Alptuğ (Alp) Tokeşer
(LL.M.), admitted to Istanbul Bar since 2011, is an arbitration expert,
involved in numerous international investment and commercial arbitrations.
After working in cross-border
litigation disputes at the start of his career, Alp has decided to focus on
arbitration disputes and attended the Masters in International Dispute
Settlement (MIDS) Program in Geneva and joined LALIVE’s arbitration team in
2012. Over the last decade, Alp has been involved in numerous high level and
complex arbitrations as counsel and tribunal secretary.
He has worked in arbitration cases
heard before the most frequently used arbitration institutions, as well
UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitrations, seated in major arbitration hubs such as
France, Switzerland, England, Sweden and the Netherlands. Alp’s experience
extends to a wide spectrum of industries,
particularly energy and construction, and he has worked under several different
applicable laws, including Turkish and Swiss laws. He has also worked on cases
involving US, EU and UN sanctions affecting cross-border business transactions.
Alp was also involved in various
investment treaty arbitrations, commenced under bilateral and multilateral
investment treaties. He has successfully represented both States and investors
within ICSID and UNCITRAL premises.
For
more information about Alp’s experience, please visit our credentials page
SELECTED CASES
Representation of a South-East European gas buyer in gas pricing disputes against a Middle-Eastern seller;
Representation of a South-East European gas buyer in gas pricing disputes against an Eastern European seller;
Representation of a South-East European gas seller in gas pricing disputes against an Eastern European buyer;
Advising a Western European gas buyer in a gas pricing dispute against a North African seller;
Representing a designer in high stakes parallel arbitrations against the contractors in a dispute emerging from an infrastructure project in the Middle East;