Vasilis Pappas

Vasilis Pappas is Co-Head of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Construction Group. He is a recognized leader in the fields of domestic and international commercial arbitration, investor-state arbitration, and construction litigation and arbitration. He has been recognized by clients and market commentators as “a prominent figure in the arbitration world” who “gives expert advice”, “wins considerable support for his articulacy, responsiveness and quality of service”, and "is well regarded for his experienced work on international disputes related to the energy and mining sectors" (Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business).

Vasilis has represented companies all over the world in complex commercial disputes worth many billions of dollars in a diverse range of sectors, including energy, mining, banking, insurance, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals. He has particular expertise in construction disputes, acting for owners, contractors, subcontractors and engineers in a wide range of disputes arising from large construction projects.

Vasilis has acted as arbitration counsel under all of the world's leading international arbitration rule systems, including ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICDR, AAA, JAMS, SIAC, HKIAC, VanIAC and ADRIC, and as litigation counsel before the courts of the United States and Canada. Vasilis also represents sovereign states and multinational companies in investor-state disputes under the ICSID Convention, NAFTA Chapter Eleven, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Energy Charter Treaty and other bilateral and multilateral investment treaties.