Antoine is a partner in Reed Smith’s Energy & Natural Resources Group, with a focus in the field of projects and construction. He helps clients resolve domestic U.S. and international construction disputes, particularly in the areas of renewable and conventional energy, oil and gas, transport, and infrastructure. Antoine also advises clients on construction, operation, and maintenance transactions, project execution, and change management.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented a private railroad owner with drafting and negotiation of construction contracts and project disputes in Utah.
Represented a wind turbine supplier in an AAA arbitration seated in the US against a utility and developer involving a wind farm project in Missouri.
Represented an energy equipment supplier in an ICC arbitration related to the construction of a gas power plant in Argentina.
Construction - Arbitration
Represented a private railroad owner with drafting and negotiation of construction contracts and project disputes in Utah.
Represented a wind turbine supplier in an AAA arbitration seated in the US against a utility and developer involving a wind farm project in Missouri.
Represented an energy equipment supplier in an ICC arbitration related to the construction of a gas power plant in Argentina.
Represented a battery storage owner and developer on several disputes arising out of battery storage construction projects in California.
Advised a carbon capture and storage company on disputes and transactional matters regarding multiple carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) projects in Texas and Louisiana.
Represented a renewable energy company in a dispute against a wind turbine services company, involving mass defects impacting the entire population of wind turbines at a wind farm in Texas.
Represented a leading waste management company in a dispute regarding defects and delays to the construction of a waste processing plant in California.
Advising client as Project Counsel to prepare and pursue multi-million dollar claims on several different wind farm projects related to defects, delay, Force Majeure and changes and defending against liquidated damages.
Advising client as the appointed Project Counsel for an EPC contract on an LNG mega project in North America.
Advising client on the defense of a $50 million international arbitration claim in Paris in relation to the failure of a gas turbine in South America.
Advising client regarding the negotiation of several multi-hundred million dollar EPC contracts in relation to the construction of a dissolving wood pulp plant in South America.
Advising client regarding the negotiation of a multi-billion dollar EPC contract in relation to the construction of an LNG processing plant in North America.
Advising client on the preparation of a suite of master EPC, design & construct and construct only contracts in relation to the construction of rail network infrastructure in North America.
Advising client on the defense of €32 million ICC arbitration claim for pure economic loss in relation to alleged defects in a gas-fired power plant in Malta.
Advising client on the prosecution of a $100 million international arbitration claim in Singapore for variations and EOT claims in relation to a mass rapid transit railway project in Taiwan.
Advising client on the prosecution of claims against a contractor in relation to the delayed and defective construction of an FPSO vessel in Korea.
Advising client on the prosecution of $2.2 billion claim for variations and EOT claims in relation to the Gorgon LNG jetty and marine structures project.
Advising client on the prosecution of restitutionary arbitration claim for recovery of payments made to contractor for A$10 million adjudication award for variations and EOT claims.
Advising client on the defense of a $270 million arbitration claim for delay and costs associated with the supply of defective materials for use in the construction of a gas pipeline.
Advising client on the preparation of a $140 million arbitration claim relating to the Wheatsone LNG project, comprising variations and EOTs.
Advising client on the preparation of a $70 million end-of-project upstream arbitration claim against a State government (involving variations, EOTs and a collateral contract argument).
Advising client on the preparation of $60 million arbitration claim for variations and latent conditions in relation to the construction of a rural State highway.
Advising client on defense of $8 million litigation for structural defects in a commercial building.
Advising client on the defense of a $10 million litigation, in which indemnity was sought against client under a sale of land contract in relation to contamination of land.
Advising client on the prosecution of a claim on behalf of a coal-fired power plant for specific performance and repudiatory damages totaling between $0.5 billion and $1 billion in relation to a long term coal supply agreement.
Advising plaintiff client in litigation concerning the acquisition of an FPSO vessel and a subsea installation contract. The claims for a total of $80 million were based on conspiracy, breach of contract and breach of professional duty involving multiple contractor companies, company officers and external legal advisers.
Advising client on an appeal from lower court decision in relation to a $10 million quantum meruit claim arising from a terminated contract to install horizontal directional drilling (HDD) short zone crossing for the Minerva Gas Project.
Advising client on the defense of litigation relating to a claim by a contractor for breach of contract and misleading and deceptive conduct by a State transport authority, concerning various road maintenance contracts.
Advising client on the defense of litigation relating to a claim to enjoin the client from calling on performance securities to pay for the cost of construction defects.
Advising client on the defense of litigation for breach of implied duty of good faith in connection with the termination by the client of a $20 million sale of land contract in relation to the purchase of a commercial building.
Advising client on the preparation and negotiation of a claim for indemnity under a contract works insurance policy in relation to site flooding and contamination.
Advising client on the defense on behalf of a property developer against an $11 million professional negligence claim in relation to defects in the construction of a six-star green star A Grade commercial building, including insurance policy response.
Advising client on litigation claim for indemnity for reconstruction costs and business interruption losses resulting from property damage caused by a fire at a waste management center.
Advising client on the defense of a $7 million professional negligence claim in relation to multiple fire-safety defects in a commercial building, and the corresponding insurance claim.
Advising client on the prosecution of downstream claims of $124 million against a project’s designers and steel and concrete suppliers.
Advising client on the preparation of $60 million claim for EOTs, variations and disruption.
Advising client on the preparation of a $400 million mid-project claim.
Advising client on the prosecution of a claim through expert determination for time and compensation resulting from design delays and latent conditions on a major State transmission line.
Advising client on the prosecution of a $11 million adjudication claim relating to refurbishment of large coal stacker reclaimers at a coal mine.
Advising client on the defense of an adjudication claim concerning various variation claims and unpaid lump sums for completed works.
Advising client on the defense of an adjudication claim relating to the refurbishment of a shopping mall.
Recognitions
Ranked in Chambers USA for Texas Construction, 2021-2026
- Listed as a Rising Star in Expert Guides, 2020
- Listed as a Rising Star in The Legal 500 UK for Construction: Contentious, 2017-2020
Credentials
Education
Education
- National University of Singapore, 2015
- Monash University, 2007, LLB (Hons), B.Comm
- College of Law, Melbourne, 2008, GDLP
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New South Wales
- California
- Texas
- England and Wales
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