Veijo Heiskanen
Europe Guide 2024
International Arbitration: Most In Demand Arbitrators + 3 more rankings
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About
Provided by Veijo Heiskanen
Practice Areas
International arbitration, including commercial and investment arbitration. Focuses on the energy (including oil & gas), construction, infrastructure and mining sectors, as well as intellectual property and technology disputes. Vast experience as arbitrator, including as presiding arbitrator, in complex and high-value commercial and investment disputes. Previously served as Legal Adviser at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and as Deputy Chief of the Legal Service of the United Nations Compensation Commission.
Career
Joined LALIVE in 2002, Partner. Counsel and arbitrator in numerous international arbitration proceedings under most of the major arbitration rules, including the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, SCAI, SCC, WIPO and Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration – CRCICA.
Professional Memberships
Member of the SCC Board and of several panels of arbitrators, including ICSID, ICDR Energy Arbitrators List, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), and of numerous professional associations, including IBA, ILA, American Society of International Law, LCIA, IAI, ASA and Finnish Arbitration Association.
Publications
Author of numerous publications on international arbitration, including investment arbitration and public international law.
Personal
Languages: English, French and Finnish; working knowledge of German and Swedish
Chambers Review
Europe
Geneva-based Veijo Heiskanen is a strong choice for European states and state-owned companies regarding large-scale investor-state arbitrations under ICSID and ICC rules. He also handles cases seated in Finland and acts as president in various tribunals.
Veijo Heiskanen remains one of the standout arbitration counsel in Switzerland, with market-leading experience in high-profile ICSID and UNCITRAL proceedings, frequently representing states or state-owned companies. He has additional experience advising clients on construction arbitration and also acts as arbitrator.
Geneva-based Veijo Heiskanen is a strong choice for European states and state-owned companies regarding large-scale investor-state arbitrations under ICSID and ICC rules. He also handles cases seated in Finland and acts as president in various tribunals.
Veijo Heiskanen remains one of the standout arbitration counsel in Switzerland, with market-leading experience in high-profile ICSID and UNCITRAL proceedings, frequently representing states or state-owned companies. He has additional experience advising clients on construction arbitration and also acts as arbitrator.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is certainly a respected leader with a wealth of experience to learn from."
"Veijo Heiskanen is an outstanding strategist and brilliant mind."
"Veijo is an extraordinary professional, a guru in arbitration and extremely dedicated to his work."
"He is certainly a respected leader with a wealth of experience to learn from."
"Veijo Heiskanen is an outstanding strategist and brilliant mind."
"Veijo is an extraordinary professional, a guru in arbitration and extremely dedicated to his work."