International arbitration
Whether you are a multinational corporation, international investor, private equity business or Government, our arbitration practice can help you to resolve your international disputes.
Our dedicated arbitration team works with clients around the world to resolve major commercial and investor-state disputes across a wide range of sectors including oil and gas, natural resources, infrastructure, manufacturing, technology, construction and finance. We are also one of the leading firms handling arbitration in the sports, luxury brands and arts sectors and act for some of the most high-profile and dynamic clients in these markets. The geographic range of our cases crosses Europe, Anglophone and Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, the CIS, Asia Pacific and the Americas. Our multilingual team works in numerous languages on our arbitrations.
We act as strategic advisors, counsel and advocates. Our work covers the entirety of arbitration cases, from initial case analysis through to successful enforcement of arbitral awards. We also serve as arbitrators and are prominent as thought leaders in the field. Our team contains more than 20 arbitration lawyers around the world, including London, Milan, Singapore, New York and the British Virgin Islands, working on both arbitrations under all the major arbitration rules (including ICC, LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL, SIAC, HKIAC, CAM and SCC) and pure ad hoc arbitrations.
Singapore partner Deborah Barker SC explains that ‘Arbitration is consensual and can be appropriately tailored to be relatively quick compared with court proceedings. And for enforcement, arbitration frequently enjoys a significant advantage owing to the New York Convention’.
Legal 500 described us as ‘extremely tactically aware’ and The Legal Business Disputes Yearbook has hailed partner Hussein Haeri as ‘a name that is destined to join the pantheon of stars in the international arbitration arena’. Our clients praise as ‘exceptionally valuable’ our ‘know-how on how to navigate international arbitrations’ and our ‘excellent customer focus’. They acknowledge our ‘deep technical knowledge’ and ‘sound judgment’, describing our communication skills as ‘simply amazing’.
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Hussein Haeri combines deep technical knowledge of investment treaty arbitration with clarity of strategic direction and impressive project management skills. He demonstrates excellent customer focus and sound judgement
I would definitely recommend Withers Law Firm for international arbitration. Mr Hussein Haeri and his team acted as legal counsel for Gemmo in a high value international arbitration which we won, and I can say they were all highly experienced, extremely helpful and always available to discuss strategies, with an eye to meeting the client’s needs and requests.
Hussein Haeri’s strategic advice and know-how on how to navigate international arbitrations has proved to be exceptionally valuable over the two years we have been working together.
Hussein Haeri’s ability to connect to our people here and to simply explain different scenarios is amazing.
Withers has delivered positive results for us in three significant disputes resolved through arbitration. In each instance, the Withers team has delivered a great service along with a well-defined strategy for pursuing each matter.
A reliable and erudite expert’ and ‘always considers the real benefit for our company.
When we found ourselves drawn into an international dispute, we wanted a law firm which would pay close attention throughout the case and be able to effectively manage the proceedings taking place in a number of jurisdictions. Withers’ arbitration team were constantly in touch to keep us in the picture, and expertly managed a complex situation to deliver a welcome result for us.
Withers LLP’s ‘client-care is amongst the best around’. The practice regularly acts in sectors such as infrastructure, oil and gas, and mining; it also has a robust investment treaty practice. The co-international arbitration heads are Hussein Haeri, who is ‘a standout operator’, and special counsel Eleni Polycarpou, who ‘never leaves any stone unturned’. Tatiana Menshenina ‘has a near-unrivaled understanding of Russian and CIS-related commercial disputes’; global head of litigation Peter Wood is ‘very impressive’; and special counsel Georgina Bayley ‘gives clear-headed advice’.
Withers LLP has demonstrated a mastery of the law and practice in this field’. The international arbitration group is jointly led by Hussein Haeri and Eleni Polycarpou. The investor-state arbitration practice acts in Middle East and Africa matters, particularly in the infrastructure and energy sectors; the firm also has a robust commercial arbitration practice involving parties from CIS countries, as well as related jurisdictions such as Cyprus and the BVI.
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Italian energy company ICSID arbitration
Construction dispute and ad hoc arbitration in North Africa
Energy company UNCITRAL arbitration against Pakistan
ICC motorway arbitrations
Cypriot company in a USD$72 million arbitration
Caspian Sea $20 million arbitration
Russian real estate project in LCIA arbitration
Multi-million dollar digital entertainment arbitration
Italy-CIS dispute over contract and arbitration venue
Multi-billion dollar energy arbitration
LCIA arbitration in art sector
A luxury yacht builder
A regional education provider in Singapore in a cross border arbitration
We advised our client (the Claimant) in a cross border arbitration under the SIAC Rules involving claims of USD $70 million. Our client entered into a funding arrangement with a private equity firm, allowing the funder to acquire shares and/or control in a company which acquires, runs and manages schools, and the arbitration concerned the corporate structure and approach to governance and controls.
Greek TV merger leads to arbitration
Croatian gaming concession arbitration
India Ukraine arbitration
Acting for a major Chinese conglomerate
Acting for an Italian waste management company
Representing a German recycling company
Advising an American company on a potential NAFTA claim
Representing an Estonian company in an investment treaty arbitration
Acting on the challenge to an investment treaty arbitration award in the High Court
Acting for a UK company in an LCIA arbitration
Representing the Claimant in an LCIA arbitration
Representing the Respondent in an LCIA arbitration concerning the forestry sector in a CIS country.
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