Compounds for people and the environment – Chemicals

Chemicals

Our lawy­ers have in-depth expe­ri­ence with dis­pu­tes in the che­mi­cal indus­try. We have repre­sen­ted cli­ents in seve­ral post‑M&A- and joint ven­ture-rela­ted dis­pu­tes befo­re arbi­tral tri­bu­nals, inclu­ding emer­gen­cy arbi­tra­ti­on pro­cee­dings. The che­mi­cal indus­try has been par­ti­cu­lar­ly affec­ted by sup­p­ly chain dis­rup­ti­ons and ener­gy pri­ce increa­ses in the recent past; dis­pu­tes about con­trac­tu­al risk allo­ca­ti­on are the­r­e­fo­re not uncom­mon. Based on our spe­ci­fic expe­ri­ence from this and other sec­tors, we can put tog­e­ther effec­ti­ve teams for the suc­cessful reso­lu­ti­on of such disputes. 

Relevant matters include:

Repre­sen­ting a joint ven­ture of two inter­na­tio­nal che­mi­cal com­pa­nies as Clai­mants in a high-volu­me ICC arbi­tra­ti­on sea­ted in Paris against ano­ther che­mi­cal com­pa­ny in con­nec­tion with the com­mer­cial aspects of the exten­si­on of con­tracts for the joint ope­ra­ti­on of a plant pro­du­cing cer­tain che­mi­cal compounds

Repre­sen­ting a lea­ding glo­bal manu­fac­tu­rer of che­mi­cal pro­ducts in a high-volu­me post‑M&A ICC emer­gen­cy arbi­tra­ti­on in con­nec­tion with the acqui­si­ti­on of a busi­ness unit from the oppo­sing party

Repre­sen­ting an inter­na­tio­nal che­mi­cal com­pa­ny in ICC arbi­tra­ti­on pro­cee­dings fol­lo­wing the acqui­si­ti­on of a company

Defence of an Eng­lish sel­ler of che­mi­cal pro­ducts in an ad-hoc arbi­tra­ti­on sea­ted in Ger­ma­ny against alle­ged claims of a Ger­man buy­er under a sup­p­ly contract

Repre­sen­ting a US che­mi­cal manu­fac­tu­rer in an ICC arbi­tra­ti­on sea­ted in Bel­gi­um against an Indi­an com­pa­ny in con­nec­tion with claims ari­sing from the ter­mi­na­ti­on of a licen­se- and sup­p­ly agreement

Repre­sen­ting a che­mi­cal com­pa­ny in nego­tia­ti­ons with muni­ci­pal uti­li­ties on the res­truc­tu­ring of gas sup­p­ly con­tracts during the gas pri­ce cri­sis in 2021/2022 and advi­sing on a sett­le­ment solution

Repre­sen­ting a che­mi­cal park ope­ra­tor in post‑M&A arbi­tra­ti­on proceedings

Pro­tec­tion of an M&A tran­sac­tion in the che­mi­cal indus­try by fil­ing pro­tec­ti­ve writs against pos­si­ble inte­rim reli­ef by the oppo­nent, a joint ven­ture partner

Repre­sen­ting a refi­nery com­pa­ny of an Indi­an cli­ent in an ICC arbi­tra­ti­on against a Rus­si­an con­tract partner

Advi­sing a spe­cial­ty che­mi­cals joint ven­ture on a share­hol­der dispute