International Arbitration

Orrick’s international arbitration practice acts for corporations, state-owned entities and governments in complex disputes often arising from transnational investments and transactions. Our practitioners work in highly specialised, multilingual teams (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic) that understand the business and priorities of Orrick’s energy and infrastructure, finance and technology clients. They arbitrate million- and billion-dollar disputes arising out of M&A and financial structuring transactions, turn-key infrastructure construction projects, worldwide commodities trading contracts, telecoms and IT agreements, oil & gas issues including long-term natural gas supply price reviews, renewable energy projects and life sciences licensing and intellectual property matters. Orrick also successfully represents both investors or States in all manner of ICSID, UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitrations arising out of bilateral or multi-lateral investment treaties, including the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Orrick’s lawyers have acted as arbitrators, whether party-appointed, sole or chair; have helped draft the rules for the ICC, OHADA and DIAC, and have decades of experience in non-arbitral forms of dispute resolution, including settlement negotiation, mediation and conciliation. They obtain provisional measures ancillary to arbitration, enforce awards against assets traced through investigation, and conduct proceedings to set aside arbitral awards.

Bühler, Michael W

Kaplan, Charles