Andy Moody

The majority of Andy's work is cross border and for clients in the energy, financial services, aviation, diversified industrials, and telecommunications sectors. Andy has advised on many disputes in Eastern and Western Europe, the CIS, the Middle East and Asia. He has acted as advisor and advocate in many international arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SIAC, CAS, ICSID and LMAA arbitration rules, and in ad hoc arbitrations. Andy also sits as arbitrator.

Andy is recognised in Chambers, which emphasises that he “can absorb the full commercial, legal and geopolitical dimensions of a dispute and translate them into a precise, forward-leaning arbitration strategy” and that he is “highly knowledgeable, experienced and personable” with “great client communication skills.” Andy is also ranked as a “Leading Partner” in Legal 500, which notes that he “stands out as one of the most strategic legal thinkers to be encountered in the arbitration field” and he “combines intellectual rigour with practical judgement, which makes him a valuable asset in complex, multi-jurisdictional matters.” Additionally, Andy is a Thought Leader for Arbitration in Lexology Index.

• Advising an energy company on an ICSID arbitration relating to certain claims arising from the termination of a gas sale contract owned by a government, which led to the shutting down of a state of the art “gas to liquids” plant.
• Obtaining an award for a US engineering and manufacturing company in arbitration proceedings arising out of the funding and operation of a joint venture between our client and a Middle Eastern company. We have also acted for our client in court proceedings to enforce the award in various jurisdictions and were successful in defending our client in parallel court proceedings.
• Advising an international oil major in English High Court proceedings related to an offshore oil spill in Nigeria.
• Advising an Indian multinational information technology company and its subsidiary on an LCIA arbitration with a European bank relating to a contract for the outsourcing and transformation of the bank's retail banking business.
• Advising a Ukrainian Bank in relation to a worldwide freezing order obtained from the English High Court in support of an LCIA arbitration – The worldwide freezing order was against the primary defendant in the arbitration and twenty-nine of his connected companies and was enforced in nine jurisdictions around the world.
• Advising European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in two arbitrations related to a loan provided to a project in Armenia – The arbitrations are subject to English procedural and substantive law, are governed by the UNCITRAL Rules and have the LCIA as appointing authority.
• Acting for the Anaklia Development Consortium on an investor-state arbitration arising out of the Anaklia port, the largest and most important infrastructure project on the Black Sea. We are advising on a claim against Georgia for wrongful termination of the Investment Agreement entered into for the construction, development and operation of the deep-sea port. The Georgian government took unlawful steps to destroy the project for improper political motivations after our client had invested over USD 75 million. The case is an ICC arbitration seated in Geneva and subject to Georgian law.
• Advising on an LCIA administered arbitration governed by the UNCITRAL rules on behalf of a manufacturing company against a Central Asian state’s asset management company relating to an investment in certain mining companies and involved pre-arbitration disputes regarding the seat of arbitration and a challenge to the appointment of an arbitrator.
• Advising a Georgian mining company in a dispute over a sale and purchase agreement – The arbitration was subject to English procedural and substantive law and was governed by the LCIA Rules.
• Advising a South African diamond company in an arbitration subject to English procedural law and Russian substantive law – This ad hoc arbitration was governed by the UNCITRAL Rules.
• Advising a US technology company in a dispute with a UK technology company over certain software licence agreements – This arbitration was ad hoc and subject to English procedural and substantive law.

• International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) - Committee on Energy, Oil and Gas - Vice Chair
• LCIA's Young International Arbitration Group - former co-Chair
• Young Attorneys in Alternative Dispute Resolution (Y-ADR) - member of the steering committee
• London Court of International Arbitration - member
• International Bar Association - member
• ICC YAF - member
• Young ICCA - member