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Samantha's Practice Areas
Samantha G. Larsdottir is a member of Squared’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Business, Oil & Gas, Shipping, and Alternative Energy groups.
Her experience includes counseling clients on government investigations and litigation, conducting internal investigations of both domestic and multinational organizations and assisting in the defense of complex litigation and enforcement actions by government agencies, with a particular focus on actions involving the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and antitrust fraud.
Samantha also handles a wide range of litigation and appellate work, including breach of contract, insurance, environmental tort, trade secrets, employment, class action, condemnation and construction disputes. She has litigated disputes in federal courts, state courts and in arbitration.
Samantha handles all aspects of pretrial litigation, including dispute resolution strategy, e-discovery efforts, depositions, arguing motions and drafting dispositive and other motions. Samantha has second-chair experience with jury trials, and first-chair experience with appellate practice. She also has experience with the energy industry, including proceedings before regulatory and legislative bodies.
- Representing a US client in US$22 million LCIA arbitration and US$14 million ICC arbitration, against foreign airline company to recover client’s investments. Highlights include obtaining awards for full amounts sought and successfully enforcing them in the courts of Russian Federation.
- Representing a Canadian mining company in an ICSID arbitration against the State of Colombia based upon violations of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
- Representing the State of Papua New Guinea in an arbitration brought under the ICSID Rules over a dispute regarding taxes on crude oil production. Favorable settlement led to US$12.2 million in unpaid taxes for goods and services, in addition to attorneys’ fees and costs.
- Representing a UK based client against the State of Poland under the UK-Poland Bilateral Investment Treaty for the expropriation of a potash mining project.
- Represented a North African State and large public interest company under the International Chamber of Commerce Rules of Arbitration.
- Representing a US investor against the State of Egypt under the US-Egypt Bilateral Investment Treaty regarding the expropriation of the investor’s assets in the cotton industry.
- Represented a European bank in an ongoing suit brought in Pennsylvania state court seeking payment of more than $200 million in connection with the construction development.
- Representing commercial aviation services company in connection with the breach of an agreement under English law in ICC arbitration.
- Represented a construction company in LCIA matter involving termination of a Middle Eastern joint venture with over US$300 million in dispute.
- Represented a Hong Kong company in AAA arbitration and litigation in US federal court in defense of claims in excess of a million based upon breach of contract.
- Represented an Albanian oil refinery in consolidated ICC arbitration concerning the disappearance of oil valued at more than US$26 million.
- Represented a Central Asian state and state enterprises in ICSID arbitrations brought by Turkish companies under a bilateral investment treaty.
- Represented a South American state in ICSID arbitrations against petroleum companies under a bilateral investment treaty.
- Represented foreign clients in obtaining two arbitral awards in related ICSID arbitrations involving disputes concerning construction of various projects in Turkmenistan.
- Represented government in an UNCITRAL arbitration brought by a US company under a bilateral investment treaty.
- Federal Bar Association
- California Associations, including the Young Lawyers Sections
- Los Angeles City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Association for Women Lawyers of Los Angeles
"Samantha has a knowledge of the oil and gas industry that goes far beyond anything I've seen in such a young lawyer. She played a critical role in our acquisition of Paul Sunday Holdings."
