Peter Frilay

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Senior associate
Paris

peter.frilay@gbsdisputes.com
+33 7 88 26 19 67

Peter Frilay is a senior associate at Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes.

He is an Australian and English-qualified lawyer.

He represents and advises companies, States and State-owned entities in commercial and investment treaty disputes and has acted on arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC). Peter specialises in oil and gas disputes and on disputes concerning white-collar crime and its civil consequences.

Prior to joining our team, Peter worked as an associate at a top-tier disputes practice in Melbourne (Australia). He also spent nine months on secondment with the State-owned gas entity of a North African country, gaining meaningful experience in all technical and operational aspects of a public gas company, at the same time developing a thorough understanding of an international arbitration user’s perspective.

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An energy company and the municipality of a European city in an SCC arbitration against an international utility company. The dispute arises from a long-term lease agreement.
A confidential party in an arbitration brought under the Rules of Arbitration of the Vietnam International Arbitration Center. Local law applies.
A franchisee in arbitration proceedings regarding the interpretation and execution of the applicable franchise agreement. English law applies.
An African energy company in several parallel NAI arbitrations concerning the divestment of an oil and gas asset. Dutch law applies.
An African energy company in an LCIA arbitration in London brought by a European energy company concerning the management and dissolution of an offshore gas exploration consortium. English law applied.
An oil and gas company in the initial phases of a dispute against a joint venture partner.
A mining company in a post-M&A dispute involving a processing facility. Local law applies.
A natural gas seller in an ICC arbitration in Paris and in two CRCICA arbitrations in Cairo and Madrid initiated by a Spanish gas buyer. The arbitrations, which involved claims in excess of USD 4 billion, arose under a tolling agreement governed by English law and a related long-term gas supply agreement governed by Egyptian law. In a precedent-setting award on the English law of assignment, the ICC Tribunal dismissed the USD 300 million claim brought against our client. In another ground-breaking decision on the application of the ICSID Convention, the Madrid seated Tribunal equally dismissed the entirety of the USD 3.6 billion claim brought against our client. Finally, in the Cairo seated CRCICA arbitration, the Tribunal dismissed the USD 10 million claim brought against our client.
A confidential client in an ICC arbitration regarding corruption and its civil consequences. English law applied.
A confidential client in a major enquiry before an investigatory commission concerning allegations of corruption and misuse of public office.
Seconded for nine months to the legal department of an African national gas company.

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