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Jeffrey M Sullivan

Jeffrey
Sullivan

Partner

CONTACT INFO

jeffrey.sullivan@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+44 (0)20 7071 4231

FAX:+44 (0)20 7070 9231

London

Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0HB United Kingdom

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PRACTICE

International Arbitration Energy, Regulation and Litigation Litigation Oil and Gas Power and Renewables

BIOGRAPHY

Jeff Sullivan is a U.S. and English qualified partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration Group. Mr Sullivan represents clients in both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, as well as all aspects of public international law. Mr Sullivan also regularly sits as arbitrator.

Mr Sullivan’s practice has a particular focus on disputes arising in the energy, extractive industries and infrastructure sectors. His experience includes handling disputes arising out of long-term supply agreements, concession agreements, production sharing and operating agreements, joint venture agreements, EPC and other construction agreements. Mr Sullivan has also acted as counsel and lead advocate in more than 30 bilateral investment treaty and Energy Charter Treaty arbitrations. He has advised States in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East on the negotiation and drafting of trade and investment treaties.

Mr Sullivan’s recent representations include advising a US company in a US $4 billion ICC arbitration arising out of an Middle Eastern infrastructure project; acting for an Asian government in an UNCITRAL arbitration in a US $750 million commercial dispute with a concessionaire in a transport project; acting for 25 different international investors in renewable energy projects in 10 separate ICSID and UNICTRAL arbitration claims against the Kingdom of Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty involving claims in excess of US $2.5 billion; and a Cypriot company in two parallel LCIA arbitrations with the amount in dispute in excess of US $2.2billion

Mr Sullivan is a Member of the ICC UK Arbitration & ADR Nominations Committee, a member of the Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat’s Legal Advisory Task Force, an Executive Board Member of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration and an Executive Committee Member of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy.

He is consistently ranked as a leading individual by the major legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. Chambers UK 2021 describe him as “truly excellent in investor-state arbitration. He’s extremely practical, very effective and knows how to get results” and a “very strong lawyer who is very client-friendly.” Chambers UK 2020 noted his “ability to grasp the essentials of a complex matter and very impressive tactical skills.” Chambers UK 2019 described him as “very communicative and very thorough, with a knowledge of arbitration that was second to none” and “a consummate professional and has an unbelievable command over his cases.” Chambers UK 2018 noted that “Jeff has always displayed an excellent tactical mind, a high level of client commitment and an impressive ability to grasp complicated, nuanced matters very quickly”.  Chambers UK 2016 noted “Team leader Jeffrey Sullivan is a well-known figure in the London PIL market, with substantial expertise in handling investment treaty disputes and ECT claims. He counts both states and commercial entities as clients, frequently representing them before international tribunals. Peers deem him a ‘genuine specialist’ in PIL.”  He is also ranked in Best Lawyers UK 2021 for International Arbitration.

Representative Transactions*:

  • more than 25 different international investors (including RWE, AES, HgCapital, Rreef Infrastructure, Antin Infrastructure and Eiser Infrastructure) in 10 separate ICSID and UNICTRAL arbitration claims against the Kingdom of Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty relating to the regulation of the Spanish renewable energy sector and involving claims worth in excess of EUR2.5 billion
  • an international engineering and construction company in an ICC arbitration arising out of a large infrastructure project in the Middle East involving claims in excess of USD3 billion
  • the subsidiary of a major energy company in an LCIA arbitration arising out of two engineering, procurement and construction contracts relating to the development of an offshore oil field in Central Asia
  • one of the world’s largest mining companies in an ICC arbitration regarding a South African law governed joint-venture dispute involving claims in excess of USD1 billion
  • the Republic of Poland in an investment treaty arbitration brought under the UNCITRAL Rules and relating to alleged investments in the pharmaceutical sector involving claims in excess of USD250 million
  • an international construction and engineering company in its successful defence of a claim brought under the ICC arbitration rules arising out of the alleged breach contract in relation to a complex construction project in the Middle East involving claims in excess of USD260 million
  • the successful defence of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in two related investment treaty claims, brought under the UNCITRAL Rules involving a dispute related to a gas import terminal with claims in excess of USD600 million
  • the Republic of Azerbaijan in two ICSID arbitrations involving claims under the Energy Charter Treaty, as well as contractual claims, with the amount in dispute in excess of USD300 million
  • a Cypriot company in two parallel LCIA arbitrations with the amount in dispute in excess of USD2.2billion
  • an Italian manufacturing company in an ICC arbitration regarding an English law governed breach of contract dispute involving claims in excess of USD250 million
  • the AES Corporation in an ICSID arbitration involving Energy Charter Treaty claims against the Republic of Kazakhstan

* Includes experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn

Selected published work

  • Co-Author: “Environmental Policies: A Shield or a Sword in Investment Arbitration?” Journal of World Investment & Trade 17 (2017) 19-24
  • Co-Author: “Multiparty Proceedings and Mass Claims” in The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review, Law Business Research (2016)
  • Co-Author: “Interim Costs Orders: The Tribunal’s Tool to Encourage Procedural Economy”, in Reshaping the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System,Brill/Nijhoff (2015)
  • Co-Author: “A Comparison of ICSID and UNCITRAL Arbitration for Investment Arbitration”, Croatian Arbitration Yearbook, 20th Volume,  2013
  • Co-Author: Arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty: Recent Decisions and a Look to the Future in “Investment Protection and the Energy Charter Treaty” Juris 2011
  • Author: The Future of Investment Arbitration in Asia in “Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law” Volume 4, (eds. Weiler & Laird) Juris 2011
  • Co-Author: A Comparison of ICSID and UNCITRAL Arbitration: Areas of Divergence and Concern in “The Backlash Against Investment Arbitration” (eds. Chung, Kaushal, Balchin and Waibel), Kluwer Law International (2010)
  • Author: A Protected Shell? Shell Companies and Foreign Investment Law in “Legal Issues in Foreign Investment Contracts” (eds. Trunk & Aliyev) Eastlaw 2009
  • Co-Author: Litigating Under the Shadow of the New York Convention, Arbitration, Vol. 74, No. 2, May 2008

EDUCATION

University College London - 2006 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

University of Florida - 1999 Juris Doctor

University of Florida - 1996 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia Bar

England & Wales - Solicitor

Florida Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - January 14, 2021 | Who’s Who Legal 2021 Recognizes Gibson Dunn Partners in Arbitration, Tax and Competition
Firm News - December 17, 2020 | Jeff Sullivan Appointed Queen’s Counsel
Firm News - October 23, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2021
Firm News - October 5, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in the 2021 UK Legal 500
Firm News - June 12, 2020 | Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2021 Recognizes 12 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - May 13, 2020 | The Termination of Intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Impact on Foreign Investment Protection in Europe
Client Alert - April 30, 2020 | Technology and Construction Court of England and Wales Holds That Experts Can Owe Clients a Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty
Client Alert - February 21, 2020 | UK Supreme Court Paves the Way for Enforcement of an ICSID Award in the Long-Running <em>Micula v Romania</em> Dispute
Firm News - January 30, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal Names 12 Partners to Practice Guides for Trade & Customs, Arbitration and Restructuring & Insolvency
Client Alert - October 15, 2019 | Argentina and Other States Adopt Currency Restrictions, Raising Potential Investment Treaty Claims
Firm News - October 10, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2020
Firm News - October 4, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in the 2020 UK Legal 500
Client Alert - August 22, 2019 | The Singapore Convention on Mediation and the Path Ahead
- July 1, 2019 | Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2020 Recognizes 11 Gibson Dunn Partners
Client Alert - May 9, 2019 | UK Nationalisation – Investment Treaties can offer opportunities to reorganise now to protect valuations
Firm News - December 28, 2018 | Four Gibson Dunn partners recognized by Who’s Who Legal
Firm News - November 21, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in the 2019 UK Legal 500
Firm News - November 2, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2019
Article - September 13, 2018 | Essar v. Norscot: Are The Costs Associated With Third Party Funding Recoverable?
Client Alert - March 7, 2018 | Intra-EU Investment Treaties: Is It Time to Restructure Your Investment?
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