Commercial Arbitration
Salans is very active in commercial arbitrations under the rules of all of the major international arbitration institutions as well as ad hoc, and in a wide cross-section of industry sectors.
Representative cases in which Salans has recently been, or is currently, involved include:
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Counsel to a Canadian company and its Chinese parent in an SCC arbitration valued at over USD 1 billion against a large Russian oil company concerning an oil field development venture in Central Asia;
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Counsel to a European company in an LCIA arbitration against a North American company concerning an oil field exploration project in Central Africa;
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Counsel to a publicly listed Indian company in an ICC arbitration regarding the delivery of pipelines for Iraqi oilfields;
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Counsel to a European investor in a CIETAC arbitration concerning disputes over start-up and operation of a joint venture in the agribusiness sector;
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Counsel to a major French media and telecoms conglomerate in an LCIA arbitration valued at over EUR 2 billion concerning Polish telecom investment;
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Counsel to a French construction company in an ICAC (MKAS) arbitration against a Russian entity for breach of a construction contract;
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Counsel to an Asian investor against its Central Asian and North American counterparties in an ICC arbitration concerning breach of contract;
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Counsel to a leading European hotel management company in an ad-hoc arbitration concerning wrongful termination of two management contracts for hotels in Tahiti;
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Counsel to a North American company in an SCC arbitration against a Ukrainian entity, concerning a joint activity agreement to develop a gas condensate field in Ukraine; and,
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Counsel to a North American company in an AAA dispute concerning a twenty-year contract to perform operation and maintenance services for a cogeneration facility.
Salans lawyers also have a wealth of experience with the peripheral issues that in many cases determine the outcome from a practical perspective. Our lawyers have handled numerous matters involving State immunity from execution, searches for assets, including State assets, and the enforcement of arbitral awards in a range of jurisdictions. We have commenced and defended a number of proceedings to set aside arbitral awards involving private corporations as well as States.