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Arbitration & Litigation
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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”no-bullets” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]- Libya’s claims against Tunisia, Malta and Chad
- Egypt’s dispute with Israel over Taba
- Cameroon’s land and maritime dispute with Nigeria
- The Yemen-Saudi border
- The Jordanian-Israeli border
- South Sudan vs Sudan land border
We are able to provide expert witnesses for law firms, international oil companies or any other company in need, anywhere in the world. Our work includes:
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- Advice on arbitral proceedings
- Advice to natural resource companies on the ownership of assets, and on the possibility of disputes that may have a bearing on their operations in present or in the future, both on land and sea
- Archival research and para-legal support to law firms on boundary-related disputes
- Expert analysis on the background of disputes, possible routes to settlement, and related prognoses
- Project managing and coordinating multidisciplinary teams handling extended projects
Arbitration Cases
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” background_layout=”dark” animation_style=”fade” global_colors_info=”{}”] Our initial arbitration case work involved providing, managing, and coordinating the group of oil economists that supported Iran’s legal team in the major oil cases of the 1980’s, before the US-Iran Claims Tribunal. Besides expert witnesses, Menas also undertook and coordinated almost all of the international research and evidence gathering for these cases. Since then we have undertaken multiple, and varied, arbitration projects across the globe. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Examples of our work, for either the insurers or the insured include:
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”no-bullets” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]- The looting of car show rooms in Kuwait by Iraqi soldiers
- Four refineries in Azerbaijan, Russia, and Ukraine
- A large enhanced oil recovery project in Myanmar
- Mobile phone licenses in Iran
- Aluminium smelting in Tajikistan
- The confiscation of on-shore oil rigs in Argentina and Venezuela
- An LNG plant in Egypt
- The cancellation of a large EPC contract in Algeria
- Philippine banana exports to China
- Industrial plants in Saudi Arabia
Our role in these cases involved:
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”no-bullets” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]- Finding the most suitable experts for the case
- Undertaking the evidence gathering for the case, which can frequently involve both primary and secondary research in numerous countries and in different languages
- Coordinating and managing the research team and experts
- Liaising with the client and their legal team
- Preparation of memorials and counter-memorials
- Provision of expert witnesses
- Any other ‘local-knowledge’ related tasks are required by the client and their legal team