in its entirety. 
• Retained by the international design-build consortium that performed the over $3 billion contract to design and construct the Third Set of Locks for the Panama Canal. Representation included providing general contract advice regarding issues as they arose during construction, as well as preparing and pursuing numerous claims governed by Panama law in DAB proceedings and ICC arbitrations on behalf of client totaling in excess of $2 billion. 
• Representing an international construction and engineering firm in a dispute with its JV partner in Japan concerning various military base projects. 
• Successfully represented an international organization in defending against its prior construction litigation counsel’s attempt to overturn an arbitral award in favor of our client. We successful removed the action to US federal court and then moved to dismiss the action predicated on the organization’s absolute immunity from judicial process under an international treaty. The district court refused to remand the action and granted the organization’s motion to dismiss. 
• Represented the engineer in a dispute with the Government of the Republic of Singapore arising out a consultancy services agreement for the design and construction of a sewage treatment plant; our client received a favorable award after an arbitration administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. 
• Represented contractor on two projects for the Broadcast Board of Governors (the Voice of America) on construction projects of turnkey broadcast antenna fields in Djibouti and Kuwait. Both projects involved claims against the US Government and disputes with subcontractors, which included claim issues with infrastructure projects, constructive changes, delays and differing site conditions. 
• Represented an Italian industrial group in the negotiation of an EPC (Design-Build) construction contract and all related subcontracts for the construction of a nearly one billion dollar hydroelectric plant in Uganda. After negotiation of the contracts in New York, we represented the client in contract evaluation and in the presentation of detailed position papers to the standing DAB (Dispute Adjudication Board) convened on the project. These services included contract evaluation as well as evaluation of various positions and assessment of eventual recoveries. 
• Served as construction counsel to a hospitality company handling cross-border disputes arising out of hotel renovation projects in Canada, Chile, Belgium, Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. 
• Represented the contractor in multinational litigation and arbitration, including proceedings in Singapore, Hong Kong, New York, and London concerning the construction of twin office towers in Singapore.
• Represented the construction manager in the first international construction mediation conducted by the American Arbitration Association arising out of a project for the Government of Saipan.
• Represented investor in multi-million dollar investor-state arbitration in Turkey and Turkmenistan (Bi-Lateral Investment Treaty) under the ICSID Convention. The case involved the sovereign’s expropriation without compensation of a manufacturing/processing facility constructed and operated by investor. 
• Represented dredging contractor in arbitration proceedings in Geneva and Toronto under Mexican law concerning claims and counterclaims arising from a harbor dredging project on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. 

Corporate/Investment Disputes

• Prepared an extensive expert report educating a foreign court on a wide variety of US complex securities litigation issues in connection with a class action suit in that court against a large international company alleging violations of Section 10(b), Rule 10b-5 and Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act. 
• Represented shareholders (the “Sellers”) in an ICC arbitration for recovery of a $15 million purchase price adjustment to a $125 million sale of a business to a large Spanish construction company. After a full multi-day US arbitration hearing, the arbitration panel awarded a full recovery on the claim plus our legal fees and expenses for a total of $23 million to our client.
• Represented a public company’s subsidiary in an eight-figure criminal investigation into allegations of cartel violations related to price fixing. Our team represented the CEO in investigations conducted by antitrust authorities worldwide—including the United States, Brazil, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea—and secured immunity for the client under the DOJ’s Antitrust Amnesty Program.
• Represented machinery manufacturer in connection with an international dispute and arbitration with a supplier and competitor over competition and pricing issues.
• Representing shareholders in dispute with software company in Hong Kong relating to the distribution of proceeds and sale of corporate assets.

Energy and Natural Resources

• Representing a Middle Eastern engineering and construction conglomerate in cross-border arbitrations and litigation arising out of its EPC Contract for a $2 billion chemical plant project. 
• Represented Chinese contractor in connection with disputes arising from two hydroelectric projects in Central America. 
• Represented a Japanese builder of off-shore oil drilling platform in an ICC arbitration against a Singaporean sub-contractor for delays in completion of subcontracted construction.
• Represented international EPC firm in arbitral proceedings against its switch-yard design-build subcontractor on a Mexican power project. 

Franchise & Distribution

• Representing an industrial products company in a billion dollar piece of litigation that is pending before the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. The litigation has been going on for 3 years and involves a variety of distribution and antitrust claims.

Intellectual Property

• Represented a French company in a jury trial enforcing its patent and trade dress rights. The jury found that the defendant was liable on all counts and awarded the company all its requested compensatory damages as well as significant punitive damages.
• Represented a manufacturer and marketer of high-end tools and equipment for professional use in the transportation industry, and its subsidiaries, for several years in a number of intellectual property related areas, including domestic and international patent prosecution of hand tools, battery operated tools, and tool storage inventions.

Shanghai/Hong Kong Dispute Resolution

• Represented a US multinational company in its successful defense of the largest ever employment law cases in mainland China involving the disclosure of confidential information to our client’s competitor.
• Represented an Australian company in trademark review, opposition and invalidation cases in mainland China.
• Represented a high-net-worth individual on multijurisdictional litigation matters valuated at $1.1 billion, including the successful defense of a Mareva Injunction in the sum of $620 million in both the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong.
• Represented a wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary of a Shenzhen listed biotechnology group in a contractual dispute over COVID-19 mass testing scheme.
• Defending an application to set aside a statutory demand on behalf of a Cayman Islands incorporated Master Fund.
• Acting for a Hong Kong listed company in resisting vexatious proceedings brought in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance in connection with historic transactions alleged to have been based on the advice of an inadequately qualified expert.
• Represented a US listed manufacturer of photovoltaic products in its defense of Hong Kong High Court proceedings commenced by a purchaser alleging a failure to deliver products and successfully dismissed the Plaintiff’s claim through to the Court of Appeal.
• Represented a US financial institution, a victim of fraud whereby $2.3 million were stolen and remitted to Hong Kong. Interlocutory injunction obtained to freeze and trace the stolen funds.
• Acting for a global e-commerce platform in relation to cross-border tax and customs investigations and proceedings.

Trade Secrets & Non-Competes

• Obtained a permanent injunction against a Chinese national and stopped him from using trade secrets and confidential information stolen from our client, and our team cooperated with an FBI investigation into the defendant’s conduct and subsequent actions by the US Attorney in San Diego, California. Representing federal contractor in international arbitration in Frankfurt, Germany, arising out of alleged poaching of subcontractor’s employees at medical facilities on US bases in Germany and Italy.

Product Liability & Complex Tort

• Prevailed before the Supreme Court of South Korea, overturning a large judgment against a long-standing agricultural products and chemical manufacturer client in a suit brought by class of over 17,000 plaintiffs claiming various adverse health defects from alleged exposure to one of our client’s legacy chemical products.
• Represent global pharmaceutical and agricultural sector client in ongoing litigation under France, South Korea and New Zealand law in multiple cases alleging exposure to and resulting harm from one of our clients products.