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- Representing two BVI holding companies involved in a Cyprus joint venture dispute over a major mining company. In this high-stakes shareholder dispute, the clients successfully secured a LCIA arbitration final award in their favour. The value of our clients' claims, including the value of the underlying asset, exceeding $500 million.

Issues that he resolves relate to commercial contracts, trading, investments, banking, joint ventures, company and shareholder disputes, cross-border insolvency, international civil fraud and enforcement.

Recent Cases - Representing an international energy concern in ICC arbitration against an American engineering company. The engineering company pleaded breach of contract relying on force majeure provisions in relation to export controls and sanctions.

- Acting for a real estate developer in a High Court joint venture dispute in relation to property located abroad but subject to the English jurisdiction by way of shareholders’ agreement.

Ben has a particular focus on sanctions, asset-tracing, contentious trusts and matrimonial disputes.

- Representing a Kazakh Bitcoin mining entity in a dispute with a power producer following the illegal confiscation of Bitcoin producing servers.