Denis Sarvarov

Investment Arbitration

• Representing a Central Asian state in a multibillion UNCITRAL arbitration arising out of a consortium of oil majors’ alleged failure to develop an oil field, recovery of costs in breach of their obligations under a production sharing agreement and multiple breaches of their environmental obligations.
• Representing an Eastern European state in investment treaty claims commenced by a Russian investor under the UNCITRAL Rules in connection with construction of a shopping mall.*
• Assisting an international arbitrator in analysing parties’ submissions, witness evidence and experts reports in order to prepare an award in the ICC arbitration initiated against a Maghreb country for violation of a construction agreement.*

International Commercial Arbitration

• Representing franchisees against the franchisor, a US health and wellness company, in claims arising from the alleged violations of franchise agreements by the franchisees’ Southeast Asian branches.*
• Representing one of the largest energy companies in the CIS region in complex commercial arbitration in relation to a project for construction of a hydroelectric power plant in a Latin American country.*

Enforcement and Annulment Proceedings

• Representing a company in set-aside proceedings arising from a series of arbitrations against its subcontractors in connection with a project for construction of a major railway in Libya that was halted due to the Arab Spring events.*
• Representing the largest bank in Cyprus in the enforcement of claims against its debtor, a Russian development company, as well as enforcement of mortgage of land plots.*

Litigation and Investigations

• Representing an ex-owner of a major commercial bank and his companies against allegations in embezzlement of the bank’s funds and fraud charges across multiple jurisdictions, including Russia, Switzerland, Cyprus and the Cayman Islands.*
• Advising an investment company with respect to investigation of the US Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged insider trading when the crude oil futures prices turned negative due to the market crisis caused by COVID-19.*

Pro Bono

• Advising political refugees seeking asylum and helping them to reunite with their families abroad under various state-run programmes.

*Experience gained while at a previous firm