With a particularly active arbitration practice covering complex commercial and investment treaty disputes, Dentons is recommended for banking, energy, construction and sovereign-related matters, acting for private corporates, state-owned entities and sovereigns. Leveraging a longstanding ICSID and institutional arbitration practice, practice head John Hay sits as counsel and arbitrator, handling disputes for sovereigns and foreign investors. Diora Ziyaeva stands out for her multilingual advocacy, and experience across all major arbitral institutions, steers her practice towards public international law, natural resources and mining-related disputes.
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Work highlights
Represents a Canadian gold mining company, Aris Mining Corp, in an arbitration before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), against the Republic of Colombia for upwards of US$300 million.
Representing Nittetsu Mining Co. in an international arbitration under the American Arbitration Association International Center for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”).
Obtained US$22 million LCIA award for our client, a US aviation company, GA Telesis, against Transaero, formerly Russia’s second-largest commercial airline currently undergoing bankruptcy.