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, tribunal secretary and arbitrator.
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.
1. Representation of a South-East European gas buyer in gas pricing disputes against a Middle-Eastern seller;
2. Representation of a South-East European gas buyer in gas pricing disputes against an Eastern European seller;
3. Representation of a South-East European gas seller in gas pricing disputes against an Eastern European buyer;
4. Advising a Western European gas buyer in a gas pricing dispute against a North African seller;
5. Representing a designer in high stakes parallel arbitrations against the contractors in a dispute emerging from an infrastructure project in the Middle East.
Practice Areas & Work Department
International Arbitration
Commercial Disputes
Investor-State Disputes
Turkish Law Advice
Languages
English
Turkish
German
Memberships
Istanbul Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Switzerland-Turkey
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