Robert Bolgar-Smith

Before joining Morgan Lewis, Robert worked at a major international law firm in London and for a nongovernmental organization that works with partners in developing countries to increase the effectiveness of democratic institutions.

• Advised one of the world’s largest investment companies on an investigation into potential breaches of financial regulations
• Advised a leading international co-work and hotel company on an investigation into allegations of improper use of funds by management, bribery, improper accounting and profit inflation, audit documentation falsification, misuse of COVID-19 support funds, and inadequate AML
• Advised an international technology company on an investigation into potential breaches of US/UK bribery and corruption charges by its Russian entity
• Advised on a complex LCIA arbitration against a governmental entity in relation to the construction of a floating offshore oil rig
• Advised on an ICC arbitration against a joint venture partner regarding the development of certain Kazakh oil sites
• Advised an oil trading company on a shipment of oil that was in breach of the contractual specifications, including on consequential issues for the governmental end user
• Advised on an ICC arbitration in relation to the construction of a gas storage facility
• Advised a major energy company in a pre-action dispute in relation to a solar power farm
• Advised a major international telecommunications company on an arbitration to enforce a share option agreement, including defending accusations of minority shareholder abuse and claims made to the local competition authority and criminal authorities
• Advised a government entity in a DIFC-LCIA arbitration on a complex multijurisdictional dispute in relation to the purchase and outfitting of military aircraft
• Advised on compliance programs and remediation work for a range of clients in areas including bribery and corruption, whistleblowing, financial crime, fraud, sanctions, and export controls