Bruno Hardy

• Columbia Law School in New York (USA) (LL.M degree) 2015

• Catholic University of Louvain (Master’s degree) 2013

• Université de Genève (Certificate of Transnational law) 2012

International Arbitration

Engineering, Energy and Construction

• Acting as counsel in a Geneva-seated ICC Arbitration with over 370 claims for delay, disruption, variations and remeasurements amounting to USD 230 million in relation to a large infrastructure project in Kuwait, subject to Kuwaiti law

• Representing a Qatari joint venture in an ICC arbitration seated in Geneva and subject to Swiss law, against a German engineering company in a construction dispute over a large construction project in Qatar, involving claims for defects resulting from geotechnical and hydraulic engineering failures

• Acting for a Lebanese company in an ICC Arbitration subject to Algerian law in relation to a large construction project in the Algerian desert, with claims for delay, disruption and variations

• Acting for a Lebanese company in a Singapore-seated SIAC Arbitration subject to English law against an Indian multinational company active in the Solar energy sector

• Representing the Qatari subsidiary of a Greek company in a Qatar-seated ICC arbitration against the Qatari affiliate of a US-based multinational company in a construction dispute (delay and disruption) regarding the setting up of special IT security systems on a multi-billion dollars project, subject to Qatari law

Commercial Contracts and Real Estate

• Representing a DRC-incorporated company in an ad hoc UNCITRAL Arbitration against an International Organization in relation to a real estate lease agreement in the DRC

• Representing a UAE-based marketing and distribution company in London-seated ICC arbitration against a large Russian pharmaceutical listed company in relation to the termination of a distribution contract subject to English law, for the distribution of pharmaceutical products in various Middle Eastern countries;

• Representing a UAE company in a Brussels-seated ICC arbitration subject to Belgian law over the breach and wrongful termination of a distribution contract with a Swedish distributor

• Acting for the Belgian subsidiary of a German logistics company in a CEPANI Arbitration against a Swedish company regarding a real estate transaction and the validity of a land-purchase option

• Representing a US manufacturer against its local Russian distributor in an arbitration regarding the breach of an exclusivity clause subject to the UNIDROIT Principles

Corporate/ M&A and Banking disputes

• Acting as counsel for Middle Eastern companies in relation to a high-value disputes with several banks in the UAE in a LCIA Arbitration subject to UAE law

• Acting for a French multinational in a Brussels-seated CEPANI Arbitration in relation to post-acquisition disputes with claims and counterclaims amounting to EUR 60 million

• Representing the shareholders of a large Middle Eastern company in a Beirut-seated ad hoc UNCITRAL Arbitration subject to Lebanese law, regarding a USD 600 million corporate inheritance claim for shares and accounting issues

• Representing a Greek food company against a large US multinational company in an ICC arbitration related to a share purchase agreement

• Representing a Moscow-based investor in arbitration proceedings under the Rules of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in a dispute related to a share purchase agreement subject to Belgian law, and joint investment projects in Eastern Europe.

Investor-state arbitration

• Assisting a UAE company in an investor-State ICSID arbitration against an EU Member State over the expropriation of a concession contract

Experience as Arbitrator and Secretary to the Tribunal

• Acting as secretary of the Tribunal in an ICC Emergency Arbitration between a Tunisian construction company and a Gabon-based French entrepreneur in relation to a share purchase agreement for a Gabonese company

• Sole Arbitrator in a CEPANI Arbitration subject to Belgian law

Arbitration-related Court proceedings

Sovereigns, International Organizations, and investor-State arbitration

• Successfully acting for a sovereign State resisting enforcement of an investor-State arbitral award of USD 500 million before the Belgian courts on the ground that the award was obtained by fraud

• Successfully representing a sovereign State in the first setting aside (annulment) proceedings of an investor-state award in favor of a State before the Belgian courts

• Representing an international consortium of construction companies in enforcement proceedings of a USD 120 million arbitral award against a sovereign State

• Successfully defending the European Union in cassation proceedings regarding the annulment of an arbitral award

• Acting for an investor in enforcement proceedings against a sovereign state by attaching monies in the hands of EUROCONTROL

• Assisting a European investor in the forced appointment of two arbitrators (on a panel of 5) in arbitration proceedings against two sovereign states

Commercial contracts

• Assisting a Lebanese company in proceedings before the English Courts (First Instance, Appeal and Supreme Court) regarding a claim subject to Lebanese law, including anti-arbitration injunction proceedings

• Successfully resisting the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award from a US-seated arbitral tribunal before the Belgian courts, on the basis of a violation of EU Competition law (“ordre public”)

• Acting for an Italian company in annulment proceedings of an arbitral award before the Paris Court of appeal

• Assisting a Belgian company in proceedings concerning the appointment of an arbitrator before the Indian Supreme Court

• Representing an Egyptian company in obtaining the freezing of assets in the hands of one of Belgium’s largest football clubs based on a partial arbitral award on liability from an Egyptian- seated arbitral tribunal

• Assisting one of the largest construction companies in the Middle East with the setting aside of an arbitral award rendered in a Qatar-seated ICC arbitration in relation to insulation work on an LNG construction project

• Representing a Saudi company in the annulment proceedings of an ICC Arbitral award related to a USD 1.5 billion claim before the Paris Court of Appeal

Multi-jurisdictional proceedings, settlement negotiations, and advice

• Advising various foreign investors in relation to investment protection in the DRC

• Advising an African Sovereign Wealth Fund on its sovereign immunity

• Assisting a security contractor in pre-arbitration steps related to a contract for a security camp in Somalia

• Advising a US Social Media Network company before the Court of Justice of the European Union in a question for preliminary ruling in relation to an international consumer class-action brought before the Courts of the Republic of Austria

• Advising a multinational company regarding the international validity of a cross-border merger structure on the largest international merger of 2016

• Assisting a US Social Media Network company in data-protection proceedings subject to EU data- protection laws

• Assisting a dual French-Belgian national living in Montreal (Canada) in relation to high profile parallel divorce proceedings between Belgium and Canada

• Assisting various construction companies in negotiations over construction projects in Europe and the Middle East.

• Member of the Brussels Bar

• CEPANI 40

• KU Leuven University

• French
• English
• Spanish
• Dutch