Daniel Waldek

Practice Areas

Dan is an international arbitration lawyer specialising in resolving disputes in the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors. He has acted as counsel in arbitrations relating to onshore and offshore oil and gas projects, pipelines, major petrochemical developments, renewable and conventional power projects, as well as road, rail, water, airport and urban development projects. Dan has experience working on projects across Asia and Middle East.

Dan has advised on complex claims under a large range of construction contracts (both bespoke and standard form) covering design and build, turnkey, EPCIC and EPCM arrangements, as well as related production sharing contracts, power purchase, offtake and feedstock supply agreements, and concession agreements.

Dan regularly appears as counsel and advocate in arbitrations under a range of institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, and SIAC, and in ad hoc arbitrations. Dan also advises on arbitration related court proceedings including jurisdictional challenges, set aside applications, enforcement proceedings, and injunctions relating to bonds and guarantees.

The Legal Directories have consistently recognised Dan as a leading arbitration lawyer. Chambers Asia Pacific has described him as a "knowledgeable and experienced international arbitration lawyer who is able to provide strategic and practical advice". Legal 500 has noted that Dan is "a very bright, energetic and resourceful arbitration lawyer. He is willing to spend time and effort to bring innovative solutions to difficult problems. Quick on his feet in hearings".

Dan regularly appears as counsel in arbitrations under a range of institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, and SIAC, and in ad hoc arbitrations, including as an advocate for both interim applications and substantive merits hearings. Dan also advises on arbitration related court proceedings including jurisdictional challenges, set aside applications as well as enforcement proceedings. Dan has also been appointed as arbitrator by institutions such as the SIAC.

He is also able to bring to bear his thorough knowledge of mediation and other alternative forms of dispute resolution to assist his clients to achieve successful settlements.

Dan's practice also involves a significant advisory component, in particular working closely with transactional teams on risk avoidance and mitigation strategies. He places emphasis on his clients' needs for realistic, down to earth advice in a commercial context. The Legal Directories have consistently recognised Dan as a leading arbitration lawyer. Chambers Asia Pacific describes him as a "knowledgeable and experienced international arbitration lawyer who is able to provide strategic and practical advice". Legal 500 notes that Dan is "a very bright, energetic and resourceful arbitration lawyer. He is willing to spend time and effort to bring innovative solutions to difficult problems. Quick on his feet in hearings".

Personal

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Career

Dan graduated from the University of Oxford with a B.A. in Jurisprudence. He is admitted as a solicitor in England and the British Virgin Islands. Dan also sits as an arbitrator.

Industry Sector Expertise

Energy, Infrastructure, Energy Disputes, Manufacturing and Industrials, Nuclear

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Asia, Middle East