Arnold & Porter boasts a growing commercial arbitration practice, commended for life sciences arbitration and tech-related disputes. Disputes linked to Asia are a particular strength of the practice. San Francisco based Maria Chedid acts as chair of the practice, having acted on a number of ICC arbitrations involving the technology and energy industries. Chedid also plays a leading role in the ICDR’s global working group on technology and life science arbitration, bringing this expertise to the practice. The practice consists of a number of bilingual lawyers, allowing arbitrations to be handled in Spanish, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese, to list a few. Based in Washington DC, Paolo Di Rosa represents sovereign states in a number of multi-billion dollar claims, while Sally Pei focuses on transnational disputes and foreign sovereign immunity. Operating out of New York, Mélida Hodgson is a skilled investor-state arbitrator, and is particularly skilled in Latin America.
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Clients clés
- Airbus
- Bulgaria
- Chile
- Colombia
- Verisign, Inc.
- Samsung Electronics, Samsung Heavy Industries
- POSCO Energy
- Czech Republic
- Korea (South Korea)
- Panama
Points forts
- Represented Sweden in the first-ever investor-State arbitration against the State, initiated by the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei under the China-Sweden BIT.
- Acted for Honeywell International Inc., in a matter concerning breach of contract claims arising out of three risk and revenue sharing agreements executed between Kawasaki Heavy Industries (“KHI”) and Allied Signal (Honeywell’s predecessor in interest).
- Successfully represented Peru in an ICSID arbitration filed by Worth Capital Holdings 27 LLC under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.
Avocats
Hall of Fame
Avocats au sommet de leur profession, largement reconnus et respectés par l'ensemble du marché pour leur expertise éprouvée et leur intervention récurrente et longue date dans les dossiers les plus complexes et prestigieux.
Les grands avocats du marché
Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.
Maria Chedid
Mélida Hodgson
Responsable de la pratique
Maria Chedid
Autres avocats clés
Paolo Di Rosa; Mélida Hodgson; Sally Pei; Kenneth Chernof; James Herschlein; Marcus Asner