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What the Team is Known For

Three Crowns houses an acclaimed international arbitration outfit with an impressive client roster, featuring well-known names from the energy, natural resources, financial services, telecoms and engineering sectors. The firm fields a heavyweight team of arbitration specialists with expertise in both commercial arbitrations and investor-state disputes, acting for clients across Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. The team has extensive experience acting for clients in arbitrations under the rules of the major arbitration institutions, such as ICSID, the LCIA and the ICC. It is well versed in handling BIT claims and disputes brought under the Energy Charter Treaty.

Work Highlights

  • Three Crowns represented ConocoPhillips in an USD8 billion ICISID arbitration against Venezuela concerning the expropriation of the client's upstream assets in the Orinoco oil belt.

Strengths

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Three Crowns is an extremely flexible and business-focused counsel, juggling tremendous amounts of work and proactively considering the company's specific issues and priorities.

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Three Crowns distinguishes itself through its singular focus on international arbitration, combining strategic clarity, rigorous legal analysis and advocacy.

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They were customer-friendly, incredibly responsive and willing to listen to the client's various concerns to adapt their advice and legal strategy accordingly.

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Notable Practitioners

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Constantine Partasides
Constantine Partasides
Star Individuals
Constantine Partasides KC is a highly esteemed arbitration specialist acting for top-echelon clients in complex commercial and investment treaty disputes. He is also recognised for his capabilities as arbitrator.

Constantine provides excellent, thoughtful, strategic advice.

Constantine is incredibly eminent and brilliant.

He is very attuned to the needs of the client.

Constantine is without a doubt one of the best advocates of our age; a great orator who knows exactly how to deliver a case. He's got a very lovely and engaging style.

Constantine has impeccable advocacy skills; he can react quickly to tribunals and questions.

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Gaëtan Verhoosel
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Gaëtan Verhoosel
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Gaëtan Verhoosel KC has earned an excellent reputation for his extensive commercial and investor-state practice, handling arbitrations seated across the world and under the auspices of various institutions. He also accepts appointments as arbitrator.

Gaetan is incredibly knowledgeable and practical in his approach. He listens well to the changing temperaments of management and provides solutions as required.

Gaëtan is a top-ranking legal professional in all aspects.

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Reza Mohtashami KC
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Reza Mohtashami KC
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Reza Mohtashami KC devotes much of his arbitration practice to the energy and telecoms sectors, acting for various entities in high-value disputes such as those held under ICC rules. He has a particular focus on the Middle East.

He gets straight to the point and is very polished.

He can advise with a helicopter view and understand the best way to manage the subject.

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Leilah Bruton
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Leilah Bruton
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Leilah Bruton has particular expertise in energy, mining and telecoms disputes. She is experienced acting for clients in a range of jurisdictions and under a variety of different arbitral rules.

She has great attention to detail and has the macro-strategic vision in mind.

She is highly responsive, business-oriented and a pleasure to work with.

Leilah is not only a pleasure to work with, but an extremely knowledgeable and business-focused partner who is always aware of the material little details that can make a difference.

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Manish Aggarwal
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Manish Aggarwal has strong experience advising across both investor-state and commercial arbitrations.. His client roster includes sovereign states and corporates, and he is particularly capable in matters pertaining to energy.

Manish is very smart, thoughtful and gave strategic advice.

His strong legal acumen, commercial understanding and ability to anticipate procedural developments have been invaluable throughout.

His attention to detail is impressive.

Manish is really capable and a real gentleman. He is extremely hard-working and dedicated, and has good judgement and good people skills.

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Constantine Partasides KC
Constantine Partasides KC
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Gaëtan Verhoosel KC
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Gaëtan Verhoosel KC
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Reza Mohtashami KC
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Reza Mohtashami KC
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Leilah Bruton
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Leilah Bruton
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Manish Aggarwal
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Constantine Partasides KC
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Constantine Partasides KC
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