Mr. Kipnis’s recent engagements include, among others, helping:

• A consortium of two of the world’s leading EPCM firms in negotiating with project owner to address the impact of COVID-19 on the design and construction of one of the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) facilities in the world.
• A major European construction consortium defeat more than $300 million in claims by the owner, a Canadian crown corporation, arising from the construction of a hydroelectric power generating facility in Atlantic Canada. Following an eight-week arbitration hearing venued in Toronto and conducted remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Kipnis’s client not only defeated the owner’s claims, but achieved a net recovery of more than $100 million in its favor.
• A top 5* EPCM firm defeat approximately $1 billion in owner’s claims alleging gross negligence, fraud, and errors in the design, procurement, and construction of a first-of-its-kind metallurgical processing facility in Eastern Canada.  Following a five-week arbitration hearing in Toronto, Mr. Kipnis’s client not only defeated all of these claims, but was awarded more than $17 million in damages in its own right, in addition to recovering its legal fees.
• A different top 5* EPCM firm successfully defend against more than $130 million in owner’s claims in connection with alleged errors in the detailed design of a $2 billion silicon manufacturing facility in Southern United States.
• A top 5* CM firm defeat more than $100 million in claimed construction errors in connection a $2 billion ammonia plant in U.S. Midwest.  Following an evidentiary hearing in an accelerated independent expert proceeding, Mr. Kipnis’s client prevailed on all claims.
• An owner of an African mineral slurry pipeline defend against scope change and prolongation claims by a contractor, and pursue delay and environmental damage claims.
• An owner of an African power plant defend against delay and disruption claims, and prosecute claims for defective work and delay, against a consortium of international contractors
• An owner of an African nickel and cobalt refining facility defend against prolongation and disruption claims, and prosecute delay claims, against a Korean contractor
• An owner of a major Illinois power plant pursue claims against a supplier of the air quality management system in excess of $50 million
• A major chemical process engineering firm defend against defect claims in connection with a calcium chloride manufacturing facility in Southern United States
• A well-known global water and environmental engineering firm to defend against engineering defect claims arising out of the design of a municipal water system in New York
• An international consortium of lenders enforce repayment terms of a $600 million loan (and related personal guarantee) against a developer in connection with a luxury hotel and condominium development in Chicago
• A global MEP design firm defend against a $25 million design defect and delay claim regarding a state-of-the-art courthouse in New York
• A top foreign-based global telecommunications EPC firm to conduct a series of worldwide internal investigations and to design a global compliance program following allegations of corruption and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Nigeria, and elsewhere
• Several of New York’s most prominent architectural and engineering firms defend against nearly $700 million in liability claims asserted by 9/11 first responders at the World Trade Center (WTC) site
• A global oilfield services EPC firm develop and deploy an effective compliance program following allegations of corrupt payments to foreign officials and officials of foreign state oil companies in Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, and elsewhere.

* As ranked by Engineering News-Record (ENR).