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Angeline Welsh | Essex Court Chambers
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Angeline specialises in international arbitration and public law. Her arbitration practice includes commercial and investment treaty claims. She also has substantial experience in handling commercial disputes and cases involving issues of public law, constitutional law and human rights law.
Chambers UK 2019 (Arbitration)
“She is doing excellent work and is a great member of the arbitration community” and “Very dedicated”.
Who’s Who UK Bar (Arbitration)
“She is…not frightened to tackle novel and difficult areas of law, or “to deal head-on with the more complicated aspects of a case,” with “excellent judgment and leadership qualities”.”
Who’s Who Future Leaders 2017 (Arbitration)
Chambers UK 2017 (International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance)
Chambers UK 2016 (International Arbitration)
“Angeline Welsh is “immensely helpful,” according to clients, due to her “ability to put herself in the client’s situation when problem solving.””
Chambers UK 2015 (Administrative & Public Law)
“Angeline Welsh is an associate with growing expertise in the overlap between international arbitration and domestic public law. She has advised on judicial reviews in the Supreme Court and the Privy Council. Sources laud her as “a bit of a star. She’s a very good litigator with inexhaustible energy”.
Angeline has acted as counsel (led and unled) in a range of complex arbitrations under a range of arbitral rules and has been instructed in commercial court cases. Her practice includes commercial arbitration across a range of sectors (including construction, energy, financial and telecoms disputes). She has particular expertise in emerging market jurisdictions and in handling commercial disputes against states.
acting in the Belize courts on injunction and constitutional proceedings relating to the State’s attempts to prevent execution steps being taken in respect of arbitral awards enforced in the United States
acting for British Caribbean Bank Limited on its successful claim against the Government of Belize under the UK Belize Bilateral Investment Treaty (PCA Case No 2010-18), including acting on related constitutional court proceedings and injunction proceedings
acting for Dunkeld International Investment Limited in relation to a claim against the Government of Belize under the UK-Belize Bilateral Investment Treaty (PCA Case Nos 2010-13 and 2010-21) including acting on related injunction proceedings
acting for Dunkeld International Investment Limited in relation to a claim against the Government of Belize for expropriate of the right to arbitrate following the enactment of legislation criminalizing the pursuit of arbitration proceedings
acting on AES Corporation and Tau Power B.V. v Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/16)
acting for an oil and gas company on a large, complex dispute relating to a construction project in the Caspian Sea conducted on an expedited basis under the LCIA Rules
acting for BG Group and Reliance Industries in an UNCITRAL arbitration claim against the Union of India in relation to oil fields in the Mumbai basin
acting for an investment bank in a successful UNCITRAL arbitration claim against a real estate development company in India, and assisting with enforcement proceedings in the US and England and Wales
acting for an investment bank defending a tax warranty claim under the HKIAC arbitration rules
acting for an oil and gas company in arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules in a dispute against a provider of seismic survey work for breach of contract claim in Algeria
acting for a satellite construction company in a successful LCIA arbitration in a dispute concerning an alleged anomaly in the satellite worth around U.S. $17 million
representing a large corporate in an ICC arbitration concerning a dispute arising out of termination of an exclusive contract with a logistics provider for the European Region
acting for a bank in an LCIA arbitration concerning allegations relating to the validity of a loan note, specifically the capacity of the borrower to enter into the loan note
acting for telecommunications company in an LCIA arbitration against a state relating to a concession agreement raising issues related the legality of the taxation and regulatory regime
acting for a bank and its holding company in an LCIA arbitration relating to a settlement agreement with a state entity, in particular concerning the legality of certain tax treatment
advising on the dispute resolution options for foreign investors in Myanmar
advising on insurance related dispute under the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration
advising on dispute relating to closing accounts under the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration
advising Asian clients on potential investment treaty claims, including under the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement, involving countries such as Indonesia and Myanmar Arbitration related court experience Angeline has particular expertise in handling applications related to arbitration. She has advised on a range of court applications related to arbitration, including anti-suit injunctions, interim relief in support of arbitration and enforcement of arbitral awards. Relevant cases include:
acting as counsel for AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP against Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC in securing and defending an anti-arbitration injunction from the English Court obtained against a Kazakhstan state entity ([2013] UKSC 35)
advising on the first appeal before The Caribbean Court of Justice to consider the objections of arbitrability and public policy to the enforcement of an arbitral award (CCJ Appeal No. CV7 of 2012)
acting for the ICC in its intervention in the high profile English Supreme Court in Jivraj v Hashwani ([2011] UKSC 40) (concerning whether an arbitration agreement which specified that arbitrators must be of a particular religious faith was contrary to discrimination legislation and therefore unlawful, a case which had broader implications for the validity of arbitration clauses which commonly include nationality reuirements.)
advising on a challenge to an arbitral award in the Delhi High Court (Union of India v Reliance Industries Ltd & Anor OMP 46 of 2012)
regularly advising on applying for and defending anti-suit injunctions, anti-arbitration injunctions, and applications for recognition and enforcement.
Angeline has acted on a broad range of public law matters, before the English courts and the Caribbean and the ECtHR, including:
advising (with Jessica Simor QC) Open Society Foundation on the question of whether the Hungarian NGO Funding Law is in breach of EU Fundamental Freedoms and Charter Rights
acting for Ahmet and Mehmet Altan in their applications to the European Court of Human Rights relating to their detention in Turkey
acting for Human Rights Watch as intervener in Big Brother Watch & Others v United Kingdom (ECtHR Application No: 58170/13)
acting as junior counsel for FortisTCI Limited on its successful appeal to the Privy Council relating to license requirements for ISM devices (FortisTCI Limited v Islandcom Telecommunications Limited [2014] UKPC 33)
acting for British Caribbean Bank in a series of constitutional challenges in the Belize courts to legislation, including constitutional amendments, expropriating the bank’s loan and security interests in connection with the nationalisation of the main telecoms company in Belize – Belize Telemedia Limited
acting for individuals in successful constitutional challenge before the Caribbean Court of Justice to legislation imposing severe penalties (imprisonment and large fine) for acting in breach of court orders injuncting arbitration proceedings (CV 8 of 2012)
acting for Bail for Immigration Detainees as intervener in Shepherd Masimba Kambadzi (previously referred to as SK (Zimbabwe)) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 23
acting for Bail for Immigration Detainees as Intervener in R. (on the application of K) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 219
R. (on the application of Countryside Alliance) v Attorney General [2005] EWHC 1677 (Admin)
R. (on the application of Jackson) v Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56
Angeline has acted as counsel in investment treaty claims and regularly advises on the structuring of investments in order to gain investment treaty protection. She led the team advising on three investment treaty claims against the Government of Belize arising out of the nationalisation of Belize Telemedia Limited which successfully settled.
25 February 2020Obtaining Cross-Border Evidence from Non Parties in Support of Arbitration