About

Provided by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick’s international arbitration practice acts for corporations, state-owned entities and governments in complex, high-value disputes arising from transnational investments and transactions. Their arbitration practitioners work in highly-specialized, multilingual teams (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic) with an understanding of the business strategies and priorities of Orrick’s energy and infrastructure, finance, and technology clients. They arbitrate million- and billion-dollar disputes relating to M&A and financial structuring transactions, turn-key infrastructure construction projects, worldwide commodities trading contracts, telecommunications and IT agreements, oil & gas, including long-term natural gas supply price reviews, renewable energy projects in solar and wind, life sciences licensing and intellectual property matters. Orrick also represents both investors or States in ICSID, UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitrations arising out of bilateral or multi-lateral investment treaties, including the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Orrick’s lawyers act 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 complex settlement negotiation, mediation and conciliation. They obtain from national courts provisional measures ancillary to arbitration, enforce awards against assets traced through investigation, and conduct proceedings to set aside arbitral awards.

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International Arbitration - France
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What the team is known for

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.

Notable practitioners

Nicole Dolenz is a key contact at the firm.

Work Highlights

Provided by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • Orrick represented Voigt & Collegen/SolEs Badajoz in EUR96 million ICSID proceedings against Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty.

Strengths

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