Advised an upstream oil and gas operator following the non-delivery of critical equipment under a time-sensitive procurement contract. The advice tested whether the client’s payment profile was sufficient, in substance, to engage delivery obligations, how an arbitral tribunal would assess that issue in context, and the viability of contractual defences. Remedies, enforcement and replacement risk, arbitration timing and cost exposure, and arbitrator selection were assessed to support a commercially grounded go-forward decision.

Advised fiduciary service providers following media allegations concerning the custody of project funds. The engagement focused on mandate protection and operational continuity, including banking and counterparty exposure, reputational containment, and documentary stress-testing. A sequenced response was developed to manage engagement, preserve evidence, coordinate stakeholder communications, and deploy targeted remedies where appropriate, while maintaining a neutral custodian posture and avoiding premature escalation.

Advised a multinational enterprise and its external counsel in relation to parallel court proceedings and criminal process risks intersecting with an ongoing international arbitration. The work fixed a verified procedural baseline, identified jurisdictional and due-process vulnerabilities, and implemented immediate safeguards for affected personnel. Ex parte orders, arrest-risk containment, prosecutorial oversight, and cross-border exposure were addressed while preserving the integrity of the arbitral process and avoiding steps that could prejudice parallel proceedings.

Advised a commercial investor facing competing claims to high-value land assets involving private counterparties and public authorities. The work tested title documentation, the legal effect of delegated authority instruments, and evidential weaknesses in adverse claims, including reliance on unregistered conveyancing instruments and pleaded allegations of fraud. Remedies, procedural trajectory, and settlement positioning were assessed through a disciplined cost-risk lens.

Advised a landowner following the collapse of a high-value residential joint venture, where the developer sought specific performance or compensation after termination. The case was structured around a single commercial proposition that termination was contractually justified and unavoidable in light of sustained non-performance. The strategy aligned contractual termination rights, revocation of delegated authority instruments, evidence discipline, and tribunal mindset to present termination as a proportionate protective response, positioning the client for either decisive resolution or a commercially rational settlement.

Advised and represented an indigenous gas company on dispute strategy arising from a threatened default under a major bank guarantee with immediate operational consequences. Secured regulatory engagement and oversight, achieved full performance of the guarantee obligations, and stabilised the underlying supply relationship on revised, commercially sustainable terms.

Advised and represented a seismic services company on dispute strategy arising from the Government’s exercise of back-in rights over substantial concession areas, despite significant sunk investment. Through regulatory engagement and negotiation, secured a restructuring of the affected acreage, revised and resized on improved commercial terms.