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What the Team is Known For

Dentons has a respected international arbitration team with strong credentials in commercial disputes. It fields considerable expertise in the energy sector with an impressive roster of oil and gas majors among its client base. The team regularly acts in ICC, LCIA, DIFC and ad hoc arbitration and is particularly active in Middle Eastern and Africa-related disputes. The firm is particularly adept at handling arbitration relating to debt recovery under loan agreements.

Work Highlights

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  • Dentons continued to advise the Indian government in an UNCITRAL arbitration against Reliance Industries in a dispute concerning an upstream oil and gas project in India.

Strengths

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Dentons is thorough and professional, with excellent lawyers.

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They easily understand key issues and present highly valued and constructive advice. The team are very experienced and knowledgeable. They know the business and are very professional. 

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Dentons built arguments in a powerful and convincing way. They are a fantastic team and were knowledgeable of the subject at hand. Their responses were always timely.

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Dentons is incredibly strong, with very impressive and slick operators.

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Notable Practitioners

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James Langley
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Band 6
James Langley has a strong arbitration practice and fields considerable expertise in the Middle East. His experience includes representing sovereign states in complex BIT claims, as well as handling ICC, LCIA and ad hoc proceedings.

James has an impressive and practical approach.

James is an excellent technical lawyer with strong commercial acumen.

James is very quick in grasping the commercial and legal key issues and builds powerful legal arguments.

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Dominic Pellew
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Foreign Expert

Dominic Pellew specialises in international arbitrations acting on high-value disputes as counsel and arbitrator. He is particularly experienced in dealing with disputes involving Russian parties.

We found his advice very good, identifying the faults well.

He's very knowledgeable.

Dominic is very good and has done a number of investor-state arbitrations including sitting as an arbitrator.

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James Langley
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