Associate
Languages spoken
English | Chinese (Mandarin)
Christina Luo is an associate in the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Her practice focuses on both international commercial arbitration and international investment treaty arbitrations.
Christina has experience in disputes in a wide range of sectors, including energy and gas, construction and infrastructure, and aerospace. She recently acted as counsel in a major Asian price review dispute, sited in Singapore with English law applying, as well as in other liquified natural gas (LNG) cargo disputes.
Her practice covers all day-to-day issues that arise in the course of international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, and specifically price review arbitration, including document disclosure, drafting of memorials and other written submissions, and hearing preparation.
While in law school, Christina clerked at the Federal Trade Commission and the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio.
She is fluent in Chinese.
International Commercial Arbitration
Representing a European energy company in a price review under a long-term Share Purchase Agreement (SPA), administered by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), with an amount in dispute of several hundred million US dollars.
Representing Edison S.p.A. in Edison S.p.A. v. Venture Global LNG, Inc. (LCIA Case No. 235874).
Representing a Central Asian national oil company in an ICC arbitration relating to a failed oil and gas project.
Acting for an Asian party in an Asia-based LNG price review arbitration, administered under the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Rules, with an amount in dispute of several hundred million US dollars, with English law applying.
Acting for an Asian party in an ICC arbitration in relation to LNG cargo deliveries under a long-term gas supply contract, with English law applying.
Acting for an Asian party in a price review under a long-term pipeline sales contract.
Acting for an Asian party in a price review under a long-term LNG SPA.
Acting for an Asian party in a missed cargo dispute, applying New York law.
Acting for an Asian party in connection with an LNG force majeure dispute, applying New York law.
Acting for an Asian party in an LNG dispute regarding contested diversions, applying New York law.
Acting for a US healthcare company in a Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) arbitration in relation to a breach of contract claim, applying Ohio law.
Acting for a North American satellite company in a Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) arbitration relating to a national telecommunications project.
Investment Arbitration
Counsel for a Central Asian state in a dispute over a failed oil and gas project (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)).
Counsel for the Republic of Iraq in parallel arbitrations brought under the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Treaty and ICSID concerning the rehabilitation of a power plant (PCA Case No. 2022-42 and ICSID Case No. ARB/22/7)
Counsel for the Republic of Iraq in an ICSID arbitration concerning the rehabilitation of a pharmaceutical plant (ICSID Case No. ARB/22/8).
Counsel for the Slovak Republic in Discovery Global LLC v. Slovak Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/51).