Erik Andersen

Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Professional Memberships

Law Society of Papua New Guinea

Work Highlights

State-owned enterprises: Acting on a wide range of matters, including infrastructure construction (K160 m in issue); build-operate-transfer arrangements (K250 m in issue); lending securities (K180 m in issue); price regulation of regulated entities.

Confidential clients: Acting for numerous commercial entities in disputes with contracting parties in respect of both arbitrations and court proceedings at the Supreme and National Courts, including infrastructure construction, securities and lending disputes and project agreements with the state.

Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC): Acting in connection with competition law issues, including significant litigation concerning telecommunication licenses, investigations and litigation concerning market conduct issues in the cable television market and clients whose market conduct is being investigated by the ICCC in a number of industries.

Confidential clients: Acting for energy and resources companies with respect to environmental issues.

Confidential clients: Advising foreign investors on dealings with the state and its various instrumentalities.

Bank of Papua New Guinea: Acting in relation to the drafting of a complete suite of new legislation for the PNG financial sector, including the Central Banking Act, the Banks and Financial Institutions Act, the Superannuation Act and the Insurance Act.

Confidential clients: Acting for numerous government bodies in relation to their powers and functions, including the ICCC, the Independent Public Business Corporation, the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority, the Auditor General of Papua New Guinea, the Coffee Industry Corporation, the Investment Promotion Authority and others.

Confidential clients: Acting for air transport industry businesses, including matters involving aircraft operators and suppliers, repairers, financiers, insurers, employees, shareholders and board members. Many of these matters have a significant international component.

Chevron and CRA: Acting in a number of constitutional challenges to mining and petroleum legislation.

Education