Dorothy Murray

Experience

• Obtaining a positive award for Ukraine in US$270 million UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings, brought by LSE listed oil and gas company JKX under the UK-Ukraine BIT, which alleged unlawful imposition of tax measures.
• Defending a major Russian telecoms group against the enforcement of an US$220 million LCIA award. The dispute, which totalled US$1 billion, involved strategy and advice in several jurisdictions - including England, the British Virgin Islands, the Seychelles, Luxembourg and the Isle of Man – and three further LCIA arbitrations (matter concluded to our client’s satisfaction).
• Representing Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Ukraine’s national petroleum company, against several entities controlled by Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and his associates, in LCIA proceedings in a shareholder dispute relating to control over Ukrnafta, Ukraine’s largest oil producer majority-owned by Naftogaz.
• Defending Ukraine in ICSID arbitration proceedings in relation to a US$137 million claim made under the UK-Ukraine BIT by a British property investor, Krederi Ltd, alleging expropriation of a real estate project in Ukraine’s capital Kiev.
• Representing the Kyrgyz Republic in English court proceedings challenging the Tribunal’s jurisdiction in a US$118 million UNCITRAL dispute by Canadian miner Stans Energy Corp, alleging expropriation of its rights to a world’s largest rare earth metals mine
• Engaged by one of the joint venture partners in a wind farm power project in an ICC arbitration dispute about pre-emption rights worth over €30 million.
• Advising an international investment bank in a US$32 million claim in a confidential LCIA arbitration against a commodity group arising from a number of structured finance contracts.
• Assisting a UK based investment bank in a US$55 million private claim arising from alleged LIBOR manipulation.
• Representing a minority shareholder in a Russian open pit coke mine in proceedings in Cyprus alleging unfair prejudice and claiming over US$500 million.
• Securing fraudulently misappropriated funds for an investment fund by obtaining a freezing order on 38 hours’ notice, and ultimately securing a 98% recovery (circa US$3 million), highly unusual in a fraud claim.
• Representing FX broker FXCM Securities in its successful claim in the English Commercial Court against a director and senior employee for fraud and breach of fiduciary duties.
• Acting for international market research company Ipsos SA in relation to its UK High Court claim against Dentsu Aegis plc for fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of warranty arising out of a £500 million acquisition, and advising on related expert determinations

Professional Memberships

• Dorothy is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the ISDA Arbitration Committee.