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Squire Patton Boggs

International Arbitration: Highly Regarded

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International Arbitration: Highly Regarded - USA

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Squire Patton Boggs is held in particularly high regard for its sovereign-side international arbitration practice and is regularly turned to for its pedigree in complex and high value investment treaty disputes. It fields notable strength in natural gas price review disputes, as part of its wide-ranging energy sector capabilities.
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Work Highlights

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  • Squire Patton Boggs achieved a victory for the Republic of Ecuador in an UNCITRAL investment arbitration against WorleyParsons International.

Strengths

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  • SPB has strong experience in international arbitration matters, particularly relating to oil and gas. They have an exceptional commitment to their clients, ensuring the best opportunity to succeed.

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  • Squire has a talented bench of partners and senior associates that know the cases inside out.

    International Arbitration: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal

  • SPB was able to grasp the pertinent issues in what was a very complex and specialized dispute and to articulate these effectively. They addressed these issues from a knowledge-based viewpoint.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Stephen Anway
    Stephen Anway

    Stephen Anway

    Stephen Anway regularly acts for states in investment treaty disputes as well as handling commercial mandates. His practice includes a focus on natural gas arbitrations.

    • Stephen always has an excellent overview of every element in a case.

      International Arbitration: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal

    • Stephen is an incredibly polished advocate, very articulate and eloquent. He has really deep expertise in gas pricing cases.

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  • Douglas Pilawa
    Douglas Pilawa

    Douglas Pilawa

    Douglas Pilawa is an associate involved in a wide variety of commercial arbitrations and investment treaty arbitrations. He is noted for his work in the telecoms and energy sector.

    • Douglas is very focused on the strategy for the case and has a great command of the quantum aspects of it.

      International Arbitration: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal

    • Douglas was very adept at picking up what were complex issues in a very niche dispute, identifying which of those issues were pertinent and how to address them.

      International Arbitration: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal

    • Douglas is a very strong advocate with excellent drafting skills and fantastic energy law experience.

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