Power sector cases

• ICC case, governed by New York law, concerning representations in share purchase agreements in the power sector.
• ICDR case between a Japanese subcontractor and a US contractor regarding responsibility for delay at a US power plant.
• Representation of Bulgaria in the jurisdictional phase of an ICSID case under the Energy Charter Treaty arising from an energy sector investment (Plama v. Bulgaria).
• Defense of the Government of Georgia against ICSID claims brought by US and Dutch companies arising from energy sector disputes (Itera v. Georgia).
• Representation of a multi-national energy company in a dispute arising from termination of power purchase agreement.
• Representation of a Latin American power company in a dispute concerning price indexation.
• Ad hoc arbitration, governed by New York law, concerning an oil drilling platform.
• ICC arbitration in New York, governed by Colombian law, concerning interpretation of a pipeline construction contract in Colombia.
• Two ICC cases concerning delay in construction of pipelines in Peru and Ecuador.
• Representation of a LNG distributor on price adjustment clause in dispute subject to New York law.

Construction cases

• UNCITRAL case between an international organization and a Turkish contractor regarding delay and extra costs claimed on a road-building project.
• ICDR case between a Japanese subcontractor and a US contractor regarding responsibility for delay at a US power plant.
• ICDR case between a Japanese owner and a US contractor concerning responsibility for delay at a NYC construction project.
• ICC case in Geneva, governed by Swiss law, concerning construction of a fiber glass plant in Thailand.
• ICC case in Paris, governed by Indian law, concerning delay in the construction of a telecommunications ground station.
• ICC arbitration in Paris, governed by Egyptian law, concerning variations and delay on a construction project in Egypt.
• ICC arbitration in New York, governed by Colombian law, concerning interpretation of a pipeline construction contract in Colombia.
• Two ICC cases concerning delay in construction of pipelines in Peru and Ecuador.
• ICC arbitration in Paris, governed by Libyan law, concerning defects on a public works project in North Africa.
• ICC case in Paris, governed by Swiss law, concerning delay and change order disputes on a university project in the Middle East.

Investor/state cases

• Representation of SGS in an ICSID case against Paraguay (SGS v. Paraguay).
• Defense of the Government of Georgia against ICSID claims brought by US and Dutch companies arising from energy sector investments (Itera v. Georgia).
• Representation of a host state in a UNCITRAL case involving claims of expropriation of media interests.
• Defense of the Government of Georgia against ICSID claims brought by a Turkish contractor concerning a road-building project (Karmer v. Georgia).
• Representation of Bulgaria in the jurisdictional phase of an ICSID case under the Energy Charter Treaty arising from an energy sector investment (Plama v. Bulgaria).
• Representation of Indonesia in the first ICSID case where jurisdiction was premised upon the ASEAN Treaty (Cemex v. Indonesia).
• Representation of Sri Lanka in a case dismissed on the finding that a pre-investment did not constitute an investment (Mihaly v. Sri Lanka).
• Representation of Sri Lanka in the first ICSID case brought under a bilateral investment treaty (AAPL v. Sri Lanka).
• Representation of the investor in a multi-phase ICSID case that created numerous precedents for ICSID arbitration and for international public and private law (Amco v. Indonesia).
• Representation of a Swedish investor in an ICC case concerning the privatization of the telecommunications sector of an E. European nation.
• Advisor to the Government of Canada on its defense of two NAFTA cases.

Insurance cases

• Ad hoc arbitration, governed by New York law, concerning coverage of environmental clean-up costs.
• Ad hoc case in London, governed by New York law, concerning scope of insurable interest.
• Ad hoc arbitration in London, governed by New York law, concerning coverage of repair costs in damaged mine.
• ICDR case concerning interpretation of an agreement to insure a telecommunications satellite.

Telecommunications cases

• ICC case in Paris, governed by Japanese law, concerning interpretation of a telecommunications satellite contract.
• ICC case in Paris, governed by Indian law, concerning delay in the construction of a telecommunications ground station.
• Representation of a Swedish investor in an ICC case concerning the privatization of the telecommunications sector of an E. European nation.
• Representation of a client with respect to a pre-paid telephony contract dispute subject to ICC arbitration.
• ICDR case as arbitrator concerning the Russian telecommunications industry.

Mining and minerals cases

• Ad hoc arbitration, governed by New York law, concerning coal mining operations.
• ICC arbitration (discovery phase) concerning gold mining in the Congo.
• Three cases (two LCIA and one ICC), governed by English law, concerning bauxite/alumina supply contracts.
• ICC case in Geneva, governed by Swiss law, concerning disputed coal deliveries.
• Representation of iron ore supplier in dispute regarding long term supply contracts.

Other commercial cases

• ICDR case arising out of a partnership agreement concerning a tourism development project in the Bahamas.
• ICC case in New York involving tax and accounting issues arising out a duty free business in South America.
• ICC case in Zurich, governed by Czech law, concerning performance of a music industry contract.
• Two ICC cases in New York between financial institutions, arising from the Asian banking crisis in the late 1990s.
• ICDR case concerning equipment supplied by a French company to the US navy.
• Ten ICDR cases as arbitrator concerning inter alia the steel industry, SPAVs, sports contracts, and contracts for the supply of high tech goods.
• ICC arbitration regarding a joint venture in the cement industry in Latin America that led to parallel proceedings (also argued by Mr. Friedland) before the New York Supreme Court and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (Lafarge v. Venezolana).
• Three ICC cases as arbitrator concerning joint venture agreements and shareholder disputes.