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Provided by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Orrick’s international arbitration practice acts for corporations, state-owned entities and governments in complex disputes often arising from transnational investments and transactions. Our practitioners work in highly specialised, multilingual teams (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic) that understand the business and priorities of Orrick’s energy and infrastructure, finance and technology clients. They arbitrate million- and billion-dollar disputes arising out of M&A and financial structuring transactions, turn-key infrastructure construction projects, worldwide commodities trading contracts, telecoms and IT agreements, oil & gas issues including long-term natural gas supply price reviews, renewable energy projects and life sciences licensing and intellectual property matters. Orrick also successfully represents both investors or States in all manner of ICSID, UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitrations arising out of bilateral or multi-lateral investment treaties, including the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Orrick’s lawyers have acted as arbitrators, whether party-appointed, sole or chair; have helped draft the rules for the ICC, OHADA and DIAC, and have decades of experience in non-arbitral forms of dispute resolution, including settlement negotiation, mediation and conciliation. They obtain provisional measures ancillary to arbitration, enforce awards against assets traced through investigation, and conduct proceedings to set aside arbitral awards.
Chambers Review
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe boasts a solid arbitration practice that leverages the strong reputations of key individuals to win instructions in high-value cases. The law firm acts for investors in ECT cases against European states. The team handles commercial cases relating to mining, real estate and contractual disputes.
Nicole Dolenz is a key contact at the firm.
Work Highlights
- Orrick represented Voigt & Collegen/SolEs Badajoz in EUR96 million ICSID proceedings against Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I was very impressed. The lawyers very thoroughly worked their way through large piles of documents and developed a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of the case. They have the big picture and overall strategy in mind and do not lose sight of that."
"Being strategic is a very good skill set and takes years to develop - the team at Orrick has this quality."
"I was very impressed. The lawyers very thoroughly worked their way through large piles of documents and developed a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of the case. They have the big picture and overall strategy in mind and do not lose sight of that."
"Being strategic is a very good skill set and takes years to develop - the team at Orrick has this quality."