GBS Disputes

INCLUDES REPRESENTATION OF:

• A European contractor in an ICC arbitration in Paris initiated against a major international oil company. The dispute arises from an Engineering, Procurement, Supply, Construction and Commissioning (EPSCC) contract for facilities associated with an oil exploration project. The law of our client’s State applies.
• An African national oil and gas company, Claimant in a UNCITRAL arbitration in Geneva brought against two privately-owned European energy companies. The dispute arose from the termination of a production-sharing contract. The law of the Claimant’s State applies. Over USD 2.4 billion is at stake.
• An international joint venture and an African energy company, Respondents in an ICC arbitration in Geneva brought by North Asian contractors. The dispute relates to a settlement agreement entered into following a dispute arising from an EPC contract for the construction of a USD 3 billion fertilizer plant in an African State. The law of the African State applies.
• International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) (an affiliate of Mubadala Investment Company PJSC), Respondent in an ICC arbitration in Paris initiated by Real Madrid football club. The dispute arose from a sponsorship agreement related to the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Spanish law applied and over EUR 550 million was at stake. The Arbitral Tribunal, ruling by a majority, dismissed Real Madrid’s EUR 550 million claims in their entirety.
• A confidential party in an arbitration brought under the Rules of Arbitration of the Vietnam International Arbitration Center. Local law applied.
• Advising Asian LNG buyers in gas price review proceedings against an Australian supplier.
• An international joint venture, Claimant in an ICC arbitration in Geneva brought against North Asian contractors. The dispute arose from an agreement for the construction of a fertilizer plant in an African State. The law of the African State applied. Over USD 1.6 billion was at stake.
• A heavy equipment supplier and contractor in relation to a number of delay, disruption, defects and other disputes arising out of two energy construction projects in Africa with claims and counterclaims of over USD 2 billion.
• Two international construction contractors, Respondents in an ICC arbitration in London initiated by a Middle Eastern State-owned company. The dispute concerned the development of a world-class medical facility in the Middle East. The law of the Claimant’s State applied. Over USD 3.7 billion was at stake.
• Five gas importers, Respondents in SCC and UNCITRAL arbitrations in Stockholm initiated by an upstream supplier. The disputes arose from a gas price revision clause in long-term supply contracts. Swedish law applied.
• A French-German consortium in an ICC arbitration in Stockholm against a Finnish utility company. The dispute arose from an agreement for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Finland. Finnish law governed. Over EUR 6.1 billion was at stake.

Education

• Cornell Law School, LL.M
• King’s College London, LL.B

Admissions & Courts

• New York

Languages

• English
• Finnish
• French

Nationalities

• Finnish
• French