Sophia Burton

• Advising an engineering and commissioning contractor in an AUD2bn ICC Singapore arbitration concerning the disputed termination of an EPC subcontract to build a captive Combined Cycle power station on an LNG facility.
• Advising a consortium of international EPC contractors in pre-arbitral proceedings and DAB referrals regarding delay and disruption to construction of an airport in the Middle East.
  
• Assisting with the early settlement of a dispute regarding the inadequate repair or mine shafts in Russia.
  
• Advising a third-party funder with a potential investment in a construction dispute in Trinidad and Tobago.
  
• Advising a Japanese conglomerate in relation to various shareholder and funding agreements for the financing of the construction and operation of a drilling vessel and related assets as part of its pre-dispute correspondence and strategy.
  
• Advising a large mining corporation on its operations in the Caribbean and West Africa.
  
• Advising the Panama Canal Authority in relation to the construction and engineering aspects of the USD5.25bn Panama Canal Expansion Programme and a number of technical and high-value disputes in DAB and ICC arbitration proceedings. This included: 
  – ICC Arbitration proceedings relating to aspects of the concrete works (including a jurisdictional challenge) with a value of approximately USD620m;
  – DAB proceedings concerning the interpretation of contractual provisions;
  – Employer’s Determination on a global earthworks delay and disruption claim – USD1.4bn;
  – general advice in relation to certain Employer’s claims; and
  – general advice in relation to issues involving suspension and termination.
  
• Advising a multinational engineering firm in relation to an infrastructure project in Saudi Arabia with a value of USD 400 million; advising an international structural façade consultant in ongoing payment and variation disputes in connection with the design and construction of a façade for a research facility in Saudi Arabia. The matter culminated in ICC Arbitration proceedings in London with a value of USD100m.
  
• Advising an international EPC contractor and specialist waste-to-energy plant provider in major disputes concerning the design of a waste-to-energy plant in the UK.
  
• Advising a leading contractor in the oil and gas industry in a dispute regarding variations and prolongation in relation to the supply of two vessels. The matter culminated in LCIA Arbitration proceedings in London with a value of USD14m.
  
• Advising a medical technologies company which was successful in three adjudications arising from major demolition works.
  
   

*Denotes experience at a previous firm.

• Co-author of the and Mining chapters in The Guide to Construction Arbitration, published by Global Arbitration Review, October, 2021
• "Cranes on the horizon: construction arbitration abroad", Thomson Reuters Construction Blog, August, 2021
• "Cranes on the horizon: construction disputes in Russia", Practical Law Construction Blog, July, 2021
• "Disputes across the horizon: arbitration in Qatar", Practical Law Construction Blog, February, 2021
• "Disputes across: the horizon: arbitration in the United Arab Emirates", Practical Law Construction Blog, January, 2021