Dianny Wahyudhi

Associate, Paris

Biography

Overview

Dianny Wahyudhi is a senior associate in White & Case's International Arbitration Group based in Paris.

Her practice spans international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations.  She has experience in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under the ICC, SCC, LCIA, CIETAC, and UNCITRAL Rules, with seats in jurisdictions including England, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore, and China.  Dianny has particular experience in energy-related disputes, including those concerning long-term gas and LNG supply contracts, production sharing agreements, construction contracts, and insurance contracts.

Prior to joining White & Case, Dianny worked for several years as a commercial and public law litigator at a leading New Zealand law firm.

Dianny is a member of White & Case's Business and Human Rights Interest Group, and is committed to pro bono work.

Bars and Courts
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
Education
BA Hons (First Class)
Victoria University of Wellington
LLB
Victoria University of Wellington
Languages
English
French
Indonesian

Experience

Dianny's experience includes:

Representing a Canadian insurer in an UNCITRAL arbitration governed by Canadian law regarding Libyan oil and gas assets.

Representing a leading European buyer of gas in a Stockholm seated SCC arbitration governed by Swedish law relating to a contractual dispute under a long-term gas supply contract.

Representing a leading European buyer of gas in a Geneva seated ICC arbitration governed by Swiss law relating to a contractual dispute under a long-term gas supply contract.

Representing a Cypriot contractor in two SCC arbitrations seated in London and governed by Cypriot law relating to the construction and renovation of two desalination plants.

Representing a leading European buyer of gas in a Stockholm seated ad hoc arbitration relating to a contractual dispute under multiple long-term gas supply contracts.

Advising a European buyer of gas in a contractual dispute under a long-term gas supply contract and a spot-volume gas sales contract.

Representing a joint venture and its agent in a Singapore seated ICC arbitration governed by Australian law concerning a Contract for the Engineering, Procurement, Supply, Construction and Commissioning of onshore LNG facilities.

Representing a joint venture and its agent in statutory adjudications against a contractor under the Northern Territory of Australia Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act 2014 relating to disputes arising from a Contract for the Engineering, Procurement, Supply, Construction and Commissioning of onshore LNG facilities.

Representing and advising a leading European multinational telecommunication company on a potential LCIA arbitration in a shareholder dispute.

Representing a leading European buyer of gas in a Stockholm seated ad hoc arbitration governed by Swiss law relating to a price revision under a long-term gas supply contract.

Advising and representing a leading Middle-Eastern supplier of LNG in a London seated ICC arbitration governed by New York law relating to a price revision under a long-term LNG supply contract.

Representing a leading European buyer of gas in an UNCITRAL Rules arbitration seated in The Hague and governed by Dutch law relating to a price revision under a long-term gas supply contract.

Representing a European multinational gas company in two CIETAC arbitrations seated in China governed by Chinese law in relation to disputes arising from a hydrogen and steam supply contract.

Appearing as junior counsel to a pre-eminent New Zealand King's Counsel in two private arbitrations against the New Zealand government concerning the interpretation and application of a fiscal mechanism in a Deed of Settlement.

Acting in New Zealand High Court proceedings for a major Australasian insurance company in a breach of contract claim against an international reinsurer concerning certain life insurance policies.

Acting in New Zealand High Court proceedings for a major Australasian telecommunication company in a breach of contract claim.

Publications

"Climate Change Disputes Take Center Stage at Paris Arbitration Week (PAW)", White & Case Client Alert, 27 July 2020 (with Elizabeth Oger-Gross, Kirsten Odynski and Nika Larkimo)