Resolving commercial and energy disputes through domestic and international arbitration.
How Michael can help
Michael acts in complex arbitrations involving commercial contracts, shareholder disputes and cross-border energy claims. He is regularly instructed in LCIA proceedings and has experience with procedural issues such as jurisdiction, equitable remedies, quantum and enforcement. His work spans both confidential international arbitrations and appeals on points of law under the Arbitration Act.
Whether advising claimants or respondents, Michael brings clarity, strategic focus and commercial insight to proceedings that are often high-value and technically complex.
Typical instructions include:
- Acting in LCIA arbitrations involving oil, gas, telecoms and infrastructure
- Advising on shareholder disputes governed by arbitration clauses
- Supporting appeals under sections 68 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996
- Advising on enforcement of arbitral awards and jurisdictional objections
Examples of work
Acted in high value arbitration proceedings concerning rights to exploit gas in two major gas fields in the Middle East.
LCIA Proceedings
Instructed by the claimant, a major oil and gas company, in a dispute about the development of oil and gas fields in Iraq. Specifically instructed on the question of quantum: as a result of the respondent’s alleged torts, the claimant had been unable to develop several oil and gas fields, and the quantum exercise involve an assessment of the profitability of the hypothetical development.
LCIA Proceedings
Acting in a high value arbitration concerning an international distribution agreement.
Advising in relation to an application for security under section 25.1(a) of the LCIA Arbitration Rules.
Advising in an international arbitration concerning a share purchase agreement, on whether it gave rise to any equitable rights or fiduciary duties and on the availability of remedies for unfair prejudice under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006.
Michael Wilson & Partners v Emmott [2011] EWHC 1441 (Comm)
Instructed in an appeal against an arbitration award under sections 68 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
Advising, with Ian Glick QC, a major multinational oil and gas corporation on the proper construction of payment provisions in a contract for engineering works on a gas terminal, and on the meaning of the term ‘consequential loss’ in the contract.