Emerson Holmes
PartnerLondon

Biography
Construction clients turn to Emerson Holmes thanks to
his extensive experience in construction andengineering disputes in the infrastructure and oil andgas sectors. Emerson represents clients in a range ofdisputes throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle
East, and Africa and under all of the major arbitral rules,
as well as in dispute boards, adjudications, expert
determinations, and early neutral evaluations.

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Emerson represents and advises employers,
contractors, subcontractors, and consultants inconstruction, engineering, and infrastructure project
disputes. Specific project types have included power
plants, liquefied natural gas facilities, mines, railways,airports, reclamations, floating production storage andoffloading facilities, pipelines, petrochemical works, andtraditional buildings.

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Emerson is consistently recognised in legal directories
as a leading practitioner in construction andengineering matters. In Chambers and Partners he isdescribed as "a brilliant lawyer", and he "quickly graps
technical issues and is able to suggest practicalsolutions. His focus is always on helping clients resolvetheir problems as effectively and efficiently as possible"
and that he has "an in-depth experience of heavy
construction disputes; and, in the context of suchdisputes" he brings with him a unique combination ofsophistication and unflagging endeavor" (Legal 500)

Representative experience+44 20 7296 2000

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+44 20 7296 2001

Emailemerson.holmes@hoganlovells.com

EnglishPractices
International Arbitration
Commercial Litigation
Energy Disputes

Industries
Manufacturing and Industrials
Energy and Natural Resources

Areas of focus
Construction and Engineering
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Acting for a Korean contractor on multiple arbitrations
relating to a mine in Western Australia. The arbitrationis seated in Singapore and the governing law is the lawof Western Australia.*

Education and admissions

Acting for a Korean contractor on claims against a
supplier of turbines for an independent power plant in
Saudi Arabia and English law governs.*

Master of Law, University ofCambridge, Jesus College, 2001

Acted for a US contractor in an off-shore LNG disputeinvolving repudiation and termination in NorthernAustralia related to the determination of a joint venture
involving the contractor-consortia.*Acting for an American entity in relation to a US$3billion arbitration involving the design, procurement
and construction of works that formed part of one of
the world’s largest LNG facilities.*
Advising an Italian contractor in an ICC arbitration
concerning claims for extensions of time and loss andexpense arising from the construction of a hydroelectric
dam in Ethiopia.*
Acting for an Australia Joint Venture on disputes arisingout of the design and construction of a process plant inWestern Australia. *Advising an Indonesia entity about potential disputes
with a contractor arising from the construction of a
pumped storage power plant in Indonesia. The
governing law was Indonesian law.*
Acting for an Italian contractor in an ICC arbitration
arising out of the design and construction of an accessroad in Malaysia. (Malaysia law/Singapore seat)*
Advising an international contractor in relation toclaims brought by a Korean entity arising from theconstruction of an off-shore facility in Malaysia.*
Acting for a Korean contractor in a SIAC arbitration
arising out of the design and construction of a sectionof the MRT extension in Singapore. (Singaporelaw/Singapore seat).*

Education

Advising an Italian contractor in a Dispute Adjudication
Board arising out of the design and construction of ahydroelectric dam in Malaysia. *Acting for a commodity house in a KLRCA arbitration
arising out of breaches of a supply agreement. The
supply agreement was governed by Malaysian law andthe arbitration was seated in Kuala Lumpur.*
Advising a leading construction company in Malaysia inconnection with multiple calls on performance
securities which included hearings before the High
Court of Malaysia.*
Advising an international oil major regarding theconstruction of a gas facility in the People's Republic ofChina. The issues included Production Sharing
Agreement payments.*
Advising a leading Korean contractor related toperformance obligations in an EPC contract for a Abu
Dhabi Waste-to-Energy Project. The contract wasgoverned by the laws of England and Wales.*Acting in an arbitration relating to disputes arising fromthe construction works on a hydroelectric power
project in Ethiopia. Ethiopian law governed.*
Acting for a subcontractor in an arbitration in relation
to disputes concerning the construction of a power
project in Nigeria. The arbitration was seated inJohannesburg.*
Acting for a Taiwanese company against a U.S.
company in an LCIA arbitration concerning defectiveworks. English law governed the contract.*
Acting for a Taiwanese company against a Korean
entity in an UNCITRAL arbitration seated in Singapore
arising out of the manufacture of defective wafers.
Singapore law governed the contract.*
Acting for a Dutch contractor in SIAC arbitration
proceedings in relation to claims arising from theconstruction of the Exxon Mobile Parallel Train Park inSingapore.*
Acting for a leading oil and gas entity in Saudi Arabia inrelation to two Arbitrations (seated in London) arisingfrom works that form part of one of the world's largest
petrochemical projects.
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

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