Commercial Arbitration

• Advising a UAE electricity and water services provider on potential claims arising under power and water purchase agreements (DIAC Rules).
• Representing a global hotel operator in an arbitration against a hotel owner in relation to claims for the breach of the Operation and Management Agreement relating to a hotel located in Abu Dhabi (ArbitrateAD Rules).
• Representing an oil & gas company operating in the MENA region against a drilling company in an arbitration in relation to a project for the exploration and exploitation of petroleum in Egypt (CRCICA Rules).*
• Representing an oil & gas company operating in the MENA region in an arbitration relating to a major oil & gas concession in Egypt (LCIA Rules).*
• Representing a major global software company in five different arbitrations against end-users in relation to claims for the breach of the respective cloud services agreements (LCIA Rules).*
• Representing a major government-owned real estate development company in a US$ multi-billion dispute relating to a 47 million square foot development that forms part of a greater real estate development in Dubai (DIAC Rules).*
• Representing a company that services and manufactures power sources and other equipment in the energy sector in a dispute regarding the breach of an Operation Management and Maintenance agreement (ICC Rules).*
• Representing an oil & gas consortium in an arbitration in relation to a dispute with a West African state arising out of a contract for the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas (UNCITRAL Rules).*

Investor-State Arbitration

• Representing a Belgian solar energy investor, against the Italian Republic in an arbitration relating to a series of governmental decrees to cut tariff incentives for several solar power projects (ICSID Rules).*
• Representing the government of Oman in a dispute arising out of an engineering concession contract between an Omani state-owned entity and a Turkish investor (ICSID Rules).*
• Representing the government of Egypt in relation to a claim brought by a global textile manufacturer against the Republic of Egypt (ICSID Rules).*
• Advising Morocco in relation to a potential ICSID arbitration claim against it by an Egyptian real estate investor.*

Construction Arbitration

• Representing a Dubai government authority in an arbitration pertaining to a project in connection with the construction of a pumping station and its rising mains (ad hoc rules).
• Representing a construction company operating in the MENA region in Emergency Arbitration proceedings in connection with calls upon the performance and retention bonds of a major Abu Dhabi-based subcontractor (ICC Rules).*
• Advising a UAE government authority, in its capacity as employer, in connection with contractor claims under a contract for the construction of a sewage pumping station and associated rising mains (ad hoc).*
• Representing a construction company operating in the MENA region in an arbitration in connection with an oil and gas project in Abu Dhabi (ICC Rules).*
• Representing a Saudi university in an arbitration against a subcontractor in relation to a project for the development of a campus in Riyadh (ICC Rules).*

* Matters prior to joining White & Case LLP