Clifford Chance

Investment Arbitration

• EEPL Holdings in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Congo under the Mauritius-Congo BIT concerning the alleged expropriation of the Badondo Iron Ore Project
• Midus Holdings and Congo Mining SA in an ICSID investment arbitration against the Republic of Congo following the revocation of its mining licence for the Mayoko-Moussondji Iron Ore Project
• Bright Mountain Pty Ltd in an ICSID Additional Facility arbitration under the AANZFTA against the Republic of the Union of Myanmar concerning the Bawdwin Lead Silver Project
• Cadence Minerals and REM Mexico Ltd in a dispute under the UK-Mexico BIT in relation to Mexico’s cancellation of the concessions comprising the Sonora Lithium Project
• Odebrecht Latinvest S.a.r.l. in an ICSID arbitration against Peru in relation to Peru’s expropriation of its investment in a gas pipeline
• Greenland Minerals Ltd in an arbitration against the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark regarding legislative measures taken against the Kvanefjeld Technology Metals Project (ad hoc, Copenhagen seat)
• Sundance Resources Limited and Congo Iron SA in an ICC investment arbitration against the Republic of Congo following the revocation of its mining licence for the Nabeba-Mbalam Iron Ore Project
• Sundance Resources Limited and Cam Iron SA in an ICC investment arbitration against the Republic of Cameroon following the government’s refusal to grant a mining permit for the Mbalam-Nabeba Iron Ore Project
• Autopistas del Atlántico, S.A. de C.V. in a contractual ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Honduras relating to the construction and operation of a toll road.
• Eco Oro Minerals Corp. in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Colombia relating to environmental restrictions impacting Eco Oro’s investments in a gold mine*
• Glencore International A.G., C.I. Prodeco S.A. and Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Nuevo S.A. in an ICSID arbitration against Colombia relating to antitrust measures affecting the claimants’ investments in a port*
• a major global energy company in a treaty dispute with the Republic of Ecuador arising from the implementation of retrospective tax measures (settled)*
• the Republic of Chile in an international boundary dispute with the Plurinational State of Bolivia before the International Court of Justice*

Advisory Experience

• advising an Australian mining company on investment protection strategies for a lithium project in Argentina
• advising an Australian mining company on investment protection strategies for a uranium mine in Namibia
• advising a Middle Eastern conglomerate on investment protection structures for a portfolio of investments in North Africa and the Middle East
• advising an Australian lithium mining company on investment protection strategies in relation to potential nationalisation measures
• advising a Canadian mining company on investment protection strategies for a mining project in Turkey
• advising an international organisation on the interaction of norms of international environmental law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
• advising multiple government agencies in relation to a recent United Nations General Assembly request for an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice concerning the international obligations of States to protect against climate change.

* Experience prior to joining Clifford Chance