INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

Janice Feigher accepts missions as arbitrator and as counsel, in the field of both commercial and investment arbitration.

The firm has experience and capability in a variety of sectors, including energy (oil & gas, hydro, wind, solar, nuclear), international sale of goods, shareholder disputes, aeronautics, construction, banking & finance, mining & infrastructures, insurance, tax, corporate law, pharmaceuticals, agency and telecommunications.

Feigher Dispute Resolution acts in cases involving aspects of insolvency, international sanctions and compliance/business ethics.

Janice has specific experience in cases involving parties or interests from  Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Benin, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, DRC, South Africa, Mali, Senegal, Gabon, Angola), the Middle East (Lebanon, UAE, Israel, Iran, Bahrein, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria), Central and South America, Europe  (France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Germany, Albania, Sweden), Asia (Singapore, Armenia, Russia, China, Japan) and common law countries (England, Scotland, USA, Canada, Cayman Islands).

Our experience includes:

• Chair of an arbitral tribunal in arbitration proceedings between an EU company and a Baltic state company arising out of the termination of a distribution and supply agreement in the pharmaceutical industry (Camera Arbitrale di Milano (CAM), seat Milan, Italian law)
• Sole arbitrator in arbitration proceedings in the energy sector arising out of force majeure events and the termination of a supply and installation of goods contract between an EU company and a West Asian company (ICC, seat Paris, Italian law/CISG)
• Sole arbitrator in arbitration proceedings in the rental of office spaces industry (ICC, seat Paris, French law)
• Sole arbitrator  pertaining to a dispute between a French service provider and the liquidator of a Cypriot company relating to the payment of fees for services to an airline in the Middle East (IATA, seat Paris, French law)
• Sole arbitrator under expedited procedure rules in the framework of a post M&A dispute involving allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation in North Africa between an Asian company and an EU company (ICC, seat Paris, French law)
• Co-arbitrator in ICC proceedings in the telecommunications sector between an EU company and a Middle Eastern company in a case involving the applicability of international sanctions (ICC, seat Geneva, Swiss law)
• Co-arbitrator in ICC arbitration proceedings in the banking and finance sector between a French company and a West Asian company (ICC, seat Paris, French law)
• Co-arbitrator in domestic arbitration proceedings arising out of a franchising agreement in the mass retail sector (ad hoc, seat Paris, French law)
• Secretary of the arbitral tribunal in ad hoc proceedings involving a US group and the national electricity company of a Central American country (dispute concerning the termination of a Build Operate Transfer contract for a power plant) (ad hoc UNCITRAL, seat Geneva, law of a Central America country)
• Secretary of the arbitral tribunal in proceedings involving an Algerian company and a Belgian company (dispute relating to the performance of works in a luxury hotel in Algeria) (International Court of Arbitration for Trade and Industry (CARICI), seat Geneva, Algerian law) 
• Secretary of the arbitral tribunal in proceedings involving a Belgian company and a ministerial agency of a North African country (dispute concerning the application of Incoterms to a shipment of perishable goods by sea freight) (ICC, seat Paris, CISG/INCOTERMS)

• Representing an African banking group in emergency proceedings and merits proceedings in connection with the payment of the purchase price of mines in a sub-Saharan African country (ICC, seat Paris, French law)
• Representing a European construction company in arbitration proceedings arising from post completion disputes on the Panama Canal Third Set of Locks Project (ICC, seat Miami, Panama law)
• Assisting a leading European player in the energy sector in a  gas price review arbitration
• Representing an Italian company operating in the renewable energy sector (hydro) in the context of an arbitration against a European financial institution for the construction of a hydroelectric plant in the Balkans (ICC, seat Paris, Italian law)
• Representing a leading Italian group in the rail sector in an arbitration against a Russian EPC contractor and for the construction of a railway line in the Middle East (VIAC, seat Vienna, Russian law)
• Representing a North African real estate group in an arbitration against investors of the Persian Gulf arising out of the termination of a development project in Morocco (ICC, seat Casablanca, Moroccan law)
• Assisting and representing an Italian Buyer-Furnished Equipment manufacturer in arbitration proceedings arising out of the termination by a European airline of a programme for the design, manufacturing and sale of first class seats (ICC, seat Frankfurt, German law)
• Representing a US company operating in the nuclear sector in the context of an arbitration against a European nuclear group regarding the existence of a lack of conformity in the delivered material (ICC, seat Brussels, CISG/French law)
• Representing a European trust in arbitration proceedings against a French company arising out of a dispute on the ownership of artefacts (Association Française d’Arbitrage (AFA), seat Paris, French law)
• Representing an Italian company against a Luxembourg company in arbitration proceedings arising out of the breach of a long-term supply contract in the steel industry (ICC, seat Brussels, Luxembourg law)
• Representing an Italian shipping company in ad hoc arbitration proceedings against the liquidator of a French shipping and piggyback transport consortium (UNCITRAL, seat Paris, French law)
• Representing an African player operating in the field of high-speed internet connectivity in arbitration proceedings against a European datacenter owner in relation to the termination of a long-term services agreement (ICC, seat Paris, French law)
• Representing the African subsidiary of a European energy player operating in the renewable energies sector in arbitration proceedings arising out of a project for the development of the electricity sector in a sub-Saharan African country (ICC, seat Paris, French law)
• Representing the UK  subsidiary of a Canadian leader of procurement and engineering services in an arbitration against  an EPC contractor in relation to the upgrade of an oil production plant in the Arctic (ICC, seat Paris,  French law)
• Representing two Middle Eastern companies in relation to an arbitration subsequent to the non-performance of an agreement due to bribery allegations (ICC, seat Paris, French law)
• Representing a French retail group in multiple jurisdictions in proceedings arising from the application of a hardship agreement in an advertising contract with an American group (ICC, seat Paris, French law)

INVESTMENT ARBITRATION

• Consultant on funding issues in investment arbitration cases (assessment of investment opportunity, enforcement issues)
• Representing a Canadian mining company in an ICSID arbitration against an African state relating to tax issues
• Counsel to the majority shareholders of a mining company in sub-Saharan Africa in ICC arbitration proceedings against the minority shareholder (state entity) on corporate law issues
• Advising a Canadian mining company in arbitration and litigation proceedings in relation to the payment of dividends and exchange control issues
• Representing a Middle Eastern telecom group in two arbitration proceedings (ICC and UNCITRAL) relating to the forfeiture of a 3G licence in the Middle East 
• Advising an Asian developer and operator of port infrastructures in the framework of a dispute arising out of a concession agreement with a port authority and a West African State
• Advising a North American mining group in relation to a State’s failure to renew a mining concession in South America
• Advising a European mining company in relation to potential arbitration proceedings against an OHADA Member State regarding the violation of a stabilisation clause