Bledi Albri

Bledi advises on complex international arbitration matters, with experience spanning construction, energy, and banking disputes. He represents clients in high-stakes cross-border proceedings involving fraud, trusts, and intellectual property issues.

• Represented Italian investors in their investment treaty claim against an East African state for cancellation of a biofuels start-up project ($100 million value).
• Represented a Kazakh oil company in a London-seated UNCITRAL arbitration in the defence of a claim against a bank for breach of a corporate guarantee in relation to a construction project.
• Acted successfully for a Slovenian oil and gas company in a London-seated LCIA arbitration claim against a Croatian company for damages over $32 million arising out of a contract for the supply of petrol-related products.
• Acted successfully for an international construction company in a London-seated arbitration in a claim against a state respondent for damages of $6 billion arising out of a contract for the supply and processing of natural gas.
• Assisted in enforcement proceedings against a state respondent in respect of $350 million New York Convention arbitration award in the UK courts leading to a settlement.
• Acted for the majority shareholders of a BVI company in an unfair prejudice dispute in an ICC Arbitration and construction of the arbitration clause in a shareholder agreement which was ultimately decided in our clients’ favour in the Privy Council (Anzen Limited and Others v Hermes One Limited [2016] UKPC 1).
• Acted for a Brazilian oil and gas company in a London-seated arbitration against a Norwegian rig.
• Advised a Russian company in an LCIA claim in relation to a Put Option involving the operation of a copper mine.

Bledi represents clients in commercial litigation involving construction, oil and gas, banking, and IP disputes. He also acts in fraud and trust claims, offering strategic guidance in contentious multi-jurisdictional cases.

• Acted successfully for a wealthy Kuwaiti family in a claim for over $21 million against Credit Suisse UK Ltd for breach of FSA/FCA rules in selling index-linked notes and a related London-seated LCIA arbitration claim following the litigation.
• Acted for two governors of London schools, involving high-profile individuals in a claim involving conspiracy, fraud and breach of statutory law.
• Acted for the designer of the Stormtrooper helmets used in the Star Wars films in relation to unsuccessful copyright infringement proceedings brought by Lucasfilm in the Supreme Court (Lucasfilm Limited and Others v Ainsworth and Another [2011] UKSC 39).
• Acted for a Brazilian oil and gas company in one of the biggest recognition cases of cross-border insolvency in England and Wales.
• Acted for Russian Commercial Bank (Cyprus) Ltd in contempt proceedings against a defendant (Russian Commercial Bank (Cyprus) Ltd v Fedor Khoroshilov [2013] EWHC 3139 (QB), [2013] EWHC 4433 (Comm)).
• Acted for OJSC VTB Bank against two Russian directors and an English company in a tort and conspiracy claim in the Commercial Court (OJSC VTB Bank v Parline Limited and Others [2015] EWHC 1135).
• Acted for a travel company and related property companies in litigation against a former finance director for an account and payment of sums found to be due from the finance director in the Chancery Division and Court of Appeal.
• Advised the directors of a BVI company developing a villa complex in Brazil and bringing a successful injunction in the High Court to enforce a contractual option under section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
• Assisted in Inversiones Frieira & Others v Colyzeo Investors II LP & Others [2011] EWHC (Ch) 1762 involving the rights of limited partners in a real estate equity fund to the delivery up of its books and records.
• Assisted the defendants in one of the longest contempt hearings before the Commercial Court (Munib Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL & Others [2011] EWHC 1024 (Comm)).

Bledi advises oil and gas companies on international arbitration and commercial disputes.

• Acted for a Brazilian oil and gas company in one of the biggest recognition cases of cross-border insolvency in England and Wales.

• Acted for a Brazilian oil and gas company in a London-seated arbitration against a Norwegian rig.
• Represented a Kazakh oil company in a London-seated UNCITRAL arbitration in the defence of a claim against a bank for breach of a corporate guarantee in relation to a construction project.
• Acted successfully for a Slovenian oil and gas company in a London-seated LCIA arbitration claim against a Croatian company for damages over $32 million arising out of a contract for the supply of petrol-related products.

Bledi advises oil and gas companies on international arbitration and commercial disputes.

• Acted for a Brazilian oil and gas company in one of the biggest recognition cases of cross-border insolvency in England and Wales.

• Acted for a Brazilian oil and gas company in a London-seated arbitration against a Norwegian rig.
• Represented a Kazakh oil company in a London-seated UNCITRAL arbitration in the defence of a claim against a bank for breach of a corporate guarantee in relation to a construction project.
• Acted successfully for a Slovenian oil and gas company in a London-seated LCIA arbitration claim against a Croatian company for damages over $32 million arising out of a contract for the supply of petrol-related products.

Recognised by The Legal 500 for International Arbitration 2026

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Fraud: Civil 2021