Shourav Lahiri

Construction, Engineering & Infrastructure

• Acting for the project owner in a USD 90 million ICC arbitration arising out of a FIDIC Yellow Book design-and-build contract for a 626 km electrified freight rail corridor in South Asia, defending claims for prolongation costs in respect of delays to completion of a section of the project.
• Acting for the contractor in three arbitrations exceeding USD 43 million in relation to adjacent packages of a FIDIC Yellow Book design-and-build contract for a 137.45 km electrified railway in South Asia, with issues on availability of unencumbered land, removal of utilities, and the construction of per-km/per-day compensation limits for delayed handover.
• Acting for the highway concessionaire in a USD 5 billion arbitration seat arising out of the termination of a concession for a 135km highway in South Asia due to delays arising from a change in the scope of work.
• Acting for the contractor in a USD 25 million London-seated arbitration arising out of the termination of a signalling and telecommunications contract on a freight railway project in South Asia, involving issues on lawfulness of termination, exclusion of loss of profit and causes of critical delay to the works.
• Acting for the claimant contractor in a USD 50 million-plus DIAC arbitration arising out of a FIDIC Red Book contract for the construction of a six-floor car park with roof-level parking and helipad in the Gulf, in relation to claims for variations, prolongation, disruption and acceleration costs.
• Acting for the respondent project company in a DIAC arbitration in relation to claims of AED 26.7 million for prolongation, disruption and acceleration costs arising from the termination for convenience of a FIDIC Design-Build Turnkey 1995 contract for a school campus in the Gulf.
• Acting for the claimant subcontractor in an ADCCAC arbitration arising out of a subcontract for civil, structural and fit-out works on a major Gulf infrastructure project, involving issues of back-to-back conditions, the tribunal’s jurisdiction considering parallel proceedings between the same parties, conditions precedent and delay causation.
• Acting for the claimant contractor in an ICC arbitration arising out of a FIDIC Yellow Book 1999 lump sum contract for debris removal and site reinstatement following the implosion demolition of a development (a Guinness World Record controlled demolition bringing down four high-rise towers in 10 seconds) in the Gulf, under an unusual payment-in-kind structure based on scrap steel recovered from the rubble.
• Acting for the track work subcontractor in a USD 40 million dispute on the construction of track work for Lines 1 and 2 of a metro rail project in the Gulf, involving mediation and a London-seated arbitration, with issues on access, design changes, variations, free issue materials and approval of handover packages.
• Acting for the subcontractor for the construction of the cooling water intake and discharge works for a 2,242 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in South-East Asia against the main contractor in a USD 120 million Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration under Singapore law in relation to the failure of the works during construction and pre-commissioning.
• Acting for a project company in a USD 65 million ICC arbitration in relation to the termination of a lump sum turnkey EPC contract for a 22 MIGD (100,000 m³/day) Sea Water Reverse Osmosis desalination plant in the Gulf.
• Acting for the electrical contractor on the EPC contract for the electrification and signalling of a 68 km rail project linking the national freight rail network to a major coal-fired power station in Africa, in an ICC arbitration with London seat in claims more than USD 15 million.
• Acting for a Gulf contractor of wastewater treatment works in an ICC arbitration for claims for extension of time and prolongation cost.
• Acting for the contractor on an ICC arbitration with the Gulf on the construction of an integrated tourism project in Oman.
• Acting for a Gulf contractor of a hotel development in a DIAC arbitration relating to the escalation in scope of nominated sub-contractor works, delay, disruption and resultant prolongation costs.
• Acting for an international consortium of contractors on a highway and tunnelling project in Eastern Europe in an ICC arbitration for claims arising from currency revaluation against a State.
• Acting for a European construction company in a SIAC emergency arbitration proceeding for injunctions against the call on performance guarantee arising out of its termination on an airport project in South Asia.
• Acting for a public-listed company in South-East Asia in a KLRCA arbitration dealing with allegations of breach of representations and warranties in an asset sale agreement, and failure of piling works.
• Acting for a concreting contractor in an UNCITRAL arbitration against the main contractor on an educational facility project in the Gulf.
• Acting for the main contractor in an ICC arbitration in the Gulf on a hotel development in Africa.
• Acting for the contractors of a district cooling plant in the Gulf in an ICC arbitration against the main contractor.
• Acting for the main contractor defending an ICC arbitration following termination by it of its subcontractor on a residential project on an iconic island development project in the Gulf.
• Advising a joint venture of international corporations on the construction of a USD 3.5 billion airport project in the Gulf.
• Advising the main contractor on two railway and highway projects from the start of the project to multi-billion-dollar mediations against the government of an East-Asian country.
• Advising a leading hotel owner and operator in relation to construction and standards issues on two hotel projects in the Gulf.
• Advising a South-East Asian oil & gas construction company on its contract for the construction of a port in South America.
• Advising a port operator in a South-East Asian country on two arbitrations brought against it by the main contractor in relation to reclamation of land for the construction of the port.
• Advising a European company on a potential action under the Washington Convention (ICSID) for recovery of entitlements against a Gulf State on an infrastructure project.
• Advising a PRC contractor on issues in relation to its bid bond and reimbursement of bidding expenses on a PPP roads project in Africa.
• Advising an operator of a port on issues arising from the automation of its gantry crane fleet.