Judith Mulholland

As a result of time spent on secondment to the global litigation team at an oil and gas major, Judith has particular expertise of disputes in the energy sector. She regularly advises on the interpretation of commercial contracts and the drafting of complex dispute resolution provisions and settlement agreements.

• Acting for a global logistics business in DIFC-LCIA arbitration proceedings relating to the early termination of an agreement for the provision of services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The case has also involved ancillary proceedings before courts in the US and in KSA.

• Acting for a Canadian clinical trials business in High Court proceedings concerning the conduct of a clinical trial of allergy immunotherapy medication. The dispute involved applications for worldwide freezing orders and the ex parte joinder of individual defendants, as well as complex breach of contract and tortious claims.

• Acting in an ICC arbitration in relation to the disputed termination of and payment of monies under a contract for the design, manufacture and supply of a gas scrubbing plant which was terminated on the basis of force majeure due to international sanctions.

• Advising a major National Oil Company in relation to the proper interpretation and exercise of termination rights in two contracts for the construction and sale of drillships valued in excess of $1bn. The advice related, in particular, to the ability to terminate the agreements in the event of insolvency of the contractual counterparty.

• Advising a leading global off-shore contractor in relation to its termination rights under an agreement for the design, manufacture and installation of a Floating Storage Offloading vessel. The advice included an analysis of the potential impact of the counterparty's insolvency on the contract itself as well as the consequences for certain guarantees provided as security for fulfilment of contractual obligations.

• Acting in an ICC arbitration arising out of a dispute between parties to a joint venture established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to provide services and products for use in the energy sector. The proceedings have involved complex issues of English and Saudi law, applications for urgent interim relief and insolvency and other proceedings before local courts.

• Acting in an ICC arbitration and related English High Court proceedings for a leading UK listed pharmaceuticals company in claims relating to breach of warranty and enforcement of a parent company guarantee. The dispute involved issues of English and Indian law. The matter also involved a discrete application before the Companies Court under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations, relating to the recognition in England of Singaporean insolvency proceedings and a related stay of all proceedings against the insolvent entity.

• Acting in an LCIA arbitration worth over USD 200 million concerning the misappropriation of high-value commercial property in Moscow, involving issues of English, Russian, BVI and Cypriot law. The matter was particularly factually complex, requiring in depth analysis of the factual and legal position. It also entailed the successful defence of two separate challenges to the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal.

• Acting in an LCIA arbitration in London for a Japanese trading house in a dispute concerning the supply of emission credits under the Kyoto Protocol, and the disputed termination of an Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement.

• Acting for a leading oil major in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings relating to the enforcement of an indemnity contained in an SPA for the sale of a Cameroonian company. Although an English law dispute, the matter involved various issues of Cameroonian law.

• LCIA’s Young International Arbitration Group - Member
• Young Attorneys in Alternative Dispute Resolution (Y-ADR) - Member
• ICC YAF - Member