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Tim Flamank
Director
Tim Flamank is a director in the International Dispute Resolution team. He advises on cross-border commercial disputes across a wide range of sectors, including energy, natural resources and technology.
He has extensive experience in intra-shareholder, joint venture and contractual disputes, as well as in matters involving fraud or other tortious claims, and has acted for State clients in defending investment treaty claims.
Tim has acted for clients before various arbitral institutions, including the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC and ICSID, as well as the Senior Courts in England and Wales.
- Acting for a Chinese LNG buyer in an ICC arbitration against a multinational oil and gas company regarding delivery obligations under a long-term supply contract.
- Acting for a State in defending investment treaty claims brought by a Middle Eastern investor worth more than US$100 million.
- Acting for a Japanese LNG buyer in a high-value pricing dispute under a long-term supply contract before the LCIA.
- Assisting a manufacturing company on English law issues linked to a contractual dispute before the French courts.
- Acted for a Middle Eastern client defending multimillion-dollar claims brought to arbitration before the ICC in relation to a joint venture for the rehabilitation of a power plant.
- Acting for an African State in defending investment treaty claims of more than several hundred million dollars brought by a multinational energy company.
- Acted for a Middle Eastern client in the hospitality sector, successfully defending a multimillion-dollar contractual claim brought to arbitration before the now-defunct DIFC-LCIA.
- Acted for a major Chinese LNG buyer in a multimillion-dollar pricing dispute under English law, obtaining a favourable award on jurisdiction.
- Advised an individual in a contractual dispute between co-founders of a technology startup.
- Acted for a joint venture in a dispute over an aborted development proposal against a local authority in the UK. The matter was settled via mediation.
- Acted for a European gas trader in a multimillion-dollar ICC Swiss-seated arbitration over the pipeline supply of natural gas into Central Europe, as well as in follow-on proceedings before the English High Court.
- Acted for a major European LNG buyer in a multimillion-dollar pricing dispute with a Middle Eastern seller.
- Acted for a major state-owned Chinese LNG buyer in an English law multimillion-dollar dispute in relation to the pricing of, and cargo deliveries under, a long-term gas supply contract with an Australasian seller. This matter was concluded by way of a commercial settlement on favourable terms.
- Acted for a Middle Eastern oil and natural gas exploration company in separate contractual disputes against a co-venturer and Central Asia state-owned energy company.
- Represented a European oil and gas trader in a multimillion-pound dispute before the English High Court over the delivery of naphtha cargoes into a Baltic state. Obtained a substantial order for security for costs in favour of the client, bringing about a successful settlement.
- Acted for a European LNG buyer in a price renegotiation against a multinational seller.
- Successfully represented an investor engaged in an intra-shareholder dispute in LCIA proceedings seated in London.
- Represented a Central European telecommunications operator in challenging an arbitral award before the English High Court under ss67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
Education
- Kaplan Law School, L.P.C.
- College of Law, G.D.L.
- Durham University, honors, B.A.
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2015