Terrick McCallum
Legal DirectorTerrick is a South African qualified lawyer focusing on energy and construction disputes and commercial arbitration, having represented a wide array of global and regional clients across the Gulf, Asia Europe and Africa in local and international arbitrations.
Terrick has represented clients in numerous arbitral forums including DIAC, SIAC, DIFC-LCIA, LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID and AFSA as well as representing clients in disputes before the DIFC and ADGM Courts.
Terrick has acted on high value and complex construction disputes in the energy, infrastructure, civil and hospitality sectors as well as advising clients on complicated multi-jurisdictional commercial and disputes.
In addition, Terrick has represented multi-national conglomerates and listed companies in the mining and financial sectors on high value disputes.
EXPERIENCE
- Represent a major construction house acting as main contractor in the development of a luxury five-star hotel on the Palm Jumeirah, the value in dispute being c. AED1bn.
- Represent a multi-national construction house acting as the main contractor on the iconic Museum of the Future project in a dispute pertaining to the façade package in the DIFC Courts, the value of the dispute being c. AED400m.
- Represent a foreign construction house in DIAC arbitration proceedings pertaining to the Dubai Expo 2020 project, the value of the dispute being c. AED130m.
- Represent a major international construction house in a dispute regarding the development of an oil and gas refinery in Oman, the value of the dispute being c. AED230m.
- Represent a specialist international bridge construction house in Qatari Onshore Court proceedings pertaining to the development of the ground-breaking Lusail Bridge developed as part of the Qatar Football World Cup development Project, the value of the dispute being in excess of QAR650m.
- Act on behalf of a main contractor on multiple disputes concerning the development of an oil and gas plant in Salalah, Oman with a total claim value exceeding USD40m.
- Advising the main contractor on a dispute pertaining to the construction of an oil and gas terminal in Abu Dhabi with a claim value in excess of USD80m.
- Advising the developer of a five-star luxury hotel in Business Bay, Dubai in respect of a dispute exceeding AED200m against the main contractor.
- Advising a main contractor on a dispute to the value of AED70m pertaining to the development of a retail complex in Dubai.
- Advising a New York Stock Exchange listed multi-national conglomerate on a shareholders' dispute exceeding USD20m.
- Advising a client on a coal mining dispute for contractual damages in excess of USD75m.
- English
- University of Johannesburg, LLB, 2014
