GST LLP promotes two international arbitration attorneys to Counsel; Katherine Sanoja, who is a US-UK citizen of Venezuelan heritage, and Peruvian Pablo Mori Bregante. The practitioners have been involved in numerous high-profile investment disputes representing two of GST’s key clients, Venezuela and Pakistan.

CityBizList reports on a round of promotions at GST LLP; Katherine Sanoja and Pablo Mori have been promoted from Associate to Counsel, and Gary Shaw to Senior Associate.

The Commercial Court in London has requested further details pertaining to a partial ICC award won by an Australian mining venture against Pakistan as corruption allegations continue to be invoked. Christopher Hancock QC of Twenty Essex chamber appeared on behalf of Balochistan, while GST LLP acted for the provincial government there and as co-counsel for Pakistan.

GST LLP participated in a claim filed on behalf of an individual confined in Miami’s Metro West Detention Center who suffers multiple illnesses that make him especially vulnerable to the Covid-19 virus. Their work was instrumental in obtaining a judge’s temporary restraining order against the Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department.

GST LLP participated in a claim filed on behalf of an individual confined in Miami’s Metro West Detention Center who suffers multiple illnesses that make him especially vulnerable to the Covid-19 virus. Their work was instrumental in obtaining a judge’s temporary restraining order against the Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has failed to persuade a US court to stay the enforcement of an ICSID award worth over US$400 million – after the court said it “may take years” to stabilize the country and transition to another political regime. Lawyers from Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle are acting on behalf of Guaidó; Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is represented by GST LLP.

Pakistan, represented by GST LLP, negotiates a settlement with a Turkish energy company which will avoid their paying any part of an ICSID award worth US$1 billion.

Pakistan, represented by GST LLP, negotiates a settlement with a Turkish energy company which will avoid their paying any part of an ICSID award worth US$1 billion.

Quinn Smith of GST LLP argues that appointments to the board of Citgo made by temporary or interim President of Venezuela Juan Guiado are not legitimate.

GST LLP’s Quinn Smith and Katherine Sanoja are acting as attorneys for Venezuela as US glassmaker Owens Illinois moved against it to collect on US$500 million awarded in 2015.

As a Delaware-based Chancery Court hears arguments, Quinn Smith of GST LLP asserts that the letter of Venezuelan law states that only the President of Venezuela has the right to name board members to Citgo in that country. He said, “Reading powers outside the text in dangerous. That word [interim] is crucial.”

GST attorneys for the Maduro government Quinn Smith and Katherine Sanoja rejected the suggestion by opposition leader Guaido’s attorneys that a summary judgment be issued due to “The fundamental disagreement over who has the authority to represent Venezuela.” They further explained that parallel arbitration proceedings by Owen Illinois subsidiaries are underway for the same alleged misdeeds, further complicating the matter.

A Washington DC federal judge granted Pakistan’s request for interrogatories related to its allegations of corruption by Turkish energy company Karkey.