Stavros Michalopoulos

• Representing an international contractor concerning a construction project in Central Europe (EUR 300 mn) in an ICC arbitration.
• Representing an international contractor in a dispute regarding the construction of a stadium in Doha. In this context, he provided advice on a commercial arbitration, related court proceedings and related investor-state proceedings.
• Advising a credit institution regarding its BIT claims against a European State.
• Representing a Middle-Eastern state in a multi-billion dollar inter-state oil and gas related arbitration. The matter was valued at USD17 billion and advice included conducting research and drafting memoranda on a number of legal and factual issues, and participating in the preparation of the hearing.*
• Representing the Hellenic Republic in two multi-billion bond-related investment arbitrations, valued at EUR7 billion, including the drafting of memorials, witness statements and expert reports.*
• Drafting legal documents and a memorandum in relation to a major natural gas dispute between an Italian contractor and a state-owned North-African company under the ICC rules. Advice addressed matters of contract interpretation and application, technical analysis and delay.*
• Representing an African State in a USD200 million contract-based investment arbitration (in French).*
• Advising on multi-million ICC construction arbitrations between a Greek and French company, seated in London and governed by English law. Advice included drafting memoranda and witness statements on issues of delay and product defects, participating in the hearing, preparing cross-examination and advising on the set-aside proceedings in England and its enforcement in France.*
• Drafting the constitutive documents of an international organisation in the UAE.*
• Drafting the pleadings of numerous confidential claimants in a EUR1 billion debt restructuring investment arbitration.*
• Advising a Finnish mining investor on the merits of an arbitration arising from a mining dispute in Egypt.*
• Representing an African client in an oil and gas dispute governed by English law (conducted in French), including preparing for the hearing of the case and conducting legal research on matters of English law on quantum.*
• Leading a team on a project on the status of peace treaties between states and armed opposition groups, with particular reference on Yemen. The project was nominated for pro bono project of the year (The Paris Bar).

*Denotes experience from a previous firm