Andrea Utasy Clark
Legal Director
Andrea specialises in the Energy and Infrastructure sectors, with a focus on contentious and non-contentious construction and engineering matters as well as corporate crime and investigations.
Andrea's experience
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Represented a Chinese contractor in expert determination proceedings against a Saudi developer concerning claims arising out of a contract for building and engineering works on a giga-project in Saudi Arabia.
- Saudi Arabia
- Infrastructure
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Advising a Qatari contractor in connection with an ICC arbitration seated in Qatar against a Qatari developer concerning claims in excess of USD 50 million arising under a contract for the design and refurbishment of a five-star hotel in Qatar.
- Qatar
- Infrastructure
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Advising a multi-national consortium of contractors on multiple FIDIC adjudications, litigation in South Africa, and an ad hoc arbitration under the AOA Rules seated in South Africa against a South African HVAC subcontractor concerning claims exceeding US$2 billion arising under two EPC contracts for two coal-fired power stations in Africa.
- Cross-border
- Infrastructure
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Advising a consortium of globally active Nikkei 225 corporations in connection with disputes against an Indonesian developer concerning claims in excess of US$1 billion arising under two contracts for the construction of a 2,000 MW coal-fired power plant turnkey project in Indonesia
- Cross-border
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advising a main contractor in a Project Counsel capacity appointed in respect of an iconic project in Dubai, UAE with a construction value of AED 2 billion.
- AED 2bn
- United Arab Emirates
- Infrastructure
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Advised a civil engineering consultancy firm as the independent investigation counsel following the client's settlement with the World Bank in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA, Vietnam and India. This included identifying potential sanctionable practices occurring in respect of certain Bank-financed contracts to which the client or a sanctioned affiliate is a party.
- Cross-border
- Infrastructure
Credentials
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2026Future Leaders – Non-Partners, Lexology Index: Arbitration, Singapore
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2026Future Leaders – Non-Partners, Lexology Index: Construction, Singapore
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2025Future Leaders – Non-Partners, Lexology Index: Construction, Singapore
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2024Rising Star, Legal 500: Construction, Asia Pacific
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2017Joined Pinsent Masons
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2010Pepperdine University School of Law - Juris Doctor (cum laude)
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2010Qualified - California
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2007University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) - Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology (magna cum laude)
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