GAR Analysis

• No. of pending cases: 1
• Value of all claims: US$250million
• No. of appearances in Who's Who: 0
• No. of treaty cases: 0
• No. of arbitration appointments (No. as chair or sole): 1(0)

Macleod Dixon is the only Canadian firm to have members based full-time in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. The firm, originally from Calgary, opened in Moscow in 1990, in Almaty in 1995, in Caracas in 1997 and Rio de Janeiro in 2001. It is also accredited in Kazakhstan.

The expansion has been driven by the firm's clients in the energy or natural resources industries. The arbitration practice consists of two partners in Calgary and one in Caracas, who major in international arbitration. In Canada, Jack Marshall QC leads the practice. He is a member of the London Court of International Arbitration. He is also on the ICC's arbitration roster for Canada and is a former chairman of the firm. Three of the firm's partners in Caracas, Ram'oacuten Alvins, Elisabeth Eljuri and Luis Andueza, are on the panel of arbitrators at the Caracas Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre. Macleod Dixon's recent merits hearing was a dispute worth US$200 million arbitration under UNCITRAL rules, between an oil company and its insurer. Other matters have taken place under ICC rules and AAA rules.

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Contact Details

Website: www.macleoddixon.com

Managing Partner: William H Tuer

Number of partners worldwide: 120
Number of other lawyers worldwide: 130

Macleod Dixon is one of Canada's premier international law firms, bringing its energy, resource, finance, dispute resolution and technology expertise to the world.

Today, with more than 250 legal professionals in seven offices around the globe, Macleod Dixon offers seamless legal services through our international offices in Calgary, Moscow, Toronto, Almaty, Atyrau, Caracas and Rio de Janeiro. The Moscow office was opened in 1990; the Toronto office in 1994; the Almaty office in 1995; the Caracas office, Despacho de Abogados miembros de Macleod Dixon LLP, S.C., in 1997; and the office in Rio de Janeiro, Macleod Dixon Consultores em Direito Estrangeiro, opened in 2001. The firm holds the distinction of being the first Canadian law firm to open offices in Moscow and Almaty, and is accredited with the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In addition the firm's Caracas and Rio offices are the first and only law offices in Latin America established by a Canadian law firm.

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