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OIC treaty arbitration; multi-jurisdictional asset recovery

Engagements spanning treaty-based investor-State proceedings, multi-jurisdictional asset recovery resulting in lifting of freezing-orders and discontinuance of proceedings in Liechtenstein, Bulgaria and Italy.

A few recent examples include:

  1. Made legal history by achieving the first successful arbitration claim by an individual investor against a sovereign state under the OIC Investment Treaty.
  2. Advised a company which was a victim of a large-scale fraud perpetrated by one of its former executives. The case went beyond civil and criminal domestic action and engaged international police cooperation and legal assistance.
  3. Advised multiple companies subject to proceedings and freezing orders in Liechtenstein, securing the discontinuance of those proceedings and unfreezing of accounts.
  4. Advised multiple companies subject to proceedings and freezing orders in Bulgaria, obtaining the termination of those proceedings and unfreezing of accounts.

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Three further engagements at the intersection of treaty-based proceedings, sanctions exposure and cross-border structuring.

INTERPOL
Legal history through arbitration; acted for clients across more than 15 jurisdictions.
Brought the first successful challenge against a multilateral law-enforcement agency through arbitration; representations before the CCF in relation to Red Notices and Diffusions; acted for a state against another state under the auspices of INTERPOL's dispute settlement mechanism.
Sanctions
OFAC and OFSI designations, US indictments.
Acted for a major Eastern European logistics company in OFAC designation challenges and US District Court proceedings; advised a South American government on developing domestic policy initiatives to counter the designation of the head of state.
Investment Structuring & Asset Protection
Cross-border acquisitions and structuring for family offices.
Advised an Indian family-owned business on relocation of its manufacturing facilities from Southeast Asia to South America; structured a media-business acquisition for a South Asian publishing house; arranged a capital injection from ASEAN investors into a South American retailer.

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