Counsel
CurrentExperience representing claimants includes:- a French client in an ICC arbitration against a Brazilian state-owned entity for transfer of shares and damages;- securing a $700 million (plus interest) award for Indian satellite and telecommunications company with U.S., German and other shareholders against Indian space agency in Delhi-seated ICC arbitration concerning repudiation of long-term lease agreement, including the enforcement of the award in courts in France, the U.K. and the U.S.;- three Mauritius claimants in a UNCITRAL arbitration against the Republic of India under the Mauritius-India BIT in a Hague-seated arbitration concerning satellite/space telecommunications sector (favorable merits award issued August 2016), including the defense of the award in the courts of the Netherlands;- an estate in connection with several real estate transactions, including in a 16-day federal jury trial against U.S. commercial bank in which the jury unanimously found for the estate on its fraud and RICO claims, resulting in release of guaranty and return of collateral;- Brazil’s largest reinsurer in multiple actions to recover amounts due under certain global notes and securing judgments in excess of $100 million; engagement involved successful appeal to New York state’s highest court, an anti-suit injunction to enjoin competing Brazilian litigation, and sanctions against one of the recalcitrant debtors; and- a Kuwaiti businessman in multiple jurisdictions in a dispute over the distribution of family assets.Experience defending respondents includes:- successfully defending Western Hemisphere LNG producer against a $250 million claim by a major international energy company in a UNCITRAL arbitration based in NY concerning a long-term LNG supply contract; and- defending a Brazilian insurance company in a 90-day ICC arbitration arising out of a fire in the steam generation units of Brazilian aluminum plant, including U.S. confirmation and contempt proceedings.
