Kwadwo Sarkodie

Advised:

• On an ongoing series of ICC arbitrations in connection with the design and construction of a major maritime project in Central America.
• A contractor on high value arbitration proceedings in relation to an infrastructure project in UAE.
• A Ghanaian higher education institution on multi-jurisdiction arbitration and litigation proceedings concerning a concession agreement.
• An African government in relation to proceedings before the English Commercial Court concerning high value claims arising out of a fuel supply contract.
• A Tanzanian contractor in relation to an ICC arbitration, followed by successful multi-jurisdiction enforcement proceedings, arising out of a major power distribution project.
• A contractor in relation to DAB proceedings under a FIDIC contract in connection with the supply and installation of combined heat and power plants at three sites in Nigeria.
• Contractors on a wide range of disputes and schemes of rectification concerning high-rise buildings clad with combustible materials.
• A supplier of wind turbine components in relation to an ICC arbitration, followed by enforcement proceedings in multiple jurisdictions in respect of the award obtained.
• An employer regarding claims made by an EPC contractor in relation to a major African LNG project.
• A contractor on arbitral proceedings under the UNCITRAL rules concerning extension of time claims under a subsea pipelay contract governed by Indian law.
• An employer in relation to court proceedings brought by a contractor seeking a takeover certificate in relation to a large steam-generating boiler plant project.
• Professional indemnity insurers in relation to a negligence claim against a consultant undertaking monitoring duties for a fund.
• A US-based consultant in relation to a fee dispute arising out of a high-profile Russian project. The dispute was successfully settled at mediation.
• A major contractor in relation to a dispute concerning defects and extension of time in connection with the construction of a research laboratory.
• A major contractor in relation to a complex, multi-party defects claim arising out of the construction and fit-out of an office development in London.
• A contractor in relation to a high value adjudication concerning works to the London Underground network under the NEC (2nd edition) form of contract.
• On a substantial professional negligence claim in the Technology and Construction Court arising out of a major retail and leisure development in the North of England.
• A funder, drafting and reviewing construction documentation, and providing input to finance documentation, in relation to the financing and re-financing of a major high rise development in London.

Represented employers, contractors and sub-contractors in connection with proceedings in the Technology and Construction Court pursuing and opposing the enforcement of adjudication decisions, including:

• Bennett (Electrical) Limited v. Inviron Limited [2007] EWHC 49 (QB).
  
• Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (HY) Ltd. v. Shepherd Construction Ltd. [2009] EWHC 2218 (TCC).

Nottingham Law School, LPC

University of Birmingham, LLB, Law and Politics

• England and Wales