International Arbitration: Highly Regarded - USA
What the team is known for
Eversheds Sutherland houses a highly regarded international arbitration practice group with a strong pedigree in commercial, investment treaty and public international law matters. Its clients include an enviable array of leading multinationals and sovereigns, who also benefit from the firm's additional resources in award enforcement and parallel litigation.
Strengths
"Eversheds always delivers top-notch legal services and useful, practical and effective legal advice."
"The team is extremely professional and provides advice that is actionable and takes into account business necessities. The team anticipates needs before being asked."
"All the Eversheds personnel I have dealt with have been knowledgeable and professional. They're very practical and commercially sensitive, I always get good real-world advice."
Work highlights
Eversheds acted for Future Pipe International to bring treaty claims against the Arab Republic of Egypt under the Netherlands-Egypt BIT, alleging the Egyptian Ministry of Housing passed decrees that made it virtually impossible for Future Pipe to sell its products.
Notable practitioners
Meriam Al-Rashid is a standout lawyer with a key focus on investment treaty arbitration matters. "She's a dynamic individual and a perceptive attorney."
William O'Brien's areas of expertise include both serving as counsel and representing clients in the enforcement of arbitral awards. "He combines depth of knowledge and commercial awareness with international experience and cultural empathy and understanding, without ever discounting effectiveness and efficiency. He can break complex problems into parts, solve the parts and build a holistic response."
