Samy's recent experience includes:

• Representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and a Pakistani State-entity in an ICC arbitration seated in Paris brought by an Iranian State entity, in relation to a gas pipeline construction project and a gas purchase agreement with a take-or-pay arrangement.
• Representing a Chinese State-owned conglomerate against four Algerian nationals in a multi-party ICC arbitration seated in Paris and governed by Algerian law, involving claims exceeding USD 400 million.
• Representing the claimants in a multiparty ICC arbitration governed by Saudi law against three respondents arising out of the Riyadh Metro Project, with claims exceeding USD 150 million;
• Representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in PCCW Cascade (Middle East) Ltd. v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an ICSID arbitration brought under the China-Saudi Arabia BIT in relation to an investment in the telecom sector;
• Representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in MAKAE Europe SARL v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an ICSID arbitration brought under the France-Saudi Arabia BIT in relation to an investment in the retail sector;
• Representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. V. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an ICSID arbitration brought under the Korea-Saudi Arabia BIT in relation to the construction of a power generation facility;
• Representing the applicant in the ICSID annulment proceedings in Orascom TMT Investments S.à r.l v. People's Democratic Republic of Algeria;
• Advising the Ministry of Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in relation to the negotiation of its bilateral investment treaties;
• Advising the Ministry of Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in relation to the new Saudi investment law and its executive regulations;
• Representing the claimant in Flemingo DutyFree Shop Private Limited v. the Republic of Poland, a PCA-administered UNCITRAL arbitration brought under the Poland-India BIT in relation to an investment in the duty free sector;
• Advising a major telecoms group in relation to a potential investment treaty arbitration against a Middle Eastern State, arising out of a series of tax, regulatory and security-related measures;
• Representing a leading telecoms group in a multi-billion ICC arbitration, arising out of a shareholders' agreement for the operation of a telecoms business in Sub-Saharan Africa;
• Representing the claimants in two separate ICC arbitrations arising out of cost-plus contracts for the construction of airports in the cities of Tripoli and Sebha, each against two Libyan State-owned entities and the State of Libya;
• Representing the claimants in an ICC arbitration arising out of a cost-plus contract for the construction of a ring-road in the city of Tripoli, against a Libyan State-owned entity and the State of Libya;
• Advising four different clients as to potential contract-based and investment treaty claims against the State of Libya and Libyan State-owned entities, all relating to large scale construction projects that stalled following the outbreak of the 2011 Libyan Revolution;
• Advising a major corporation in relation to a potential investment treaty arbitration aiming to recover damages incurred in the context of the 2014 Libyan Civil War;
• Assisting a series of clients in their efforts to block six separate chains of back-to-back advance payment and performance guarantees in Libya, Bahrain, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, France and Portugal;
• Representing a consortium of oil corporations in an ICC arbitration against the Ministry of Energy of a Middle Eastern State, arising out of a series of exploration and production agreements and a production sharing contract;
• Representing a UAE-based contractor in an ICC arbitration seated in Dubai concerning the termination of a design-build FIDIC project;
• Representing the claimant in a DIAC arbitration arising out of the swap of real estate properties in the UAE, Syria and Lebanon;
• Representing a contractor in a pre-arbitration claim procedure regarding the construction of multiple power generation facilities in Algeria;
• Representing a Chinese corporation in an ICC arbitration arising out of a shareholders agreement governed by Algerian law;
• Representing an international consortium in a multi-billion ICC arbitration concerning a major infrastructure project in North Africa;
• Providing legal advice to a State-owned oil corporation as to the impact of international, regional and national sanctions on take-or-pay clauses in a series of long term gas supply contracts; and
• Providing legal advice in respect of price reopeners in long-term gas supply contracts.