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Maximilian G. Rockall
Partner
Max Rockall is a partner in our International Dispute Resolution Practice Group based in London. The Legal 500 2019 describes him as “heavily dedicated and clearly on top of all aspects of cases – he will go far.”
Max advises on a range of disputes, including international arbitration, investment treaty arbitration and public international law. He has also appeared as an advocate before international arbitral tribunals and advised on various mediations.
He has considerable experience acting for governments, international corporations and multinationals in arbitrations administered under the rules of all major institutions, under a broad range of applicable laws. Recent experience includes handling various high-value commercial arbitrations under the auspices of the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SIAC, HKIAC and ICSID arbitral rules.
In recent years, he has advised on an extensive book of cases across a wide variety of industry sectors, including petrochemicals; natural gas and LNG disputes; oil refinery disputes; project finance and infrastructure disputes; insurance; pharmaceuticals; and shareholder disputes.
Oil and Gas
- Acting for a leading Asian energy company in an English law multimillion-dollar commercial dispute in relation to a long-term gas supply contract.
- Acting for various European energy buyers in numerous multimillion-dollar ordinary/periodic and hardship price reviews under various gas supply agreements.
- Advising a South American oil company on the merits of injunctive relief in the English courts in support of a foreign arbitration.
- Acting for a leading European energy buyer in a multimillion-dollar “baseball” arbitration under a long-term gas supply agreement.
- Acting for an energy company in the Middle East in a multimillion-dollar oil pipeline dispute.
Corporate and Commercial
- Assisting counsel in a leading English High Court decision on challenges to arbitrators under the IBA Rules on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration: Sierra Fishing v. Farran [2015] EWHC 140 (Comm), [2015] 1 All ER (Comm).
- Assisting with an arbitration in London under the LCIA Rules regarding an alleged breach of an investment services deed.
- Acting for a European telecommunications company in an action involving breaches of various shareholder warranties under a sale and purchase agreement. The dispute was the subject of an arbitration under the ICC Rules.
- Assisting on a multimillion-dollar shareholder dispute for a leading media and advertising agency over the breach and enforceability of restrictive covenants in a share purchase agreement.
- Acting for a leading banking institution obtaining a freezing injunction order.
- Acting for a discounter in the recovery of more than £1 million following the collapse of a window manufacturer.
- Advising various clients on general commercial disputes and breach of contract claims.
Insurance
- Acting for a leading European insurance company in three parallel LCIA arbitrations seated in London.
Education
- BPP Law School, L.P.C., 2010
- BPP Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2009
- University of Leeds, B.A., Politics, 2008
Memberships and Affiliations
- Member, Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration, the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum and the ICDR Young & International
- Described in The Legal 500 2019 as “heavily dedicated and clearly on top of all aspects of cases – he will go far.”
- “New IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration: An Overview of the Main Changes”, International Arbitration Bulletin, December 2014.
- “Public Eye: New Transparency Rules unveiled for Investor-State Arbitrations”, Lexology and International Arbitration Newsletter, November 2013.
- “A Frustrating Decision: English Court of Appeal refuses to intervene in arbitration award”, International Arbitration Newsletter, July 2013.
- “Tasting your own medicine? Case C-457/10 P AstraZeneca AB and AstraZeneca plc v European Commission”, Law Lore & Practice, May 2013.