Amsterdam & Peroff

LONDON, July 11, 2011 - An important foreign-investor dispute in Uzbekistan escalated in recent weeks, as the Government of Uzbekistan elected to pursue a mudslinging strategy instead of good faith negotiations required under international law. The dispute involves a company owned by Oxus Gold plc (Oxus) - once Uzbekistan's largest foreign investor - and two entities controlled by the Government of Uzbekistan, all of whom joint venture in a precious metals extraction operation, Amantaytau Goldfields A.O.

LONDON, May 31, 2011 - In an interview published on 28th May in the Thai newspaper Khao Sod, the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Suthep Thaugsuban, issued a series of strongly-worded statements against the London-based international lawyer Robert Amsterdam, who, acting on behalf of the Red Shirt pro-democracy movement, seeks justice for the killings of protesters during the government crackdown during April and May 2010.

LONDON, May 9, 2011 - The Government of Uzbekistan has distributed false and misleading statements about one of the country's largest foreign investments, say lawyers for Oxus Gold PLC (Oxus).

BANGKOK and TOKYO, January 31, 2011 - Today lawyers acting on behalf of the Red Shirt pro-democracy movement are presenting a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague requesting prosecutors to open an inquiry into the situation in the Kingdom of Thailand relating to the alleged commission of crimes against humanity during the April/May crackdown of last year.

PARIS, June 10, 2010 - The panel established by the Thai authorities to investigate the violence against protestors in Bangkok over the period March to May lacks impartiality and independence, according to Robert Amsterdam of law firm Amsterdam & Peroff, legal advisors to the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship.