Tamara Benáková

Investment Arbitration

• Advising the Republic of Kosovo in an ICSID arbitration initiated by a German entity in connection with an alleged investment in the telecommunications sector.
• Advising the State of Libya in an ICC investment arbitration initiated by a Turkish investor. The value of the dispute was €183 million.
• Advising the State of Libya in a pending ICC investment arbitration initiated by a Turkish investor over a construction project. The value of the dispute was higher than US$61 million.
• Advising the Republic of Kosovo in a pending ICSID arbitration initiated by an Estonian entity in connection with an investment in the microfinancing sector.

Commercial Arbitration

• Representing a Czech energy concern in an ICC arbitration against a supplier of natural gas involving claims of significant financial value.
• Representing a Slovenian pipeline gas buyer in an ICC arbitration against a supplier of natural gas involving claims of significant financial value.
• Advising a major Czech and CEE group involved in aluminium, metallurgical and machinery industries, in an ICC arbitration against a designer and producer of industrial machinery.
• Advising a natural person in an ICC arbitration regarding a dispute arising out of a share purchase agreement.
• Advising a state-owned mining concern in a SCC arbitration against a Belarussian enterprise regarding a breach of claims arising out of development and construction of an underground mine and mineral processing facility.
• Advising a Czech real estate development company in an arbitration at the Arbitration Court attached to the Chamber of Commerce of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic regarding a dispute arising from a breach of the management contract for asset management.

Litigation

• Advising a Czech real estate development company in court proceedings concerning the validity of a contract relating to the construction of a retail shopping centre.
• Advising a client in Czech court proceedings initiated by a major mining company alleging claims for damages against our client of a significant financial value.
• Advising a commercial real estate developer in a court dispute regarding the validity of contracts for the development of a new shopping mall project of substantial value, including the extraordinary appellate proceedings before the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic.
• Advising a Swiss company operating in a petrochemical industry in a dispute with a Czech forwarding company concerning a breach of a contract for carriage of goods.
• Advising a US company based in Cyprus in a dispute before the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic regarding the validity of the transfer of shares in the Czech subsidiary.
• Representing a supplier of electricity and natural gas to the Czech market in a series of court proceedings regarding a dispute between a majority shareholder and an alleged minority shareholder in a market-leading company.