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Experience
− Advising reinsurers in a coverage and jurisdictional dispute concerning material damage and delay in start-up claims, worth over GBP 500 million, arising out of damage and delays to a hydro-electric facility in Brazil. Successfully obtained anti-suit relief relating to proceedings in Brazil and ARIAS arbitration in London. − Advising insurers on coverage in respect of significant physical damage and business interruption claims following a break-out at a blast furnace in Mexico − Representing two South American contractors in ICC arbitration against a consortium of oil companies in a USD 160 million claim and USD 105 million counterclaims. Disputes arising out of an EPC contract for the construction of eight offshore oil platforms (FPSOs). − Representing a Brazilian steel-making conglomerate in ICC arbitration against two Chinese engineering companies in USD 150+ million claims and USD 35 million counterclaims − A USD 100 million engineering dispute in ICC arbitration where we are acting for a Brazilian contractor
− Advising reinsurers from London and Munich market on a USD 30 million subrogation recovery following a fire in a large shopping mall in Chile − Advising reinsurers on a complex USD 150 million coverage claim arising out of various claims in Costa Rica concerning the construction of a new port terminal − Advising insurers on a subrogation claim against an Ecuadorian contractor arising out of three turbine failures in Ecuador − Representing insurers on a coverage dispute related with a wind turbine loss in Guatemala − Successfully representing Brazilian insurers in SulAmérica v Enesa [2012] in their successful appeal to the Court of Appeal concerning anti-suit relief and the governing law of an arbitration agreement − Advising reinsurers on coverage and jurisdictional matters in respect of a USD 1 billion plus claim for physical damage and business interruption arising from the collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil
− Representing claimants in a USD 60 million subrogated recovery action in ICC proceedings against an international supplier arising from a catastrophic turbine failure at a Peruvian power plant. Proceedings were in Spanish language. − Representing international claimant investors in a USD 400 million investment treaty claim against the government of Mexico (ICSID), with which we worked together with the Mexico City office, conducted in Spanish language. − Acting for the defendants in a USD 150 million arbitration in central America arising from a large infrastructure project − Acting for reinsurers in respect of a large mining loss in South America, including English Commercial Court litigation − Managing litigation on behalf of reinsurers in respect of a number of energy liability claims in South America, including policy coverage review − Advising reinsurers in respect of a PD and BI claim arising out of fire damage to an onshore wind turbine in Central America, and ancillary arbitral proceedings arising out of the OEM’s service obligations
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