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International Arbitration: Investor-State Arbitration - UK
What the Team is Known For
Volterra Fietta is a formidable boutique specialising in PIL and investor-state arbitrations. It regularly represents international corporations and sovereign states in oil and gas BIT disputes. The firm also provides advice on treaty interpretation and state responsibility.
Strengths
Volterra Fietta have always been available and on time.
Volterra Fietta is intellectually exceptionally strong.
The overall strategy that was adopted by Volterra Fietta proved the effectiveness and their real ability to grasp complex issues and anticipate early the direction of the case.
Work Highlights
Volterra Fietta represented KN-Holding and Severgroup LLC in an ad hoc arbitration against the French Republic, under the France-Russia bilateral investment treaty. This case concerns the termination of a goldmining project in French Guiana.
Notable practitioners
Robert Volterra is a formidable arbitration specialist with long-standing expertise in investor-state arbitration. He attracts an impressive international client base with a broad caseload of complex investment treaty claims, and is experienced in acting as both counsel and arbitrator.
Robert Volterra is fantastic; he performed excellently.
Robert is very knowledgeable, straightforward, drafts effectively and thinks super strategically.