Katie Edwards

Arbitration & Litigation

• Advising an energy company in the GCC on three related indexation disputes arising from the operation and maintenance of power and water projects.
• Acting for a European global energy technology company in an ICC arbitration concerning a multi-million-dollar contractual dispute arising from catastrophic equipment failure at a chemical processing plant in Asia.
• Acting for a Saudi-based petrochemicals company in a USD400m DIAC arbitration concerning the construction of a large-scale industrial processing plant, and involving alleged design and construction defects, delay, and economic damages claims.

Regulatory: CCI

• Advising a global biopharmaceutical and biotechnology company on a cross-border internal investigation concerning alleged distributor misconduct across Central Asia, involving a complex network of third-party intermediaries and alleged price manipulation within the supply chain.
• Advising a US-listed construction company on an internal investigation into wide-ranging compliance issues in the UAE.
• Advising leading multinational corporations on ABC laws and obligations in the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

FinTech

• Advising a global bank on the roll-out of a virtual asset trading service in the free zones in the UAE, including consumer protection constraints drafting and roll-out of product terms of business.
• Advising an international payment services provider on the roll-out of a virtual asset trading service in mainland UAE, including consumer protection constraints, and the drafting and roll-out of product terms of business.