In addition to having been instructed in major arbitrations, such as the Bermudan - based arbitration relating to the reinsurance of Arthur Andersen following the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, and Elektrim SA's long running dispute with Vivendi Universal over Polish telecommunications, he has particular expertise in relation to inter relief applications to the Court in relation to heavy arbitrations such as ETI Euro Telecom V Republic of Bolivia [2008](no pre-emptive relief in aid of an ICSID arbitration); Elektrim SA v Vivendi [2007] 1 Lloyd's Rep 693 (s. 68 of AA 1996 and awards obtained by fraud); Elektrim v Vivendi [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 8 (injunction to restrain arbitration continuing) Telenor East Holding II AS v Altimo Holdings & Investments Ltd (multi-billion
dollar shareholder dispute — interim injunction under s. 44 of the AA 1996); Steadfast v Baker Hughes (s. 9 (3) step in the action preventing a stay in favour of arbitration) and enforcement of arbitral awards (Yukos v Rosneft: US$ 500m and Yukos v Russian Federation US$ 50 billion.
Not exact matches
Acting for a multi-billion
dollar company in a multi-jurisdictional
shareholder dispute.
-- LCIA
Shareholders Dispute: Litigation between a prominent Ukrainian businessman and businesses associated with a well - known «oligarch» in relation to the US$ 1 billion sale of a number of companies and involving allegations of the misappropriation of hundreds of millions of
dollars of corporate funds through related party transactions.
He was instructed for the preference
shareholders in the Barings Litigation; Law Debenture Trust Corporation Plc v Elektrim Finance NV and Ors (termination of trust bond under Saunders v Vautier rule); advised a major rock group (Queen) on a
shareholder dispute; been instructed in respect of
shareholder disputes in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands; recently advised on two separate schemes of arrangement under s. 425 of the Companies Act; recently appeared in the Turks & Caicos Islands on multi-million
dollar breach of director's duties; acted in the US$ 3bn
shareholder dispute between Telenor East and Vimpelcom and Altimo Group; acted for bank seeking to recover US$ 200m in VTB v Nutritek (Supreme Court judgment).
Served as trial or arbitration counsel in a variety of commercial matters, including a cases involving the voiding of a million -
dollar note, a breach of contract case relating to a multi-million
dollar insurance coverage
dispute arising from a catastrophic loss, and a
shareholder dispute centering on the interpretation of ten complex operating, management, business, and employment / non-compete agreements.