Nefeli Lamprou

Nefeli is a Managing Associate in Linklaters’ International Arbitration Group based in London.

She is an international arbitration specialist with over 8 years of experience in complex, high value disputes. Nefeli has represented multinational companies and state-owned enterprises in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations relating to energy (oil & gas), mining and infrastructure under the aegis of all major arbitral institutions including ICC, LCIA, SIAC and SCC. She has particular expertise in gas related matters, having represented buyers and sellers in gas pricing disputes across Europe and Asia. She also regularly advises clients in relation to bilateral / multilateral investment treaties, international trade agreements, and public international law matters.

Before joining Linklaters, Nefeli worked for several years in two major international arbitration groups in London, where she gained considerable experience in complex, high value multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Work highlights

Nefeli’s recent experience includes:

• bp: acting in a multi-billion-dollar ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitration against the Government of India concerning cost recovery under a production sharing agreement.
• Energy-sector client: acting in a SIAC arbitration concerning claims arising out of the application of Russian sanctions and jurisdiction in respect of the same.
• Drilling contractor: acting in an ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitration against a mine operator arising out of a surface drilling contract in East Africa.
• Multi-million gas pricing dispute: acting in an ICC arbitration and subsequent set aside proceedings between buyer and supplier of gas in the region of the Mediterranean: ICC Rules and Stockholm seat.*
• A leading LNG trader: advising in a number of gas pricing disputes with various buyers under long-term gas supply contracts in Asia.*
• State-owned entity: acting in ICSID annulment proceedings related to a dispute arising out of the construction and operation of a power plant in Tanzania (SCB HK v Tanzania Electric Supply Company ICSID ARB/10/20).*
• State owned entities: acting in relation to decommissioning of oilfields in the Middle East and unlawful termination of PSAs/JOAs: ICC Rules, Paris seat.*
• A major European gaming company: acting in an LCIA arbitration arising from multiple concession agreements in relation to a dispute pertaining to continuous breaches of exclusivity rights.*
• A European conglomerate: acting in an LCIA arbitration in relation to force majeure claims related to state measures in response to COVID-19.*
• Middle East Company: acting in a construction related arbitration (FIDIC Silver Book): ICC Rules and London seat.*
• Mega real estate development in Saudi Arabia: advising on Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) proceedings across numerous projects.
• An industrial group in Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB): acting in DAB proceedings related to the construction of a CCGT plant in Iraq.*
• An offshore service provider: advising in relation to the dissolution of an offshore joint development area between two Sub-Saharan African states where oil exploration and production works were performed.*

Prior to working at Linklaters*

Nefeli is a Solicitor in England & Wales and a Greek qualified lawyer (Piraeus Bar Association). She holds an LL.M. in International Business Law from Queen Mary University of London and an LL.B. from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

• 'Third Party Funding in International Commercial Arbitration: A tool to monetize assets’ (Article published by DiD Law Journal)
• ‘Pitfalls of Investing in Sub-Saharan African Regions with Unsettled Boundaries: How Foreign Investors May Minimize and Manage Investment Risk’ (Article published by Transnational Dispute Management Journal at TDM 4 (2016))
• ‘The US $50 billion Yukos award overturned – Enforcement becomes a game of Russian roulette’ (Article published by Kluwer Arbitration Blog)