Dispute resolution and litigation experience

• Chevron ats CBI Constructors [2024] HCA 28 – successfully resisted an appeal against a first instance decision (Chevron v CBI Constructors [2021] WASC 323, affirmed on appeal by the Court of Appeal in [2023] WASCA 1) that ruled an arbitration award should be set aside because the tribunal was functus officio when it made the award. Uniquely, this case is the first Australian case to set aside an award because the tribunal was functus relying on a particular provision of the Commercial Arbitration Act, as well as being a case where factual findings made by the tribunal were successfully challenged. This case is the first time an apex court in any of the 100+ Model Law countries has considered this particular issue. 
• Petronas and TotalEnergies ats APLNG – in defending a claim brought against the joint venture participants relating to certain project agreements for a major CSG-LNG project.
• A global food and beverage industry investor – on a commercial fraud and asset recovery dispute in proceedings before the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.
• Major international bank – in a United Arab Emirates law commercial fraud investigation and litigation against a petrochemical oil and gas trader in proceedings before the Dubai Courts.
• State – in defending an application seeking declaratory relief in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
• Oil & Gas Major – advised a USA headquartered oil and gas major about the domestic and international regulatory regime for exporting hazardous waste.
• Livestock exchange owner – in defence of contractual dispute before the County Court of Victoria.

Arbitration experience

• Oil & Gas majors – representing a group of Oil & Gas Majors in two significant gas price review arbitrations.
• Chevron ats CBI & Kentz – representing Chevron in defence of a $411m claim made in an arbitration arising out of a large-scale LNG project.
• Confidential State – in multi-billion dollar investor-State dispute arising out of the alleged expropriation of a resource project. 
• Thai energy company – in a confidential international commercial arbitration relating to its investment in a North Sea oil and gas company (seated in London) under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
• Egyptian company – in a confidential commercial arbitration (seated in London, United Kingdom) under the LCIA Arbitration Rules.
• Subsidiary of global energy and petrochemical conglomerate – in relation to threatened commercial arbitration relating to claims for misleading and deceptive conduct and/or breach of contract under LCIA Arbitration Rules.
• Korean steel-making company – in a confidential international commercial arbitration against an Indian state-owned entity (seated in West Bengal, India) under the ICC Rules.

Regulatory and Investigation experience

• Capital fund manager – in a regulatory investigation initiated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority.
• Government Department – in response to statutory notice under national law.
• Government Department – in response to audit conducted by Queensland Audit Office.