Valuation, validation, veracity – how to put the value on a claim

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR.

Speakers:

• Colin Johnson (HKA)
• Angelica Boca (HKA)
• Sebastian Blomeier (Clyde & Co)

Chair: Martins Paparinskis (UCL)

About the talk:

Whether it is an investment treaty case, a construction dispute, or a joint venture or contract breach, the dispute usually comes down to the numbers and the value of the company or of the claim.  This talk will bring out some of the issues in preparing a valuation, in evaluating the underlying evidence and in relation to experts’ duties from both an expert’s and a practitioner’s point of view.

About the speakers:

Colin Johnson is a partner with HKA who has extensive experience in acting as expert to evaluate damages and at times to provide project finance expertise.  He has acted as expert in disputes with over $50bn of claim value, both in investment treaty and commercial disputes in oil and gas, power, telecoms, infrastructure and construction and agriculture.
 
Angelica Boca is a chartered quantity surveyor with over 20 years of experience in construction. Angelica has started her professional career in Romania as an engineer, later specialising in the commercial management of construction projects and becoming a chartered surveyor. Angelica worked with project and cost managers, engineers and architects, acted for employers and contractors based in Romania, United Kingdom, and other European countries. Angelica has worked on many projects across the world including renewable plant in Netherlands, waste management plant in the UK, power generation plant in Romania, Poland and Latvia, oil and gas projects (including LNG) in parts of Europe and Australia, infrastructure projects in Eastern Central and Europe, various residential, mixed use and office developments in UK, Romania, and Slovenia, shopping malls in Romania and telecoms sites in the UK. Angelica has experience in adjudication (UK statutory adjudications and Dispute Adjudication Boards under FIDIC contracts) and international arbitration, acting for both employers and contractors. Angelica has provided contract and claims advice, contract administration, claims preparation and negotiation services.
Angelica is currently involved in the preparation and submission of quantum expert reports.
 
Sebastian Blomeier is a trainee solicitor at Clyde & Co who read law at St Mary’s University and graduated from UCL with a Master of Laws degree (LL.M) in 2017. After undertaking the Legal Practical Course (LPC), he commenced his Training Contract at Clyde & Co in August 2018. While studying for the LPC, he worked part-time at Charles River Associates within the energy team, where he reviewed decisions on quantum relating to investor-state arbitration cases. He currently sits in the International Arbitration Team at Clyde & Co where he has worked on ICSID, LCIA and ICC investor-state and commercial arbitrations. Sebastian is fluent in three languages: Spanish, German and English and has lived in five different countries.