Disputes (International & Cross-Border) | Global

Globally renowned for its leading international arbitration practice, which is driven by its New York and London teams, along with a highly rated cross-office strategy. The team's disputes offering also includes a range of commercial litigation, as well as securities matters. With its nine offices spanning three continents, Debevoise opts to focus on the three primary financial sectors in the world: New York, London and Hong Kong. For key markets beyond its office coverage, the firm typically engages with local counsel, enjoying strong relationships with a selection of acclaimed independent firms.

A formidable presence in the cross-border disputes space, Gibson Dunn remains a stellar choice for clients in multi-jurisdictional litigation. Its California base acts as the hub for environmental and mass tort litigation, and much of its international work is driven by market-leading commercial litigation practices in Washington DC and New York. The team carries out a large amount of cross-office work domestically and internationally, utilising its solid footprint. In addition to its own office coverage, the law firm is part of an ever-growing network of independent firms in various jurisdictions across the world from which it can choose to coordinate with local counsel. The choice of counsel is entirely flexible for clients but is often preceded by a comprehensive vetting process.

Latham & Watkins is recognised as an excellent option for clients who require counsel on highly complex and multifaceted cross-border matters. The law firm provides an impressive, well-integrated team across its global offices and is praised for consistently excelling across multiple practice areas and sectors, while delivering an internationally-oriented approach and comprehensive global support. The law firm has an unsurpassed global strength, and its effective coordination across its international network is key to its appeal among high-profile multinational corporations, banks and investment funds.

Skadden has a premium global practice which has built widespread coverage and expertise across regions and areas of law on the foundation of its longstanding, market-leading reputation for US law advice. The firm has strength in depth across UK and European teams in transactional and contentious areas, which makes the firm a leading choice for sophisticated transatlantic matters. It has an excellent presence in key Asian markets, plus a São Paulo office, which also boosts the firm’s global offering. The firm is a dominant force on international M&A, finance and energy transactions. It also regularly navigates clients through cross-border disputes, investigations and arbitration as coordinating counsel.

New York-headquartered Davis Polk has high-end capabilities across transactional, regulatory and contentious areas. It is set up to serve global clients and project-manage matters from key financial centres, including London, Beijing and Hong Kong, and collaborates with selected partner firms in other jurisdictions for local law aspects. Primarily serving large US and international investment banks, financial institutions and corporates, the firm has extensive experience handling sophisticated, multi-jurisdictional M&A, financing and capital markets offerings, as well as running international investigations and disputes, including global antitrust files.

New York-headquartered Paul, Weiss has a strong corporate identity and culture, offering high-end M&A capabilities. The firm's typical clients include financial institutions, multinational companies and large private equity houses and asset managers. For global work anchored in the USA or with US aspects, the firm is a strong choice for transactional work such as M&A, financing and private equity investments. The firm's own offices connect its US base with presence in Europe and Asia, and it is also known to collaborate effectively with high-end firms in other jurisdictions.

Sidley Austin is frequently sought out by international clients for its global sector expertise, with the law firm's focus built around strong relationships with clients in financial service, energy, life sciences and biotechnology. While the law firm's US base remains the central hub of its global operations, Sidley Austin also attracts ample praise for its ability to join up experts across its platform throughout Europe and Asia, with offices in London, Singapore and China among others also playing a vital role in the firm's international appeal. The law firm has an impressive ability to handle global transactions, disputes and investigations, enabling it to provide a comprehensive service on sophisticated matters for clients in its key industry groups.

Sullivan & Cromwell can boast a highly rated, globally integrated disputes team, driven predominantly by its New York office. It is renowned for its focus on the financial sector and representing banks in a variety of disputes and investigations arising from the 2008 crisis. It also boasts a market-leading securities practice. The law firm is noted for its capacity to handle cross-border cases, with the aid of its international offices, including teams in Hong Kong, London, Paris and Frankfurt, as well as a recently established practice in Brussels. For jurisdictions beyond the law firm's office coverage, the team typically coordinates with local counsel, drawing upon a list of firms with which it enjoys a strong relationship.

Boasts a top-class international arbitration practice with a formidable reputation in investment treaty disputes on both the claimant side and state side, particularly in emerging markets. The team is also active in commercial arbitration across a broad range of sectors with a complete service for all kinds of cross-border disputes. Also a popular choice for international trade matters, with regular instructions on trade remedies cases for multinational corporations and governments. Its New York office houses an impressive commercial litigation team, well versed in consumer class actions and bankruptcy disputes. The law firm's Miami office acts as a gateway to the Latin America market, and its DC office attracts a lot of litigation and arbitration work for sovereigns.

The law firm's revered New York practice has leading expertise in securities actions and commercial litigation. The firm's impressive roster of litigators frequently represent its elite client base of corporates and financial institutions in matters with international elements and are particularly noted for their expertise in RMBS claims. The team is additionally well versed in antitrust disputes, with the capacity to coordinate multi-jurisdictional class actions. For cross-border disputes, the firm routinely coordinates with top-tier law firms in a variety of countries, including the UK, Germany, Japan and Australia. Cravath frequently represents non-US corporations in disputes overseas, and is notably active in the Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions.

The law firm houses a first-class international trade practice operating out of its Washington DC office, with particular expertise in overseas trade remedies and global sanctions. Additionally prominent in food-related litigation, regularly representing domestic and international trade associations and leading food manufacturers in FDA disputes. The US team is also active in the international arbitration space, utilising its extensive global office coverage with notable expertise in disputes across Latin America and the Middle East. Another notable feature of Hogan Lovells' global disputes offering is its representation of sovereigns across the world. Its extensive regulatory capabilities reinforce the firm's strength in certain sectors, including aviation and e-commerce. Other areas of strength include international disputes related to nuclear energy, FERC litigation, cross-border commercial litigation and class action claims.

Its market-leading international arbitration practice is at the forefront of the law firm's global disputes offering, with considerable expertise in investment treaty and commercial arbitral matters. In addition to its nationwide platform, King & Spalding's global footprint facilitates its strength in Latin American, East Asian and European matters. The law firm leverages its deep bench and regulatory experience to effectively represent its clients in a broad range of class actions, as well as multi-jurisdictional tobacco and pharmaceutical litigation. Its practitioners are additionally seasoned in international trade matters, including trade remedies, export controls and economic sanctions.

Highly rated for its international work across a broad range of regulated industries, Arnold & Porter frequently acts as global counsel to a host of leading multinational companies in the life sciences sector. The law firm is particularly highlighted for its high-end expertise in regulatory issues and product liability cases, coordinating advice on the global development and distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical devices across the USA, the EU and Asia. 

The law firm's large, globally integrated practice includes a particularly coordinated offering between its New York, Chicago and London teams to provide an effective cross-border service to its clients. It boasts a strong presence in the international trade space, which includes a market-leading US-wide customs team. Additionally offers expertise in international arbitration matters, and the Chicago office houses a notable commercial litigation offering. Baker McKenzie is able to draw upon the local expertise of a wide array of countries, due to its impressively vast global network.

The law firm is a notable player in the international disputes space, offering a broad range of litigation expertise. Leading the way is its formidable international trade team, operating out of Washington DC and acting for a high-profile selection of domestic and international clients. The all-encompassing team boasts considerable experience in handling economic sanctions, export controls, trade remedies and policy issues. Its lawyers are also sought after for their leading expertise in food-related litigation and regulation. Covington & Burling's prominence in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors renders it a popular choice for multi-jurisdictional product liability claims, patent litigation and an array of commercial disputes. The law firm also houses a 'Global Problem-Solving' group, a globally integrated team of lawyers, diplomats and policy professionals formed to develop and consolidate a holistic international strategy.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Crowell & Moring advises multinational corporations on international trade disputes, with particular expertise in customs litigation. Additionally active in export controls and economic sanctions, representing clients in the TMT, transport and insurance sectors, in cases concerning licence applications and government investigations. The law firm has additional offices in New York and California, along with teams in London, Brussels and Shanghai, which facilitates cross-border coordination on multi-jurisdictional matters.

The law firm's disputes offering includes a strong product liability practice operating out of the Philadelphia office, wherein the team boasts an impressive track record in toxic torts litigation. It also frequently represents major names in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries in multi-jurisdictional product liability claims. The New York team is noted for its securities and restructuring practice, with regular instructions on high-stakes mutual fund disputes and insolvency litigation. It also houses a dedicated international arbitration team, and both offices are additionally active in antitrust litigation, including follow-up claims.

Jones Day’s US offices are often referenced as the central pillar of its global operations and offer excellent cross-border capabilities to US-headquartered multinationals and international clients. Teams across its US offices are relied upon to coordinate complex cross-border mandates and utilise the law firm's broad global presence across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific to give clients a practical advantage when dealing with international issues. The US practice represents the firm's largest concentration of resources and its most in-depth hub of expertise worldwide, covering a full-service range of practice areas and lawyers with international experience across its platform.

As a top-tier New York practice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is regularly sought out by major private equity firms and global corporations as a go-to law firm for advice on international transactional mandates. Primarily handling high-end mergers and acquisitions as well as sophisticated fund formation, financing and cross-border tax matters, the law firm's New York office is a significant hub of global expertise. It frequently coordinates cross-border work with the firm's other international offices across Europe, Latin America and Asia and with carefully chosen independent co-counsel from other jurisdictions.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has forged an excellent reputation internationally through a global platform principally built around its transactional capabilities. The law firm's primary headquarters in New York and its impressive London base both act as important global hubs and are coupled with a far-reaching network of offices which extends across the USA and Europe, with Asian operations run from China. All the law firm's offices have a principal focus on advising international banks, large multinational corporations and private equity funds. The law firm typically offers strength in cross-border finance, restructuring, high-end M&A and tax across its platform. 

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle has globally-recognised international trade specialists who regularly represent a wide array of multinational clients in WTO litigation, trade remedies and bilateral trade negotiations. Additionally reputed for its international arbitration and public international law offering, notably acting for state entities and sovereign states in investor-state arbitrations, as well as commercial disputes. Its arbitration expertise extends to Latin America, with particular strength in representing the Mexican and Venezuelan states in commercial and investment treaty matters. Beyond its traditional New York base, the law firm has an established global footprint with offices in key financial centres across the world, including London, Paris, Dubai, Frankfurt, Buenos Aires and Beijing. The law firm's D.C. office frequently collaborates with the increasingly prominent Geneva team for WTO disputes.

Foley Hoag is a world-renowned public international law boutique with a particularly acclaimed inter-state arbitration practice. The law firm boasts a formidable reputation for representing clients before the ICJ and ITLOS in arbitrations pertaining to boundary delimitation, sovereignty rights and armed conflict. The team is also uniquely positioned to represent sovereign states before the UN. Headquartered in Boston, the firm has additional offices in New York, Washington DC and Paris. To facilitate cross-border work, the law firm is part of the elite Lex Mundi network, an association of independent law firms spanning across 100 countries on five continents, providing an accessible platform for cross-office collaboration in multi-jurisdictional disputes. Foley Hoag is particularly well established in Latin America, frequently representing national governments and state-owned enterprises in commercial and investor-state arbitrations.

Highly recognised for its strength and excellent handling of cross-border mandates, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is adept at bringing an international mindset to resolving disputes. It has an international disputes practice experienced in high-value cross-border work. Freshfields has offices throughout the USA, including in New York, Silicon Valley and Washington DC. Beyond the USA, the law firm has teams in multiple jurisdictions throughout the world including the UK, Singapore and the UAE.

Reputed for its strong international arbitration practice, Hughes Hubbard is particularly adept at commercial, investor-state and state-to-state disputes. The group is also recognised for its expertise in multi-jurisdictional disputes involving Brazil and Venezuela, notably investor-state arbitrations. Its practitioners are additionally experienced in international trade, regularly representing multinational corporations, governments and trade associations in cases concerning export controls, economic sanctions and trade remedies. The law firm's scope of expertise also includes product liability defence, particularly within the pharmaceutical and tobacco sectors, as well as mass torts that are cross-border and carry global implications. Based in New York, Hughes Hubbard has additional offices in Washington, D.C., Missouri, Florida and California. The law firm's footprint also extends beyond the USA, with offices in Paris and Tokyo and a partnership with Saud Advogados in Rio de Janeiro.