Practices

Investment Treaty Arbitration

Representing companies and sovereigns in the leading investment treaty disputes in the world

Why Cooley

  • 25 litigators in New York and London focused on representing foreign investors and sovereign states in investor-state arbitrations pursuant to bilateral and multilateral investment treaties under every major set of arbitral rules (ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC)   

  • Serving clients in 90 countries across six continents

  • Deep knowledge and level of insight into the leading arbitrators in investor-state arbitrations

  • Decades of successfully defending clients' interests in complex cases and providing strategic advice on investment planning and structuring to attract investment treaty protection

  • Frequently serve as lead counsel in landmark representations and cutting-edge issues of public international law

  • Multilingual team includes lawyers trained and qualified in a variety of both civil and common-law systems and fluent in multiple languages

  • Several arbitration partners serve as arbitrators

  • Significant experience with all aspects of third-party funding and insurance industries for litigation funding

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Recognition

  • The American Lawyer – Global Dispute of the Year: Commercial Arbitration award (2015)
  • Legal 500 UK: International Arbitration
  • Financial Times – Innovative Lawyers: Standout, Dispute Resolution (2012, 2015)
  • Law360: Litigation Powerhouse
  • Chambers US & UK: International Arbitration; Commercial Litigation

 

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