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Deniz Akduman

Deniz Akduman

Associate

London +44 20 7067 2311

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  • About

    Deniz Akduman is an English-qualified associate in Covington’s International Arbitration Practice Group, based in the London office. Deniz’s practice covers a broad range of contentious matters, including complex international commercial arbitration, investor-state disputes, and commercial litigation. Deniz has experience of international arbitration disputes under major institutional rules including the LCIA, LMAA, and ad hoc proceedings under the UNCITRAL rules. Deniz has advised on disputes across a range of industries including the energy, transport, and telecoms sectors.

    Deniz is an active member of Covington’s Turkey Initiative.

    Deniz is also a co-lead of the firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Book Club.

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  • Representative Matters
    • Acting for a claimant telecommunications company in fraud claims arising from English and foreign law governed contracts concerning the development of a telecommunications network (LCIA Rules).
    • Acting for the Republic of Lithuania in a c. $12 billion investment treaty arbitration brought by a Belarussian state-owned entity concerning the termination of a transportation agreement (UNCITRAL Rules).
    • Representing a global energy utility defending a $5 billion claim by a Sub-Saharan African state under a fuel supply agreement.
    • Acting for an international investment management company in respect of a claim brought by its former client, an AIM-listed property fund, for breach of fiduciary duty and related non-disclosure.
    • Representing an ultra-high-net-worth individual in a $3.5 billion fraud claim, involving significant High Court proceedings and global litigation in a dozen jurisdictions.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • BPP University, LL.M., 2024
        • LLM Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE 1 and SQE 2)
        • Distinction
    • London School of Economics and Political Science, LL.M., 2022
        • LLM Corporate and Commercial Law
    • Queen Mary, University of London, LL.B., 2021
        • Law LLB
        • First Class Honours (awarded the Principal’s Prize and the Department of Law Prize for Academic Excellence in Company Law)
    Bar Admissions
    • Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
    Languages
    • Turkish
    • English
    Pro Bono
    • Advised on UK immigration law matters on behalf of client, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND).

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