Samuel Pape

Mr. Pape’s experience includes representing:

Commercial Arbitration

• A leading mining company on a very high value shareholder rights and environmental dispute arising from projects in Latin America
• A state-owned oil company in defending a US$1 billion HKIAC arbitration concerning alleged events of default under a loan agreement
• A syndicate of banks in an LCIA arbitration enforcing equity support and completion guarantees provided in a complex Islamic project financing transaction in the renewable energy sector
• A supplier of aircraft engine components in an ICC arbitration against an aircraft engine manufacturer
• A technology company in an ICC arbitration against a key supplier concerning a tortious conspiracy and the non-conformity of products with contractual specification
• The purchaser of an aircraft in an ICC arbitration concerning the termination of an aircraft purchase agreement and related litigation in the United States
• A multinational group of companies in an ICC arbitration arising out of the termination of a Concession agreement with a State 
• An oil major in an ad hoc arbitration against another oil major arising out of a long-term transportation and processing contract*

Investment Treaty Arbitration

• The Republic of Colombia in three ICSID arbitrations under the Canada-Colombia FTA relating to mining prohibitions adopted to protect fragile ecosystems and biodiversity in the Andes 
• The Republic of Colombia in an ICSID arbitration brought by a mining company under the Canada-FTA relating to the alleged failure to protect gold mining projects from artisanal and small-scale mining activities 
• Mason Capital in its investment treaty claim against the Republic of Korea following the exposure of corruption involving South Korean political and business leaders
• A UK property development group in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Mauritius
• A sovereign party in a PCA-administered investor-State dispute concerning a bank rescue program
• Mobile TeleSystems in its US$2.5 billion investor-state arbitration against Uzbekistan brought under the Additional Facility of the ICSID, including successfully defending an Article 45(6) application*

Litigation

• Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria in their defence of transnational human rights and environmental class actions
• A minority shareholder in multi-billion dollar unfair prejudice petitions against the majority shareholder in a multinational joint-venture in the real estate and energy sectors
• A syndicate of banks in proceedings relating to the enforcement of an LCIA arbitration award 
• Daewoo Motors in a challenge to an ICC arbitration award brought by General Motors arising from the acquisition of Daewoo’s automotive business*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham