Stephanie Forrest

Stephanie’s recent experience includes representing:

Commercial Arbitration

• A global technology investor in an ICC arbitration concerning a multi-billion dollar food delivery venture
• A leading mining company on a very high value shareholder rights dispute arising from projects in Latin America
• A syndicate of banks in an LCIA arbitration enforcing equity support and completion guarantees provided in a complex Islamic project financing transaction in the renewable energy sector
• An Asian renewable energy company in their defense of a US$2 billion indemnity claim brought by former management in a London-seated LCIA arbitration
• A private equity fund in a SIAC arbitration concerning an investment in the telecommunications sector in South-East Asia
• An American multinational conglomerate in an ICC arbitration against an aerospace manufacturing company
• A state-owned telecommunications company defeating claims of more than US$100 million in a UNCITRAL arbitration concerning a joint venture in Southeast Asia*
• A central Asian government in a SIAC arbitration arising under a FIDIC 2006 contract for a major road construction project* 

Investment Treaty Arbitration

• A European investor in a PCA-administered UNCITRAL treaty arbitration against an East Asian state in relation to claims arising out of the expropriation and unfair treatment of an investment in an agricultural business, with over US$300 million in dispute*
• A leading mining company in a PCA-administered UNCITRAL investment arbitration against an African state*
• A group of banks in an ICSID arbitration against an Eastern European state regarding investment treaty claims relating to the conversion of foreign currency loans*

Complex Litigation

• Counsel to a major energy company regarding climate change litigation matters
• A leading South American shipping company in multi-party cartel damages litigation matters before the English High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal , including securing the UK's first ever settlement in an ongoing opt-out class action before the Competition Appeal Tribunal*
• A major airline in multi-party cartel damages litigation matters before the English High Court and the Court of Appeal*
• Counsel to various clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings initiated by the Serious Fraud Office, the United States Department of Justice and the World Bank*
• Counsel to various clients in applications regarding violations of human rights instruments before the European Court of Human Rights and the African Court of Human and People’s Rights*

International Law

• An international energy company regarding the validity of hydrocarbon exploration licenses under international law*
• An intergovernmental organization on a range of issues arising under certain bilateral international agreements*
• A leading aerospace company on a range of WTO treaty issues, including subsidies and countervailing measures* 
• A Middle Eastern government on issues of state immunity and rights to resources under international law*
• A Japanese multinational conglomerate on NAFTA/USMCA, TPP, TTIP, and other trade and investment treaties* 
• A German multinational pharmaceutical group on EU trade law and anti-dumping measures*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham