Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mr. Meredith has represented a number of clients engaged in disputes, which have been settled after the application of alternative dispute techniques including mediation, mini-trial and Med-Arb.  He was a leading member of a team that was successful in winning the CEDR Award for law firm commitment to mediation on two occasions in the 1990s.

International Arbitration
Over recent years, Mr. Meredith’s practice has become increasingly focused upon International Arbitration.  He has arbitrated disputes under the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and LMA rules amongst others as well as acting in relation to a number of ad hoc arbitrations and arbitrations proceeding under the rules of various trade bodies.

Mr. Meredith has been involved in the arbitration of several disputes flowing from investment within and relating to Russia and various countries of the former Soviet Union.  Other disputes have related to metals trading, speciality chemicals, oils & gas exploration, insurance coverage and a wide range of other industrial sectors.

He has represented clients engaged in disputes in a number of countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, Egypt, Italy, Germany and France.

Mr. Meredith also advises on political risk issues in the context of investments across a range of sectors, including Natural Resources.  He is increasingly involved in the structuring of investments to provide scope to invoke Multilateral and/or Bilateral Investment Treaty protections.

Domestic and International Litigation
Mr. Meredith has project managed significant disputes involving sums exceeding US$2billion across a range of jurisdictions including Russia, Brazil, Venezuela, Egypt, Italy, Spain, France, BVI, Cayman, Bermuda, Japan, Switzerland, Malta and various states in the US and in Canada.  Those disputes have extended across a diverse range of business sectors including power generation, combustion equipment, metals, oil & gas, telecoms, industrial coatings, beverages, finance and investment and sport.

Individual disputes have concerned post-acquisition issues (including completion account and warranty claims), boardroom disputes (including minority shareholder actions), professional negligence (malpractice) claims, commercial trading, trade finance and Bank defence. He has taken disputes through appellate courts and has several reported cases.

Reported Cases

• Re A Company (Ghyllbeck Driving Range, Ltd.) 93 BCLC, Page 1126, First Instance decision of J. Vinelot.
• Centremodel Projects, Ltd v. RBS (2000) ALL ER 919 Court of Appeal (Gibson, Brooke and Robert Walker) reported July 4, 2000.
• Samson Lancastrian v. RBS (2000) CLC 1457 Court of Appeal. (House of Lords 2005).
• Gencor ACP and Others v. Dalby and Others (2000) ALL ER 1067, First Instance decision of J. Rimer reported July 27, 2000.
• Motorola Credit Corporation v. Cem Uzan and ORS (2002) ALL ER (Comm 945), TLR 10/07/2002, 2002 C.P.Rep.69, Court of Appeal 26 June 2002.

• “Managing Political Risk”, Joint Securities & Investment Institute /K&L Gates Seminar, London April 2007
• “Anti-suit Injunctions – Are they on borrowed time?”, International Bar Association Annual Conference 2006 – Arbitration Committee ‘Hot Topics’, Chicago, September 2006
• “Leading Arbitrators of the World Symposium“, Juris Conference, Panelist, Vienna, 10 April 2006