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International Arbitration: Investor-State Arbitration - UK-wide

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

A&O Shearman is highly regarded for its stellar track record in representing sovereign states and corporates in high-value investment treaty disputes. The firm has considerable experience carrying out its own advocacy before courts and tribunals. It is also adept at handling a number of other PIL matters, such as ECT and BIT claims, sovereign immunity concerns and international treaty drafting. The firm's practitioners regularly appear before tribunals under the auspices of UNCITRAL, ICSID and LCIA rules, among others. The team is experienced across a number of industries, acting for clients in the financial services, energy and telecoms sectors.

Work Highlights

  • A&O Shearman continued to advise The Kingdom of Morocco in a USD2.7 billion investment treaty claim brought by Corral Morocco Holdings AB regarding the privitisation of Morocco’s only oil refinery, SAMIR.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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David Herlihy
2
David Herlihy
2
Band 2

David Herlihy has a strong practice representing investors and sovereign states in high-value and often-novel investment treaty claims. He demonstrates notable strength in ICSID disputes and has experience acting for European and Middle Eastern entities.

David is an excellent, talented practitioner.

Mark A Levy
2
Mark A Levy
2
Band 2

Mark Levy KC is a well-known arbitration specialist with a notable depth of expertise in the oil and gas sector. He often acts in arbitrations under LCIA rules and in disputes that involve complex political and foreign law issues.

Mark is a heavy-hitting specialist in the field and does an absolutely fantastic job.

Mark has a winning mentality and is diligent.

Mark has excellent intuition.

He gets into the details of the case.

James Freeman
3
James Freeman
3
Band 3
James Freeman has a wide-ranging arbitration practice, acting for major clients in the oil and gas, financial services and telecoms sectors in a range of LCIA, UNCITRAL and ICC proceedings.

James is super intelligent and has a very rigorous mind and good judgement.

James is extremely well prepared and thoughful.

James is a brilliant strategic mind whom you will never catch by surprise, staying calm even in the heart of the storm. A superb combination of strategy and fighting the detail.

Guled Yusuf
6
Guled Yusuf
6
Band 6

Guled Yusuf has noteworthy experience advising clients in both commercial and investor state arbitrations. He is well versed in a number of rules including ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC and SIAC. His client base include sovereign states and corporate clients across a range of sectors.

He is a very good advocate, and is very smart and thorough in the way he approaches his cases.

He is highly responsive and incredibly technical. He applies his technical ability with a strategic lense.

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David Herlihy SC
2
David Herlihy SC
2
Band 2
Mark A Levy KC
2
Mark A Levy KC
2
Band 2
James Freeman
3
James Freeman
3
Band 3
Guled Yusuf
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Guled Yusuf
6
Band 6