Disputes (International & Cross-Border)
Global Guide 2024 : USA
Band 5
About
Provided by Foley Hoag LLP
Our practice includes over 50 experienced attorneys from across the globe, fluent in more than 20 languages who represent more than 60 sovereign States close to 200 public international law litigations and arbitrations and international investment and commercial arbitrations, with an extraordinary record of success. Our practice stands out for its experience representing Sovereign States in litigations against other States before International Tribunals. This past year Foley Hoag has maintained its status as the leading law firm in cases before the ICJ, ITLOS, and other tribunals representing Armenia, Guyana, Mauritius, The Gambia and Qatar.
In the Investor-State field, Foley Hoag is known for exclusively representing Sovereign States and their entities, and has successfully represented clients in multi-million and billion dollar disputes in various sectors, recently obtaining victories for Croatia and Uruguay.
Its international commercial arbitration practice advises both private entities and state-owned enterprises, recently obtaining victories for Bangladesh state-owned entities and for Pierre Fabre USA and Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetique SAS. Before U.S. Courts, the firm defends States and State-owned entities involving international issues. For four decades, our attorneys have successfully represented our Sovereign clients in a wide range of matters, recently obtaining victories for Brazil, Peru, Tajik Air and Tanzania.
Chambers Review
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Foley Hoag are very responsive with a large network of worldwide firms."
"Foley Hoag has a sizeable team of Spanish-speaking and French-speaking attorneys who adequately satisfiedthe language needs in the cases in which they represented us."
"Foley Hoag are very responsive with a large network of worldwide firms."
"Foley Hoag has a sizeable team of Spanish-speaking and French-speaking attorneys who adequately satisfiedthe language needs in the cases in which they represented us."