3 Verulam Buildings is active in energy and natural resources and members are frequently involved in arbitrations concerning power plants and energy generation, oil and gas, mining and petrochemicals projects. Georges Chalfoun recently acted for the Government of Morocco in a $500m investment treaty arbitration brought by entities affiliated or linked with Carlyle Group, alleging that the government expropriated crude oil and other hydrocarbons owned by the claimants in the country’s SAMIR refinery, thus breaching a free trade agreement.
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