Overview
Robin Bandar is an English law-qualified disputes lawyer who focuses on international commercial arbitration and complex cross-border disputes. He has experience acting under major institutional rules, including ICC, LCIA, DIAC, PCA, GAFTA, and LMAA rules, and has advised on high-value matters across the energy, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, construction, and commodities sectors.
Robin has acted for sovereign states, state-owned entities, multinational companies, investors, and major industry participants in disputes involving concession agreements, production sharing agreements, software licensing, fuel oil contracts, distribution agreements, shareholder disputes, technology-related litigation, and various other contractual frameworks. His experience spans all stages of disputes, including pre-action strategy, evidence gathering, drafting complex pleadings, expert coordination, hearings, awards, settlement, and enforcement.
In addition to acting as counsel, Robin has served as tribunal secretary in arbitration proceedings and has assisted tribunals with all matters related to case management up to and including award drafting. He formerly edited the Clyde & Co Young Arbitration Group annual publication on multi-jurisdictional disputes and has written on arbitration and litigation funding issues.
- England & Wales
- University of Law, 2018
- B.A., University of York, 2016, Politics with International Relations
Representative Matters
- Acted for an EU government respondent in a circa €1 billion ICC arbitration, including emergency arbitration proceedings, concerning a concession agreement dispute with a major US healthcare group relating to the management, development, and construction of key national hospitals.
- Acted for a Middle Eastern government in a US$300 million ICC arbitration against major North American oil and gas companies concerning sums payable under a production sharing agreement, including post-hearing and enforcement-related work.
- Acted for a major US energy company in defending a US$30 million ICC arbitration concerning alleged breaches of software licenses, resulting in a net award in favour of the client.
- Acted for a European national oil company in a €10 million LCIA arbitration concerning unpaid sums for specialist fuel oils.
- Acted for a Middle Eastern distributor in defending a circa US$60 million LCIA arbitration brought by a major international pharmaceutical company under a distribution agreement.
- Acted for a major EU offshore construction consortium in a circa €100 million ICC arbitration concerning alleged construction defects.
- Acted for the respondent in High Court litigation concerning patent ownership and royalty issues arising from a technology spin-out from University, including a Court of Appeal application and subsequent settlement.