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Chaffetz Lindsey LLP

International Arbitration: The Elite

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Chaffetz Lindsey’s New York-based international arbitration team currently handles arbitrations with a total value in excess of US$15 billion, involving over 20 jurisdictions globally, and under the rules of all major arbitral institutions.  These disputes involve a variety of industries, including energy, infrastructure, oil & gas, mining, engineering & construction, financial services, insurance, media, manufacturing, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals.  The team includes lawyers trained in both civil and common law systems and handles disputes in several languages, including English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

In addition to a broad commercial arbitration practice, the international arbitration team has expertise in public international law, including investment treaty disputes. The firm represents both investors and sovereigns before ICSID tribunals and in other leading fora, and regularly advises on investment structuring, risk mitigation, and claim negotiations. 

Chaffetz Lindsey also has significant experience in arbitration-related litigation, including enforcing arbitration awards and agreements, obtaining interim relief and other preliminary measures, seeking discovery, sovereign-related litigation and managing parallel multi-jurisdictional claims.  Several of the department’s team members also sit as arbitrators.

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International Arbitration: The Elite - USA - Nationwide

Band 2

What the Team is Known For
Chaffetz Lindsey is a versatile dispute resolution boutique with an extensive investor-state practice, acting for both sovereign states and corporate clients. The firm also offers a broad-based commercial dispute practice, with experience in fields including telecom, financial services, construction and energy. The team is identified for its deft handling of Latin American disputes, in addition to housing experience in arbitrations involving Europe and the Middle East, and fields significant multilingual capabilities and substantial experience acting in disputes conducted in Spanish.
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Work Highlights

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  • Chaffetz Lindsay represented APM Terminals in an ICSID dispute against the Government of Peru concerning breaches of the concession agreement for the construction and operation of the Callao Terminal, one of South America’s largest container ports.

Strengths

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  • They have the capabilities to work in Spanish, which is fundamental in Latin America, and they have a practical approach. They demonstrated excellent client management and understanding of their expectations.

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  • They stand out for the way the work collaboratively as a team within the firm, the company that they represent and local counsel. They add enormous value in planning and strategy, with focus on the client's need and they have an outstanding ability to first understand the business, even to its very details, and then plan the strategy.

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  • They're consummate professionals there. They're always well prepared, deeply insightful and strategic. It's been a consistently excellent experience with them, they're fantastic.

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  • As a boutique with very good, experienced partners, you get the best in knowledge and experience, at a more reasonable cost, and permanent availability. Based on their broad experience, they can add practical advice.

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  • They have a wonderful client management skills - they're very close to the client and very close to the case. They're very good with technical aspects and manage these particularly well, and they have a combination of common and civil law expertise.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Andreas Frischknecht
    Andreas Frischknecht

    Andreas Frischknecht

    Andreas Frischknecht has an excellent pedigree in litigating arbitral award enforcements, as part of a broader disputes practice.

    • He has an encyclopedic knowledge of enforcement and arbitration.

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    • He's simply impeccable.

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  • Aníbal Martin Sabater
    Aníbal Martin Sabater

    Aníbal Martin Sabater

    Aníbal Martin Sabater has particular expertise in Latin American matters, while also advising on commercial and investment treaty arbitrations across diverse jurisdictions. He is a sought-after arbitrator, frequently serving as chair or co-arbitrator.

    • He's a great opponent and a top-notch lawyer.

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    • He is excellent. he's very cooperative, hardworking, collegial and has very good judgment.

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    • Aníbal is one of the best at cross-examination. He sets the goals beforehand and he always delivers.

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    • Anibal has impressed me as someone who has good judgement, is very thorough, and takes things very seriously. He works hard, doesn't go along with a point for the sake of going along, and double-checks things, I think highly of him, he's a very good arbitrator who is very conscientious and hardworking.

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  • James Hosking
    James Hosking

    James Hosking

    James Hosking divides his practice between serving as counsel and sitting as arbitrator in high value international disputes, including both investment treaty and commercial claims.

    • He's an excellent choice. He's careful, hardworking, thoughtful and smart.

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    • He's a very, very skilled advocate.

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    • He writes really well, manages the process excellently and is a top-notch arbitrator.

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  • Yasmine Lahlou
    Yasmine Lahlou

    Yasmine Lahlou

    Yasmine Lahlou is experienced in both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. She has particular expertise in matters involving the energy and construction industries. Yasmine is also adept in handling enforcement matters.

    • Her multiculturalism is an asset to explain US proceedings to European or civil lawyers. She is very clear and help to understand the American system easily.

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    • Yasmine is an amazing lawyer and arbitrator. She's a very effective as arbitrator, she is extremely responsive and very fair as an arbitrator with an amazing legal mind.

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    • She's a very impressive, very skilled advocate.

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    • I have the upmost of respect for her. She's an incredibly bright practitioner.

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  • Caline Mouawad
    Caline Mouawad

    Caline Mouawad

    Caline Mouawad has a growing reputation for her work on both commercial and investor-state matters. She is highlighted for her fluency in French and Arabic, as well as her impressive advocacy skills.

    • She is an extremely experienced partner and her speaking multiple languages have been extremely helpful. She brings a lot of leadership and a cohesive approach for arbitration. She has deep expertise, is a great listener, and relates well to business people.

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    • She has excellent people skills, with great capacity to analyze and define strategy.

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    • She provides us with a very good, one-stop shop for some of complicated issues we need to deal with.

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  • Gretta Walters
    Gretta Walters

    Gretta Walters

    Gretta Walters enjoys a growing profile for her international arbitration practice, with clients benefiting from her impressive level of experience in commercial and treaty claims.

    • Gretta is super organized and efficient, she's very bright.

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    • She goes straight to the point, demonstrates a keen understanding and has valuable experience in the field.

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    • She has a strong legal mind, she was a delight to discuss through the issues and find answers.

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  • May Khoury
    May Khoury

    May Khoury

    May Khoury is a counsel at Chaffetz Lindsey's New York office. She is capable in handling both investor state and commercial disputes.

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