Sectors

We provide expert testimony in international arbitration (including ICC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICDR, SCC, HKIAC, AAA and ad hoc), litigation (such as England & Wales High Court, Singapore High Court) and act for parties or as the independent expert in expert determinations.

Our experience covers all sectors, and we work across the world (we have acted in recent cases in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Latin and North America).

Aerospace

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • Airline sales
  • Private jet membership
  • Airlines in administration
  • Aircraft manufacturing
  • Aircraft landing gear and other parts
  • Aircraft repairs
  • Design faults
  • Airline ticketing technology
  • Payments to consultants
  • Inflight catering

Construction & engineering

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • Nuclear fuel storage in Europe
  • Residential development in the UK
  • Student accommodation in the UK
  • Serviced offices in Latin America
  • A tolled motorway in Europe
  • Water treatment plants in Europe and South America
  • A residential real estate developer in the Middle East
  • Construction of a new city and a shopping mall in Asia
  • A chemical engineering plant in North America

Consumer goods & services

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • UK pub and restaurant chains
  • Care homes
  • Global internet retailers
  • Online gambling businesses
  • European food producers, manufacturers and distributors
  • Eastern European sunflower oil producers
  • East African logistics and wholesalers
  • Eastern European alcoholic drinks manufacturers
  • UK and European building materials manufacturers
  • UK and European truck manufacturing

Energy and renewables

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • Wind turbines in South America
  • Nuclear power in Europe
  • Solar power in Asia and East Africa
  • Power ships in Pakistan
  • Power plants in Asia
  • Electricity distribution contracts in Turkey and Africa
  • Hydroelectric power plants in Africa
  • Power and water projects in the Middle East
  • Electricity generation pricing in Africa

Financial services

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • Gold and currency exchange platforms
  • Cryptocurrency exchanges
  • Authorised and regulated financial exchanges and businesses
  • Sub-prime lenders in the UK
  • Commercial banks in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia
  • Insurance companies in the Republic of Ireland and UK
  • Financial advisory businesses
  • Sub-participation agreements
  • Bridging loan businesses
  • Sovereign wealth funds
  • Banking and insurance businesses and state financial sector institutions in the CIS region, eastern Europe and Central Asia

Government, charities & public sector

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • PFI contracts in the defence, healthcare and waste sectors
  • Valuation and funds tracing matters for UK government departments
  • Military construction vehicles and ship building
  • Defence sector contracts
  • Defence sector logistics companies
  • Catering providers to UK government and UN forces
  • IT contracts for a European government
  • State financial sector institutions, including state-owned banks, regulators and deposit guarantee funds

We also work on investment treaty claims, such as acting for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Barbados, Pakistan and Venezuela.

Healthcare & life sciences

Our experience includes cases involving:

  • Cancer drugs in Europe
  • Blood thinner drugs in Europe
  • Pharmaceutical packaging in India
  • Wound management products in Europe
  • Radiotherapy software products in Europe
  • European hospitals
  • Pharmaceutical distribution in Iraq and Afghanistan
  • Development and commercialisation of drugs in China

Hospitality

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • Hotel management contracts in Europe
  • Luxury hotel developments in the Caribbean and the Maldives
  • Mixed use hotel development in Abu Dhabi
  • An African wildlife sanctuary
  • Fast food franchise in the UK
  • Gaming industry in Eastern Europe
  • European casinos
  • Hotels and real estate development land in the Balkans

Metals & mining

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • Mining, processing and energy supply through CIS and Africa
  • Sale of aluminium in the Middle East
  • Iron ore mining in Ukraine
  • Copper, iron ore and gold mines, concessions or licences in Africa
  • Potash mining in Russia
  • Steel manufacturing in Middle East, Europe and China
  • Copper, gold and other precious metals in Asia
  • Aluminium and energy in China and eastern Europe
  • Uranium mining in Central Asia
  • Copper mining in Latin America

Oil & gas

Our experience includes matters involving upstream, midstream and downstream markets, relating to:

  • Upstream oil and gas assets in Africa, Middle East and Europe
  • Exploration licenses in Africa, Middle East and CIS region
  • Development of oil and gas reserves worldwide
  • Oil and gas pipelines in Middle East and Eastern Europe
  • Oil logistics services in Africa
  • Offshore and onshore concessions in Africa and CIS region
  • Manufacture and supply of LNG
  • Sale of oil and gas products in Africa, Middle East and Europe
  • Gas trading in eastern Europe and the CIS region
  • Oil and gas JV valuation in the CIS region

Real estate

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • High end real estate properties in UK, Europe and the Middle East
  • Real estate development in Eastern Europe
  • Developers and managers of commercial properties
  • Real estate development funds and investment trusts
  • High value real estate purchases
  • London property businesses and developers
  • Construction of a city in Northeast Asia
  • Luxury resort developments

Technology & telecommunications

Our experience includes matters relating to:

  • European IT public and private sector implementation and IT distribution
  • Middle East defence technology
  • A supplier of components in the IT industry
  • A North American digital infrastructure company
  • A consumer electronics and online gaming company
  • Software technology businesses
  • A rail sector technology company
  • A voice over IP company
  • A UK retail and wholesale telecoms business