Representation of a Turkish manufacturer in ICC arbitration
Strategic management of a technical delivery and warranty dispute in an ICC arbitration arising from a cross-border supply contract, resolved in the client's favour.
An arbitration in which technical and legal arguments had to be built together
The dispute centred on the delivery, performance and warranty obligations relating to the supplied machinery and equipment. Translating the technical findings into legal argument was at the heart of the process.
Because of the matter's connections to Germany, Türkiye, and the seat of arbitration, the procedural strategy, evidence management, and expert narrative were designed together.
Our Approach
Keeping the commercial objective at the centre, we broke the legal risks down into measurable steps.
01 · Technical Evidence
Engineering reports, field documents, and delivery records were organised in an order capable of supporting the legal claim.
02 · Arbitration Strategy
The claim architecture was built by addressing the ICC rules, contract law, and the heads of damages together.
03 · Hearing Preparation
Witness and expert statements were distilled into a framework that preserved the commercial reality and was comprehensible to the arbitral tribunal.
Chronology
The main stages of the process.
A favourable outcome that also took the commercial relationship into account
The arbitration concluded with an outcome that preserved the client's principal receivable and damages claims while also establishing a stronger risk-management foundation for similar supply contracts.
- Preservation of the principal heads of claim
- Transformation of technical evidence into a clear arbitration narrative
- A risk matrix for future supply agreements
- Multilingual team coordination
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First, we clarify the commercial objective, risk appetite, timeline, and the decision-maker's needs. Then we break the work down into legal analysis, document/contract structure, and implementation steps, and manage the process through a single point of contact.
Due to the legal profession's duty of confidentiality and client privacy, the files are anonymised. In a meeting, we can describe our comparable experience more concretely, within the limits of confidentiality.
In a brief preliminary meeting, we gather the objective, existing documents, parties, time pressure, and critical risks. Then the scope, team, timeline, and fee model are clarified.
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