Gordon McAllister

Examples of recent commercial litigation representations include:

• Representing Qatar Airways in a claim against Airbus concerning the premature degradation of its fleet of A350 aircraft.
• Advising defendants with respect to allegations of a $200 million fraud.
• Representing a creditor in relation to large-scale, multijurisdictional insolvency proceedings.
• Advising an aviation insurer with respect to a dispute arising from a ground handling agreement.
• Representing a group of companies in a cartel follow-on claim in the English High Court seeking £20 million in damages for illegal price fixing across Europe.
• Defending an airline in relation to an allegation of cartel activity.
• Representing an AIM-listed transportation company in the English High Court in relation to the repudiation of an operating contract.

Examples of recent commercial arbitration representations include:

• Representing a multinational chemicals and biotechnology company in London-seated arbitration proceedings for breach of a license agreement.
• Acting as lead claimant for a French transportation company in an €800 million dispute arising from a construction project in Asia.
• Representing a South American company in an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration against a Caribbean government in relation to the construction of an aluminum smelter.
• Defending a claim for losses arising out of the operation of a state lottery.
• Defending an insurer in a $50 million claim pursuant to a Bermuda Form insurance contract.
• Advising an online accommodations reservation company in relation to an appeal against a decision of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to place an application for a generic top-level domain into a contention set.
• Representing a South African mineral and mining company in a London Court of International Arbitration proceeding, claiming damages of $190 million.
• Representing a Canadian company in an ICC arbitration against a government- and a state-owned entity, following the repudiation of a joint venture agreement.
• Providing English law advice to a Middle Eastern company in a commercial arbitration under the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration.

Examples of recent investment arbitration representations include:

• Representing an investor in an ad hoc arbitration under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Arbitration Rules.
• Advising an international hotel developer as claimant in a $600 million dispute under Internal Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes rules.
• Advising a European construction and development consortium as claimant in an investment dispute under ICSID rules.
• Advising a claimant in relation to an application for the annulment of an ICSID award.