Boutique by Design - International by Instinct
Eren is a dual-qualified Solicitor with extensive experience in international arbitration, specifically in construction and infrastructure projects, such as railways, substations, ports, motorways, and offshore wind farms.
Eren acts in international construction arbitrations, mediations, and DAB proceedings. These include disputes administered by international institutions, including the ICC, LCIA, and SIAC. She has acted as counsel and project advisor in complex matters for, and against, government entities, state-owned enterprises, and private construction companies on large-scale construction projects. These disputes and transactions involve different types of partnerships, consortiums, and joint ventures, adding further complexity.
Eren is well-versed in FIDIC-based and ad hoc construction contracts. She has a deep understanding of critical construction matters such as delay, disruption, variations, and defects. She holds excellent experience in communicating with experts and has worked with funders to secure third-party funding for international arbitrations against various African and Asian states related to major railway and investment disputes.
Eren has also drafted and negotiated contracts related to:
The US Supreme Court has been asked to clarify the legal regime governing non-signatories to arbitration agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act. In particular, the Court is now asked to resolve whether state law principles of equitable estoppel apply to a claim to extend an arbitration agreement, or whether “federal common law” derived from a […]
Apportionment of liability amongst participants in an unincorporated joint venture is complex. Such complexity is increased when one participant is in dispute with the joint venture and the absence of arbitration joinder means that there are two arbitrations. This gives rise to questions of the boundary of jurisdiction of each Tribunal and to questions about […]
Arbitral awards are rarely set aside. In DWL v DWM,[1] the Singapore High Court dismissed an application to set-aside an arbitral award for excess of jurisdiction or breach of natural justice. Eminent judges have been clear “there is a difference between, on the one hand, a party having no opportunity to address a point or […]
In JKD and anor v IKC,[1] the English High Court dismissed a challenge under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to an arbitral Order refusing to restrain a call on a bond. This is another important case because it reinforces the thinking that section 68 challenges apply only to Awards (not arbitral Orders) and […]
In DSS v DST,[1] the Singapore High Court found that an award, where 108 out of the 211 paragraphs were wholesale or substantial reproductions of excerpts from a related award, was not rendered in breach of natural justice. The Claimant said that the reproductions were not limited to reciting of uncontroversial procedural matters but “extend […]
In TTSJV W.L.L and others v BapCo Refining B.S.C (TTSJV),[1] the English High Court dismissed an application for an injunction against a bond call. Applications to restrain bond calls are difficult, given the high threshold. London has reaffirmed the position that a call on an ‘on-demand’ bond can only be restrained in cases of fraud […]
