Arbitration & Litigation
Menas Associates has been supporting law firms and their clients since 1981 on: international border disputes; and large and complex arbitration commercial and insurance cases.
Expertise
Our expertise in this field began when Menas was asked to assemble data in support of Libya’s offshore border dispute against Tunisia, before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Since then we have advised on disputes including:
Libya’s claims against Tunisia, Malta and Chad
Egypt’s dispute with Israel over Taba
Cameroon’s land and maritime dispute with Nigeria
Advice to governments on their claims (or contested claims) before the ICJ in The Hague
Advice on arbitral proceedings
Advice to IOCs about onshore and offshore border disputes and their possible bearing on their operations
The Yemen-Saudi border
The Jordan-Israel border
South Sudan vs Sudan land border
Archival research and para-legal support to law firms on boundary-related disputes
Expert analysis on the background of disputes, possible routes to settlement, and related prognoses
Project managing and coordinating multidisciplinary teams handling extended projects
We are able to provide expert witnesses for law firms, international oil companies, and other multinational companies, anywhere in the world. Our work includes:
Advice to governments on their claims (or contested claims) before the ICJ in The Hague
Advice on arbitral proceedings
Advice to natural resource companies on the ownership of assets, and on the possibility of disputes that may have a bearing on their operations in present or in the future, both on land and sea
Archival research and para-legal support to law firms on boundary-related disputes
Expert analysis on the background of disputes, possible routes to settlement, and related prognoses
Project managing and coordinating multidisciplinary teams handling extended projects
Arbitration cases
Our initial arbitration case work involved providing, managing, and coordinating the group of oil economists that supported Iran’s legal team in the major 1980s oil cases before the US-Iran Claims Tribunal. Besides expert witnesses, Menas also undertook and coordinated almost all of the international research and evidence gathering for these cases. Since then we have worked on numerous varied arbitration projects across the globe.
Examples of our commercial arbitration dispute work, including for insurers or the insured, include:
Looting of car showrooms in Kuwait
Refineries in Former Soviet Union
EOR project in Myanmar
Mobile phone licenses in Iran
Aluminium smelting in Tajikistan
Oil rigs in Argentina and Venezuela
An LNG plant in Egypt
EPC contracts in Algeria
Philippine banana exports to China
Industrial plants in Saudi Arabia
Commercial bank on sanctions
Political violence in Chile
BOT projects in Kenya
Gold mining in West Africa
Nickel mining in New Caledonia
Biofuels in Central Europe
Russia's aviation sector
Our role in these cases involved:
Finding the most suitable experts for the case
Evidence gathering from primary and secondary research in numerous countries and in different languages
Coordinating and managing the research team and experts
Liaising with the client and their legal team
Preparation of memorials and counter-memorials
Provision of expert witnesses
Any other ‘local-knowledge’ related tasks required by the client