Handling complex international arbitration matters with strategic precision, deep sector fluency, and vigorous advocacy.
Investor - State Dispute Resolution
Our firm provides expert representation in international investment arbitration, protecting investors’ rights and defending sovereign state interests under bilateral investment treaties (BITs), multilateral conventions, and investment chapters of trade agreements. We combine deep legal knowledge with practical commercial insight to achieve strategic, cost-effective outcomes across the entire lifecycle of a dispute.
Services offered
Case assessment and strategic advisory: Comprehensive early-stage evaluation of claims and defenses, jurisdictional parameters, applicable public international law, and viable remedies.
Counsel and advocacy: Lead counsel representation before ICSID, UNCITRAL, and other prominent ad hoc arbitration forums, led by experienced oral advocates with an established record in complex disputes.
Treaty interpretation and preliminary objections: Strategic pleadings and advisory regarding jurisdictional challenges, treaty scope, admissibility, and state consent.
Quantum and damages expertise: Close coordination with leading economic and forensic experts to build robust valuation, loss, and causation models, accompanied by incisive cross-examination of opposing experts.
Interim measures and emergency relief: Rapid applications for provisional measures, asset preservation orders, and injunctive relief to safeguard rights and preserve vital evidence.
Enforcement and annulment proceedings: Multijurisdictional counsel for the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, as well as annulment and setting-aside proceedings where appropriate.
Risk management and dispute prevention: Pre-investment treaty structuring, risk due diligence, contract drafting, tailored dispute avoidance clauses, and crisis-response contingency planning.
International commercial disputes
We have extensive experience conducting institutional and ad hoc proceedings under leading arbitral rules, including ICC, LCIA, SIAC, and UNCITRAL, across complex cross-border commercial disputes. We represent multinational corporations, sovereign commercial entities, and financial institutions across all stages of dispute resolution, delivering focused advocacy and practical commercial solutions.
Services offered:
Case assessment and strategic evaluation: Early-stage analysis of merits, potential liabilities, prospective remedies, and global enforceability under the New York Convention.
Pleadings and procedural drafting: Formulation and drafting of requests for arbitration, notices, statements of claim and defence, rejoinders, and procedural applications.
Advocacy and hearing representation: Seasoned oral advocacy before arbitral tribunals, including opening and closing arguments, examination of factual witnesses, and cross-examination of technical and financial experts.
Tribunal selection and constitution: Strategic vetting, conflict assessment, and nomination of arbitrators, including fee negotiation and constitution management.
Procedural strategy and timetable management: Proactive procedural design, timetable control, early determination applications, and bifurcation strategies to streamline proceedings.
Evidence and document production: Coordination of document disclosure under the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence, electronic discovery supervision, and witness statement development.
Cost budgeting and risk management: Commercial pricing structures, disciplined cost budgeting, third-party funding advisory, and strategies to secure adverse-cost orders.
Emergency relief and interim measures: Urgent applications for emergency arbitrator appointments, provisional orders, asset preservation, and anti-suit injunctions.
Post-award enforcement and challenges: Multijurisdictional asset tracing, award recognition and enforcement, annulment and setting-aside proceedings, and structured settlement execution.