Max Hulme is an associate in the International Arbitration practice.

His experience includes international arbitrations conducted under the ICC, HKIAC and CRCICA Rules.

International arbitrations on which Max Hulme has worked include the representation of:

• A heavy equipment supplier and contractor in relation to an arbitration and a number of delay, disruption, defects and other disputes arising out of two energy construction projects in Africa with claims and counterclaims of over $2 billion. The law of the country of the projects applies.
• A private equity fund and its founder in ICC and HKIAC arbitrations initiated by the fund’s alleged general partner and an alleged investor in the fund, as well as in related domestic court proceedings in multiple jurisdictions. The arbitrations each concern ownership of various entities in the fund structure. Hong Kong and Cayman Islands law apply.
• A group of shareholders of a holding company as Claimants in an ICC arbitration in Paris against two shareholders in the same company. The dispute concerns the interpretation of a put option price provision contained in a Shareholders’ Agreement. The law of the Netherlands applies. Over $1 billion is at stake.

Publications

• “Preambles in Treaty Interpretation,” 164 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1281 (2016) (author), available at http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_review/vol164/iss5/5