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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYDISPUTE RESOLUTION:
BOOMING AND BRANCHING OUT P.12
LEADERSTHE 50 PEOPLE OF THE YEAR
IN LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION P.24
RANKINGS
NORTH AMERICA P.82
SOUTH AMERICA P.54
EUROPE P.97
ASIA P.171
AFRICA P.185
EXPERT VIEWSAN INTRODUCTION
TO THIRD-PARTY FUNDING P.190
DIRECTORYFUNDS P.201
ONLINE ARBITRATION PLATFORM P.203 INVESTIGATION & LITIGATION EXPERTS P.198
LAW FIRMS P.204
David W. Rivkin IBA
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Gary Born Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
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Richard Hill Royal Dutch Shell
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Pierre Mayer Arbitrator
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Teresa Giovannini Lalive
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William W. Park Boston University
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Hermes Marcelo Huck Lilla, Huck, Otranto, Camargo Advogados
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Leslie Perrin Association of Litigation Funders
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Patricia Shaughnessy Stockholm University
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José Maria Alonso Puig Arbitration Court, Madrid Bar Association
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ANTITRUST • CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LITIGATION • INSURANCE • LITIGATION FUNDS
Alexis Mourre ICC Court of Arbitration
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ELODIE SIGAUX ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR
As globalization continues, international disputes arise. Parties of different nationalities sign contracts with implications in far corners of the planet, for which both jurisdiction and applicable law are not always pre-determined.
One should thus ask himself the right questions. In case of conflict, should I choose to resort to arbitration or to another alternative dispute resolution method? Should I rather submit the dispute to traditional judges, and if so, before what jurisdiction?
Rising competition among seats and institutionsWhen resorting to arbitration, then the seat and eventually the arbitral institutions must be chosen. Today the range of options is larger than ever, with traditionally iconic seats such as London, Paris, Geneva or New York being challenged by new locations. According to recent research*, Singapore and Hong Kong rank among the five most preferred seats. The results show the same trend for arbitral institutions: HKIAC (Hong Kong International Arbitration Center) and SIAC (Singapore International Arbitration Center), both in the top five. The change of scenery is global: Africa wants to have its share, with Mauritius paving the way to ADR on the continent and in Latin America, in spite of the relatively young culture of arbitration, an ever increasing number of conflicts are submitted to arbitration, notably important local disputes.
Cost and duration in the eye of the stormCost remains an issue. Users often complain about the expenses of arbitration sometimes due to excessive duration. The ICC International Court of Arbitration seems to hear the message: in January 2016, the Court announced cuts in arbitrators’ fees in case of unjustified delay in rendering the decision. Why not resort to third party funding for litigation or international arbitration when cost is a problem? These funds, dedicated to financing arbitration or trials, are becoming more common around the world, for matters of any size. In early 2016, the New York litigation funding firm Burford Capital signed a financing litigation agreement with BT Group for $45 million. Other disruptive players, such as E-Just, are appearing.
This is only the beginning of a global rescaling of financing methods and seats for dispute resolution, certain to bring the field greater accessibility, innovation and competition.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEFOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION
*Conducted by the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London.
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GENERAL COUNSELS
RENOWED ARBITRATORS
ARBITRATION CENTERS
PROFESSORS
KEY LAWYERS
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INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN NUMBERS: THE EAST CATCHING UP TO THE WEST
THE EVOLUTION OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: AN UNSTOPPABLE MOVEMENT
FIVE ENTRENCHED MYTHS ABOUT ARBITRATORS
CRISIS COMMUNICATION: DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, POWERFUL IF USED EFFECTIVELY
THIRD-PARTY FUNDING: NO LONGER NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. NEXT STEP, REGULATION?
SOLVING DISPUTES BETWEEN INVESTORS AND STATES
MEDIATION : THE ALTERNATIVE SETTLEMENT OF A BUSINESS DISPUTE
The evolution of alternative tools for justice and shifting mindsets of stakeholders are paving the way to a new landscape in Dispute Resolution.
Leaders League has identified 50 impactful leaders and experts across the globe, whose ambitions and achievements are reshaping the world of dispute resolution: renowned arbitrators, reputed general counsel, respected professors, key lawyers, active third party funders... each remarkably engaged in their respective field. Dialogues, insights, inspirations.
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AMERICASArgentina Argentina Best Law Firms - Civil & Commercial Litigation Argentina Best Law Firms - Arbitration Argentina Best Arbitrators Argentina Best Law Firms - Antitrust
Brazil Brazil Best Law Firms - Civil & Commercial Litigation Brazil Best Law Firms - Arbitration Brazil Best Arbitrators Brazil Best Law Firms - Large-Scale Civil Litigation Brazil Best Law Firms - White-Collar Crime
Canada Canada Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Canada Best Law Firms - International Arbitration Canada Best Law Firms - IP Litigation Canada Best Arbitrators
Chile Chile Best Law Firms - Civil & Commercial Litigation Chile Best Law Firms - Arbitration Chile Best Arbitrators
Mexico Mexico Best Law Firms - Civil & Commercial Litigation Mexico Best Law Firms - Arbitration Mexico Best Arbitrators Mexico Best Law Firms - Antitrust
Peru Peru Best Law Firms - Commercial & Civil Litigation Peru Best Law Firms - Arbitration Peru Best Arbitrators Peru Best Law Firms - Antitrust Litigation Peru Best Law Firms - IP Litigation
USA United States Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation United States Best Law Firms - International Arbitration United States Nationwide Best Arbitrators United States Nationwide Best Law Firms - IP Litigation United States Nationwide Best Law Firms - Antitrust United States Nationwide Best Law Firms - Product Liability United States Nationwide Best Law Firms - Securities Litigation New York City Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation New York City Best Law Firms - International Arbitration New York City Best Arbitrators New York City Best Law Firms - IP Litigation New York City Best Law Firms - Antitrust Washington D.c. Best Law Firms - Investment Treaty Arbitration
EUROPEAustria Austria Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Austria Best Law Firms - International Arbitration
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Belgium Belgium Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Belgium Best Law Firms - International Arbitration Belgium Best Arbitrators Belgium Best Law Firms - EU Competition Litigation Belgium Best Law Firms - Patent Litigation
France Interview : Elie Kleiman, President, Paris, The Home of International Arbitration France Best Litigation Support Firms - Commercial Litigation France Best Litigation Support Firms - International Arbitration France Best Litigation Support Firms - Financial Fraud France Best Litigation Support Firms - Antitrust Analysis France Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation France Best Law Firms - International Arbitration France Best Arbitrators France Best Law Firms - Patent Litigation France Best Law Firms - Competition & Antitrust France Best Law Firms - Securities & Financial Litigation France Best Law Firms - White Collar Crime France Best Law Firms - Product Liability France Best Law Firms - Industrial Risks & Insurance Litigation Germany Germany Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Germany Best Law Firms - International Arbitration Germany Best Arbitrators
Italy Italy Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Italy Best Law Firms - International Arbitration Italy Best Law Firms - Trademark And Patent Litigation
Luxembourg Luxembourg Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Luxembourg Best Law Firms - International Arbitration Luxembourg Best Law Firms - IP Litigation
Monaco Monaco Best Law Firms - Commercial & Corporate Litigation
Netherlands Netherlands Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Netherlands Best Law Firms - International Arbitration
Poland Poland Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Poland Best Law Firms - International Arbitration
Portugal Portugal Best Law Firms - Dispute Resolution
Russia Russia Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Russia Best Law Firms - International Arbitration
Spain Spain Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Spain Best Law Firms - International Arbitration Spain Best Arbitrators
Sweden Sweden Best Law Firms - International Arbitration
Switzerland Switzerland Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation Switzerland Best Law Firms - International Arbitration Switzerland Best Arbitrators Switzerland Best Law Firms - Banking & Finance Litigation
United Kingdom United Kingdom Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation United Kingdom Best Law Firms - International Arbitration
ASIAChina China Best Law Firms - International Arbitration China Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation
Hong Kong Hong Kong Best Law Firms - International Arbitration
India India Best Law Firms - Commercial Litigation India Best Law Firms - International Arbitration
Japan Japan Best Law Firms - Dispute Resolution
Singapore Singapore Best Law Firms - International Arbitration
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TOP ADVISORS DIRECTORY
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SUMMARYEXECUTIVE
The evolution of alternative tools for justice and shifting mindsets of stakeholders are paving the way to a new landscape in Dispute Resolution.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN NUMBERS: THE EAST CATCHING UP TO THE WEST
THE EVOLUTION OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: AN UNSTOPPABLE MOVEMENT
FIVE ENTRENCHED MYTHS ABOUT ARBITRATORS
CRISIS COMMUNICATION: DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, POWERFUL IF USED EFFECTIVELY
THIRD-PARTY FUNDING: NO LONGER NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. NEXT STEP, REGULATION?
SOLVING DISPUTES BETWEEN INVESTORS AND STATES
MEDIATION : THE ALTERNATIVE SETTLEMENT OF A BUSINESS DISPUTE
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In recent years, sharp growth in cross-border economic activity has been noticed in almost all sectors. This in-crease of multi-jurisdictional transac-tions has triggered a rise in the number of disputes, thus encouraging more and more international arbitration claims overall. According to data from 2014, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris registered 791 requests for arbitration, ahead of the 767 requests filed in 2013. These disputes concerned 2,222 parties located in 140 countries and independent territories. The seats of arbitration were spread out in 57 countries across the world, with arbitra-tors representing 79 different countries. A total of 459 awards were rendered. There is also a common perception that the amounts in dispute in international arbitration are rising over time. This is probably fueled by headlines about large awards, such as the recent $50 billion awarded to former majority shareholders in Russian oil company Yukos, or the $2.2 billion awarded to Dow Chemical in its claim against a Kuwaiti state entity in 2012. This is indeed confirmed in stu-dies done by major law firms which go on to show that there has been a strong increase in both the number of major claims and the aggregate value of total claims.
International Arbitration in numbers:The East catching up to the West
The boom in arbitration and litigation over the years has boosted evolution in the way that dispute resolution is carried out.Litigation funding is clearly a phenomenon here to stay but faces questions from the international community.
ADR and mediation are also precocious new actors, and the west can no longer claim top spot for international arbitration.Some might say, ‘the times they are a-changin’, for the alternative.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION:BOOMING AND BRANCHING OUT
ARBITRATION CASES FILED ARE ON THE RISETrends in arbitration cases filed between 2012-2014
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DIS German Institution of Arbitration 125 121 132
SCC Stockholm Chamber of Commerce 177 203 183
VIAC Vienna International Arbitration Center 70 56 56
SCAI Swiss Chamber’s Arbitration Institution 92 68 105
LCIA London Court of International Arbitration 277 301 ~ 300
ICDR International Centre for Dispute Resolution
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SIAC Singapore International Arbitration Centre 235 259 222
CIETAC China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
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HKIAC Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre 456 463 ~ 500
ICSID International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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In total 4297 4699 ~ 4989
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Along with this rise in numbers, there has also been a shift in arbitration seats from the more traditional centers in Europe like Paris and London, to Asia and the Middle-East. The Singapore Internatio-nal Arbitration (SIAC) and Korea Com-mercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) have gained prominence through the number of claims brought to arbitration centers in these countries, with the HKIAC voted the most preferred seat in Asia, accor-ding to a recently study (Source: Queen Mary with law firm White & Case). In
the words of David W. Rivkin, President of the International Bar Association (IBA), “Asian seats are really developing: it is now evident Asian companies don’t need to go all the way to Europe to resolve their disputes.” 2015 also saw the formation of the first Ibero-American Arbitration Center – CIAr (Centro Iberoamericano de Arbitraje), an independent, internatio-nal Ibero-American arbitration forum for the members of Spanish and Portu-guese-speaking countries, although not excluding other countries.
Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, re-covery of the global economy does not appear to have led to a slowdown in new case filings in either well-established cen-ters such as the ICC, or newer centers like the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). Coupled with the aforementioned facts, it can be safely confirmed that the practice of international arbitration as an alternative method for dispute resolution has not only risen in popularity, but also become increasingly regionalized over the last decade.
ASIAN COUNTRIES CLOSING THE GAP Most improved seats in International Arbitration
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Source : Queen Mary W&C Report on International Arbitration 2015
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Although the practice of mediation goes back hundreds of years, Alternative Dispute Resolution has grown rapidly, especially in the United States, since the political and civil conflicts of the 1960s. The introduction of new laws protecting individual rights, as well as less tolerance for discrimination and injustice, allowed more people to file lawsuits in order to settle conflicts. Since the 60s, especially in the common law countries, ADRs have become essential tools to avoid inefficiency as globalization and the growing complexity of legal disputes have multiplied the burden on the judicial system, rendering it increasingly inadequate and ineffective. In 2000, the Italian government was required to pay €600 million to litigants claiming damages caused by trial delays.
Back in 1926, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) was formed in order
to provide guidance to arbitrators and parties. During the 20th Century, ADR grew in popularity as an alternative to the litigation process. On the academic level, the 1980s saw significant interest from legal experts regarding the use of ADR methods in a variety of fields. Universities and law schools began to introduce courses and degrees in ADR related topics. Today, ADRs exist at all levels of the legal profession and worldwide. Regional importance outside North America and Europe has also grown exponentially. Asian seats are really developing, and a number of African countries are also promoting arbitration, as well as Latin America, with Brazil in particular as a seat of a great number of arbitrations. As pointed-out by the IBA President, David W. Rivkin, the growing competition among seats witnessed by the arbitration community is leading to
innovations that help the whole practice to move forward.
ADR demonstrates clear advantages. The growing use of mediation and arbi-tration for SMEs in the technology sec-tor shows that litigation can be a dispro-portionately expensive process, and a court may not be the best option for deciding complex technical issues. The myriad of new ways in which ADR can assist parties and their counsel can only make the judicial system more robust and effective. In the end, what all want is to see disputes resolved as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. As Vic-tor Hugo wrote over 150 years ago: “An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.” The future of ADRs is bright and full of opportuni-ties for legal practitioners that want to embrace this field of law.
The evolution of Alternative Dispute Resolution:An unstoppable movement
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Due to its flexibility and party-driven nature, arbitration rests upon rules that present an adaptable framework for arbitral proceedings but rarely set detailed procedures for conduc-tion, which thus underlines the importance of the human factor – the arbitrator(s) – so as to render it a time and cost-effective tool. Here are five common myths about arbitrators decoded.
Myth One: “A three-member arbitral tri-bunal is preferred to a sole arbitrator”Facts: The ICC Commission Report on Controlling Time and Costs in Arbitration recommends parties to consider to agree on, or to allow the arbitration center to appoint, a sole arbitrator in cases where disputes at stake are small, as a sole arbi-trator doesn’t need to discuss with other tribunal members and avoids scheduling clashes for hearings, thus acting more qui-ckly than a three-member tribunal.
Myth Two: “Ad hoc arbitration is less costly and lengthy than administered arbitration”Facts: Although ad hoc arbitration is more flexible, without the firm commitment of counsels, arbitrators and the involvement of in-house, this flexibility can lead to increased time and cost in the absence of institutional
administration. On the other hand, some ar-bitration institutions are constantly introdu-cing and evolving measures to improve the transparency of institutions’ and arbitrators’ performance and efficiency.
Myth Three: “Well-known arbitrators are the best choice”Facts: The Queen Mary & PwC Report Corporate Choices in International Arbitra-tion – Industry Perspectives indicates that corporations see arbitrators’ commercial understanding of the relevant industry sector, knowledge of the law applicable to the contract, and experience with the arbi-tral process as the most influential factors in their appointment.However, with renowned arbitrators co-mes the issue of availability and conflicts of interests. How can we ensure their suf-ficient time, commitment, independence and impartiality if they are frequently solicited as arbitrators in some cases and counsels in other cases?
Myth Four: “Arbitrators and arbitra-tion centers are the main cause of the increasing costs”Facts: The 2015 Queen Mary and White & Case International Arbitration Survey: Improvements and Innovations in Internatio-
nal Arbitration confirms that costs and de-lays still remain the most negative features of international arbitration today.
Whose responsibility is this? According to the ICC, arbitrators’ fees and case adminis-tration account for only a small proportion, while party costs (essentially lawyers’ fees and expenses, as well as expenses related to witness and expert evidence) make up the bulk of the overall costs. Unnecessary costs are also incurred through unreasonably long and complicated proceedings, often with unfocused requests for disclosure of documents and unnecessary witness and expert evidence.
Myth Five: “The international community of arbitrators has grown much more diverse”Facts: The 2015 Arbitration Scorecard of The American Lawyer reveals little change in the list of the busiest arbitrators for a decade, implying that “the same small club of people is routinely deciding the world’s biggest disputes.” Moreover, all of them come from the OECD countries, with women representing only 4%. The core problem, as arbitrator Brigitte Stern points out, is that parties don’t trust new names because they “don’t know them and how they think.”
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Brigitte Stern 19 4 15
Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler 18 5 13
Bernard Hanotiau 17 13 4
Charles Brower 16 7 9
Albert Jan van den Berg 13 4 9
David A.R. Williams 13 5 8
L. Yves Fortier 13 5 8
Juan Fernandez-Armesto 10 5 5
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The role of a General Counsel (GC) is multi-faceted when it comes to a time of crisis, be it litigation, mediation, general dispute resolution or delicate negotiation. It consists of both internal and external communication. What is needed is sound judgement in conveying information to company employees, for example in situ-ations of restructuring and redundancies, or to clients in the wake of crises that can impact a company’s reputation.
The digital age is a reality which must be taken into account since it has an enor-mous impact on crisis management and communication. 28% of crises spread in-ternationally within 1 hour, while nearly 70% hit headlines internationally within 24 hours. The task of the legal department, along with an appointed crisis manage-ment team, is to communicate the compa-ny’s message effectively and efficiently.
Employees are perhaps the most impor-tant stakeholders during a crisis: poor employee management can greatly affect
external crisis communication. Increas-ingly, GCs are charged with greater duties, responsible for company communication, as well as legal matters, and so their work is a dual process: ensuring fast and effec-tive internal communication to those who need it most, whilst containing the extent of the crisis externally. In her interview, Tong Fu, GC of Qihoo360, describes how “internally we focus on support and coordina-tion, and externally on attack, defense and, communication”, likening a GC’s duty to putting out fires and launching concur-rent assaults.
Timing and message are key for external crisis communication. In order to limit damage from breaking news, the compa-ny, aided by its legal and PR departments,
must respond quickly, forming a crisis communication team, establishing moni-toring systems, sending out holding state-ments and eventually releasing key mes-sages that reflect the company’s position.
Perhaps two departments that are tra-ditionally distant, Legal and PR, can see crises as opportunities to foster and strengthen links between their parts of the company. Both departments have the same overriding objective: to improve and maintain company interests. For this reason we have seen a rise of Legal PR firms, and specialists in crisis communi-cation, with professionals appreciating the importance of crisis communication, particularly in this era of powerful and prevalent social media.
The first step to crisis communication is preparing for the worst: by focusing on pre-crisis management, developing mes-sages and having teams in place, a compa-ny is better prepared to limit the damage of any crisis that might come its way.
Crisis communication:Double-edged sword, powerful if used effectively
“GENERAL COUNCEL ARE CHARGED WITH GREATER DUTIES, RESPONSIBLE
FOR COMPANY COMMUNICATION,AS WELL AS LEGAL MATTERS”
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STEPS TO EFFECTIVE CRISIS COMMUNICATION
Both internally and externally, communication is key in times of crisis
1 Counteractingnegative publicity
4 Helping the media andpublic understand thecomplex legal issues
2 Makingyour viewpoint known
5 Defusinga hostile environment
3 Ensuringbalanced media coverage
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Third-Party Funding is not a new phe-nomenon, with roots in Australia dating back almost 20 years. However, in the past year, we have seen the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission propose to per-mit the use of Third-Party Funding (TPF) for arbitrations in the territory, with the results to follow in early 2016, signaling that this may be a practice that is indeed a mainstay.
TPF has seen an increase across the board over the past few years, with marked growth from funds such as Bentham, Har-bour and La Française, as well as the ap-pearance of new forms of financing, such as Invest4Justice’s crowdfunding platform, reflecting receptivity to other forms of jus-tice. Yet with this increase in popularity comes questions regarding its regulation, significance, and consequences.
TPF ostensibly exists in order to provi-de access to justice for those who would otherwise be unable to foot the costs, sharing the risk of cases and enabling multiple claims to be pursued. Recently it has also been used by businesses to
balance their books, thus minimizing the costs of cases on the balance sheet - another indicator of the diversity of the practice.
Innovation has been flourishing: we have seen Hausfeld, the litigation dispute spe-
cialist, team up with Burford Capital on a €30 million venture to launch a litigation practice in Berlin, and in anticipation of Hong Kong’s acceptance of TPF for arbi-trations, Harbour’s launch of an office in the territory in order to expand its pre-sence in Asia.
Third-Party Funding:No longer new kid on the block. Next step, regulation?
LITIGATION FUNDING: A PROGRESSIVELY POPULAR CYCLE Providing greater access to justice?
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Evidently the facilitation of pursuing claims is a positive step towards opening up access to justice. However questions persist regarding privatization of the legal industry. Some believe it opens up the law profession to the common market, while others think it facilitates privatization of the profession, contrary to the principles of law. Through supporting claims that have been painstakingly researched, based on risk mitigation, experts argue that it fa-cilitates investments which aim to benefit both parties.
The question of disclosure, particularly in arbitration, is a thorny one, with neither side claiming the absolute. IBA’s 2014 gui-delines suggest that “third-party funders and insurers in relation to the dispute may have a direct economic interest in the award and... may be considered to be the equivalent of that party.” New Zealand and Australia
both require the disclosure of TPF in diffe-ring capacities and we will see what route Hong Kong takes if it chooses to adopt the practice. Its regional neighbor, Singapore, has yet to indicate any concrete shift in at-titude towards this form of financing.
All this leads to the question of regulation, which should be considered as the prac-tice becomes more prevalent. Some arbi-trators hold the view that TPF is a mi-cro-phenomenon, but the reality is that it is probably here to stay, the remaining question being only how to understand and regulate the emerging practice.
“WITH THIS INCREASE IN POPULARITY COME QUESTIONS REGARDING ITS REGULATION,
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Alter Litigation France No
Augusta Ventures UK No
Bentham IMF US - Autralia - Europe No
Burford Capital UK - USA Yes
Calunius Capital UK Yes
EALF - European Arbitration & Litigation Funding UK No
FORIS AG Germany No
Fulbrook Capital Management USA No
Gerchen Keller Capital USA No
Global Arbitration & Litigation Services UK No
Harbour Litigation Funding UK - Hong Kong Yes
Invest4Justice Litigation Crowdfunding Switzerland No
Juridica Investment Limited USA No
La Française International Claims Collection France No
Lex Finance Latin America No
Omni Bridgeway The Netherlands - Switzerland - UK - Guernsey No
Parabellum Capital USA No
Redress Solutions UK Yes
Roland Prozess Finanz Germany No
Teras Group Singapore - Asia No
Therium AHV Financial Ventures UK Yes
Vannin Capital PCC Jersey - Isle of Man - UK Yes
Woodsford Litigation Funding UK Yes
SOME OF THE WORLD’S DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUNDERSA growing market
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Attracting foreign investment to one’s country is contingent upon legal certainty. To this end, several states have signed multi or bilateral investment treaties (BITs) that establish many rules concer-ning the standards of investor protection, including protection from expropriation and fair and equitable treatment. Those BITs also include a clause stating that re-solution of an eventual conflict should be done through investment arbitration. In 2013, according to the UNCTAD, there were 2,860 BITs around the wor-ld, a proliferation likely due to the in-crease of emerging countries’ shares in global commerce. Accompanying this movement, some organizations became more specialized in investment arbi-
tration, such as the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. However the ICSID is the first international invest-ment arbitration facility in the world with 52 news cases and 159 signatory states of the ICSID Convention.
Investment arbitration crisisNot everyone can yet appreciate the orga-nism or the system. On one hand there are some opponents, for example states that have denounced the convention, such as Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. On the other hand there are those against the system itself: in July 2015 the European Parliament, supported by several NGOs, voted against including investor-state ar-
bitration provisions in the proposed EU-US trade agreement.
Another issue is the impartiality of arbitra-tors. With such a limited number of arbi-trators specialized in the field, we will see them «in different roles», from advising go-vernments on the negotiation of BITs, to appointments by the same states they ad-vised, or even fixing positions in an arbitra-tion, potentially allowing parties to forecast how they might act in future cases. There is thus a real skepticism of investment arbi-tration. This alternative for dispute resolu-tion, which has been at work for decades, and has allowed the promotion of invest-ment in host states, therefore needs to en-hance its legitimacy and functionality.
Solving disputes between investors and states
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209 Convention Awards Rendered
79 Annulment Proceedings Instituted
30 Decisions Refusing Annulment
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13 Awards Annulled
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Even in the best of circumstances, bu-siness partnerships can be fraught with conflict. To handle the twists and turns, it is important to manage cases with a grasp of neutrality. In contrast to settling disputes in court, within alternative dis-pute resolution, parties may resolve their disputes through mediation, arbitration, or dispute boards. These dispute boards or conflict avoidance boards (CAB) “anti-cipate problems before they actually emerge” (Source: Anthony Abrahams interview with Leaders League), as they provide ex-pertise in determining the issues at hand. Therefore, arbitration clauses become vital in determining the direction of the case, by potentially forecasting the use of me-diation, thereafter at times resorting to ar-bitration in case the mediation fails.
Mediation consists of a process of assisted negotiation in which a neutral person (or the mediator) helps parties reach an agree-ment. It stems from when a party in a dis-pute has clearly demonstrated that they want to resolve a disagreement by avoiding court, thus making it necessary to resort to an arbitral proceeding. Contrary to ar-bitration, mediation is cheaper and enables the parties to find their own solution to
the dispute. As a result, when it comes to dispute resolution, mediation can be seen as a preferred alternative to arbitration that essentially reflects the arbitration clause agreed upon in a contract determined by both parties involved.
According to Charles Jarrosson, Professor at the University of Paris II and Director of the Master’s program on Litigation and Ar-bitration and Alternative Dispute Resolu-tion, “Mediation has some clear advantages over other types of dispute resolution: it is flexible (as there are few mandatory rules or regulations), it is fast, and it is relatively cheap.” Mediation is essentially an advanta-geous method for resolving disputes if the parties are seeking high-level discussions and interpretations without the legal di-mensions of a set of arbitration rules deter-mined by a center, allowing parties to focus on the real priorities of the dispute in ques-tion. Statistically, mediation has a higher success rate in settling disputes. According to data taken from WIPO, 70% of media-tion cases are settled while only 37% of ar-bitration cases are settled. So thanks to me-diation’s successful settlement rate, more parties are resorting to it as a means of al-ternative dispute resolution.
Mediation : The alternative settlement of a business dispute
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Leaders League has identified 50 impactful leaders and experts across the globe, whose ambitions and achievements are reshaping the world of dispute resolution: renowned arbitrators, reputed general counsel, respected professors, key lawyers, active third party funders... each remarkably engaged in their respective field. Dialogues, insights, inspirations.
WITH THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS OF:
Isabelle Hautot, General Counsel Litigation, ORANGEPierre Mayer, Arbitrator, BASED IN PARISAlexis Mourre, President, INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (ICC) COURT OF ARBITRATIONGary Born, President, SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE (SIAC)David W. Rivkin, President, INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION (IBA), Co-Chair, International Dispute Resolution Group, DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTONEmmanuel Gaillard, Managing Partner, SHEARMAN & STERLING PARIS, Associate Professor, VARIOUS LAW SCHOOLS
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On the board of Directors of Betaworks Studio Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel at America Online Associate Deputy Attorney General by US Department of Justice
A native of Germany Joined Coca Cola in 1992 and became Senior Vice President and General Counsel in 2012 Finished his doctoral program with a thesis on freedom of speech and unfair competition
Paul T. Capuccio, Time Warner General Counsel, has an impressive curriculum vitae. Before joining AOL, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in the Washington D.C. office. In this leading American firm, Capuccio handled litigation and transactional cases, and specialized in telecommunication law, which gave him the tools to serve as General Counsel in the media and entertainment industry. Besides his activity as in-house counsel, he is currently on the board of directors of Central European Media Enterprises. During the first Bush ad-ministration in the ’90s, Capuccio served as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, where he advised on matters regarding civil litigation, civil rights and antitrust.
Bernhard Goepelt began his career with Coca-Cola in 1992= as Legal Counsel in Germany. He eventually grew into a more international position, working as Legal Counsel for the Middle and Far East Group in 1997. In 1999 he was appointed Division Counsel, Southeast and West Asia Division, based in Thailand. In 2010, Mr. Goepelt relocated to the United States to become the Associate General Counsel, Global Marketing, Commercial Leadership & Strategy, and was appointed to his current position of General Councel in December 2011, wherein he manages the administration of the Legal Division. Since his tenure, Mr. Geopelt has brought great value to Coca Cola by promoting diversity within the workplace, with the company participating in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity under his guidance. The Coca-Cola Company counts of 330 legal staff, of which 160 to 170 are qualified lawyers.
Paul T. Capuccio Executive Vice President and General Counsel, TIME WARNER
Bernhard Goepelt General Counsel and Senior Vice President, COCA-COLA
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Leaders League. In your opinion, what should be the role and level of involvement of GCs during the procedure of arbitration? Isabelle Hautot. In every case the GCs’ ac-tual involvement is potentially a key condi-tion for international arbitration to meet the users’ requirements in terms of delays and cost-effectiveness – i.e. for international arbitration to be “business-compatible” and satisfactory. This is all the more true since international arbitration has grown increa-singly complex and abstruse. However, the role of a General Counsel during the procee-dings cannot be detached from his or her primary role before arbitration is launched, and is therefore twofold: Before the arbitral proceedings, in parallel or after their conclusion: “One should never launch an arbitration unless he has already won it virtually...” – a joke, which highlights the role of the in-house counsel: (a) Before any arbitration is launched, the in-house counsel must have considered the dispute and pre-pared the case carefully: a process only he/she can master properly as he/she is inside the company (acting ahead of stream; gathering the relevant information; shaping the case); (b) In most cases, arbitration is one step only among many: it is neither the beginning nor the end of the resolution process. Arbitration will be launched after direct negotiations and mediation have failed; very often, further negotiations will follow after the award has been rendered, no matter whether there is success or whether the award is enforceable; (c) It may also happen that the dispute en-compasses more issues than those implied by the claim(s) submitted to arbitration, e.g. in multi-contract disputes with conflicting arbi-tration clauses: where the claims submitted to arbitration, while key elements of the dispute, may have been kept simple and limited in nu-mber in order for the arbitration to be driven efficiently and come to an end swiftly.During the arbitral proceedings: During the arbitral proceedings, GCs are directly em-powered to fully represent the company and take decisions in its name immediately. GCs are to voice the companies’ needs in terms of efficiency, to make proposals so that the
proceedings may be “tailor-made” accordingly (by contrast, potentially, with the tribunal and counsels’ “usual” way to do) and, last but not least, to commit personally to such decisions of the Tribunal and the Parties drafted in the Terms of Reference and/or during the Case Management Conference (number of briefs, time-limits for the briefs to be filed, produc-tion of documents, witnesses or not, hearing or not, post-hearing brief or not...). A role that the arbitral Rules - those of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC specifically - invite the “Users” to play fully.
Leaders League. The lawyers’ fees are part of reason of the inflation of international arbitration costs in recent years. How do you choose external counsels? I. H. At Orange, external counsels are consi-dered an extension of the Group Legal De-partment. This means that no matter how good or bad the out come of a case, its full responsibility lies on the Group Legal Depart-ment alone. This yields two consequences: first, external counsels are to be chosen and hired by Orange in-house counsels exclu-sively – insofar as they deem their collabo-ration necessary; second, trust is at stake. Therefore, whether of a firm or a “boutique,” the choice will be of such individual, or team, which meets our standards of quality and efficiency but further share our views as to strategic leadership of legal cases, and the type of collaboration needed as a corollary.As a consequence, we do not limit ourselves to any kind of pre-selected list, be it coupled with pre-agreed hourly rates or not. Not only does Orange require a number of different types of skills, having to cope with very different needs in kinds and sizes, but the choice of adequate counsel is an important and tricky decision which has to be carefully thought through case by case rather than considered as a matter of routine. Although a key element, hourly rates in the end will count less than quality, efficiency and suita-bility (proportionality) of the work done. Visit www.leadersleague.com for the complete version of this interview.
A veteran in international dispute resolution, Isabelle Hautot capitalized on her experience in complex litigation, coupled with her managerial and integrated vision, to step as of 2005 as General Counsel Litigation at Orange, a French multinational telecommunications corporation present in 26 countries serving more than 263 million clients worldwide.
IN MOST CASES, ARBITRATION IS ONLY ONE STEP AMONG MANY: IT IS NEITHER THE BEGINNING NOR THE END OF THE RESOLUTION PROCESS
“External counsels are to be chosen and hired by Orange in-house counsels exclusively”
ISABELLE HAUTOT General Counsel Litigation, ORANGE
EXPRESS BIOIsabelle Hautot has in-depth expertise in complex international litigation, and has gathered extensive experience of arbitration through a number of international institutional and ad hoc arbitrations as a counsel and as a sole or co-arbitrator, mainly in conflicts between parties from Europe, Middle East, Africa and Far East, including States. She is presently a Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, a director of the International Mediation Institute and the immediate past Chair of the Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group, among other positions.
HER MOTTOGCs should involve themselves actively along the procedure of arbitration.
HER REPUTATIONDriving towards a stronger implication of companies in the current evolutions in conflict resolution, renewed efficiency in international arbitration, and setting up the proper conditions for mediation to develop.
HER SECRETS OF SUCCESSHumility, reactivity, strategic thinking.
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Leaders League. What role does the Legal Department play at Qihoo 360?Tong Fu. We play a multi-functional role: sometimes we need to put out a fire (in other words, defend), other times to take an assault (attack); internally we focus on support and coordination, and externally on attack-defense and communication. The Risk Management Department strives to reduce legal risks during business ope-rations, while monitoring and detecting behaviors that could potentially violate the company’s interests; the Intellectual Pro-perty Department lays out strategies in the company’s interests while building the IP line of defense and the Litigation Depart-ment is the last line of defense that tena-ciously fights for the company as a whole. From launching the listing in November 2010 to November 2015, Qihoo 360 has been involved in 525 proceedings in total, winning 377 of them. Our Legal Depart-
ment is steadfastly committed to drawing up dispute resolution strategies in sup-port of the company’s overall interests and strategy.
Leaders League. What is your advice on IP protection for companies in the Internet industry? T. F. It is essential to raise their awareness and build a full IP capacity in various domains such as trademarks, patents, copyrights and domain names, holding to the principle of “quantity first, without ignoring quality.” Companies also need to capitalize on their industrial expertise and work actively with policy makers. For example, we have identified the Graphical User Interface (GUI) as an innovation-intensive area for Internet companies, so we have been actively involved in the research project of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), inciting it to modify its Patent Examination Guidelines to finally include the GUI in the protection scope of the appearance patent category.
Visit www.leadersleague.com for the complete version of this interview.
COMPANIES NEED TO CAPITALIZE ON THEIR INDUSTRIAL EXPERTISE AND WORK ACTIVELY WITH POLICY MAKERS
“Qihoo 360 has been involvedin 525 proceedings, winning377 of them”
Tong Fu General Counsel, QIHOO 360
Diana Weiss joined PwC in 2012 as the firm’s General Counsel, having previously served as partner at King & Spalding’s Litigation department. With over 20 years’ experience in professional liability, securities-related litigation and regulatory proceedings, Weiss boasts a wealth of knowledge, as well as links with her former firms, Orrick and King & Spalding.
Diana Weiss General Counsel, PWC
Rosenberg is responsible for Qualcomm’s global legal affairs and strategy. Stepping in as GC at a critical period in the company’s history in 2007, he guided it in reaching settlements of significant impact to legal, regulatory and commercial issues within the telecom sector. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he led the legal departments at Apple and IBM.
Donald J. Rosenberg Executive VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, QUALCOMM
David Dobbie acts as the General Counsel of Global Telecom Holding, as well as the African and Asian business units of VimpelCom. Mr. Dobbie successfully influenced the legal team at Global Telecom Holding in the BIT dispute against Algeria concerning the expropriation of the company’s Algerian subsidiary, Djezzy. The claim was settled in April 2014. Mr. Dobbie is a Solicitor of England and Wales and a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
David Dobbie General Counsel, GLOBAL TELECOM HOLDING
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Member of the Advisory Council to the Centre of Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London Andrew is also a keen vintner in his spare time
Prior to joining the company, Yao was a partner of Commerce & Finance Law Offices. His belief: “The focus of my work is to manage the Company’s legal risks efficiently.”
Andrew T. Clarke serves as General Counsel in the UK branch, based in London, of the world’s leading publicly-owned energy company.As many actors in the energy field, the American oil & gas giant was faced with various international arbitrations. These were very often echoed in the media, such as the Venezuela case in which Exxon Mobil was awarded 1.6 billion US dol-lars, in order to compensate for oil nationalization in 2007 pursuant to the decision of the International Center for Sett-lement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).Educated at Magdalen College School in Oxford, Stowe School in Buckinghamshire and Corpus Christi College at Cambridge, Clarke was firstly admitted as a barrister at Middle Temple in 1981.The legal practitioner joined Exxon Mobil Corporation, then called Mobil North Sea Limited, in 1987. During his career with the company, Clarke has held various positions and spent 16 years working in different countries, notably as Ge-neral Counsel in various affiliates’ legal departments abroad, such as Turkey and Qatar. The British national has also wor-ked as a business developer within the energy group.Concurrent to his activities within the American group, Andrew Clarke also serves as member of the governing board of the International Council for Commercial Arbi-tration (ICCA), together with other prestigious arbitration practitioners. He is a director of the London Court of In-ternational Arbitration (LCIA), a Bencher at Middle Temple and a former chair of the Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group (CCIAG) from 2009 and 2010.
Yao holds double positions in law and general adminis-tration at Ping An Insurance: he has been Chief Legal Officer since 2003 and General Manager of the Legal Department since 2007, as well as Company Secretary since 2008. During an interview with a Chinese maga-zine Directors Boards, Yao addressed the importance of balancing his dual roles and ensuring efficient manage-ment of the company’s legal and compliance risks.After his arrival in 2003, the company reorganized its legal employees, then dispersed in different bu-siness units, and established a single legal depart-ment, building a corporate legal system supported by a 200-strong in-house team. Today, each business line of the company operates under specific legal rules, a system incorporating risk management into daily operation and business development. In addition to his efforts in legal system building and talent develop-ment, Yao also led the company in defending its inte-rests during overseas investments: in September 2012, Ping An drew much attention from Chinese legisla-tures, legal practitioners and media by filing a request for arbitration proceedings against Belgium, marking the first mainland Chinese company to pursue a claim through the ICSID. In April 2015, the International Arbitral Tribunal dismissed Ping An’s claim for lack of jurisdiction, but this case was of profound importance as it opened a window for Chinese investors to adopt the BITs and their dispute resolution provisions in sett-ling investment disputes.
Joined Shell in 2012 as Associate General Counsel, overseeing the company’s non-US litigation department Became General Counsel in April 2015 Previously Head of Asia Disputes at Fulbright & Jaworkski
A Cambridge law graduate, Hill started out as a barrister in Lon-don and Paris before joining Baker & McKenzie as a Senior As-sociate in 1998, where he stayed until 2005, and then became a Partner at Fulbright & Jaworkski (now Norton Rose Fulbright). He proceeded to found and head their Disputes Practice in Asia, overseeing several cases in which the amounts in dispute were over $1 billion. Mr. Hill’s wide-ranging experience equips him with a savoir-faire that is rare amongst General Counsels: he boasts extensive knowledge of the main rules in all significant arbitral venues in Europe, North America and Asia, and litigation experience in a wide range of countries. He is on the arbitrator panels of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the Australian Centre for
International Commercial Arbitration and the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, as well as a member of the Char-tered Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators and joined the LCIA Board of Directors in September 2014. He has published extensively, with over 50 publications to his name, including “The Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to International Arbitration.” It’s clear that Mr Hill is well-equipped to direct the legal activities of Shell, whose in-house legal department has undergone major reconfiguration over the past few years, having bolstered its in-ternal capability & established a more efficient use of external counsel. He leads a team of 130 people and is a member of Shell’s legal leadership team.
Richard Hill General Counsel, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL
Andrew T. Clarke General Counsel, EXXON MOBIL UK
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One of the founding partners of Lalive Participated in more than 167 arbitral tribunals Former Vice President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) (2006-2011)
Teresa Giovannini is known as a savvy arbitrator. The trilingual (French, English, Italian) Swiss graduate of the University of Fribourg and The Hague Academy of International Law has been involved in both international commercial arbitrations and investment proceedings. Being ad hoc, especially UNCITRAL, or appointed by various arbitration institutions, among which LCIA, ICC, AAA/ICDR, SCC, Swiss Chambers, Ms. Giovannini has had varied experience in arbitration proceedings.Her areas of specialization include disputes relating to contracts, joint ventures and shareholder agreements in a wide range of sectors, from construction of turnkey factories, infrastructure projects, pharmaceuticals, to arts and luxury goods.Since July 1, 2015, she has been a member of the ICC Court of Arbitration, the ICC Commission on Arbitration, and ADR.
Teresa Giovannini Arbitrator and Founding Partner, LALIVE
Sat in over 150 domestic and international arbitrations Acted as lead counsel on 11 arbitration cases before the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal Retired in 2003 as Partner at Baker & McKenzie to become full-time arbitrator
After having seated as an arbitrator in more than 150 different arbitrations and mediated over 200 disputes at the domestic and international level, Robert Davidson gained stature for his specialty in commercial cases, including post M&A disputes. He lectures frequently at many bar associations and CLE programs on arbitration topics, and serves as a guest lecturer at institutions such as the University of Georgia Law School, Fordham Law School, Columbia Law School, Yale Law School, Brooklyn Law School, Cardozo School of Law, New York Law School, and Pace Law School. Mr. Davidson sits on the panels of the HKIAC (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre), CIETAC, CPR International and Insurance, ICC arbitration, and FINRA arbitration and mediation panels for the resolution of securities disputes.
Robert B. Davidson Arbitrator, JAMS
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Leaders League. What is a “good arbi-trator”? And what defines a good arbitral award? Pierre Mayer. A good arbitrator should have justice as his (or her) goal. I appreciate the intellectual exercise as an arbitrator and I like to conduct the arbitration proceedings seeking truth and justice. The ideal arbitral award would be the one for which the unsuccessful par-ty would congratulate you, because the award is so well-put-together that although having lost, the defeated party would accept that the result is fair.
Leaders League. Is speed still an asset within the frame of international com-mercial arbitration?P. M. The very good arbitrators are in high demand and do not have much time to draft the arbitral award; unfortunately, the draf-ting of an arbitral award takes a long time; it is therefore often impossible to avoid the lapse of a few months between the hearing and the rendering of the award. But what should be paid particular attention is the is-suance of a fair arbitral award, and to me this comes before speed in rendering the award.
Of course the length of the whole process depends mostly on other factors. For example, the submission of memorials: their preparation often takes two, three or four months. Lawyers tend to take their time and it is not unrea-sonable.
In the event there are four or six successive memorials, given there are also the preparation of the hearing, the hearing itself and post-hea-ring briefs, plus the drafting of the award, it is definitely not surprising that an arbitration most often takes two years or more.
The continuously growing success of inter-national commercial arbitration is not based on its speed, but on its neutral character.
Leaders League. The European Commis-sion has recently approved its proposal for a new and transparent system for re-solving disputes between investors and
states – the Investment Court System, within the frame of the EU-US talks on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Does it sound like an appropriate proposal?P. M. The most serious criticism made against investment arbitration is its lack of transparency, but there is a trend to integrate more transparency into
the process. It is present in the European Commission’s proposal, and I am in favor of that.
On the other hand, the idea of replacing ar-bitrators with judges, which is also present in the proposal, is simply absurd. Parties, whether investors or states, like to choose their arbitrators; this is one of the main rea-sons for the success of arbitration.
In addition, the manner in which the judges would be selected, in the system proposed by the European Union, does not guarantee that they will be competent. I am not at all sure that the United States will accept such a proposal. If the EU insists, the result may be that there will be no TTIP at all.
That was the fate, a few years ago, of the proposed transatlantic treaty on the reco-gnition of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters.
The prominent French arbitrator has recently gone independent, after practicing as both counsel and arbitrator in Dechert’s Paris office. Professor Mayer is currently busy heading dozens of arbitrations, and always working towards justice.
“A good arbitrator should have justice as his goal”
PIERRE MAYER Independent Arbitrator, BASED IN PARIS
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Leaders League. How is Brazil doing in the arena of competitive international arbitration? Hermes Marcelo Huck. Arbitration is part of the business. At its origin, arbitra-tion is no more than a single clause in a commercial agreement. Competition is a healthy part of the business. Competition among arbitration institutions leads to more quality, efficiency, credibility and, above all, price reductions. Arbitration costs remain a serious obstacle to the ins-titution global growth. Brazil is playing an important role in international arbitra-tion. The Brazilian arbitration experience is very young in comparison to other de-veloped centers. Arbitration has gained an incredible force in Brazil during the last decades. Presently, in the Brazilian legal practice, one can very seldom find an important contract without the arbi-
tration clause. The major task now, is to be careful and keep both eyes open to protect the institution against bad winds always blowing against success.
Leaders League. How would you define the perfect arbitrator?H. M. H. I expect a good arbitrator to have the sense of fairness and justice, the ability to understand the business world, efficient in his work, to act always in good faith, to be impartial, independent, to have – at least – some experience with law and contracts and, among other talents and qualities, to be flexible.
These qualities make a “good arbitrator”. On the other hand, I imagine a “perfect arbitrator” as a fabulous last-generation computer: powerful, fast, impartial and full of information. But this so-called “perfect arbitrator”, in practice, will turn out to be a “bad arbitrator”. Flexibility is a human gift, inexistent in computer science, but essential to produce a fair and correct judgement.
A ‘GOOD ARBITRATOR’ SHOULD BE EFFICIENT, IMPARTIAL, INDEPENDENT AND HAVE THE SENSE OF FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE, PLUS THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS WORLD
“Arbitration has gained an incredible force in Brazil during the last decades”
Hermes Marcelo Huck Partner, LILLA, HUCK, OTRANTO, CAMARGO ADVOGADOS, Professor, SAO PAULO UNIVERSITY’S LAW SCHOOL
Dually-qualified in Canada and the UK, Nappert has vast experience in civil and common law jurisdictions. Former head of International Arbitration at Denton Wilde Sapte (now Dentons) in London for 7 years, she is widely hailed as a top new-generation arbitrator and has created the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration, open to junior scholars and practitioners.
Sophie Nappert Independent Arbitrator, BASED IN THE UK
Ata Sakmar is one of the founding fathers of the today’s pro-arbitration legal regime in Turkey. He established the Sakmar Law Office in 1969 and acted for and against multinational corporations and state entities in several investor-state, construction and commercial disputes. Professor Sakmar has written numerous books on Turkish arbitration law.
Ata Sakmar Professor of Private International and Business Law, UNIVERSITY OF GALATASARAY
With over 33 years of experience, Mr. Alonso has acted in more than 150 proceedings in Spain, as well as internationally as an arbitrator on cases spanning from investment treaties to commercial disputes. He is also currently Managing Partner of Baker & McKenzie and involved in drafting national and international contracts and agreements, corporate dispute resolution, foreign investments and insolvencies.
José Maria Alonso Puig Chairman of Arbitration Court, MADRID BAR ASSOCIATION
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Joined Allen & Gledhill in 1968, serving as Head of Litigation & International Arbitration, building it into Singapore’s largest law firm Accredited Arbitrator of more than 25 international and national arbitrations centers
Member of 39 Essex Chambers and Maisels Group Specialized in construction and arbitration law
Michael Hwang’s extensive and impressive experience in Litigation and International Arbitration spans over 40 years. An award-winning undergraduate at Oxford, he has gone on to hold office as the Vice President of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), Vice Chair at the IBA Arbitration Committee and Vice Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC. After joining Allen & Gledhill in 1968, Hwang’s career continued gaining strength. He became Partner four years later and went on to oversee the Litigation and International Arbitration practice during 1992-2002. As well as his law firm activity, he has held two high profile posts in the Supreme Court of Singapore, acting as Judicial Commissioner during 1991-1992, and then as one of the first Senior Counsels in Singapore in 1997. Hwang has in-depth knowledge and experience of the practical and theoretical side of the field. He published a book of essays entitled Selected Essays on International Arbitration, and held teaching posts in arbitration at Sydney University and the University of Singapore during 2005-2013.As an accredited arbitrator at more than 25 arbitration centers, and a fellow of the Chartered Singapore Institutes of Arbitrators, he has rendered several high-profile awards, including the 2014 UNICITRAL case Hesham T.M. Al Marraq vs. Republic of Indonesia, and the 2011 Libananco Holding vs. Republic of Turkey. He currently holds the position of Chief Justice of the Dubai International Financial Center Courts.
Patrick M. M. Lane is an internationally respected arbi-trator with experience in cases ranging from the UK, Eu-rope, Africa, Dubai to Australia. He is based at the South African firm Maisels Group, also serving at the notable London firm, 39 Essex Street Chambers. Having acted as an arbitrator in both domestic and international arbitrations in South Africa, and around the world, Mr. Lane has wide-ranging experience in both fields of practice and arbitration cultures. He is reputed to have a specialization in Construction and Arbitration Law, with particular knowledge in Contract, Commercial Insolvency, Professional Negligence, Banking, Insurance, IT, Landlord and Tenant and Mining Law. Having practiced under ICC, DIAC, LCIA and UNCITRAL rules, this seasoned South African arbitrator is a highly respected member of the International Arbitration community. Among other qualified positions, he is a member of the ICC Panel of Arbitrators, the UK-based Society of Construction Arbitrators and an Accredited Arbitrator of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre and chair of several African construction Dispute Adjudication Boards. An experienced lecturer at Kings College, London, the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa and the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, Mr. Lane has publi-shed numerous articles in respected arbitration journals and is often invited to speak at conferences, including at the ICC and LCIA. Mr. Lane’s résumé paints the picture of a experienced arbitrator who can be relied upon as pillar in the international legal community.
Former head of the HKIAC, Kaplan is known as “the father of Hong Kong arbitration” Since 1995, he has practiced solely as an international arbitrator His advice for new arbitrators: “Work hard and be firm with parties.”
Neil Kaplan has forged a stellar path over 40 years in dispute resolution in England and Hong Kong, acting as a barrister, government lawyer, Queen’s Counsel and Judge of the Supreme Court, before dedicating the last two decades to his role as an international arbitrator.In addition to his various leadership positions, including President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1999-2000) and Chairman of the WTO Review Panel for Hong Kong (1999-2006), Kaplan also acted as Chairman of the HKIAC from 1991 to 2004, but his engagement with Hong Kong dates back to as early as 1980. Notably, he was one of the strongest supporters that ultimately prompted the city to adopt the UNCITRAL Model Law in 1990, which was subsequently updated. The enactment
of Model Law reassured international parties concerned about unfamiliar domestic law, cementing Hong Kong’s position as a leading arbitration center in Asia. In acknowledgement of his illustrious role in setting up the city’s modern arbitration blueprint, Kaplan is often called “the father of Hong Kong arbitration.”He continues to advocate firmly Hong Kong’s important position in the international arbitration, while recognizing other rising locations of arbitration such as South Korea and Malaysia. When asked about his advice for newcomers in the arbitration field, the seasoned expert responded with three suggestions: “Work hard, of course. Don’t be quick-tempered, and be firm with parties, because as an arbitrator you need to stick to and do what you think is right.”
Neil Kaplan Independent International Arbitrator, BASED IN HONG KONG
Michael Hwang, Independent Arbitrator, BASED IN SINGAPORE
Patrick M.M. Lane International Arbitrator, MAISELS GROUP
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First non-British Director General of the LCIA Extensive experience as an advocate, arbitrator and founding partner of her own boutique firm
Established in 1966 As of July 2012, ICSID concluded 246 of 390 registered cases One of five organizations that belong to the World Bank Group
Jacomijn van Haersolte van Hof had some big shoes to fill when she succeeded Adrian Winstanely, head of LCIA for 17 years, in 2014. However her reputation preceded her: she had been practicing in her own arbitration boutique firm since 2008, previously working as a counsel at the dispute resolution powerhouse Freshfields in Amsterdam. Her PhD thesis broke new ground as one of the first books on the UNCITRAL rules by the Iran-US Claims Tribunal. No stranger to the LCIA, the Dutch national’s role as an arbitrator has seen her involved in cases there, as well as at ICC and ICSID. The LCIA is one of the world’s leading international institutions for Commercial Dispute Resolution. It operates under a 3-tier structure, comprising of the Company, the Arbitration Court and the Secretariat.
Headquartered in Washington D.C., ICSID is the world’s leading institution in administering the majority of international investment cases. With a panel of 415 arbitrators around the world, ICSID was developed to encourage the international flow of investment, and more than 550 cases have been administered to date since. ICSID’s Secretary General, Meg Kinnear, has been in her role since 2012, and is responsible to legally represent the ICSID while serving as the registrar of proceedings. Of ICSID’s 159 member states, Argentina and Egypt have appeared most frequently. From its launch, ICSID’s 390 dispute cases have consisted of 88% of convention arbitration cases, with 25% of cases coming from the oil, gas and mining sectors. All member states are required to recognize and enforce ICSID arbitral awards.
Jacomijn van Haersolte van Hof Director General, LONDON COURT OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION (LCIA)
Meg Kinnear Secretary General, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES (ICSID)
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Leaders League. You were recently ap-pointed President of the ICC Court of Arbitration. What are the Court’s main missions at the moment? Alexis Mourre. The ICC Court of Arbitra-tion is the main arbitration institution in the world. Queen Mary’s recent study on interna-tional arbitration revealed that the ICC is the preferred institution of 68% of the survey’s respondents worldwide. The main mission of the Court is to administer the arbitrations under its Rules in the parties’ best interests.Firstly, we ensure that the arbitrators sitting in our tribunals are neutral and independent, whilst being scrupulous with regards to the thoroughness of conflicts of interest disclo-sure statements conducted throughout the proceedings. Then we ensure the procedure is conducted in the most efficient way by the arbi-tral tribunal, both in terms of costs and timing.We operate on three levels. In the first place, we ensure that our arbitrators fill in an availa-bility statement, declaring, at the time of ap-pointment, their periods of unavailability over the next twelve or eighteen months, thereby committing to the time periods they in-dicate as available. Secondly, we stay in touch with and question our arbitrators over the course of the procedure to find out how the case is progressing, in order to track down potential delays and to remind them of their duty of care. Lastly, we sometimes severely sanction the tribunals that accumulate inexcusable de-lays when we set about fixing the arbitrators’ fees. We carry out rigorous quality checks on the arbitral awards, a unique feature of the ICC. No arbitral award can be notified to the parties without the Court’s approval.This control allows us not only to correct cle-rical mistakes or irregularities that may affect
the validity of the award, but also to clarify the arbitrators’ reasoning, avoid conflicting motives, or draw the arbitrators’ attention to ultra petita decisions, or those decisions which could be based on reasons that the parties had not had the opportunity to discuss.
Leaders League. In 2014, the ICC set up mediation rules, which seem to have elicited some success. More confidential in the business world, mediation seems to be experiencing some success under the ICC rules...A. M. Our mediation rules offer a very effi-cient tool to parties who want to settle their dispute amicably. A very large majority of cases in which the parties have dealt with a mediator result in transactions. The parties resorting to mediation are public or private companies, and even states.
Leaders League. What elements combine to make Paris one of the leading arbitra-tion centers in the world?
A. M. Paris has always been noted for its very favorable jurisprudence for arbitra-tion. This recognition is based on the validity of arbi-tration agreements, subject only to the consent of par-ties and international public policy, as well as strong sup-port for the enforcement of the award.
Hopefully this keen interest in arbitration will not be called into question, as that would be extremely damaging for the Paris market. Today there is fierce competition between arbitration centers worldwide. Each of them must try to offer the most favorable legal framework for arbitration, in order to preserve or enhance its appeal.
Effective July 1, 2015, Alexis Mourre was appointed President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration to succeed John Beechey. Member of the Paris Bar, Mr. Mourre is the founding partner of law firm Castaldi Mourre & Partners, a leading boutique in international arbitration and litigation practices. Apart from his varied experience as arbitrator, counsel and expert in ad hoc arbitrations and cases, he has had longstanding ties with the arbitral institution. He has also served as Vice-President of the ICC Institute of World Business Law.
“Every arbitration center worldwide needs to offer the most favorable legal framework to arbitration”
ALEXIS MOURRE President, INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (ICC) COURT OF ARBITRATION
“WE CARRY OUT RIGOROUS QUALITY
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Leaders League. What is the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)?Anthony Abrahams. The Chartered Insti-tute of Arbitrators is an organization based in London, comprised of 14,000 members of 133 countries and 36 branches. For a small organization, we extend into a global force.We have three missions. Firstly we educate, train and award qualifications. We are the only organization that has an international-ly recognized qualification in arbitration. One important thing is that the organiza-tion is open to anyone. You do not have to be a lawyer to be trained at CIArb, and our biggest branches where training is provided happen to be Kenya and Nigeria.Secondly we develop the learned society, where we look at alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as a whole. We try to promote the processes behind these developments.Lastly, we facilitate ADR by rules, guidance, and we have a hearing center in London.
Leaders League. What other ADR mo-des do you deal with?
A. A. There is a huge explosion in me-diation training. However, there is not as much mediation as there should be.But other modes are employed, like early expert determination, which is binding on the parties.Other methods we are particularly keen on are dispute boards, also called conflict avoidance boards (CABs). Within the framework of large and long-lasting contracts the idea, through CABs, is to anticipate problems before they actually emerge. This affords the projects a much smoother process.
Leaders League. How do you envision the future of ADR in general?A. A. I think the future of any ADR is very bright. At least with ADR, parties re-main in control of their future. The mi-nute they submit to a court, they are going to have a decision imposed upon them. Arbitration has certainty, that is, a very limited ability to appeal, and it is a consentual mechanism to resolve dis-putes. In mediation, clearly, the mediator facilitates between two or more parties who then come to an agreement. This is a whole different approach.
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“At least with ADR, parties remain in control of their future”
Anthony Abrahams Director General, CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS (CIArb)
The young Kenyan Ndanga Kamau, a former King & Spalding lawyer with experience in London, Geneva, the US and Kenya was appointed registrar of LCIA-MIAC in September 2015. Established in 2012, the LCIA-MIAC is positioned between Africa and Asia, ideally situated to provide some of the world’s largest economies with high-quality dispute resolution.
Ndanga Kamau Registrar, LCIA-MAURITIUS INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE (MIAC)
The Milan Chamber of Arbitration has devoted special attention to the Mediterranean region. The area is of strategic importance within the European Union and especially for Italy, providing a natural bridge between nations. Stefano Azzali is professor of Arbitration Law at the Bocconi University and Secretary General of the Italy-China Mediation Center.
Stefano Azzali Secretary General , CHAMBER OF ARBITRATION OF MILAN
Nassib G. Ziadé heads the BCDR-AAA, having previously served as Director at the Dubai International Arbitration Centre. Lebanese-Chilean Ziadé has extensive experience in administrating international legal proceedings. The BCDR was established in 2009, in partnership with the American Arbitration Association with the aim of providing a strong legal framework for international trade and investment.
Nassib G. Ziadé Chief Executive Officer, BAHRAIN CHAMBER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION (BCDR-AAA)
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Lawyer at Madrid and New York Bars Professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Universidad Autonoma of Madrid Former Head of the Commercial Department at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira
Since 1989, the Court of Arbitration of the official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Madrid, has been one of the leading arbitration institutions in Spain. In order to modernize its standards, the Court redrafted its rules in 2008. Before adopting these rules, the Court launched a public consultation involving arbitrators and arbitration specialists; the new rules were approved in 2014. The newest introduction is undoubtedly the provision of an emergency arbitration regime, in line with international and advanced trends in the field. Due to the current economic situation, the conflicts processed in the Court are mostly about construction. In addition, an important number of the topics resolved within the Madrid Court of Arbitration are about energy, communication and information technologies. The Madrid Court numbers more than 150 reputed arbitrators from 12 different nationalities. Furthermore, the Court is an important reference for cases involving Latin America. President, Antonio Sánchez-Pedreño, is a corporate lawyer and arbitrator, who has worked for the most prestigious local and international law firms. He has served as an arbitrator in several proceedings involving shareholders disputes and complex financial issues. Before joining the Madrid Court of Arbitration, Antonio Sánchez-Pedreño was head of the Private Equity department of Baker & McKenzie in Madrid. In addition, he is one of the authors of the arbitration online training proposed together with the Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao and Valencia Bars.
The President of the AAA, India Johnson, became a member of the AAA in 1974 and president of the or-ganization in 2013. One part of the AAA is the ICDR which focuses on international matters. Both entities file more than 100,000 cases on various matters ran-ging from many kinds of disputes from various sectors. The AAA provides administrative assistance in the ap-pointment of mediators and arbitrators providing their users with options regarding settlements through dis-pute resolution.The ICDR serves in more than 80 countries with staff that speaks a total of 14 different languages. Head-quartered in New York City, it is able to reach the glo-bal realm with its offices in Mexico, Ireland, Bahrain, and Singapore. Of the 7,000 individuals that are on the AAA’s panel of arbitrators, the ICDR maintains a list of more than 650 independent arbitrators and mediators assigned to hear and resolve cases.Since Ms. Johnson’s tenure, the AAA has developed dramatically by launching a business platform where case management can be handled online. The ICDR has also enhanced its rules with a unique “mock ar-bitration” service in order to help parties have a better case assessment by the lawyer and his or her client. Finally, the AAA has enhanced its educational and lea-dership event known as Society, Commerce and Dispute Resolution: Goals for Justice and Trade in coordination with Fordham Law School.
Antonio Sánchez-Pedreño President, ARBITRATION COURT OF MADRID
India Johnson President, AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (AAA), INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ICDR)
CIETAC has concluded 20,000+ arbitration cases involving parties from 70+ countries and regions Yu also serves as President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group His vision: “The One Belt, One Road initiative creates the best development opportunities for China’s commercial arbitration.”
Set up in 1956, CIETAC is one of the world’s major permanent arbitration institutions, with sub-commissions in four Chinese cities, as well as an Arbitration Center in Hong Kong. Since 1990, it has been handling one of the heaviest caseloads in the world. In 2014, CIETAC registered 1,610 arbitration case filings (up 28% compared to the same period the year prior), of a total value of 37.8 billion RMB (approximately $6 billion, up 55%). Foreign-related cases accounted for 24%, with parties from 48 countries and regions. Yu began his career in the International Relations Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in 1988 and held various leadership positions in foreign-related affairs, before being appointed Vice Chairman
and Secretary General of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in March 2006. Under his leadership, in September 2015 CIETAC’s China Academy of Arbitration Law released the Annual Report on International Commercial Arbitration (2014), marking the first status report on China’s development in foreign-related arbitration since the implementation of its Arbitration Law 20 years ago. Willingly admitting that China’s overall development of international arbitration still has plenty of scope for improvement, Yu has demonstrated optimism: “Most of the countries involved in the ‘One Belt One Road Initiative’ are developing countries, whose arbitration organizations are not advanced enough. This gives us chances to expand business and help them reach a higher level.”
Jianlong Yu Vice Chairman and Secretary General, CHINA INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND TRADE ARBITRATION COMMISSION (CIETAC)
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Leaders League. What are the key issues at stake in international arbitration?Gary Born. First, we have seen larger and more complex disputes arising around the world in-volving international business due to the conti-nuing growth of international trade and com-merce. There is pressure on arbitration to reduce costs and increase efficiency, which I think is one of the main challenges that the practice is facing. Second, the question of ethics; those of both counsel and arbitrators, has become increa-singly important. We have seen the attempt to introduce global guidelines, including from the IBA and LCIA. Though I don’t think it helps for the arbitration community to go off on its own and then announce what it thinks the ethical rules for counsel and arbitrators ought to be, in the form of non-binding guidelines. In my view, a more sensible step would be to have consul-tation between those responsible for adopting the mandatory rules imposed by national bar organizations and the international arbitration community, to develop a transnational set of rules that would be tailored specifically to inter-national arbitration and able to harmonize the conflicting rules that currently exist in the field.Finally we see arbitration being used in new fields, such as sports and investor-state arbi-tration. Despite the inevitable demands for improvement, these new developments, and the increasing caseloads at many arbitral ins-titutions, attest to the continuing and growing popularity of international arbitration.
Leaders League. How do you explain the development of Asian seats of international arbitration, in particular that of Singapore? G. B. Institutions like SIAC offer a first-class international arbitration service at highly-com-petitive rates, compared to the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the Inter-national Chamber of Commerce (ICC) prices.SIAC is second to none in the region in terms of a global institution where you can be assured to receive truly international, completely objective and neutral, expert decisions.When you look at the caseload, it is clear that SIAC has surpassed the Hong Kong Internatio-nal Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) quite substan-tially. it is a fine institution, with a particularly
strong focus on transactions in China. Although in strong competition with the ICC and LCIA, it is important to remember that it is not just Asian arbitral institutions that drive the development of arbitration in Asia but also Asian trade and in-vestment. At the same time, the development of Asian arbitral seats and institutions makes them appropriate choices for almost all international business transactions, including transactions that have connection with Asia. When an Ame-rican company does business with a Middle Eastern or African company or country, it makes as much sense to arbitrate the dispute in Asia as it does in Europe. The unfortunate ambivalence of the EU towards arbitration has raised ques-tions as to the long-term reliability of Europe as a seat of arbitration.
Leaders League. Can you lend insight into the types of cases that have taken place within the SIAC? G. B. For the last three years we have consistent-ly received over 200 new cases each year, and in 2013 we had nearly 260 new cases. 2015 should be our best year on record and SIAC has, by a very substantial margin, the largest caseload of any institution in the region. We have parties from 50 to 75 different countries. Last year, our largest users were China, the US and India. Other countries in the region: Korea, Indonesia, Japan, the Phi-lippines and Vietnam, all feature fairly often, however no single country makes up more than 5% of our usage and all are roughly equal contributors to the caseload.
Leaders League. On a global scale, what do you envision for the future of interna-tional arbitration? G. B. I think competition is definitely set to fea-ture; to some extent it depends on broader eco-nomic and political situations, but international trade and investment will continue to grow. With that inevitably, unfortunately, come dis-putes. International Arbitration, although always looking for self-improvement, is the best available means to resolve those disputes in an efficient, expert and enforceable manner, and so I expect that process to continue and arbitration to continue to flourish.
Gary Born, head of Wilmer Hale’s international arbitration practice, is one of the world’s most highly-respected authorities in the field, having participated in over 650 international arbitrations, including four of the largest under the ICC. He is the author of “International Commercial Arbitration”, the leading treatise in the field, and is currently President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration.
“International arbitration is the best available means to resolve disputes”
GARY BORN President, SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE (SIAC)
SIAC IS SECOND TO NONE IN THE REGION, IN TERMS OF A GLOBAL INSTITUTION WHERE YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT YOU RECEIVE TRULY INTERNATIONAL, COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE, NEUTRAL, EXPERT DECISIONS
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Appointed by the ICC Palestine to the Court of Arbitration of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center Founder and director of Arbitrator Intelligence, non-profit organization developing resources to increase transparency in the arbitrator selection process
President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) General Editor of Arbitration International Author of Arbitration of International Business Disputes (Oxford University Press)
Catherine A. Rogers was a practitioner of International Arbitration as a lawyer in New York, Hong Kong and San Francisco before be-coming a professor. She teaches both international arbitration and professional ethics at Penn State University School of Law. Rogers is also appointed at Queen Mary University in London, where she is a Professor of Ethics, Regulation, and of the Rule of Law. This scholar has also recently published a book entitled “Ethics in International Arbitration.”In addition, Professor Rogers co-chairs the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)-Queen Mary Task Force on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration, together with William W. Park, where she studies and makes recommendations on procedures, ethics and policy issues related to third-party fun-ding in international arbitration.
William “Rusty” Park is professor of Law at the Boston University, where he served as Director of the University’s Center for Banking and Financial Law. After studies in Yale and Columbia, Park practiced as a lawyer in Paris, and once returned home he taught on international arbitration, conflict of laws, tax and international finance. Park has chaired arbitral tribunals in the United States, Canada and Europe by all major international arbitration institutions. He serves as President at the London Court of International Arbitration and is considered one of the most brilliant minds in the field of international arbitration. Interviewed by Leaders League in 2013 he said: “the arbitrator’s three main duties are: delivering a fair award, respecting procedural equity and effectiveness.”
Catherine A. Rogers Professor, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
William W. Park Professor of Law, BOSTON UNIVERSITY
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Leaders League. Does the use of media-tion come to people’s minds sufficiently?Charles Jarrosson. It is becoming increa-singly common, but mediation will only really gain traction when company directors start demonstrating more of an interest in dispute management. Mediation has some clear advantages over other types of dispute resolution: it is flexible (as there are few mandatory rules or regulations), fast, and relatively cheap. Through mediation, you can have high-level discussions without being limited by the legal dimensions of a particular dispute, and so you can drill down to the real interests of the parties.Mediation is an art form, and the personality of a mediator can add tremendous value to the process. As an independent third party, a mediator can meet with the parties in caucus (separately), to point out the limitations in an argument and to ferret out their underlying positions. In this way, parties can be guided towards reaching an agreement under terms they might not have otherwise envisioned.
Leaders League. We often pit different forms of ADR against each other. Can you explain why “mediation and arbitration can go hand-in-hand and complement each other?” C. J. Mediation can take place at various stages in a dispute and can be neatly coupled with arbitration. For instance, parties can enter me-diation before arbitration, in order to attempt to resolve a dispute quickly, and before reaching a contentious phase. In some instances, parties may only arrive at a partial agreement during this process - but this is still useful, because it limits the number of points to be submitted to arbitration. In fact, even if a mediation process fails altogether, it almost always leads to clari-fications in the positions of the parties, which may facilitate a subsequent arbitration.It is important to remember that media-tion can also play a role during (or at the end of) an arbitration. At such points in the proceedings, parties have a better view of their strengths and weaknesses, and are of-ten more receptive to solutions put forward by a mediator, which may better align with their true interests. Indeed, sometimes what
we see is a mismatch between the claims brought to arbitrators and the underlying positions of the parties.What’s more, at the end of the proceedings, after reviewing the arguments put forth by the opposing side (or after a hearing in which damaging questions are asked by an arbitrator), parties may feel less confident in their chances of prevailing than at the outset. Once a doubt is sown in their minds, the conditions are favorable to finding a solution that represents a happy medium. Mediation can be used to leverage a third party’s expertise to improve the chances of reaching such a solution. It bears mentioning, though, that a happy medium is not necessarily halfway between the parties’ positions.
Leaders League. The arbitration world does not have an official representative or a cen-tral organization to enforce general rules. Can arbitral institutions fill this void? C. J. Some arbitrations, which are called ‘ad hoc’ proceedings, take place outside the purview of any arbitral institution whatsoever. In such cases, institutions play no role in the process.On the other hand, in ‘institutional arbitra-tions’, proceedings are conducted under the auspices of an arbitration center which may play a regulatory role, and contribute to upholding ethical standards. This regulato-ry action can be achieved by incorporating guidelines into institutional rules and, in particular, by enforcing rules during the no-mination or replacement of arbitrators.I think it is important to mention that the rules and practice of the most prominent institutions have a sphere of influence that stretches beyond the individual cases they administer. The approach of these institu-tions serves as a model for behavioral and regulatory norms, and so has become a de facto code of best practices.Arbitral institutions hold sufficient informa-tion regarding the availability, competence and the probity of prospective arbitrators to translate ethical rules into action. But they are not the only ones who need to ensure com-pliance; counsel and arbitrators must also res-pect and apply ethical rules, particularly in cases of potential conflicts of interest.
Director of the Master’s program in Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) at Paris II, Charles Jarrosson has published extensively on various subjects related to ADR, such as the advantage of mediation for business-to-business dispute and the ethics of international arbitration.
A HAPPY MEDIUM IS NOT NECESSARILY HALFWAY BETWEEN THE PARTIES’ POSITIONS
“Mediation is an art form”
CHARLES JARROSSON Professor, UNIVERSITY OF PARIS II (PANTHÉON-ASSAS)
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Leaders League. Stockholm is the seat of one of the most respected arbitration institutions, how do you see the deve-lopment of the SCC? Patricia Shaughnessy. The SCC has deve-loped a strong reputation for efficient hand-ling of international disputes, is the second most frequently used institution to adminis-ter investment cases, and will continue to offer an attractive and effective alternative to ICSID arbitration. While the SCC traditio-nally offers a respected venue for resolving east-west disputes, increasingly its caseload reflects a global reach with parties from all regions of the world. The SCC deserves its reputation as an innovator, and when cele-brating its 100-year anniversary in 2017, will launch new rules that reflect its leadership in innovation and ensuring efficiency in arbitra-tion. The SCC brand will continue to develop across the globe as parties will be attracted to the modern arbitration venue that values par-ty autonomy, neutrality, accountability, trans-parency and quality.
Leaders League. Could you tell us more about the Masters in International Commercial Arbitration that you super-vise at Stockholm University? P. S. The ICAL program utilizes learning approaches that are made to encourage students’ active learning experience. This post-graduate education attracts students from around the world; we typically have about 30 students from more than 20 different countries. These students desire a hands-on, challenging environment where they are engaged in critical analysis, problem-solving and scholarly investiga-tion into complex issues. Students analy-ze, create and evaluate potential solutions, prepare and present group and individual work, engage in facilitated exercises, write academic and professional memoranda, participate in a mock arbitration that runs concurrently with their studies, and final-ly conduct a scholarly thesis based on de-fined research inquires. The students create an exciting environment for the ri-gorous study of international arbitration, while also developing professional skills in this specialized area of law.
THE SCC DESERVES ITS REPUTATION AS AN ESTABLISHED INNOVATOR AND CELEBRATES ITS 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARYIN 2017
“Students create an exciting environment”
Patricia Shaughnessy Director of Masters in International Commercial Arbitration, STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY
League leaders. What elements make the CAMP one of the few specialized cham-bers in Paris?Philippe Delebecque. Our arbitrators of various nationalities, all of whom are publicly listed, have extensive expertise in the maritime industry. In addition to lawyers, the panel consists of maritime trade practitioners, including ship-owners, charterers, brokers, insurers and shipping agents, as well as technicians, such as some marine engineers capable of managing the most technical litigation. If the specific nature of the dispute so requires, other arbitrators can be appointed under the control of the Chamber’s Committee. The originality of the Chamber also lies in the possibility
for the parties to obtain a second degree examination of the award.
League leaders. What is your future pros-pective?P. D. The Chamber adapts itself constantly to changes of the maritime industry. Nowadays, logistics plays an important role. Along the lines of openness, the Chamber adopts the policy of cooperation with partners in Abidjan, Dakar, Douala, Lomé, Cotonou, Pointe-Noire, as well as in the Maghreb countries. We also work to position ourselves
in other markets, especially the Chinese market. In addition, we try to cope with the competition from London, which is in an advantageous position thanks to its historical precedence and municipal support, and more recently that from Singapore. We should also continue to raise
the awareness of major French companies involved in shipping of the CAMP assets: it has all the necessary skills to meet the needs of professionals in the maritime sector.
“At CAMP, the parties can obtain a second degree examination of the award”
Philippe Delebecque President, MARITIME ARBITRATION CHAMBER OF PARIS (CAMP), Professor, THE UNIVERSITY OF PANTHÉON-SORBONNE (PARIS-I)
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With over 35 years of practice in law, Ms. Reed has represented clients in more than 100 complex commercial arbitrations in tribunals such as HKIAC, KLRCA and SIAC. She brought vast experience when she served as US Agent to the Iran-US Claims Tribunal in The Hague, and when she led negotiations with North Korea as General Counsel of KEDO (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization) in New York.
Lucy Reed Partner, FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
A leading lawyer in International Arbitration and Litigation, Ms. Bédard has served as counsel in ICC, AAA and ICDR proceedings for multinational clients as Air France KLM, Exxon Mobil and Banco Itau. An avid lecturer on the field, she was selected this year by Harvard Law School as an honoree for its 2nd annual International Women’s Day Exhibition.
Julie Bédard Partner, International Litigation & Arbitration, SKADDEN
With 50 years of experience, Mr. Baptista is one of Brazil’s most recognized arbitrators and lawyers specialized in litigation and arbitration. In 2015 he has acted as President of eight arbitral tribunals and co-arbitrator in other arbitrations. In 2015 at age 76, Mr. Baptista founded Atelier Juridico, a firm dedicated to research on complex legal issues and teaching.
Luis Olavo Baptista Founder, L.O. BAPTISTA SCHMIDT, VALOIS, MIRANDA, FERREIRA, AGEL & ATELIER JURIDICO
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Leaders League. You co-chair Debevoise & Plimpton’s International Dispute Resolution Group. How do you envision the future of international arbitration and other alterna-tive dispute resolution modes?David W. Rivkin. The growth of internatio-nal arbitration worldwide over the last de-cade is clear, and the importance of regions outside North America and Europe has also grown tremendously over the last couple of years. Asian seats are really developing: it is now evident Asian companies don’t need to go all the way to Europe to resolve their disputes. A number of African countries are also wanting to promote and develop arbi-tration, and I have no doubt that, sooner or later, they may become important seats. Same with Latin America, where we have been doing a great number of arbitrations, in particular arbitrations seated in Brazil. The competition among seats that we are witnes-sing leads to innovation and the establish-ment of best practices which eventually help the whole practice move forward.The learning process is constantly on-going in international arbitration: cultures have developed different techniques and approaches, or focus more on mediation than arbitration. Those developments are very helpful.The challenge arbitration faces is its growing cost and time. I have already been very outspoken about that: we need to adapt procedures to cases. Too many arbitrators still accept long procedures and think they can take a year or more to issue their de-cisions. Parties actually hire arbitrators to conduct an efficient hearing and to issue their decision.The international arbitration community needs to adapt to new business requirements. Unless there are some changes, clients may find other dispute resolution modes!
Leaders League. Lately in Asia, you made a clear statement for “much better beha-viour” from arbitrators. What does this imply?D. W. R. I urged a contract between parties and the arbitrators to clarify the expecta-
tions on both sides. I mentioned that the arbitrators’ conduct is not always focused on handling the cases in the most efficient way, either for the arbitrators to meet the parties’ expectations or for the parties to meet certain standards of conduct. In Hong Kong, I indeed insisted on improved per-formance on the arbitrators’ side. I have had positive feedback from people at the conference: counsels, arbitration institu-tions and arbitrators.
Leaders League. As a litigator and arbi-tration specialist, what is your practice of third-party funding?D. W. R. Whenever we take part in cases where there is third-party funding, we make sure we take instructions from the client, not from the funder. That’s important for a variety of reasons, including making clear which interests we are defending. There is also a privilege between lawyers and clients’ communications. I don’t see any problem with litigation fun-ding. However, I insist: it is important that the lawyers’ role shall be made clear.I would expect the field to continue to grow as people see it a viable way to finance their activities. In my own experience, litigation funders are always cautious to fund cases that are meritorious because they want to make sure they are obtaining the return they wish for, a criticism we also often hear.
Leaders League. How is the international arbitration practice evolving at Debevoise & Plimpton lately?D. W. R. We have grown the group tremen-dously over recent years. We’ve added more partners in New York, counsels in London and lots of associates in both offices. We have also added arbitration lawyers in our Moscow and Hong Kong offices.Whenever we can, we are implementing procedures designed to be efficient as pos-sible. And we are updating our arbitration clause to reflect some of those changes and the efficiency we want to put into place.
David W. Rivkin is currently President of the IBA and Co-Chair of the International Dispute Resolution Group at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York. He made it clear that one of the key issues he is passionate to address in his tenure as President is improving performance on the arbitrators’ side, as recently emphasized in Hong Kong.
THE COMPETITION AMONG SEATS THAT WE ARE WITNESSING LEADS TO INNOVATION
“Asian seats of arbitration are really developing”
DAVID W. RIVKIN President, INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION (IBA), Co-Chair, International Dispute Resolution Group, DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON
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Leaders League. What is the general attitude of Chinese companies towards international arbitration during their overseas investments? What are their main challenges?Jingzhou Tao. Chinese companies are very skeptical about arbitration abroad. They will attempt to convince foreign parties to accept arbitration in China. If this fails, they will try to pick Hong Kong as a back-up. Their challenges are multiple. The English language is a big handicap, and knowledge about the major players in the internatio-nal arbitration field is another. Picking an appropriate law firm and choosing a right arbitrator are also difficult tasks for them.
Leaders League. What advice would you give to CIETAC to deal with com-petition from other Asian arbitration centers? And what measures of priority should the Chinese government take?J. T. The leadership team and the case
management team of CIETAC should be more international, and it should also be “de-administrated” so that foreign compa-nies will consider the Center as a private forum where it does not have any govern-mental interference. The Chinese government should first make the Chinese judiciary arbitration-friendly by improving the success rate for arbitral award enforcement. China should also set up a clear legal framework so that all foreign arbitration institutions can freely conduct arbitration in China. Additionally, China should allow free representation of parties in Chinese arbitra-tion proceedings by cancelling restriction im-posed on foreign law firms in China.
Leaders League. Traditional Chinese culture attaches a lot of attention to harmony. How does this influence dis-pute resolution in the country? J. T. Mediation/conciliation is an intimate part of Chinese arbitration: all arbitration cases will have a mediation ingredient during the proceedings. However, Chinese compa-nies are more and more ready to fight before the arbitration or the court, and they are no longer that conciliatory or harmonious.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE THE CHINESE JUDICIARY ARBITRATION FRIENDLY BY IMPROVING ARBITRAL AWARD ENFORCEMENT
“Mediation/conciliation is an intimate part of Chinese arbitration”
Jingzhou Tao Asia Practice Managing Partner, DECHERT
Has served as Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration Professor of law, Miami University
Jan Paulsson holds degrees from Harvard College, Yale Law School - where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal - and the University of Paris. He has extensive acade-mic experience heading a graduate program in international arbitration at the University of Miami’s School of Law. He is also a Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. He was co-head of the arbitration and public international law groups at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and has acted as counsel or arbitrator in hundreds of internatio-nal arbitrations. In 2014, together with five other prestigious collea-gues Paulsson founded a boutique law firm specialized in international arbitration based in London, Paris and Washington D.C.
Jan Paulsson Founding Partner, THREE CROWNS
In April 2016 she will become President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) The first female solicitor to be appointed as Queen’s Counsel in the field of international arbitration
Judith Gill is regarded as one of the leading figures in the international arbitration landscape and one of the few women acting as a lawyer in the field. She is a partner at Allen & Overy and has headed the firm’s global arbitration practice for over 10 years. She has conducted several cases under various sets of rules subject to different systems of law. Gill has particular experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, joint ventures, distributorships, investor protection disputes and insurance claims, and has published intensively. Together with Rishab Gubta, she recently co-authored The Principle of Contributory Fault After Yukos, published by Dispute Resolution International.
Judith Gill QC Partner, ALLEN & OVERY
Counseled successful ICSID case against Republic of Paraguay Member of the International Advisory Committee of the American Arbitration Association
As head of one of the leading global International Arbitration practice groups, and more than 50 success-ful high- profile cases under his belt, including investor/state, power/energy and mining and mineral cases, Paul Friedland has a long and impressive résumé. A Yale and Columbia Law School Graduate, he started his career as an associate and then partner at Coudert Brothers before moving to White & Case in 1997. He has overseen the growth of White & Case’s International Ar-bitration practice for over a decade since becoming Global Head. Mr Friedland has held leadership posi-tions at the AA, IBA, SIAC and LCIA and has also penned over 45 publi-cations on the field of Litigation and International Arbitration.
Paul Friedland Global Head of International Arbitration, WHITE & CASE
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League leaders. The ruling of the Yukos case has resulted Russia’s conviction and subsequent sentence of a fifty bil-lion dollar compensation payment. Does the amount of these indemnities reveal a trend in arbitration?Emmanuel Gaillard. We cannot speak of a trend since the Yukos case is oversized in every way. The largest Russian oil com-pany at the time, Yukos was expropriated in very brutal conditions under the guise of fiscal sovereignty. The amount allocated was directly linked to this exceptional si-tuation. However, it is true that today the most significant business cases are han-dled by arbitrators, and awards exceeding one billion are not uncommon, and the convictions are probably more important than those potentially rendered by some state courts, including juries in the United States. In absolute terms, the Yu-kos sentence surpasses, for instance, the damages of the cases against tobacco companies, but it is total-ly justified considering the value of Yukos, which, once expropriated, basically gave Rosneft the chance to benefit from its bu-siness units and reserves, and thus beco-me one of the leading oil companies in the world. The case is emblematic, because it condemns a state for the actions of a go-vernment that is still in place. This is the first time that a superpower was sentenced to such an amount and illustrates the stren-gth, independence and courage of arbitral tribunals, as well as their ability to uphold international law. This arbitration also de-monstrates the effectiveness of this mode of dispute resolution, as the New York Convention facilitates the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
League leaders. Should we legislate on the issue of the arbitrators’ availability?
E. G. It is not good to legislate on too many matters of detail. The availability of arbitrators is a true concern and the arbitration institutions are right to insist on this point. But it is up to them and, more generally, the authorities of arbitra-tor designation, to be concerned, not the legislators. Reputation remains an advan-tage in commercial arbitration, as a good commercial arbitrator can decide on a relatively circumscribed question within a year and a half.
League leaders. The European Commis-sion recently proposed a new court sys-tem for resolving disputes between inves-tors and states. What do you think of this
new court?E. G. I’m not in favor of this system, which is part of a trend towards increasingly cumbersome resolution pro-cedures of investment dis-putes. In response to the crit-icism insisting on a hypthetical inconsistency of arbitral jurisprudence, we propose some solutions that will merely lengthen proce-dures and raise costs without
achieving the initial goal. The creation of a permanent international court of investment would make sense only if that jurisdiction was worldwide. The current proposals that suggest, in some bilateral relations, a concil-iation followed by two levels of jurisdiction would increase the social cost of the system without avoiding any potential inconsisten-cies. Ultimately, it is the States that will suffer after the convictions. The investment arbi-trations are already much longer than the commercial arbitration and the trend is only going to get worse. Furthermore, the pro-posal of a fixed panel of arbitrators causes the arbitration to lose all its interest, which consists of the choice of those who will settle the dispute, and this choice largely contrib-utes to the acceptability of the award.
A standout figure in international arbitration in France and beyond, Emmanuel Gaillard is Managing Partner at Shearman & Sterling in Paris, as well as associate Professor of various law schools. He recently illustrated his propensity to triumph once again in the exceptional Yukos case.
“The European Commission proposes some solutions that will merely lengthen procedures and raise costs”
EMMANUEL GAILLARD Managing Partner, SHEARMAN & STERLING PARIS, Associate Professor, VARIOUS LAW SCHOOLS
“THE YUKOS AWARD ILLUSTRATES
THE STRENGTH, INDEPENDENCE AND COURAGE OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNALS”
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THIRD PARTYFUNDING
A seasoned ex-corporate banker at Natixis, Grec has headed La Française IC Fund and La Française AM International Claims Collection since 2009. As a member of the Third Party Funding taskforce, instituted by ICCA and Queen Mary’s College, he also contributes actively in educating executives, legal professionals and students of the stakes of third-party funding.
Alain Grec Managing Director, LA FRANÇAISE AM INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS COLLECTION, Director, LA FRANÇAISE IC FUND
Christopher Bogart, Co-Founder and CEO of Burford Capital, knows about litigation and dispute resolution, having previously served as Time Warner’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Time Warner. Heading the fund, which holds over £500 million assets under management and has seen a near 50% increase in total income in first half 2015, Mr. Bogart is a leader in the litigation funding field.
Christopher Bogart Co-Founder and CEO, BURFORD CAPITAL
The U.S. arm of IMF Bentham, the oldest commercial litigation fund in the world, Bentham Capital is headed by Charlie Gollow. Mr. Gollow is a seasoned litigator, with 16 years of experience at a prominent Australian law firm, as well as in-house counsel to a large insurance company, thus equipped with the skills necessary for success, indicated by the fund’s 93% success rate in its 175 completed cases.
Charlie Gollow Chief Executive U.S., BENTHAM CAPITAL
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A Harvard, Sorbonne and Columbia-educated Franco-American attorney, Kirtley is currently a partner at Aceris Law Co-founded the International Arbitration Attorney Network His vision: “Technologies will change lawyers’ lives.”
As a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience in international arbitra-tion, arbitration-related litigation and public international law, Kirtley is fa-miliar with the notion of third-party funding. However, after being turned down by third-party funds to finance a litigation case worth “only” $15M in damages, he realized that this nascent funding tool doesn’t yet cater to people who have a strong case to plead but less important claims. So in February 2014, he co-founded Invest4justice, the world’s first peer-to-peer crowd funding network, with the objective of building bridges between litigants, lawyers and investors looking for a no-vel asset class. Initially limited to the clients of the law firm for which he was working, the website soon gained po-pularity and was opened to the public
in November of the same year. Within merely twelve months, 56 litigation funding campaigns have been raised – including 7 completely financed on the website – with a total pledged amount of $3,130,792.65. Kirtley is conscious that this is a long-term project, and the path will not be all smooth sailing. Building trust, balancing between res-pect of privacy and transparency, and defending the website against hacker attacks are three major challenges he has identified. Passionate about technology and curious of it potential impact, this entrepreneur-lawyer declared: “Tech-nologies will change lawyers’ lives. Of course, robots can never plead or judge, but software for contract drafting or legal research already exists and is doing an excellent job!”
William Kirtle Co-founder & General Counsel, INVEST4JUSTICE
Founded in London in 2007 Opened Hong Kong Office in September 2015 Has over £400M of committed capital
Susan Dunn, the so-called ‘Grand Dame’ of litigation funding, co-founded Harbour Litigation Funding in 2007, overseeing its im-pressive growth, now advising on over £400 million of assets under management. Harbour, one of the biggest third-party funds in the world, has been at the forefront of the boom in litigation funding over the past few years. 2015 was a successful year, as it opened a new office in Hong Kong in September thanks to the rising demand for its expertise and quality. March 2015 saw a £230 million fund raised, reflecting the demand and growth that Harbour has witnessed over the past 5 years, where the team size and monthly case enquiries have doubled.
Susan Dunn, Co-Founder, HARBOUR LITIGATION FUNDING
Leaders League. What is the role of the Association of Litigation Funders, and how does it work?Leslie Perrin. The Association of Litiga-tion Funders of England & Wales (ALF) was created in 2011. The UK Ministry of Justice saw no need for state regulation of Litigation Funding, so with the Ministry’s encouragement, UK Funders agreed to regulate themselves. Membership of the ALF is open to any Funder who can de-monstrate to the ALF Board that they comply with the requirements of the ALF Code of Conduct.Under the ALF Code of Conduct, Funder Members have to annually demonstrate their capital adequacy and financial sound-ness and that the provisions of their funding agreements are compliant with the Code.If Funder Members fail to comply with the Code of Conduct, their litigant coun-terparties can either make a complaint to
the ALF, or take Court proceedings against their Funder.
Leaders League. What is your answer to those, especially lawyers, who criti-cize third-party funding?L.P. Lawyers appear most concerned that they might lose control of litigation. In reality, most lawyers who have expe-rienced litigation funding really liked it. And let’s not forget that most of the people working in litigation funding are lawyers themselves. This means they have the ins-tinct of lawyers, including an instinctive avoidance of conflicts of interest.The world of Litigation Funding is still growing. It has spread from its origins in Eu-rope and Australia, almost right across the common law and civil law worlds, and from litigation to include both commercial arbitra-tion and investment treaty arbitration. Just last month, the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission made recommendations per-mitting Litigation Funding in arbitration in Hong Kong, where it has not previously been permitted. Legal cultures are changing and Litigation Funding is growing in importance as part of that process.
THE ASSOCIATION OF LITIGATION FUNDERS ENACTS A CODE OF CONDUCT
“Most lawyers who have experienced third-party funding really liked it”
Leslie Perrin Chairman, ASSOCIATION OF LITIGATION FUNDERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
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Leaders League. How did the Lex Finance idea come about? Narghis Torres. In my professional life I’ve been always linked to legal risk issues but usually from the perspective of an advisor acting as a lawyer or an investment banker, and it was in these roles that I realized no-body used to monetize risk. I understood that instead of transferring the legal risk or avoiding it there was the option of assuming and monetizing it. I also saw that in Latin America there were a lot of opportunities in that field. That is how we decided to begin with our first fund for arbitration financing. For that purpose, we analyzed third-party funders’ business models and concluded that there was an unsatisfied need on the ar-bitration side in Latin America. Even though in the Latin-American market there are com-panies or persons that used to buy trials and substitute the holder of the right in the trial, a firm doing only financing of arbitration costs did not yet exist. We finance costs, we don’t buy trials or arbitral decisions, and we don’t have any participation in the process. It’s a demand that was unfilled.We structured LexFinance during 2014 and in 2015 started operations with a family of-fice and a hedge fund as our first investors. The fund is active at an Iberoamerican level and has already done its first investments. We have provided up to US$ 100 M to invest over the next 3 years.
League League. What is your positioning in the market?N. T. Our goal is to be positioned as the asset manager specialized in monetizing legal risk. Our first funds targeting investments are ar-bitrations with a connection factor with La-tin America, implying the asset concerning the dispute is located in Latin America, the applicable law is one of a Latin-American country, or one of the parties is Latin-Ame-rican, etc.From a geographical perspective, our first investment has been done in the member countries of the Pacific Alliance (Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru). To date we are as-
sessing investments in Brazil and our man-date is to cover the whole of Iberoamerica. Concerning the moment when we can in-tervene for financing, there is no restriction. This means that we can invest in all the steps of the procedure, such as cases in the prepa-ration phase, already started or that are in the execution phase.
Leaders League. Is your participation in the financing of the costs confidential? N. T. As a matter of fact it is confidential in the current cases, but we don’t have any pro-blem disclosing to the Arbitral Tribunal that we are financing a case if they ask. There is no obligation to do this, there are only some guidelines from the International Bar Asso-ciation (IBA) that suggest to do it to avoid possible conflicts of interest with one of the Tribunal members. In our case we are fully interested in avoiding the conflict of interest because a potential conflict can increase the risk of our investment and open the possi-bility of an action to invalidate the decision. As we are a private fund and know who our investors are, we do analysis before the de-cision of investing is made in order to avoid any potential conflict of interest, and if we think there’s a potential conflict we don’t in-vest in that case.
Leaders League. When are the first re-sults of investment to be seen?N. T. Even though the average term of an arbitration in Latin America is between 18 and 24 months, including possible invalidity actions, considering our strategy on case se-lection we hope to see first results during 2016. By the way, unlike funders operating in common law countries (UK, USA and Australia) we don’t seek to control the case from either a legal or economic perspective. Our objective, and the adaptation we’ve made of funders’ business model, as well as our understanding of the legal and bu-siness culture of the region, allows us to build trustful and mutually advantageous relationships with clients and the lawyers with whom we have a link.
Narghis Torres is a lawyer specialized in asset management, corporate finance and capital markets. He was General Counsel of Santander Investment Perú and Bank Boston N.A., Peru Branch. Torres is the Founder and CEO of LexFinance, a regional asset manager specialized in monetizing legal risks, and manages the LexFinance Arbitration Financing Fund, the first investment fund focused in financing arbitration costs in Iberoamerica.
WE FINANCE COSTS, WE DON’T BUY TRIALS OR ARBITRAL DECISIONS AND WE DON’T HAVE ANY PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS
“Our goal is to be positioned as the asset manager specialized in monetizing legal risk”
NARGHIS TORRES CEO and Founder, LEX FINANCE
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AMERICASArgentina Argentina Best Law Firms - Civil & Commercial Litigation Argentina Best Law Firms - Arbitration Argentina Best Arbitrators Argentina Best Law Firms - Antitrust
Brazil Brazil Best Law Firms - Civil & Commercial Litigation Brazil Best Law Firms - Arbitration Brazil Best Arbitrators Brazil Best Law Firms - Large-Scale Civil Litigation Brazil Best Law Firms - White-Collar Crime
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ARGENTINA
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ARGENTINA BEST LAW FIRMSCivil & Commercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Estudio Alegria, Buey Fernandez, Fissore y Montemerlo Héctor Alegria, Pablo Andrés Buey Fernández, Gabriel Fissore
Estudio Beccar Varela Eduardo Güemes, Martin Gastaldi
Bruchou, Fernandez Madero & Lombardi Carlos María Rotman, Leandro Javier Caputo
Bullo Abogados Guillermo Martín Lipera, Gustavo Javier Torassa
Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal Santiago Soria
EXCELLENT
Allende & Brea Enrique Cristián Fox
Estudio O'Farrell Francisco Astolfi, Daniel Calatrava
Llerena & Asociados Abogados Felipe Llerena, Segundo Pinto, Alejandro Perez A.
M&M Bomchil Rafael Mariano Manóvil
Perez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martinez de Hoz (h) Luis Miguel Incera, Guillermo Quiñoa
Rivera & Asociados Julio César Rivera
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Abeledo Gottheil Abogados Luis Alberto Erize, Rodrigo Blas Hernández
Baker & McKenzie Santiago Capparelli
Brons & Salas Alfredo Rovira
Hope, Duggan & Silva Hugo Maciel
Nicholson y Cano Abogados Santiago Mollard, Luis Rodolfo Bullrich
Salaverri, Dellatorre, Burgio & Wetzler Malbran Damián Burgio, Germán Wetzler Malbrán
Wiener Soto Caparros Gonzalo Manuel Soto, Alejandro Breit
RECOMMENDED
Beretta Godoy Federico Godoy, Juan Sonoda
Busso & Fariña Abogados Carlos Fariña
Cabanellas, Etchebarne & Kelly Marcelo Etchebarne
Cerolini & Ferrari Abogados Matias Ferrari
Rattagan, Macchiavello, Arocena & Peña Robirosa Hugo Bunge, Nicolas Jaca, Juan Pablo de Luca
Richards, Cardinal, Tützer, Zabala & Zaefferer Pablo Richards, Guido Barbarosch, Bernardo Iriberri
Zang, Bergel y Viñes Abogados Carlos Ángel Ferrario, Karina Paula Kucyk, Rodrigo Bustingorry
Track record: The firm has a highly active litiga-tion portfolio with more than 3,000 cases lin-ked to diverse commercial, financial and civil matters. Estudio Beccar Varela is also assi-duously involved in white collar crime trials and national and international arbitrations. Some stellar clients are Chrysler, Unilever, Diners, GlaxoSmithKline and Citibank, who has been a client since 1914.
Team & differentiation: Team’s capabilities include all stages of a trial, from the media-tions and pre-trial negotiations to the answe-ring of the claim, probative process, and appeals. It counts eight partners dedicated to dispute resolution matter. The firm foun-ded “Centro Empresarial de Mediación y Arbitraje", a mediation and arbitration center formed of the major Argentinian law firms.
L eaders: Eduardo Güemes, Martin Gastaldi
E stablished: 1897
Eduardo Güemes
ESTUDIO BECCAR VARELA: WELL KNOWN IN THE WHOLE RANGE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICES
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ARGENTINA BEST LAW FIRMSArbitration
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGMarval, O'Farrell & Mairal Héctor Mairal
M&M Bomchil Guido Santiago Tawil
Perez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martinez de Hoz (h) José Martínez de Hoz Jr, Guillermo Quiñoa
Rivera & Asociados Julio César Rivera, Gustavo Parodi
EXCELLENTEstudio Alegria, Buen Fernandez, Fissore y Montemerlo Héctor Alegria
Allende & Brea Osvaldo Marzorati
Estudio Beccar Varela Emilio Nicolás Vogelius, Gonzalo García Delatour
Bruchou, Fernandez Madero & Lombardi Carlos María Rotman
Estudio O'Farrell Uriel O'Farrell
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAbeledo Gottheil Abogados Luis Alberto Erize
Brons & Salas Alfredo Rovira
Hope, Duggan & Silva Hugo Maciel
Nicholson y Cano Abogados Santiago Mollard
Salaverri, Dellatorre, Burgio & Wetzler Malbran Germán Wetzler Malbrán
Wiener Soto Caparros Alejandro Breit
RECOMMENDEDBaker & McKenzie Santiago Capparelli
Cerolini & Ferrari Abogados Matias Ferrari
Rattagan, Macchiavello, Arocena & Peña Robirosa Juan Pablo de Luca, Ricardo Barreiro
Richards, Cardinal, Tützer, Zabala & Zaefferer Pablo Richards, Guido Barbarosch, Bernardo Iriberri
Zang, Bergel y Viñes Abogados Carlos Ángel Ferrario, Karina Paula Kucyk, Rodrigo Bustingorry
ARGENTINA BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
Héctor Alegria Estudio Alegria, Buey Fernández, Fissore y Montemerlo
Maximo Luis Bomchil M & M Bomchil
Gonzalo E. Cáceres Independent Lawyer
Luis Alberto Erize Abeledo Gottheil Abogados
Raúl A. Etcheverry Professor
Sergio A. C. Le Pera Le Pera & Lessa
Héctor A. Mairal Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal
José Martínez de Hoz Jr Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (h)
Osvaldo J Marzorati Allende & Brea
Uriel F O'Farrell Estudio O'Farrell
Julio César Rivera Rivera & Asociados
Alfredo Rovira Brons & Salas
Guido Santiago Tawil M & M Bomchil
Carlos Vanasco Hope, Duggan & Silva
Raúl E. Vinuesa Professor
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ARGENTINA BEST LAW FIRMSAntitrust
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal Alfredo M. O'Farrell, Miguel Del Pino
EXCELLENT
1 Allende & Brea Julian Peña
Estudio Beccar Varela Agustin Waisman
2 Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi Estanislao Holmos
M & M Bomchil Marcelo den Toom
Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (h) Luis Barri
Tanoira Cassagne Bernardo Cassagne
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Bouzat, Rosenkrantz & Asociados Gabriel Bouzat, Virginia del Águila
Estudio O'Farrell Agustin Siboldi
Estudio Trevisan Pablo Trevisan
Quevedo Abogados Maria Viviana Guadagni
RECOMMENDED
Baker & McKenzie Esteban Ropolo
Mitrani Caballero Ojam & Ruiz Moreno Cristian Mitrani
Nicholson y Cano Abogados María Fraguas, Marcela Anchavas
Zang, Bergel y Viñes Abogados Pilar Isaurralde
MARVAL: THE LARGEST ANTITRUST TEAM IN ARGENTINA
Track record: The team is probably the most active in the market. Around 30-35% of the antitrust cases in Argentina are in some way advised by the firm. The list of recent cases includes the notification of the acquisition of Pirelli by ChemChina. The team is also representing American Airlines in a dispute against Despegar.com.
Team & differentiation: The team includes 2 partners, 9 associates and 1 paralegal. The partners and senior associates have worked in prestigious international law firms in Brussels, Madrid and other major cities. Practice leader Miguel del Pino has more than 15 years of experience in antitrust matters.
L eaders: Alfredo O’Farrell, Miguel del Pino
E stablished: 1923
Miguel del Pino
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BRAZIL
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BRAZIL BEST LAW FIRMSCivil & Commercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGAndrade & Fichtner José Antonio Fichtner, Sergio Mannheimer, Vivianne FichtnerEscritório de Advocacia Sergio Bermudes Sergio BermudesFerro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados Marcelo Roberto Ferro, José Roberto de Castro Neves, Karina Goldberg BrittoPinheiro Neto Advogados Gilberto Giusti, Diógenes Gonçalves
EXCELLENTBMA Advogados Luiz Fernando Fraga, André Abbud, Mario GelliDemarest Advogados Luiz Fernando Henry Sant Anna, Rafael Villar Gagliardi, Celso XavierMattos Muriel Kestener Advogados Marcelo Muriel, Beatriz KestenerTozziniFreire Advogados Fernando Eduardo Serec, Flavia AndradeVeirano Advogados Daniel Coelho, José Carlos Wahle, Rosangela DelgadoWald Associados Advogados Arnoldo Wald, Alexandre de Mendonça Wald
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDArruda Alvim & Thereza Alvim Advocacia e Consultoria Jurídica Jose Manoel de Arruda Alvim Netto, Eduardo Arruda AlvimCarpena Advogados Marcio Carpena, Valternei MeloDinamarco, Rossi, Beraldo & Bedaque Advocacia Cândido Rangel DinamarcoL.O. Baptista, Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira & Agel André Camerlingo AlvesLefosse Advogados Pedro Maciel, Raphael Nehin CorrêaLevy & Salomão Advogados Angela Di Franco, José Arnaldo da Fonseca FilhoLilla, Huck, Otranto, Camargo Advogados Hermes Marcelo Huck, Rogério Carmona Bianco, Eduardo de Oliveira LimaMachado Meyer Sendacz Opice Eliane Cristina Carvalho, Gláucia CoelhoMattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Eduardo Damião Gonçalves, Flávio Pereira Lima, Fabio Teixeira OziSiqueira Castro Advogados Carlos Roberto Siqueira Castro, Marcos Serra Netto Fioravanti, Fábio KurtzSouza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Advogados Tiago Lopes, Carlos David Braga, Gabriel FigueiredoStocche Forbes Advogados Rafael de Carvalho Passaro, Domingos Fernando RefinettiTrench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados Marcio de Souza Polto, Cláudio M. Moretti
RECOMMENDEDAzevedo Sette Advogados Ricardo Azevedo SetteBichara Advogados Adriana Astuto PereiraIWRCF - Inglez Werneck Ramos Cury Françolin Advogados Renato José Cury, Andréa Pitthan FrançolinKoury Lopes Advogados Maria Cristina Junqueira, Tiago CortezLeite, Tosto e Barros Advogados Paulo Guilherme Lopes, Ricardo Tosto, Patricia RiosLobo & de Rizzo Advogados Luis Fernando GuerreroMagalhães e Dias Advocacia Fabio Nusdeo, Cristina de Cássia BertacoMundie Advogados Carlos ForbesPerlman Vidigal Godoy Advogados Luciano de Souza GodoySCB - Sette Câmara, Corrêa, Bastos Advogados Associados Ricardo de Aguiar FeroneUlhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados Marcelo Beltrão da FonsecaVella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados Antonio Celso Fonseca PuglieseVieira Rezende Advogados Carlos da Costa e Silva Filho, Bernardo Mendes Vianna, Mauro Tortorelli
Márcio Carpena
L eaders: Márcio Carpena, Valternei Melo
E stablished: 1999
Track record: The firm’s experienced litigators operate in a range of sectors and are particularly praised for their capacities in Product Liability and Consumer Law. Industry leaders often rely on the team’s expertise for their core-business cases. Clients emphasize the partners’ sharpness and responsiveness, which are very much appreciated in high-stakes matters.
Team & differentiation: Led by Márcio Carpena and Valternei Melo, the dispute resolution team totals 45 lawyers. The firm was built to offer boutique-like services for high-profile cases, as well as to handle large portfolios of consumer law actions. Initially from Porto Alegre (South of Brazil), Carpena Advogados quickly extended its reach to Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
CARPENA ADVOGADOS:LEADER IN THE SOUTH IS GROWING FAST IN SÃO PAULO
José Manoel de Arruda Alvim Netto
L eaders: José Manoel de Arruda Alvim Netto, Thereza de Arruda Alvim, Eduardo Arruda Alvim
E stablished: 1960
Track record: A traditional law firm mostly dedicated to litigation and pre-litigation matters and covering all litigation practices except cr iminal law. Endowed with longstanding experience and tradition, the firm advises local and international companies on legal matters of the highest complexity. The firm is also active in national and international arbitration.
Team & differentiation: One of the most distinc-tive characteristic of the firm is that the eleven partners are both lawyers and academics, 50% of whom have Masters Degrees and the other 50% with PhDs. Experts and observers have great respect for their regular contributions to the Law Literature. They have a pro-active role in the construction and evolution of the Brazilian law and the national Legal Doctrine.
ARRUDA ALVIM & THEREZA ALVIM ADVOCACIA E CONSULTORIA JURÍDICA: LAWYERS AND PROFESSORS AT THE SERVICE OF THEIR CLIENTS
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BRAZIL BEST LAW FIRMSArbitration
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Andrade & Fichtner José Antonio Fichtner
Escritório de Advocacia Sergio Bermudes Sergio Bermudes
Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados Marcelo Roberto Ferro
L.O. Baptista, Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira & Agel Adriana Braghetta, Maurício Almeida Prado
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Gilberto Giusti
TozziniFreire Advogados Fernando Serec, Antonio Marzagão Barbuto Neto
Wald Associados Advogados Arnoldo Wald, Alexandre de Mendonça Wald
EXCELLENT
BMA Advogados Francisco Müssnich, Andre Abbud, Luiz Fernando Fraga
Lilla, Huck, Otranto, Camargo Advogados Hermes Marcelo Huck, Fábio Peixinho Gomes Corrêa
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Eduardo Damião Gonçalves, Flávio Pereira Lima
Mattos Muriel Kestener Advogados Marcelo Muriel
Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados Joaquim de Paiva Muniz
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Arruda Alvim & Thereza Alvim Advocacia e Consultoria Jurídica Jose Manoel de Arruda Alvim Netto, Eduardo Arruda Alvim
Lefosse Advogados Pedro Maciel
Leite, Tosto e Barros Advogados Charles Gruenberg, Paulo Guilherme Lopes
Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice Eliane Cristina Carvalho, Gláucia Coelho, Eduardo Medeiros
Perlman Vidigal Godoy Advogados Luciano de Souza Godoy
Siqueira Castro Advogados Carlos Roberto Siqueira Castro, Marcos Serra Netto Fioravanti
Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Advogados Ana Carolina Beneti, Carlos David Braga, Gabriel Figueiredo
Veirano Advogados Daniel Coelho, Ricardo Gama
RECOMMENDED
Aprigliano Advogados Ricardo Aprigliano
Arap Nishi & Uyeda Advogados Ruy Janoni Dourado
Demarest Advogados Rafael Villar Gagliardi, Celso Xavier
Grebler Advogados Eduardo Grebler, Flávia Bittar Neves
Manassero Campello Advogados Caio Campello
Vieira Rezende Advogados Mauro Tortorelli, Carlos da Costa e Silva Filho
Track record: The arbitration team has a current caseload of around 40 ongoing arbitrations (value over US$ 25 billion). Its clients include both large national firms and foreign companies of diverse sectors. On the litigation side, the firm has lawyers with top-level capabilities in the civil and commercial litigation sphere rendering relevant services to multinationals in the areas of technology, retail, energy and natural resources.
Team & differentiation: In March 2015, founder Luis Olavo Baptista left the firm to work exclusively as arbitrator but the team he built is stronger than ever. Led by Adriana Braghetta and Maurício Almeida Prado, the team, which counted 5 partners and 10 associates, has been reinforced with the promotion of Rafael Alves, Paulo Macedo and Silvia Julio Bueno de Miranda as partners in January 2016.
L eaders: Adriana Braghetta, Maurício Almeida Prado
E stablished: 1938
Adriana Braghetta
L. O. BAPTISTA, SCHMIDT, VALOIS, MIRANDA, FERREIRA, AGEL : TRADITION, INNOVATION AND STRATEGIC ADVICE
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BRAZIL BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
LEADING
Luiz Olavo Baptista Atelier Jurídico
João Bosco Lee Lee Taube Gabardo
Carlos Alberto Carmona Marques Rosado, Toledo Cesar & Carmona Advogados
José Carlos de Magalhães José Carlos de Magalhães Advogados Associados
Hermes Marcelo Huck Lilla, Huck, Otranto, Camargo Advogados
José Emilio Nunes Pinto José Emilio Nunes Pinto Advogados
Gustavo Tepedino Gustavo Tepedino Advogados
EXCELLENT
Pedro Batista Martins Batista Martins Advogados
Adriana Braghetta L.O. Baptista, Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira & Agel
Mário Sérgio Duarte Garcia Duarte Garcia, Caselli Guimarães e Terra Advogados
Marcelo Roberto Ferro Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados
Paula Forgioni University of São Paulo
Lauro Gama Junior Binenbojm, Gama & Carvalho Britto Advocacia
Rodrigo Garcia da Fonseca Fonseca e Sales Lima Advocacia
Gilberto Giusti Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Eduardo Damião Gonçalves Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados
Judith Martins-Costa Judith Martins-Costa Advogados
Fernando Serec TozziniFreire Advogados
Cristiano De Souza Zanetti CZA - Cristiano Zanetti Sociedade de Advogados
Marcelo Trindade Trindade - Sociedade de Advogados
Arnoldo Wald Wald Associados Advogados
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
André Abbud BMA Advogados
Mauricio Almeida Prado L.O. Baptista, Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira & Agel
José Manoel de Arruda Alvim Netto Arruda Alvim & Thereza Alvim Advocacia e Consultoria Jurídica
Araken de Assis Arruda Alvim & Thereza Alvim Advocacia e Consultoria Jurídica
Rodrigo Broglia Mendes Mendes Advogados Associados
Ricardo de Carvalho Aprigliano Aprigliano Advogados
José Antonio Fichtner Andrade & Fichtner
Fabiano Robalinho Escritório de Advocacia Sergio Bermudes
Luciano de Souza Godoy Perlman Vidigal Godoy Advogados
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BRAZIL BEST LAW FIRMSLarge-Scale Civil Litigation*
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGDannemann Siemsen Advogados Catarina Costa, Marcelo Neumann
JBM Advogados José Edgard Bueno, Reinaldo Mandaliti
Lee, Brock, Camargo Advogados Afonso Celso Faria de Toledo, Fabio Rivelli
Nelson Wilians & Advogados Associados Edgard Paiva de Carvalho Junior, Fernando Ferreira S. Parro
Siqueira Castro Advogados Hugo Filardi, Gustavo Gonçalves Gomes
EXCELLENTCavallazzi, Andrey, Restanho & Araujo Advocacia Tullo Cavallazzi Filho
Chalfin, Goldberg, Vainboim & Fichtner Advogados Associados Eduardo Chalfin, Priscila Fichtner
Ernesto Borges Advogados Bernardo Rodrigues de Oliveira Castro, Aotory da Silva Souza
Fragata e Antunes Advogados Francisco Antonio Fragata, Celso David Antunes
Queiroz Cavalcanti Advocacia Bruno Novaes Bezerra Cavalcanti, Carlos Antônio Harten Filho
Rocha, Marinho e Sales Advogados Wilson Sales Belchior
SCB - Sette Câmara, Corrêa, Bastos Advogados Associados Felipe Gazola Vieira Marques, Ricardo de Aguiar Ferone
Urbano Vitalino Advogados Hugo Neves, Urbano Vitalino Neto
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBenício Advogados Associados Benedicto Celso Benício Júnior
Cabanellos Schuh Advogados Associados Gabriel Moreira
Carpena Advogados Bruno Braul
Corbo, Aguiar & Waise Advogados Associados Márcio Aguiar
Décio Freire & Associados Flavio Nunes
Marcelo Tostes Advogados Karen Badaró Vieiro, Flávia Almeida Moura Di Latella
TozziniFreire Advogados Gabriela Vitiello Wink, Luíz Virgílio Pimenta Penteado Manente
Villemor Amaral Advogados Hermano de Villemor Amaral (neto), Gustavo Antonio Feres Paixão
Wambier & Arruda Alvim Wambier Advocacia e Consultoria Jurídica Evaristo Aragão Santos
RECOMMENDEDAidar SBZ Advogados Alfredo Zucca, Guilherme Amaral
Andrade Maia Advogados Júlio Cesar Goulart Lanes, Danilo Andrade Maia
Azevedo Sette Advogados Ricardo Azevedo Sette, Marcos Augusto Leonardo Ribeiro
Costa Bertholdo Sociedade de Advogados Eduardo Bertholdo
Costa Marfori Advogados Ricardo Marfori Sampaio
Olimpio de Azevedo Advogados Flávio Olimpio de Azevedo, Renato Olimpio Sette, Rafael Olimpio Silva
Paixão Côrtes e Advogados Associados Osmar Mendes Paixão Côrtes
Salusse Marangoni Advogados Wilson Pinheiro Jabur, Eduardo de Albuquerque Parente
*Mostly Consumer Litigation
Track record: Costa Marfori Advogados is recommended for its expertise in Consumer related matters. The firm is capable of assessing the company’s risk on each case or pre-litigation situation. It represents clients from a variety of industries including retail distribution, hospitality, e-commerce and public services. Interviewees point out the firm’s hands-on approach and efficiency.
Team & differentiation: After amicably spinning-off from a renowned full-service law firm in 2014, Ricardo Marfori and Victoria Costa managed to build a qualified team of 40 lawyers. They offer an extensive range of services in the Product Liability and Consumer law practices. The firm can take on litigious matters as well as advise clients on strategic decisions by providing insightful analyses.
L eaders: Ricardo Marfori Sampaio, Maria Victoria Santos Costa
E stablished: 2014
Ricardo Marfori
COSTA MARFORI ADVOGADOS: FULL CAPACITIES IN CONSUMER LAW
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BRAZIL BEST LAW FIRMSWhite-Collar Crime
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Dias & Carvalho Filho Advogados José Carlos Dias, Theodomiro Dias Neto
Malheiros Filho, Meggiolaro e Prado - Advogados Arnaldo Malheiros Filho
Miguel Reale Júnior Advogados Miguel Reale Júnior
Nilo Batista & Advogados Associados Nilo Batista
Toron, Torihara e Szafir Advogados Alberto Zacharias Toron
Vilardi & Advogados Associados Celso Sanchez Vilardi
EXCELLENT
Batochio Advogados José Roberto Batochio
Bottini & Tamasauskas Advogados Pierpaolo Bottini
Joyce Roysen Advogados Joyce Roysen
Maria Elizabeth Queijo e Eduardo M. Zynger Advogados Maria Elizabeth Queijo
Moraes Pitombo Advogados Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
Muylaert, Livingston e Kok Advogados Eduardo Muylaert
Podval, Antun, Indalécio Advogados Roberto Podval
Torres | Falavigna - Advogados Luís Carlos Dias Torres
Zanoide de Moraes, Peresi, Braun & Castilho Advogados Associados Maurício Zanoide de Moraes
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
David Teixeira de Azevedo Advogados David Teixeira de Azevedo
Demarest Advogados Fabiola Emilin Rodrigues
Leite, Tosto e Barros Advogados Jorge Nemr
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Mário Panseri Ferreira
Reale e Moreira Porto Advogados Luiz Guilherme Moreira Porto
Siqueira Castro Advogados João Daniel Rassi
TozziniFreire Advogados Juliana Sá de Miranda
Urquiza, Pimentel e Fonti Advogados Sylvia Urquiza
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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CANADA
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE 65
CANADA BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Blake, Cassels & Graydon Robert Torralbo, Brad Berg, David Tupper, James Sullivan
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Kent Thomson, Sandra Forbes, William Brock, Guy DuPont
McCarthy Tétrault Simon Potter, Neil Finklestein, Paul Steep
EXCELLENT
Borden Ladner Gervais John Blair, Guy Pratte, Randall Block
Fasken Martineau Geoff Cowper
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin Alan Lenczner, Peter Griffin, Tom Curry
Torys Sheila Block, Patricia Jackson, John Laskin
Stikeman Elliott Louis Belanger, David Byers, Katherine Kay
Woods Richard Vachon
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Bennett Jones Jeffrey Leon, Blair Yorke-Slader, Bruce Mellett
Lawson Lundell Marko Vesely
Lerners Earl Cherniak
Norton Rose Fulbright Richard Desgagnés, Clarke Hunter
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Deborah Glendinning
Thornton Grout Finnegan John Finnegan
RECOMMENDED
Goodmans Andrew Brodkin, Benjamin Zarnett
Langlois Kronstrom DesJardins Jean-François Gagnon
Stockwoods Paul Le Vay
WeirFoulds Bryan Finlay
Kent Thomson
L eader: Kent Thomson
E stablished: 1961
Track record: Kent Thomson is the Head of the firm's Litigation Group in Toronto. He has been recognized as one of Canada's lea-ding litigation counsels. He has practiced in complex, high-stakes litigation cases and represented numerous parties in internatio-nal arbitrations with the ICC, the CPR, the London Court of International Arbitration and many other entities.
Team & differentiation: With a team of over 50 in the Dispute Resolution practice, the firm’s litigation department represents clients from a variety of organizations across a diverse group of industries. Recent work has included a class-action against Loto-Qué-bec regarding electronic banking fees charged for casino transactions.
DAVIES WARD PHILLIPS & VINEBERG:EXPERTS IN LARGE COMPLEX LITIGATION MATTERS
Richard Vachon
L eader: Richard Vachon
E stablished: 1995
Track record: Richard Vachon has been the managing partner for the Montreal-based firm since 2002 and practices in various fields of commercial litigation. He pleads regularly before the courts of first instance and the Court of Appeal of Quebec as well as arbi-tration tribunals. Vachon acts as strategic advisor and is recognized for his expertise in Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Labor and Employment Law for is clients.
Team & differentiation: The firm’s litigation boutique is made up of 9 partners and 26 lawyers, and is recognized internationally for its expertise in representing high-profile clients in areas such as corporate disputes, directors’ and officers’ liability, and sharehol-ders’ and debtholders’ rights.
WOODS:LEADING BOUTIQUE FIRM IN COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE66
CANADA BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg William Brock, Kent Thomson, Guy DuPont, Sandra Forbes
Fasken Martineau Henri C. Alvarez, Mark Andrews, Geoff Cowper
Norton Rose Fulbright Pierre Bienvenu
EXCELLENT
Borden Ladner Gervais Randall Block, Robers J. C. Deane, Dennis O'Connor
Goodmans John Keefe, Alan Mark, Benjamin Zarnett
Lerners Earl A. Cherniak
Torys John A Terry
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Blake, Cassels & Graydon Joel Richler, Nigel Campbell, Ken Mills
Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin Ian Binnie, Tom Curry, Peter Griffin
Stikeman Elliott Louis Bélanger
Woods Stephen Laurence Drymer
RECOMMENDED
Burnet Duckworth & Palmer David Ross Haigh
Dentons David McCutcheon, David Tavender
Lawson Lundell Marko Vesely
McMillan Robert Wisner
Peacock Linder Halt & Mack Peter Linder
Pierre Bienvenu
L eader: Pierre Bienvenu
E stablished: 1794
Track record: Pierre Bienvenu acts as the global co-head of the International Arbitra-tion practice at Norton Rose Fulbright. Aside from working on international arbitration matters he has served as arbitrator in many proceedings. Bienvenu served as chair of the IBA’s Arbitration Committee and is an alternate member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
Team & differentiation: The arbitration team handles a wide variety of high-value and complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, inclu-ding commercial and trade law cases. With more than 50 professionals in the Canadian Arbitration practice the team operates on a global level without limitations due to the geographical locations of clients.
NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT: HISTORIC HANDLERSOF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION MATTERS
John A. Terry
L eader: John A. Terry
E stablished: 1941
Track record: John Terry's civil litigation prac-tice focuses on public, business and interna-tional trade and investment law. He is known to regularly provide advice to clients on the global corporate and federal level and has advised major Canadian and multinational corporations.
Team & differentiation: The Dispute Resolu-tion team at Torys is highly regarded for its ability to deliver great outcomes, particularly as a result of creating custom-built teams to serve the specific needs of clients. They regularly advise clients on media, health-care, construction, public inquiries, internal investigations and various other matters.
TORYS:REPUTATION FOR DELIVERING OUTSTANDING OUTCOMES
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE 67
CANADA BEST LAW FIRMSIP Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 Gowlings WLG Anthony G. Creber
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh Francois Guay, Steven Garland, Gunars Gaikis
2 Dimock Stratton Ronald E. Dimock, Bruce W. Stratton
Goodmans Andrew Brodkin, Harry Radomski
EXCELLENTAitken Klee David Aitken, Marcus Klee
Bereskin & Parr Donald M. Cameron
Borden Ladner Gervais Christine Pallota
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt J. Bradley White
Robic François M. Grenier, Adam Mizera
Torys Andrew M. Shaughnessy, Andrew Bernstein
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBennett Jones Martin P.J. Kratz
Belmore Neidrauer Lindsay Neidrauer
Deeth Williams Wall Douglas N. Deeth, Gervas W. Wall
Fasken Martineau Julie Desrosiers
McCarthy Tétrault Andrew J. Reddon, Steven Mason
Norton Rose Fulbright Paul J. Field, Judith Robinson
RECOMMENDEDBlake Cassels & Graydon Anthony Prenol, Francis Rouleau
Drapeaulex Daniel Drapeau
Gilbert’s Tim Gilbert, Sana Halwani
Goudreau Gage Dubuc Alain M. Leclerc
Joli-cœur Lacasse Greg Moore
McMillan David W. Kent
Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala Bruce M. Green, Craig A. Ash, David McGruder
Ridout & Maybee Mitchell B. Charness
Stikeman Eliott Jonathan N. Auerbach, Justine M. Whitehead
Anthony G. Creber
L eader: Anthony G. Creber
E stablished: 1887
Track record: With an important focus on pharma and tech, Gowlings WLG acts for clients such as Eli Lilly, Stanley Black & Decker, Unilever, Adidas and Bayer. More recently the firm advised Sanofi and Bris-tol-Myers Squib on patent litigation against Apotex.
Team & differentiation: With more than 60 partners and offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Waterloo Region, Calgary and Vancouver, intellectual property and technology law is the core business of this Canadian firm. It also has an international presence in London, Moscow and Beijing.
GOWLINGS WLG:STRONG IP TEAM
Bruce Stratton
L eaders: Ronald E. Dimock, Bruce W. Stratton
E stablished: 1994
Track record: The Canadian firm has a solid reputation in contentious patent matters, with a particular focus on pharmaceutical and high-tech sectors. The team of lawyers has represented multinational corporations such as BlackBerry, Procter & Gamble, Gillette, and Dow Chemical.
Team & differentiation: With more than 25 years’ experience in IP services, this small-sized specialist firm is one of the most recommended in Canada, with a single office in Toronto and approximately 17 lawy-ers. Ronald Dimock, co-founder of the firm, is considered an institution in the field and counts among the country’s best litigators.
DIMOCK STRATTON:ESTABLISHED IP BOUTIQUE
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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CANADA BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
LEADING
1 Pierre Bienvenu Norton Rose Fulbright
Marc Lalonde Marc Lalonde
2 Henri Alvarez Fasken Martineau
Yves Fortier Cabinet Yves Fortier
EXCELLENT
Louise Barrington Arbitration Place
Brian Casey Bay Street Chambers
Earl Cherniak Lerners
Stephen Drymer Woods
David McCutcheon Dentons
Andrew McDougall White & Case
J. William Rowley J. William Rowley
Bryan S. Shapiro Shapiro Hankinson & Knutson
John A Terry Torys
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Robert Deane Borden Ladner Gervais
Gerald Ghikas Gerald Ghikas- sole practitioner
William Horton William G Horton Commercial Arbitration
John Lorn McDougall Arbitration Place
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE 69
CHILE
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE70
CHILE BEST LAW FIRMSCivil & Commercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
LAW FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Claro & Cía Cristóbal Eyzaguirre, José María Eyzaguirre García, Nicolás Luco, José Miguel Huerta
Gutiérrez, Waugh, Jimeno & Asenjo Joaquin Castillo, Alfredo Waugh Correa
EXCELLENT
Bofill Mir & Alvarez Jana Abogados Andrés Jana
Carey Gonzalo Fernández, Ricardo Reveco
Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos & Cía Florencio Bernales
Harasic & López Davor Harasic Yaksic, Julián López Masle
Rodríguez Vergara & Compania Pablo Rodríguez Grez, Pedro Pablo Vergara Varas
Vergara, Labarca & Cía Arturo Vergara del Río, Raimundo Labarca Baeza
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Baker & McKenzie Rodrigo Diaz de Valdes
Bofill Escobar Abogados Jorge Bofill
Bulnes, Urrutia & Bustamante Felipe Bulnes Serrano, Enrique Urrutia Pérez, José Manuel Bustamante Gubbins
CorreaGubbins Juan Ignacio Correa
Grupo Vial / Serrano Abogados Manuel José Vial Vial, Rodrigo Guzmán Karadima, José Miguel Olivares Padilla
Pfeffer & Asociados Francisco Pfeffer Urquiaga, Germán Pfeffer Urquiaga
Philippi, Prietocarrizosa & Uría Enrique Alcalde Rodriguez
RECOMMENDED
Albagli Zaliasnik Attorneys Gabriel Zaliasnik
Alcaíno | Abogados Alfredo Alcaíno, Marcelo Giovanazzi
Barros & Errázuriz Abogados Luis Eduardo Toro
Barros Letelier y González Francisco Gonzalez
D y P Abogados Jorge del Rio P., Gustavo Parraguez G., Francisco del Río P.
FerradaNehme Nicole Nehme, Rafael Collado
Figueroa Illanes, Huidobro, Salamanca Sergio Huidobro C.
Labbé Ovalle Mena Guglielmetti & Lackington Abogados Alberto Labbé V. , Francis Lackington G.
Lama Abogados Nicolas Lama
Ortúzar, Vergara & Boetsch Abogados Alvaro Ortúzar
Urenda Rencoret Orrego y Dörr Abogados Juan Carlos Dörr Zegers, Juan Carlos Dörr Bulnes
Villaroel, Lecaros, Aste y Baraona Guillermo Arthur
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE 71
CHILE BEST LAW FIRMSArbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
LAW FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
EXCELLENTClaro & Cía Felipe Ossa, Nicolás Luco, José Miguel Huerta
Gutiérrez, Waugh, Jimeno & Asenjo Juan Francisco Asenjo Cheyre, Joaquin Castillo, Alfredo Waugh Correa
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBofill Mir & Alvarez Jana Abogados Andrés Jana
Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos & Cía Fernando Urrutia
Grupo Vial / Serrano Abogados Manuel José Vial V., Rodrigo Guzmán K., José Miguel Olivares P.
Philippi, Prietocarrizosa & Uría Enrique Alcalde R., Cristian Conejero
RECOMMENDEDBarros Letelier y González Enrique Barros
Bofill Escobar Abogados Jorge Bofill, Francisco Aninat, Sebastian Yanine
Carey Aldo Molinari
CorreaGubbins Juan Ignacio Correa
Labbé Ovalle Mena Guglielmetti & Lackington Abogados Alberto Labbé V. , Francis Lackington G.
Yrarrazaval, Ruiz-Tagle, Goldenberg, Lagos & Silva Arturo Yrarrazaval C., Francisco Ruiz-Tagle D.
STRONG EXPERTISEAlcaíno | Abogados Alfredo Alcaíno, Marcelo Giovanazzi
Baker & McKenzie Rodrigo Diaz de Valdes
Bulnes, Urrutia & Bustamante Enrique Urrutia P., José Manuel Bustamante G.
D y P Abogados Jorge del Rio P., Gustavo Parraguez G.
Figueroa Illanes, Huidobro, Salamanca Patricio Figueroa V., Claudio Illanes R., Juan Eduardo Figueroa
Urenda Rencoret Orrego y Dörr Abogados Juan Carlos Dörr Zegers, Juan Carlos Dörr Bulnes
CHILE BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
Enrique Alcalde Rodriguez Philippi, Prietocarrizosa & Uría
Enrique Barros Barros Letelier y González
Andres Cuneo M. Cruz & Cia
Juan Carlos Dörr Zegers Urenda Rencoret Orrego y Dörr Abogados
Olga Feliú Segovia de Ortúzar Feliu y Asociados Consultora
Claudio Illanes R. Figueroa Illanes, Huidobro, Salamanca
Jaime Irarrazabal Philippi, Prietocarrizosa & Uría
Andrés Jana Bofill, Mir & Álvarez Jana
Carlos Eugenio Jorquiera Malschafsky Jorquiera & Rozas
Alberto Labbé Valverde Labbé Ovalle Mena Guglielmetti & Lackington Abogados
Felipe Ossa Claro & Cia
Loreto Silva Rojas Bofill Escobar Abogados
Sergio Urrejola Monckeberg Sergio Urrejola Monckeberg
Manuel Jose Vial Vial Grupo Vial / Serrano Abogados
Arturo Yrarrazaval C. Yrarrazaval, Ruiz-Tagle, Goldenberg, Lagos & Silva
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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MEXICO
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE 73
MEXICO BEST LAW FIRMSCivil & Commercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Martínez, Algaba, de Haro, Curiel y Galván-Duque Ernesto Algaba Berlanga, Jorge De Haro González, Roberto Martínez Guerrero
Quijano, Cortina y de la Torre Abogados Xavier Cortina, Javier Quijano Baz
EXCELLENT
Baker & McKenzie Javier Navarro-Velasco
Hogan Lovells BSTL Luis Omar Guerrero Rodríguez, Luis Enrique Graham
Loperena, Lerch y Martin Del Campo Carlos Loperena Ruiz
Santamarina y Steta Fernando del Castillo
Von Wobeser y Sierra Marco Tulio Venegas, Adrián Magallanes
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Bufete Zamora Pierce Rodrigo Zamora Etcharren
Guerra González y Asociados Jaime Guerra González
Hegewisch Abogados Fernando Hegewisch Diaz Infante
Malpica, Iturbe, Buj & Paredes Carlos Malpica
White & Case Enrique Espejel
RECOMMENDED
BGBG Juan Bonequi Herrera
Basham, Ringe y Correa Cecilia Flores Rueda
Bufete Hernández Romo Miguel Ángel Hernández-Romo
De Salvidea y González Alcántara Fernando de Salvidea
MGPS Abogados Müggenberg, Gorches y Peñalosa Esteban C. Gorches G.
Ríos-Ferrer, Guillén-Llarena, Treviño y Rivera Julio Gutiérrez Morales
Track record: The litigation practice is very active and represents one of the most important portions in the firm’s turnover. On the arbitration side, they have represented many Mexican and foreign companies in important international arbitrations, both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. At the moment, the team has a current caseload of around 20 ongoing arbitrations.
Team & differentiation: Claus von Wobeser, is recognized as one of the key figures of arbitration in Mexico, whether as teacher, lawyer or arbitrator. Marco Tulio Venegas co-heads the litigation team and, together with Adrian Magallanes, leads the arbitration practice of around 15 additional lawyers. The team benefits from the advice of Guillermo Ortiz, of counsel at the firm and previously President of the Supreme Court.
L eaders: Claus von Wobeser, Marco Tulio Venegas, Adrian Magallanes
E stablished: 1986
Marco Tulio Venegas
VON WOBESER & SIERRA: MEXICAN PIONEERS IN ARBITRATION
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE74
MEXICO BEST LAW FIRMSArbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
EXCELLENT
Hogan Lovells BSTL Luis Enrique Graham, Eduardo Siqueiros, Luis Omar Guerrero Rodríguez
Von Wobeser y Sierra Claus von Wobeser, Marco Tulio Venegas, Adrián Magallanes
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Bufete Zamora Pierce Rodrigo Zamora Etcharren
González de Castilla, Abogados Emilio González de Castilla Jr
Loperena, Lerch y Martin Del Campo Carlos Loperena Ruiz
RECOMMENDED
Abascal Flores Segovia Jose Maria Abascal Z., Hector Flores S., Romualdo Segovia
Basham, Ringe y Correa Cecilia Flores Rueda
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle Gabriela Alvarez-Avila
Ortega & Gómez Ruano Elsa Ortega
Rendon Guerrero Abogados Roberto Rendon G. , Juan Carlos Guerrero V.
SAI Law & Economics Luz Elena Reyes, Lucía Ojeda
Santamarina y Steta Fernando del Castillo
SOLCARGO (Solórzano, Carvajal, González, y Pérez-Correa) Fernando Pérez-Correa Camarena
MEXICO BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
Jose Maria Abascal Zamora Abascal Flores Segovia
Fernando del Castillo Santamarina y Steta
Cecilia Flores Rueda Basham, Ringe y Correa
Luis Enrique Graham Hogan Lovells BSTL
Francisco Gonzales de Cossio Gonzales de Cossio Abogados
Luis Omar Guerrero Rodríguez Hogan Lovells BSTL
Carlos Loperena Ruiz Loperena, Lerch y Martin Del Campo
Alejandro Ogarrio R. E. Ogarrio Daguerre Abogados
Roberto Rendon G. Rendon Guerrero Abogados
Romualdo Segovia Abascal Flores Segovia
Eduardo Siqueiros Hogan Lovells BSTL
Claus von Wobeser Von Wobeser y Sierra
Rodrigo Zamora Etcharren Bufete Zamora Pierce
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MEXICO BEST LAW FIRMS Antitrust
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
EXCELLENT
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez Luis Gerardo Garcia, Mauricio Serralde
Galicia Abogados Carlos Chavez, Christian Lippert, Manuel Galicia
Hogan Lovells BSTL Luis Omar Guerrero, Ricardo Pons
Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes Francisco Fuentes, Pilar Mata
SAI Law & Economics Lucia Ojeda
Valdés Abascal Abogados Rafael Valdes Abascal
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Basham, Ringe y Correa Amilcar Peredo
Castañeda y Asociados Gabriel Castañeda
Creel Abogados Jose Ruiz Lopez
Sánchez DeVanny Eseverri Cristina L. Sanchez
Santamarina y Steta Ernesto Duhne, Vicente Grau
Von Wobeser y Sierra Fernando Carreño
White & Case Iker Arriola
RECOMMENDED
Baker & McKenzie Raymundo Enriquez
Casares & Castelazo Victor Frias Garces
Cuesta Campos y Asociados Azucena Marin
Gardere, Arena y Asociados Marco Antonio Najera
Gonzalez Calvillo Gonzalo Vargas
Rico, Robles, Libenson y Bernal Amparo Martinez
Track record: Among their important interventions of 2015 was advising Organizacion Soriana S.A.B. de C.V, one of the biggest retailers in Mexico and a public company, on the agreement to acquire 160 retail stores of Controladora Comercial Mexicana, S.A.B. de C.V. ($2.675B). The team also advised AT&T on the acquisition of Grupo Iusacell from Grupo Salinas ($2.5B).
Team & Differentiation: Manuel Garcia and Christian Lippert have worked together since the foundation of the firm, developing a great combination of expertise to help clients in the entire spectrum of mergers and acquisitions. The competition and antitrust team led by Lippert and Chavez has extensive experience with complex merger filings.
L eaders: Manuel Galicia, Christian Lippert, Carlos Chavez
E stablished: 1994
Christian Lippert
GALICIA ABOGADOS: MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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PERU
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE 77
PERU BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial & Civil Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Estudio Echecopar - Baker & McKenzie Ana María Arrarte Arisnabarreta, Javier de Belaude
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados José Tam, Guillermo Lohmann
EXCELLENT
Benites, Forno & Ugaz Abogados Enrique Palacios
Miranda & Amado Abogados Juan Luis Avendaño V. , Mauricio Raffo
Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Olaya Fernando Melendez
Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados Julio Cesar Perez, Jose Domingo Rivarola
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Garcia Sayan Abogados Javier Villa Garcia
Hernandez & Cia Abogados Jorge Luis Zubiate, Ricardo Luque
Estudio Monroy Abogados Juan Monroy Galvez
Priori & Carrillo Abogados Giovanni Priori
Rubio Leguía Normand Bruno Marchese
RECOMMENDED
CPC Abogados Mario Pinatte
Ferrero Abogados Ramiro Portocarrero
Gallo Barrios Pickmann Abogados Giancarlo Mandriotti
Grau Abogados Vanessa Cisneros, Javier Ballon L.
Estudio Olaechea Manuel Villa-García, Cecilia Catacora
Osterling Abogados Mauricio Martínez
Pizarro, Botto & Escobar Guillermo Hesse, Carlos Nuñez
Rodriguez Angobaldo Abogados Fernando Rodriguez Angobaldo, Adolfo Roman, Luis A. Liñan
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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PERU BEST LAW FIRMSArbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Bullard Falla Ezcurra Abogados Alfredo Bullard, Alejandro Falla , Eduardo Quintana
Estudio Echecopar - Baker & McKenzi Ana María Arrarte Arisnabarreta
Miranda & Amado Abogados José Amado
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados José Tam
EXCELLENT
1 Estudio Paitan & Asociados Carlos Paitan Contreras
Simons Solucion de Controversias Adrian Simons
2 Campos / Abogados en infraestructura Alex Campos
Lourdes Flores Nano Lourdes Flores Nano
Osterling Abogados Enrique Ferrando , Mauricio Martínez Ramirez-Gaston
Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados Julio Cesar Perez, Jose Domingo Rivarola
Pizarro, Botto & Escobar Carlos Nuñez, Guillermo Hesse
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Hernandez & Cia Abogados Ricardo Luque
Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Olaya Fernando Melendez
Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas Abogados Financieros Jose Francisco Zaragoza
Vega & Asociados José Vega Soyer
RECOMMENDED
Amprimo y Flury Abogados Natale Amprimo
Gallo Barrios Pickmann Abogados Giancarlo Mandriotti
Garcia Sayan Abogados Agustín Yrigoyen González del Riego
Estudio Monroy Abogados Juan Monroy Galvez
Estudio Olaechea Manuel Villa-García, Cecilia Catacora
Estudio Rodríguez Angobaldo Luis Alberto Liñan Arana
Rubio Leguía Normand Bruno Marchese
Track record: As part of the Litigation team we find arbitration specialists. The firm has a current caseload of around 30 ongoing arbi-trations, mostly national. Some of the partners also act as arbitrators. The Litigation prac-tice advises clients from different sectors from mining as Compañia Minera Antamina to Telecommunications, as Nextel del Peru.
Team & differentiation: This firm is one of the oldest in Peru and also one of the most renowned in almost all law practices. The litigation team, co-headed by Jose Tam is one of the most active and complete in the country. They advise on a wide range of liti-gation matters, including civil, commercial, constitutional, administrative, arbitration and white collar.
L eaders: José Tam, Guillermo Lohmann
E stablished: 1965
José Tam
RODRIGO ELIAS & MEDRANO ABOGADOS: THE ONE-STOP SHOP FOR LITIGATION
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PERU BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
LEADING
Alfredo Bullard Bullard Falla Ezcurra Abogados
Fernando Cantuarias Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Universidad del Pacífico/Professor
Fernando de Trazegnies Estudio Juridico de Trazegnies
Shoschana Zusman Estudio Zusman
EXCELLENT
Carlos Cardenas Professor
Javier De Belaunde Estudio Echecopar (Baker & McKenzie)
Alfonso De los Heros Sole Practitioner
Eduardo Ferrero Costa Sole Practitioner
Louders Flores Estudio Lourdes Flores Nano Abogados
Gonzalo Garcia Calderon Garcia Calderon Vidal & Montero
Guillermo Lohmann Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Mario Castillo Freyre Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre
Rolando Eyzaguirre Sole Practitioner
Oswaldo Hundskopf Sparrow, Hundskopf & Villanueva Abogados
Hugo Sologuren Sole Practitioner
Fausto Viale Salazar Rubio Leguia Normand
RECOMMENDED
Natale Amprimo Amprimo y Flury Abogados
Luciano Barchi V. Pluspetrol
Richard Martin Sole Practitioner
Elvira Martinez Coco Estudio Elvira Martinez Coco & Asociados
Hugo Morote Rosello Abogados
Carlos Soto Estudio Carlos Soto y Abogados
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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PERU BEST LAW FIRMSAntitrust Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGBullard Falla Ezcurra Abogados Alfredo Bullard, Alejandro Falla , Eduardo Quintana
EXCELLENTLazo, De Romaña & Gagliuffi Abogados Ivo Gagliuffi
Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados Carlos Patrón
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDEstudio Echecopar - Baker & McKenzie Teresa Tovar
Miranda & Amado Abogados Enrique Felices
Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Olaya Eliana Lesem, Andres Calderon
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados Veronica Sattler
RECOMMENDEDFernandez-Davila & Bueno Abogados Rosa Bueno de Lercari
Hernández & Cía. Abogados Enrique Cavero
Estudio Olaechea Martin Serkovic
Santivañez Abogados Roberto Santivañez
PERU BEST LAW FIRMSIP Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 Barreda Moller Alfredo Barreda, Fernando Barreda
2 Rodrigo Elias & Medrano Abogados María del Carmen Alvarado , Hector Alvarez
EXCELLENTEstudio Colmenares María del Carmen Arana
Estudio Echecopar Luis Alonso García Muñoz-Nájar
Francisco Espinosa Bellido Abogados Francisco Espinosa Bellido, Francisco Espinosa Reboa
Thorne, Echeandía & Lema Abogados Alvaro Echeandia Bustamente
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAllende & Garcia Abogados Jorge Allende, Magali Garcia
BRDA Abogados José Barreda, Gonzalo Barreda
Muñiz Ramirez Pérez-Taiman & Olaya Marta Fernandez Pepper
Valencia Law Office Jubre Valencia
RECOMMENDEDBARLAW Adriana Barrera, Maria Ines Herrera
Clarke Modet & Co Claudia Fernandini
Duani & Kresalja Baldo Kresalja, Rosa María Kresalja
Fernandez-Davila & Bueno Abogados Carlos Fernandez-Davila
Grau Abogados Maria Delia Oxley
Hernandez & Cia Enrique Cavero Safra
Estudio Olaechea Mónica Germany
Osterling Abogados Arturo Tello
Pierola & Asociados José de Pierola
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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USA
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE 83
UNITED STATES BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGCravath, Swaine & Moore Evan CheslerDavis Polk & Wardwell James P. Rouhandeh, Michael CarrollDebevoise & Plimpton Mary Beth Hogan, John S. Kiernan, David W. Rivkin, Mark GoodmanGibson, Dunn & Crutcher Randy M. MastroPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garriso Theodore V. Wells Jr., Brad KarpQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan John Quinn, Michael B. CarlinskySkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom John L. Gardiner, Jonathan FrankSullivan & Cromwell Richard C. Pepperman IIWeil, Gotshal & Manges Edward Soto, David Yohai, David Lender
EXCELLENTBartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott Philip Beck, Rebecca Bacon, Jason Peltz, Karma GiulianelliBoies, Schiller & Flexner David BoiesCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Thomas J. Moloney, Lawrence B. Friedman, Mark LeddyGreenberg Traurig Alan Mansfield, Philip R SellingerJenner & Block David Bradford, Craig MartinKasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman Marc Kasowitz, Aaron MarksOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe William Molinski, Peter BicksPaul Hastings Barry Sher, Kurt Hansson, Dennis EllisSidley Austin Steven BiermanSimpson Thacher & Bartlett Thomas Rice and Paul CurninWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Jonathan Moses, William SavittWilliams & Connolly Robert A. Van KirkWilmerHale Howard Shapiro
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAllen & Overy Michael Feldberg, Jacob PultmanCahill Gordon & Reindel Charles A. Gilman Dechert Ben Barnett, David BernickFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Gregg L. WeinerK&L Gates Thomas Birsic, Anthony La RoccoKirkland & Ellis Jay Lefkowitz, Thomas D. Yannucci,Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Daniel Perry, George Canellos, Scott EdelmanReed Smith Jack NelsonShearman & Sterling Adam Hakki, Richard F. SchwedWhite & Case Glenn Kurtz
RECOMMENDEDArnold & Porter Kenneth ChernofChadbourne & Parke Thomas Hall, Tom McCormackChaffetz Lindsey Cecilia Froelick MossFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Marshall FishmanHerrick, Feinstein Scott MollenKaye Scholer James HerschleinKobre & Kim Michael KimProskauer Rose Brendan O'Rourke, Bradley RuskinRopes & Gray Jane Willis, Robert JonesSchulte Roth & Zabel Robert AbrahamsSteptoe & Johnson Karl Tilleman, Steven K. DavidsonWinston & Strawn Stephen D’Amore
Evan Chesler
L eader: Evan Chesler
E stablished: 1919
Track record: Cravath has represented Credit Suisse as nationwide coordinating counsel in all of its residential mortage-backed securities litigation and as lead counsel in about 50 of those lawsuits, having dismissed claims covering almost $695 million in securities. It has also acted for Avon in DOJ and SEC investigations of alleged FCPA violations.
Team & differentiation: Cravath has a reputa-tion for a diverse team with trial lawyers who have extensive experience in all industries. The partners act as hands-on leaders in directing the case from the initial phase all the way to the appeals phase. Significant clients include American Express, Morgan Stanley, Merck, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE:CHAMPION FIRM WITH NOVEL ARGUMENTS
John L. Gardiner
L eader: John L. Gardiner
E stablished: 1948
Track record: John Gardiner co-heads Skad-den’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group. They focus on high-exposure and mul-tijurisdictional disputes. Their litigation practice covers a wide range of industries, including financial services and audits. They are known for their “bet-the-company” cases as they are the most critical within the litigation realm.
Team & differentiation: Skadden’s litigation group is comprised of approximately 600 attorneys worldwide with the ability to utilize their multi-lingual abilities to practice in the United States and abroad. Clients include gas suppliers, many major telecommunications companies, several major US pharmaceutical companies, and lea-ding global financial institutions.
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM:UNFLAPPABLE REPUTATION WITH STRONG EXPERTISE
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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UNITED STATES BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGDebevoise & Plimpton David W. Rivkin, Donald Francis DonovanFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Nigel Blackaby, Noiana Paula MarigoKing & Spalding Edward Kehoe, Doak BishopWhite & Case Paul Friedland, Abby Cohen Smutny
EXCELLENTArnold & Porter Paolo Di Rosa, Jean E. KalickiChaffetz Lindsey David LindseyCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Mark LeddyHogan Lovells Daniel E GonzálezHughes Hubbard & Reed Alexander Yanos, John TownsendNorton Rose Fulbright Mark BakerSidley Austin Louis Kimmelman, Stanimir AlexandrovSimpson Thacher & Bartlett Robert Smit, Peter ThomasSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom John GardinerSullivan & Cromwell Joseph E Neuhaus
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBaker Botts Michael GoldbergCovington & Burling Marney Cheek, Allan B. MooreCurtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle George Kahale IIIHerbert Smith Freehills Laurence Shore, Christian LeathleyWilmerHale John Pierce
RECOMMENDEDAstigarraga Davis José I AstigarragaBaker & McKenzie Grant HanessianBartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott Hamilton HillFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Elliot PolebaumShearman & Sterling Henry WeisburgWeil, Gotshal & Manges Arif AliWinston & Strawn Mark Bravin
STRONG EXPERTISEChadbourne & Parke Mark BeckettCravath, Swaine & Moore David Marriott, Daniel SlifkinDLA Piper Cedric Chao, Camilo CardozoJenner & Block Lawrence Schaner, Richard F. ZieglerMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy James N. Benedict, George S. CanellosProskauer Ana Vermal, Peter Sherwin
Stanimir A. Alexandrov
L eaders: Stanimir A. Alexandrov, Louis Kimmelman
E stablished: 1866
Track record: As co-leader of the firm’s inter-national arbitration group, Alexandrov brings his practice, focused on the sophistication of dispute resolution, before the World Trade Organization, as well as arbitration centers including but not limited to the ICSID, ICC and the AAA, representing many private and governmental parties.
Team & differentiation: Sidley’s Internatio-nal Arbitration team represents clients with global reach in arbitration proceedings concerning commercial disputes in key global jurisdictions. Members draw from their prior service in governments around the world, giving them a unique overview of key policies which impact international trade regulation.
SIDLEY AUSTIN:PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO THE CLIENT
Paul Friedland
L eaders: Paul Friedland, Abby Cohen Smutny
E stablished: 1901
Track record: As global head of White & Case’s highly ranked Arbitration practice group since 2002, Friedland is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities in international arbitration. He and his team, including Abby Cohen Smutny, stand out for their strategic ability to understand all aspects of a case. They have been involved in numerous international arbitrations, both commercial and investor-state in nature.
Team & differentiation: With over 150 global arbitration lawyers in the firm, the practice carries deep insight into winning strategies and arguments. White & Case has a larger international arbitration practice than any other firm, covering every jurisdiction, arbitral forum and industry sector.
WHITE & CASE: GLOBAL LEADER IN ARBITRATION
Track record: It successfully acted for Ghana in an ICC arbitration, winning complete dismissal of a $200M claim filed by two foreign mining companies, and is defending the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in arbitration procee-dings against ConocoPhillips, which is seeking damages of over $20 billion, as well as Cyprus, Indonesia and India, among other states.
Team & differentiation: The 17 offices world-wide work closely together to live up to the stellar reputation of Curtis, widely recognized for its strong focus in oil & gas sector and its expertise in state-investor arbitrations, in which it stands out for representing only the states and for the fact that its lawyers don't act as arbitrators in such cases.
L eader: George Kahale III, Co-chair of International Arbitration practice
E stablished: 1830
George Kahale III
CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE: MARKET LEADER IN ADVISING STATES ON INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTES
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UNITED STATES NATIONWIDE BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
LEADINGGerald Aksen Sole practitioner
Charles B. Renfrew Sole practitioner
EXCELLENTGuillermo Aguilar-Alvarez King & Spalding
George A. Bermann Columbia Law School
Doak Bishop King & Spalding
James H. Carter WilmerHale
Robert B. Davidson Sole practitioner
Barry H Garfinkel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Carolyn B. Lamm White & Case
Jan Paulsson Three Crowns
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDDonald Francis Donovan Debevoise & Plimpton
John Fellas Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Paul Friedland White & Case
Oscar M. Garibaldi Sole practitioner
Horacio Grigera Naón Sole practitioner
Judd Kessler Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
William (Rusty) W. Park Sole Practitioner
W. Michael Reisman Yale Law School
John M. Townsend Hughes Hubbard & Reed
RECOMMENDEDMark Kantor Sole practitioner
Philip Allen Lacovara Mayer Brown
Daniel M. Price Sole practitioner
David W. Rivkin Debevoise & Plimpton
Robert H. Smit Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Edna R. Sussman Sole practitioner
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE86
UNITED STATES NATIONWIDE BEST LAW FIRMSIP Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner James B. Monroe
Fish & Richardson David J. Healey, Jonathan A. Marshall, Brian D. Coggio
Kirkland & Ellis William Streff, Dale Cendali
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Edward J. DeFranco, Daniel Nelson
WilmerHale Donald R. Steinberg, Bill Lee
EXCELLENT
1 Cravath, Swaine & Moore Evan Chesler, David Marriott, Keith Hummel
Desmarais John M. Desmarais
Irell & Manella Morgan Chu
Morrison & Foerster Eric M. Acker, Anders T. Aannestad
2 Covington & Burling Gary M. Rubman
McKool Smith Benjamin Levi, Samuel Baxter
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Neel Chatterjee, Joseph A. Calvaruso
Sidley Austin Thomas H. Beck
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Cooley Thomas J. Friel, Jr., Jim Brogan
Debevoise & Plimpton Bruce P. Keller
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Scott K. Reed
Goodwin Procter Douglas J. Kline
Jones Day Anthony M. Insogna, Brian M. Poissant
Keker & Van Nest Robert A. Van Nest
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Steve Gardner, Jamie L. Graham
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear William Zimmerman, John Sganga
Latham & Watkins Kenneth G. Schuler, Matthew John Moore, Douglas E. Lumish
Leydig Voit & Mayer Bruce M. Gagala
McDermott Will & Emery Sarah Chapin Columbia
Ropes & Gray Richard T. McCaulley, Jr.
Susman Godfrey Stephen Susman
Weil, Gotshal & Manges Jared Bobrow, Brian E. Ferguson
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Vern Norviel, Michael B. Levin, Edward G. Poplawski
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Bruce Keller
L eaders: Bruce Keller, David Bernstein
E stablished: 1931
Track record: Debevoise has acted for clients such as Sony Pictures Entertainment, Kraft, the NFL and Pernod Ricard USA, in the latter case against a competitor’s use of a white bottle similar to the client’s own design. The firm has recently advised Yves St. Laurent, Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and the NBA. The firm is at the forefront of e-commerce, data privacy and cyber law issues.
Team & differentiation: The IP team has a ter-rific reputation, particularly in copyright and trademark disputes, thanks to litigators such as Bruce Keller and David Bernstein, who run the IP practice together.
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON:AT THE FOREFRONT OF E-COMMERCE
Edward DeFranco
L eader: Edward DeFranco
E stablished: 1986
Track record: The firm has extensive expe-rience spanning a wide range of IP areas and technologies including computer archi-tecture, software, cellular communications and fiber optic communications. To name but a few, clients include: Google, Cisco, AOL, Dassault, and Yahoo!. The firm has won many important patent cases, both before and at trial, in numerous jurisdictions throughout the United States.
Team & differentiation: With more than 100 attorneys practicing IP law, the firm has gained an outstanding reputation and its lawyers are renowned for being excellent litigators. It is a major player in the “smart phone wars”, having represented Moto-rola Mobility, Google and Samsung against Apple on several occasions.
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN:GLOBAL FLUENCY ON ALL IP MATTERS
RECOMMENDEDAlston & Bird Keith E. Broyles, Michael J. Newton Arnold & Porter Matthew M. WolfBaker Botts David SchlitzBrinks Hofer Gilson & Lione James P. Naughton, Gary M. RopskiDLA Piper John Allcock, Mark D. FowlerFoley & Lardner Matthew B. LowrieGibson Dunn & Crutcher Josh KrevittGreenberg Traurig Jonathan Ball, Scott J. BornsteinHogan Lovells Eric J. Lobenfeld K&L Gates Tara C. ClancyKenyon & Kenyon Richard L. DeLuciaMcAndrews, Held & Malloy Lawrence M. Jarvis, Timothy J. MalloyNorton Rose Fulbright Jim RepassO'Melveny & Myers Darin Snyder, Brett J. Williamson, Mark Samuels Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler William CavanaughPaul Hastings Joseph O'Malley Perkins Coie Amy E. SimpsonRobins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi Ronald J. SchutzSteptoe & Johnson John Caracappa, Michael J. AllanWhite & Case Dimitrios T. DrivasWinston & Strawn Michael L. Brody, George C. Lombardi
STRONG EXPERTISEAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Karol Kepchar, Cono Carrano
Buchanan Ingesoll & Rooney Philip L. Hirschhorn
Dickstein Shapiro Albert Dawn Rudenko
Drinker Biddle & Reath Patrick J. Kelleher, Gregory J. Lavorgna
Farella Braun + Martel Stephanie P. Skaff
Fenwick & West Michael J. Sacksteder
Jenner & Block Bradford P. Lyerla, Harry J. Roper, Terrence J. Truax
Kaye Scholer Aaron Stiefel
King & Spalding Holmes Hawkins
Mayer Brown Alan Grimaldi
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Christopher Chalsen
Paul Weiss Nicholas Groombridge
Shook Hardy & Bacon Trent Webb
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Edward V. Filardi, David W. Hansen
Vinson & Elkins Scott W. Breedlove, Chuck P. Ebertin
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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UNITED STATES NATIONWIDE BEST LAW FIRMSAntitrust
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Mark Leddy
2 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Peter Sullivan, Gary R. Spratling, Scott HammondJones Day David P. WalesSimpson Tacher & Bartlett Peter C. Thomas, Kevin J. ArquitSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Clifford H. Aronson
EXCELLENTCovington & Burling Thomas O. Barnett, Deborah A. GarzaHogan Lovells Janet L. McDavidHausfeld Michael Hausfeld, Irving ScherKirkland & Ellis James MutchnikLatham & Watkins Michael Egge
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDArnold & Porter Jonathan Gleklen, Marleen Van KerckhoveCravath Swaine & Moore Christine A. VarneyDavis Polk & Wardwell Arthur F. GoldenDechert George G. Gordon, Michael L. Weiner, Paul T. DenisO'Melveny Myers Rich ParkerOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Stephen V. Bomse, Robert A. RosenfeldWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Ilene Knable Gotts, Michael H. ByowitzWhite & Case J. Mark GidleyWilmerHale Thomas Mueller, Michelle D. MillerWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Susan A. Creighton
RECOMMENDEDAxinn, Veltrop & Harkrider Stephen Axinn, John HarkriderBoies, Schiller & Flexner David Boies King & Spalding Jeffrey S. SpigelMayer Brown Robert E. BlochMcDermott Will & Emery Joseph F. WinterscheidMorrison & Foerster Stephen W. SmithPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Kenneth A. GalloShearman & Sterling Beau W. BuffierSheppard Mullin Gary HallingSidley Austin Joel M. MitnickSullivan & Cromwell Daryl A. Libow, Yvonne S. QuinnWeil Gotshal & Manges Steven A. NewbornWinston & Strawn Jeffrey L. Kessler
David P. Wales
L eader: David P. Wales
E stablished: 1890
Track record: Dave Wales is the practice leader for Jones Day’s worldwide Antitrust & Competition Law Practice. He has extensive antitrust experience in both the private and public sectors, having served as senior official in both of the U.S. antitrust agencies. There he oversaw all of the agency’s antitrust enforcement as acting director of the Bureau of Competition.
Team & differentiation: Dave Wales has testified on antitrust policy issues before the U.S. Congress and the Antitrust Modernization Committee. He is partner in Jones Day’s Washington DC office where the practice leads a team of more than 150 lawyers worldwide in Antitrust & Competition Law.
JONES DAY:A BIG NAME IN THE ANTITRUST ARENA
Jonathan Gleklen
L eaders: Jonathan Gleklen, Marleen Van Kerckhove
E stablished: 1946
Track record: Arnold & Porter advised General Electric on its $4.3 billion purcase of Avio’s aviation arm. The team also successfully represented Fukikura in a class -action case regarding alleged breaches of antitrust laws. Regular clients include AT&T, Boston scientific, BP, and Philipp Morris.
Team & differentiation: The antitrust practice of Arnold & Porter LLP is managed from Washington DC, but the firm has nevertheless built up an impressive work portfolio spread throughout the United States. William Baer, the influential head of Arnold’s antitrust group, has been named assistant attorney General for the US department of Justice on the antitrust Division.
ARNOLD & PORTER:THE ANTITRUST EXPERTS
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Adam Hoeflich
L eader: Adam Hoeflich
E stablished: 1993
Track record: Partner Adam Hoeflich was lead counsel for DuPont in a product liability litigation, including putative class actions, alleging damage caused by DuPont's Imprelis® herbicide. He also acted as lead counsel for Bayer in an MDL comprised of 11 alleged class actions relating to Bayer aspirin combination products. Significant clients of the firm include Northwestern Mutual and DuPont.
Team & differentiation: As a litigation boutique, Bartlit Beck is often trialing cases on the "bet-the-company” level. They have extensive experience in securities offerings and compliance issues, corporate finance, hedge and private equity fund formation, and counseling on sensitive corporate governance matters.
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT:A NATIONAL LEADER IN PRODUCT LIABILITY
Douglas Marvin
L eaders: Douglas Marvin, F Lane Heard III, Heidi K Hubbard
E stablished: 1967
Track record: From the Washington DC office, Douglas Marvin and his team have represented major companies in mass tort litigation and led successful cases in some of the largest pharmaceutical proceedings. Marvin has also counseled clients and represented par t ies in international arbitrations seated in London, Amsterdam, the United Arab Emirates, and elsewhere.
Team & differentiation: With approximately 275 partners and associates based in Was-hington D.C., the firm carries a reputation for handling large civil litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels, and served as national coordinating and trial counsel for Merck in litigation concerning the anti-in-flammation drug Vioxx.
WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY:A CLIENT-ORIENTED FIRM WITH STRONG EXPERTISE
UNITED STATES NATIONWIDE BEST LAW FIRMSProduct Liability
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Sheila Birnbaum, Mark Cheffo
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Harvey Kaplan, Kenneth Reilly
Sidley Austin Debra Pole
Williams & Connolly Douglas Marvin, F Lane Heard III, Heidi K Hubbard
EXCELLENT
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott Adam Hoeflich
DLA Piper Loren H. Brown
Jones Day Stephanie Parker, Paul Pohl
King & Spalding Chilton Davis Varner, Andrew T Bayman
Kirkland & Ellis Mike Brock
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom John H Beisner, Stephen J Harburg
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell Michael L. O'Donnell
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Arnold & Porter Anand Agneshwar, Eric Rubel
Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy James Campbell, William Conroy
Dechert Robert Heim
Greenberg Traurig Lori Cohen
Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum Tarek Ismail, Joe Tomaselli, Andrew Goldman
Reed Smith Michael Brown
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UNITED STATES NATIONWIDE BEST LAW FIRMSSecurities Litigation
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGCravath, Swaine & Moore Sandra C. Goldstein, David Marriott
Davis Polk & Wardwell James Rouhandeh, Charles Duggan
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Brad Karp, Richard Rosen
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Paul Curnin, Mark Cunha
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Jay Kasner
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Paul Vizcarrondo, George Conway
EXCELLENTCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Allan Beller, Mitchell Lowenthal, Lewis Liman
Debevoise & Plimpton Paul Berger, Jonhathan Tuttle
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Barry Goldsmith, Mark Kirsch
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Harry A. Olivar, Jr., Kenneth R. Chiate, Philippe Z. Selendy
Sullivan & Cromwell Robert Giuffra, Gandolfo DiBlasi, Robert Sacks
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Boies, Schiller & Flexner David Boies, Marilyn C. Kunstler
Kirkland & Ellis Andrew B. Clubok
Latham & Watkins Miles Ruthberg, Peter Wald
Morrison & Foerster Jordan Eth, Joel Haims
Shearman & Sterling Stuart Baskin, Adam Hakki
Weil, Gotshal & Manges Joseph Allerhand
WilmerHale William McLucas, Harry Weiss
RECOMMENDEDCovington & Burling David L. Kornblau
Dechert Andrew Levander, Linda Goldstein
Goodwin Procter Brian Pastuszenski, Mark Holland
Jones Day Robert W. Gaffey, Peter J. Romatowski
Munger, Tolles & Olson John Spiegel
O'Melveny & Myers Seth Aronson, Jeffrey Kiduff
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe James Kramer
Ropes & Gray John Donovan, Randall Bodner
Sidley Austin Robert Peitrzak, Sara B. Brody
Williams & Connolly Robert A. Van Kirk, Steven M. Farina
Willkie Far & Gallagher Richard D. Bernstein, Bradford D. Kaufman
STRONG EXPERTISE
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Stephen M. Baldini, Michael A. Asaro
Arnold Porter Michael D. Trager, Veronica Rendón Callahan, Scott B. Schreiber
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Martin L. Seidel, Louis M. Solomon, Gregory A. Markel
Chaffetz Lindsey Scott Reynolds
Cooley John C. Dwyer, Koji Fukumura
Greenberg Traurig William D. Briendel, Robert A. Horowitz, Bradford D. Kaufman
Kaye Scholer Vincent A Sama, James D. Herschlein
White & Case Claudine Columbres, Douglas Baumstein, Glenn M. Kurtz
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NEW YORK CITY BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGAllen & Overy Michael FeldbergCravath, Swaine & Moore Evan CheslerDavis Polk & Wardwell Carey Dunne, Frances Bivens, Benjimen KaminetzkyGibson, Dunn & Crutcher Mark Kirsch, Randy MastroPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Theodore Wells Jr., Brad KarpSimpson Thacher & Bartlett Thomas Rice, Paul CurninSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates Jonathan Frank, John L. GardinerSullivan & Cromwell Richard Pepperman II, Marc De LeeuwWhite & Case Glenn Kurtz
EXCELLENTBoies, Schiller & Flexner David BoiesCahill Gordon & Reindel Charles A. GilmanCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Thomas Moloney, Lawrence Friedman, Carmine BoccuzziDebevoise & Plimpton Mark Goodman, Mary Beth HoganKirkland & Ellis Jay P. LefkowitzOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Peter BicksQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Michael B. CarlinskySidley Austin Steven BiermanWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Jonathan Moses, William SavittWeil, Gotshal & Manges David J. Lender, David L. Yohai
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDKasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman Marc Kasowitz, Aaron MarksKaye Scholer James HerschleinKobre & Kim Michael KimMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Daniel Perry, George Canellos, Scott EdelmanPaul Hastings Barry Sher, Kurt HanssonSchulte Roth & Zabel Robert Abrahams
RECOMMENDEDChadbourne & Parke Thomas Hall, Tom McCormackProskauer Brendan O'Rourke, Bradley RuskinShearman & Sterling Adam Hakki, Richard F. Schwed
Michael Feldberg
L eader: Michael Feldberg
E stablished: 1930
Track record: Founder of the U.S. litigation practice at Allen & Overy in 2003, Feldberg has tried more than 50 cases and repre-sented numerous companies and indivi-duals in matters involving financial services and general corporate industries. Significant clients include Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Barclays Capital, BlackBerry and UBS.
Team & differentiation: Allen & Overy’s glo-bal network means delivering commercial advice quickly on a global scale. Feldberg has represented foreign and domestic cor-porations in connection with U.S. regulatory and criminal investigations concerning vio-lations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as well as individual officers and employees in similar investigations.
ALLEN & OVERY:RENOWNED REPUTATION WITH STRONG EXPERTISE
Richard Pepperman II
L eaders: Richard Pepperman II, Marc De Leeuw
E stablished: 1879
Track record: Pepperman is Managing Partner of Sullivan & Cromwell’s Litigation Group. He clerked for Chief Justice and has worked on a variety of antitrust, securi-ties, intellectual property, and investigative matters, representing clients in many fields, including the insurance, communications, financial services, manufacturing, oil and gas, and technology industries.
Team & differentiation: The Firm manages issues through every stage of the litigation life cycle, before any court or arbitration panel. The lawyers in the practice are inter-national practitioners and number more than 200 across the country. Significant clients include, Boeing, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, UBS and Barclays.
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL:AN INTERNATIONAL FIRM WITH GLOBAL REACH
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL: 160-YEAR OLD TRADITION OF LEADERSHIP
Track record: The firm represented Comcast in litigation with the National Football League over telecasting the NFL Network. Partner Frances Bivens represented Hyundai Heavy Industries (the manufacturer of the Deepwater Horizon) in MDL class action litigation related to the Gulf Oil Spill in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Other notable clients include Baidu, Ernst & Young and the US Department of the Treasury.
Team & differentiation: The litigation depart-ment of Davis Polk’s US operations houses 18 partners and more than 180 other lawyers, and regularly handles both state and federal regulatory matters for clients in a variety of industries including energy, real estate and healthcare.
L eaders: Carey Dunne, Frances Bivens, Benjamin Kaminetzky
E stablished: 1849
Frances Bivens
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NEW YORK CITY BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGDebevoise & Plimpton David W. RivkinFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Brian King, Noiana Paula MarigoKing & Spalding Edward KehoeWhite & Case Paul Friedland
EXCELLENTChaffetz Lindsey David LindseyCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Jonathan I. Blackman, Howard S. ZelboCurtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle George Kahale IIIHughes Hubbard & Reed Alexander Yanos, John FellasSidley Austin Louis Kimmelman
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDShearman & Sterling Henry WeisburgSimpson Thacher & Bartlett Robert SmitSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom John Gardiner
RECOMMENDEDBaker & McKenzie Grant HanessianChadbourne & Parke Mark BeckettCravath, Swaine & Moore David Marriott, Daniel SlifkinFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Elliot PolebaumHerbert Smith Freehills Laurence ShoreJenner & Block Richard F. ZieglerMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy James N. Benedict, George S. CanellosProskauer Ana Vermal, Peter SherwinWilliams & Connolly John BuckleyWilmerHale John PierceWinston & Strawn Mark Bravin
Brian King
L eaders: Brian King, Noiana Paula Marigo
E stablished: 1743
Track record: Brian King focuses his practice on commercial and treaty arbitration and is recognized as a global player, having acted in more than 100 arbitrations in the energy, construction and natural resources sec-tors. Brian and his team have also worked on innovative investment treaty planning strategies.
Team & differentiation: Within its dispute resolution practice, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s global network contains over 400 lawyers worldwide delivering and resolving disputes on a global scale. The practice has worked on two of the largest investment arbitrations to date, and have over 30 years’ experience in international arbitration.
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER:HISTORIC REPUTATION WITH STRONG EXPERTISE
Alexander Yanos
L eaders: Alexander Yanos, John Fellas
E stablished: 1888
Track record: Yanos co-chairs the firm’s Treaty Arbitration group where he focuses on com-plex disputes on court and arbitral tribunals. He is particularly experienced within the energy and mining sectors. He has acted in matters before almost every International tri-bunal including the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and the American Arbitration Association.
Team & differentiation: The firm’s internatio-nal arbitration practice has about 61 legal professionals in its New York office, giving it an effective advantage in resolving cases through various alternative methods of dis-pute resolution.
HUGHES HUBBARD AND REED:A FLEXIBLE INTERNATIONAL FIRM
Track record: Founding Partner David Lind-sey’s repertoire includes representing the PRC in a RICO action, and one of the Middle East’s largest car dealers in a dispute with its manufacturers. The firm has acted in cases involving large infrastructure projects, oil and gas ventures, corporate acquisitions, environ-mental clean-up, to name a few.
Team & differentiation: Its NY headquarters counts 11 partners and 14 other lawyers. Although often representing the defense, the firm can and does act against major businesses that many large firms would not oppose, and its remarkably strong international practice, as well as high-quality and affordable services attract both US and international clients.
L eader: David Lindsey
E stablished: 2009
David Lindsey
CHAFFETZ LINDSEY: FIRST-TIER QUALITY YET AFFORDABLE SERVICES
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NEW YORK CITY BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
EXCELLENT
Gerald Aksen Sole practitioner
Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez King & Spalding
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
George A. Bermann Columbia Law School
James H. Carter WilmerHale
Robert B. Davidson Sole practitioner
Barry H. Garfinkel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
David W. Rivkin Debevoise & Plimpton
RECOMMENDED
John Fellas Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Paul Friedland White & Case
Philip Allen Lacovara Mayer Brown
Robert H. Smit Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Edna R. Sussman Sole practitioner
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
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NEW YORK CITY BEST LAW FIRMSIP Litigation
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGFish & Richardson Edmond R. Bannon, Peter LudwigFitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Scott K. ReedKirkland & Ellis Gregory S. ArovasWilmerHale William F. Lee
EXCELLENT1 Cravath Swaine & Moore David Kappos, David Marriott, Evans Chesler, Keith Hummel
Desmarais John DesmaraisGibson Dunn Jane M. LoveRopes & Gray Joseph Guiliano, Gene Lee
2 Kenyon & Kenyon Richard L. DeLuciaOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Joseph A. CalvarusoQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Peter Armenio Shearman & Sterling Mark A. HannemanWinston & Strawn Aldo A. Badini
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDArent Fox William TanenbaumCadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Christopher A. HughesCooley Janet Cullum Goodwin Procter David M. Hashmall, Ira J. LevyKing & Spalding Robert F. PerryLadas & Parry Ralph H. CathartPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler Saul B. ShapiroSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Daniel A. DeVito
RECOMMENDEDBaker Botts Robert C. ScheinfeldBuchanan Ingersoll Philip L. HirschhornDay Pitney Richard H. BrownFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Jeffrey I.D. LewisHughes Hubbard James W. Dabney, Stephen S. RabinowitzJones Day Johnson R. Wesley JrMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Christopher E. ChalsenMcKool Smith Samuel Baxter, Ted StevensonPaul, Hastings Joseph O'MalleySildey Austin Thomas H. BeckWeil, Gotshal & Manges Robert S. BerezinWhite & Case Dimitrios T. Drivas, Jeffrey J. OelkeWilson Elser Adam Bialek
Evan Chesler
L eaders: Evan Chesler, Keith Hummel, David Marriott, David Kappos
E stablished: 1820
Track record: Cravath has a strong history of representing clients in a wide range of IP liti-gation matters. Top clients recommend the firm, including Mylan, NCR, Novartis, Sanofi, IBM and Qualcomm, for whom the firm is lead counsel in several international matters. Cravath’s IP team is also well recognized for advising clients in national and worldwide IP strategy and the identification of IP assets.
Team & differentiation: Despite a single-office in the U.S (the second one is in London), Cravath Swaine & Moore’s IP team is playing a premium role nationwide. David Kappos, former head of the USPTO who joined a few years ago (2013), brings connections with numerous fortune 500 firms.
CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE:FIRST CLASS LITIGATION
Aldo A. Badini
L eader: Aldo A. Badini
E stablished: 1853
Track record: Aldo Badini is a litigation partner in the firm’s New York and Silicon Val-ley offices. He has been involved in patent matters including acting as lead trial coun-sel. His experience includes various jury and judge trials, and intellectual property due diligence and licensing negotiations. In 2012, the firm’s IP litigation practice won the fifth-largest patent verdict of all time for Monsanto.
Team & differentiation: With over 200 atto-rneys in Winston & Strawn’s Intellectual Property practice, the firm is able to bring in diversity and vast knowledge from expe-rience to their clients. They are continuously acting in high-tech, biotech, and pharma-ceutical and new media industries.
WINSTON & STRAWN:NOTABLE FOR DIVERSE WORK IN IP
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NEW YORK CITY BEST LAW FIRMSAntitrust
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Mark Leddy
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Peter Sullivan
Simpson Tacher & Bartlett Kevin J. Arquit
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Clifford H. Aronson
EXCELLENT
Cravath Swaine & Moore Christine A. Varney
Davis Polk & Wardwell Arthur F. Golden
Dechert Michael L. Weiner
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Ilene Knable Gotts, Michael H. Byowitz
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider Stephen Axinn, John Harkrider
Boies, Schiller & Flexner David Boies
Debevoise & Plimpton Gary Kubek, Daniel Abuhoff
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Richard S. Goldstein
Sullivan & Cromwell Yvonne S. Quinn
RECOMMENDED
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Bernard Nigro
Linklaters Thomas McGrath
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Harry Robins
Shearman & Sterling Beau W. Buffier
Sidley Austin Joel M. Mitnick
Winston & Strawn Jeffrey L. Kessler
Peter Sullivan
L eader: Peter Sullivan
E stablished: 1890
Track record: Headed by Peter Sullivan, the antitrust team defended BNSF Railway in the defense of the fuel surcharge antitrust class action. The firm also acted for Schlumberger in the joint venture with Cameron Internatio-nal in subsea oil and gas production.
Team & differentiation: Peter Sullivan is a partner in New York and Brussels offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. The firm has over 100 lawyers located throughout the US and Europe in the antitrust division. In January of 2014, Scott Hammond joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher from the DOJ antitrust division where he was the former deputy assistant general attorney.
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER:POWERFUL TEAM OF LITIGATORS
Kevin J. Arquit
L eader: Kevin J. Arquit
E stablished: 1884
Track record: The firm served for Office Depot on its $1.2 M acquisition of Office Max. It also represented Kohlberg Kravis Robert & Co and Blackstone Gorup in a putative class action. Emerson Electric, Ericsson, J.P. Morgan Chase, Viacom are regular clients.
Team & differentiation: Simpson Thacher’s antitrust corporate practice is comple-mented by its highly successful antitrust litigation team. Kevin J. Arquit, former Gene-ral Counsel of FTC is currently heading the antitrust practice. James Kreissman of the Palo Alto office is another big name within the firm. The team advises on matters ran-ging from complex mergers and acquisitions to government investigations.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT:A STRONG TEAM FOCUSED ON COMPETITION
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WASHINGTON D.C. BEST LAW FIRMSInvestment Treaty Arbitration
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Nigel Blackaby
White & Case Carolyn Lamm, Jonathan C. Hamilton, Abby Cohen Smutny
EXCELLENT
Arnold & Porter Paolo Di Rosa, David Weiner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Matthew Slater
Hughes Hubbard & Reed John M. Townsend
Norton Rose Fulbright Matthew H. Kirtland
Sidley Austin Stanimir Alexandrov
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Baker Botts Ryan Bull
Covington & Burling Marney Cheek, Eugene Gulland
Dechert Arif H. Ali
Shearman & Sterling Jonathan Greenblatt, Christopher M. Ryan
WilmerHale Rachael D. Kent
RECOMMENDED
Baker & McKenzie Edward G. Baldwin
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Elliot E. Polebaum
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Michael D. Nolan
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Peter Thomas
Squire Patton Boggs Stephen P. Anway
Winston & Strawn Eric W. Bloom, Mark N. Bravin
STRONG EXPERTISE
Brown Rudnick Ignacio Torterola
Foley Hoag Paul S. Reichler, Ronald Goodman, Mark A. Clodfelter
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Jon Corey
Three Crowns Luke Sobota
Nigel Blackaby
L eader: Nigel Blackaby
E stablished: 1743
Track record: The team advised BG Group on the first-ever investment treaty arbitration case to be addressed in the US Supreme Court, which reinstated a $185M award in favor of the company in its long-running dispute with Argentina. Other notable ins-tructions have come from ConocoPhillips, Repsol, Total, and Burlington Resources.
Team & differentiation: The firm is a force to be reckoned with, having institutional knowledge flowing through its ranks for centuries, making it one of the biggest legal names in the world. In particular, the inter-national arbitration team is the world lea-der in arbitrations involving Latin America, handling most of the world’s largest energy disputes.
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER:AN UNRIVALLED TRACK RECORD
Carolyn Lamm
L eaders: Carolyn Lamm, Jonathan C. Hamilton, Abby Cohen Smutny
E stablished: 1901
Track record: The firm regularly represents state clients such as the Republics of Peru, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan and the Philippines. Keystone clients like Saudi Aramco gene-rate a regular flow of arbitration work in the field of investment treaty arbitration. Recent highlights include successfully representing Canadian mining company Gold Reserve in its ICSID arbitration against Venezuela, which resulted in a $740M award.
Team & differentiation: The very fact that eight of its partners work out its Washington D.C. office speaks volumes about its extremely strong focus, and subsequent reputation for investment treaty disputes. Its high-profile cases often make headlines, and include some of the most important decisions in international arbitration history.
WHITE & CASE:TRULY GLOBAL
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EUROPE
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AUSTRIA
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AUSTRIA BEST LAW FIRMS Commercial Litigation
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Binder Grösswang Christian Klausegger, Stefan Albiez
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Thomas Kustor
EXCELLENT
CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Irene Welser, Peter Vcelouch
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Johannes Reich-Rohrwig, Daniela Karollus-Bruner
Dorda Brugger Jordis Florian Kremslehner, Felix Hörlsberger
Wolf Theiss Clemens Trauttenberg, Holger Bielesz
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Baker & McKenzie - Diwok Hermann Petsche Rechtsanwälte Alexander Petsche
Brauneis Klauser Prändl Rechtsanwälte (bkp) Alexander Klauser
Doralt Seist & Csoklich (DSC) Raimund Bollenberger
Fiebinger, Polak, Leon & Partners (FPLP) Rudolf Fiebinger
Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte Nikolaus Pitkowitz
Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte (KWR) Thomas Frad, Georg Karasek
Knötzl Bettina Knötzl
Schönherr Christoph Lindinger, Andreas Natterer
RECOMMENDED
Brandl & Talos Rechtsanwälte Ernst Brandl
DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach David Christian Bauer
Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners Rechtsanwälte (fwp) Markus Fellner
Kunz Schima Wallentin Rechtsanwälte (KSW) Georg Schima
Oehner Petsche Pollak Simone Petsche-Demmel
Christian Klausegger
L eaders: Christian Klausegger, Stefan Albiez
E stablished: 1962
Track record: The firm advises a large number of creditors of HETA (holding claims in excess of €4 B) in contentious work against HETA, the republic of Austria and the Province of Carinthia. It also represents one of the largest banks in Europe, defending against alleged claims of the Province of Salzburg in connection with swap agreements and other complex financial transactions.
Team & differentiation: Its Dispute Resolution team is among the oldest (started in 2000) and largest (5 partners and 16 associates) in Austria. Deeply rooted in the Austrian law, it has a strong base of domestic clients and Austrian subsidiaries of international groups, notably financial institutions.
BINDER GRÖSSWANG:MOST IN DEMAND BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Johannes Reich-Rohrwig
L eaders: Johannes Reich-Rohrwig, Daniela Karollus-Bruner
E stablished: 1970
Track record: Particularly strong in construc-tion, insurance, contract, labor, insolvency and European/international law, CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz has the trust of the market for highly-complex litigations, especially in real estate and corporate disputes. Plasser & Theurer and Austrian Airlines are repre-sentative clients.
Team & differentiation: Mr. Reich-Rohrwig (corporate law, M&A and antitrust law) and Ms. Karollus-Bruner (energy, media, banking, financial services and insurance industries) lead the team, which counts 5 partners and 12 other qualified lawyers from various fields. The cross-office cooperation across Europe sets CMS’ Dispute Resolution practice apart.
CMS REICH-ROHRWIG HAINZ:ACTIVE EUROPEAN PLAYER
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AUSTRIA BEST LAW FIRMS International Arbitration
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Dorda Brugger Jordis Florian Kremslehner, Christoph Stippl
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Günther Horvath
EXCELLENT
1 Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte Nikolaus Pitkowitz
Zeiler.partners Rechtsanwälte Gerold Zeiler, Markus Schifferl
2 Binder Grösswang Michael Kutschera, Christian Klausegger
CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Irene Welser
Fiebinger, Polak, Leon & Partners (FPLP) Rudolf Fiebinger
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Baker & McKenzie - Diwok Hermann Petsche Rechtsanwälte Stefan Riegler, Alexander Petsche
Knötzl Florian Haugeneder
Konrad & Partners Christian Konrad
Liebscher Dispute Management Christoph Liebscher
RECOMMENDED
ARP Andreas Reiner & Partner Christian Aschauer
Baier Rechtsanwälte Erhard Böhm
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Daniela Karollus-Bruner
Schönherr Christoph Lindinger, Anne-Karin Grill
Torggler Rechtsanwälte Hellwig Torggler
Wolf Theiss Holger Bielesz
Günther Horvath
L eader: Günther Horvath
E stablished: 1970 (Heller Löber Rechtsanwälte)
Track record: The team recently advised the Austrian energy company EVN in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Bulgaria pursuant to the Austria-Bulgaria bilateral investment treaty and the Energy Charter Treaty. It has also been entrusted by the same client in an investment treaty arbitration against Macedonia related to the privatization of electricity distribution.
Team & differentiat ion: Head of the International Arbitration Group in Vienna, Günther Horvath has over 35 years experience with a particular focus on energy matters, corporate disputes and industrial engineering. The Vienna office functions as part of a cross-border team of 70+ lawyers to advise clients in Central and Eastern Europe.
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER:GATEWAY TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Rudolf Fiebinger
L eader: Rudolf Fiebinger
E stablished: 1990
Track record: The firm’s recent mandates include advising an Austrian energy and infrastructure service provider in an ICC arbitration concerning disputes on price review and representing a Cyprus-based company in arbitration proceedings over payment disputes before the VIAC.
Team & differentiation: The firm is well recognized for its industry focus and extensive expertise in the paper, energy and life science industries, and its flexible structure allows for a greater implication of partners in the cases. Department Head Rudolf Fiebinger has vast experience in international arbitrations as arbitrator or counsel, and partner Peter Polak is strong in particular price review disputes.
FPLP:INDUSTRY-FOCUSED EXPERTISE, FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE
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BELGIUM
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BELGIUM BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
LAW FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Hanotiau & van den Berg Pascal Hollander, Niuscha Bassiri, Pierre Vermeire
Linklaters Françoise Lefèvre, Joost Verlinder
EXCELLENT
Eubelius Patrick Hofströssler
Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick Hakim Boularbah
NautaDutilh Marc van der Haegen
Simont Braun Paul Alain Foriers
Stibbe Bruno Maes, Hans Van Bavel
Strelia Jean-Pierre Fierens, Olivier Clevenbergh, Jean-François Tossens
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Allen & Overy Koen Van den Broeck
Loyens & Loeff Martine De Roeck
Lydian Hugo Keulers
RECOMMENDED
Altius Christophe Ronse, Alexander Hansebout
Contrast Luc Demeyere
Fieldfisher Claudio Mereu
Laga Willem Henckens, Jürgen Egger
Quinz Benoît Allemeersch, Vincent Van Obberghen
Van Bael & Bellis Catherine Longeval
Françoise Lefèvre
L eaders: Joost Verlinden, Françoise Lefèvre
E stablished: 1973
Track record: Linklaters’ dispute resolution department in Belgium handle the most sensitive and complex cases for major local and international clients in a wide variety of industries. The team recently acted fot GDF SUEZ and Electrabel in numerous procee-dings regarding the profitability of the Bel-gian nuclear power plants.
Team & differentiation: Practice head Joost Verlinder is considered as one of the best litigators in the Belgian market, he specia-lizes in banking litigation and commercial arbitration. Françoise Lefèvre focuses on, corporate and banking litigation, corporate and white-collar crime and arbitration, both at domestic and international level.
LINKLATERS:FOCUSING ON STRATEGIC DEALS
Paul Alain Foriers
L eaders: Paul Alain Foriers, Rafaël Jafferali
Track record: The lawyers in the team repre-sent clients before Court of Cassation, the Supreme Administrative Court and the Euro-pean Court of Justice, as well as at every stage of legal proceedings. They also act in national and international proceedings, in which they play a role as counsel or arbi-trators.
Team & differentiation: Rafaël Jafferali, who has been recently appointed as partner, is a specialist in litigation (including arbitra-tion and proceedings before the Supreme Court), contract law and private internatio-nal law. Paul Alain Foriers acts in complex litigation in civil, commercial, company and financial law.
SIMONT BRAUN:A LEADING INDEPENDENT LAW FIRM
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BELGIUM BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
LAW FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
1 Hanotiau & van den Berg Bernard Hanotiau, Albert Jan van den Berg, Pascal Hollander
2 Linklaters Joost Verlinden, Françoise Lefèvre
EXCELLENT
Allen & Overy Werner Eyskens, Joost Everaert
Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick Hakim Boularbah
Matray, Matray & Hallet Didier Matray
Strelia Jean Pierre Fierens, Jean François Tossens
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Contrast Luc Demeyere, Frank Wijckmans
Daldewolf George Albert Dal, Marc Dal, Patrick De Wolf
Lexlitis Dirk de Meulemeester
NautaDutilh Marc van der Haegen
Simont Braun Rafaël Jafferali
Stibbe Bart Volders
RECOMMENDED
Janson Baugniet Cédric Alter
Quinz Benoît Allemeersch
Schoups Marco Schoups
Jean-François Tossens
L eaders: Jean-Pierre Fierens, Jean-François Tossens
E stablished: 2013
Track record: The firm’s partners advise Belgian and foreign clients mainly on cor-porate and post- M&A arbitration as well as commercial litigation, both as counsel and arbitrators. The team’s recent work highlights include advising on disputes relating to share and purchase agreements.
Team & differentiation: Jean-Pierre Fierens and Jean-François Tossens, founding partners of the firm, are very committed to promoting and spreading the arbitration culture in Belgium and abroad. In 2015, Bart De Moor joined the firm to boost the restruc-turing and dispute resolution practice.
STRELIA:BELGIAN ROOTS, INTERNATIONAL APPROACH
Marc Dal
L eaders: George-Albert Dal, Marc Dal, Patrick De Wolf
E stablished: 2015
Track record: The ADR team is regularly invol-ved in referring disputes to arbitration, both domestic and international, and is familiar with proceedings conducted under CEPANI, ICC, ICDR, ASA and UNCITRAL rules. The members of this team are also often invol-ved in ad hoc arbitration and they have an impressive experience as arbitrators. Team & differentiation: George-Albert Dal, for-mer President of the Order of French-spea-king section of the Brussels Bar, has an outstanding reputation as an arbitrator. Patrick De Wolf regularly handles arbitration and is an expert of the OHADA region. Marc Dal was chairman of the Belgian Center for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI).
DALDEWOLF: A TRUSTED NAME IN THE BELGIAN SCENE
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BELGIUM BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
LEADING
1 Bernard Hanotiau Hanotiau & van den Berg
Albert Jan van den Berg Hanotiau & van den Berg
2 Pascal Hollander Hanotiau & van den Berg
Françoise Lefèvre Linklaters
Didier Matray Matray Matray Hallet
Vera Van Houtte Professor
EXCELLENT
Olivier Caprasse Hanotiau & van den Berg
George-Albert Dal Daldewolf
Marc Dal Daldewolf
Jean-Pierre Fierens Strelia
Paul Alain Foriers Simont Braun
Filip de Ly Professor
Dirk de Meulemeester Lexlitis
Jean François Tossens Strelia
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
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BELGIUM BEST LAW FIRMSEU Competition Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Antoine Winckler, Nicholas Levy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer David Broomhall, Frank Montag, Laurent Garzaniti
White & Case Jacquelyn MacLennan, Mark Powell
EXCELLENT
Ashurst Alexandre Vandencasteele, Denis Fosselard, Denis Waelbroeck
Allen & Overy Dirk Arts
BonelliErede Massimo Merola
Contrast Frank Wijckmans, Filip Tuytschaever
Hogan Lovells Matthew Levitt
Linklaters Gerwin Van Gerven, Bernd Meyring
SheppardMullin Jacques Derenne
Skadden Arps Simon Baxter, James S. Venit, Ingrid Vandenborre
Stibbe Peter Wytinck
Van Bael & Bellis Jean-François Bellis, Porter Elliott, Andrzej Kmiecik
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Arnold & Porter Tim Frazer, Marleen Van Kerckhove, Luc Gyselen
Baker & McKenzie Fiona Carlin
Bredin Prat Marc Pittie
Clifford Chance Tony Reeves
Covington & Burling Miranda Cole
Eubelius Hans Gilliams, Jan Bocken
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher David Wood, Peter Alexiadis
Hengeler Mueller Markus Röhrig, Hans-Jörg Niemeyer
Latham & Watkins Sven VölckerLiedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick Jules Stujk
Mayer Brown Kiran S. Desai, Jens Peter Schmidt, Julian Ellison
Slaughter & May John Boyce
RECOMMENDED
Alphalex Avocats Jean-Paul Hordies
Altius Carmen Verdonck
Daldewolf Thierry Bontinck, Pierre Goffinet
Garrigues José Luis Buendía Sierra
Gide Benoît Le Bret, Stéphane Hautbourg
Gleiss Lutz Ulrich Soltész
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Simon Hirsbrunner
Norton Rose Fulbright James R. Modrall
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Nadine Hermann
Squire Patton Boggs Brian Hartnett
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Carmen Verdonck
L eader: Carmen Verdonck
E stablished: 2002
Track record: With experience in merger control, joint-ventures, cartel investigations, and IP rights, the team litigates before Bel-gian and EU courts. Altius counts the Bel-gian National Lottery amongst its clients, having defended it against an alleged abuse of a dominant position.
Team & differentiation: the EU Competition practice can provide extensive offerings, with in depth knowledge. Let by Carmen Verdonck, the 7-strong team is well placed to advise on matters in Brussels, in particu-lar the application of antitrust rules and anti-trust investigations.
ALTIUS:HIGH QUALITY SERVICE
Nadine Herrmann
L eader: Nadine Herrmann
E stablished: 2014
Track record: Experience with public and private enforcement of national and EU competition laws, the firm counts Google and Motorola amongst its clients, having represented them before the European Commission. The team is notably acting for Belgian CDC Cartel Damage Claims in multi-million Euro damage claims.
Team & differentiation: The team is led by the highly-experienced Dr. Nadine Herrmann, Managing Partner of Brussels and Hamburg offices, as well as Chair of the firm’s EU and German Competition Law Practice. Boris Bronfentrinker is a notable practitioner in the office, also acting as Head of the UK Competition Litigation Practice.
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN:LED BY EXPERIENCED LAWYERS IN THE HEART OF EUROPE
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight intothe market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
ALPHALEX-AVOCATS
Track record: A law firm bringing together several legal practitioners from across the European Union under a European Econo-mic Interest Grouping, Alphalex Avocats has experience litigating before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, as well as other national supreme courts. Alphalex Avocats represents individuals and corporations regarding European Law.
Team & differentiation: Led by Jean-Paul Hor-dies, the firm is active in many sectors, such as competition, human rights, public law and corporate finance. The firm conducts nego-tiations before public authority, and develops both a European and international approach to its cases, before jurisdictions within which it operates.
L eader: Jean-Paul Hordies
E stablished: 2015
Jean-Paul Hordies
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BELGIUM BEST LAW FIRMSPatent Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Altius Paul Maeyaert, Christophe Ronse
Bird & Bird Jean-Christophe Troussel, Bruno Vandermeulen
Crowell & Moring Kristof Roox
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Carl De Meyer, Benoît Strowel, Liesebeth Weynants
EXCELLENT
Allen & Overy Geert Glas
Eubelius Veronique Pede
Field Fisher Waterhouse Stijn Debaene
NautaDutilh Philippe Peters, Florence Verhoestraete
Simont Braun Eric De Gryse, Fernand de Visscher
Stibbe Ignace Vernimme
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick Etienne Kairis
Linklaters Pieter Van Den Broecke
LMBD Prioux Louis Puts
Olswang Patricia Cappuyns
RECOMMENDED
DLA Piper Nicolas Becker
Janson Baugniet Mireille Buydens
Lydian Annick Mottet Haugaard
Van Bael & Bellis Peter L'Ecluse
Van Innis & Delarue Dieter Delarue
Carl De Meyer
L eaders: Carl De Meyer, Benoît Strowel, Liesebeth Weynants
E stablished: 2011
Track record: Managing partner of Brussels’ office, Carl De Meyer’s practice entails large areas of intellectual property such as patent and trademark along with copyright. The team also handles intellectual property issues faced by major bio-pharmaceutical companies. They advise and litigate on pre-mium cases, and clients include big names such as Philips, Procter & Gamble, Gillette and Saint Gobain.
Team & differentiation: This team of 50 is truly international, and its founders, Willem Hoyng and Denis Monégier du Sorbier, are pillars of European intellectual property law. Whatever the industry sector concerned, the firm has experts to address its specific needs. The firm has offices in Brussels, Amsterdam, Madrid and Paris.
HOYNG MONEGIER:A HIGH-FLYING NICHE PLAYER
Véronique Pede
L eader: Véronique Pede
E stablished: 1994
Track record: Eubelius’ intellectual property practice focuses on information technology and fair trade, and particularly on trade-marks, copyrights, patents and designs. The distinctly international focus permits the independent firm to have a very diverse client base, including multinationals, entre-preneurs, and Belgian companies that are members of large international groups.
Team & differentiation: Belgium’s largest independent law firm, with 35 partners and close to 100 associates, has offices in Brus-sels, Kortrijk and Antwerp. Notably, Eubelius founder, Koen Geens, has now become the Belgian Minister of Justice.
EUBELIUS:BELGIUM’S LARGEST INDEPENDENT FIRM
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FRANCE
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Leaders League. When was “Paris, the Home of International Arbitration” created?Elie Kleiman. The not-for-profit associa-tion was created in 2009, at the initiative of all major arbitration players in Paris, either lawyers in international law firms or in de-dicated boutiques, renowned arbitrators, the ICC, A.F.A. (Association for domestic and in-ternational arbitration) and the CFA (Comité Français de l’Arbitrage), among others.The association has a rotating governance. Its first ever President was Alexis Mourre. At the moment, the association’s office is made up of Peter Rosher (Pinsent Masons) as general secretary, Charles Neyrac (White & Case) as treasurer, and I am the current president.For a very long time, Paris was the first place of arbitration worldwide, with an ever-increasing number of ICC arbitrations choosing Paris as their seat. In recent years, London has made a big push for the promotion of its arbitration practice, with a welded and active arbitration community. After Switzerland, London then started to compete with Paris.Therefore, Paris, the Home of International Ar-bitration’s first mission was to take urgent ac-tion as we were noting a growing number of ICC arbitrations with their seats in London.
Leaders League. What is its role?E. K. Our association encourages Paris-based players to recognize their collective ethos as a professional community and actively to promote Paris as a place of arbitration, with an open mind.Paris indeed has a very diverse arbitration community, counting about 30% expatriates acting most of the time as either partners or as counsels. There are more than 500 profes-sionals working in the arbitration field and its annual turnover is between 300 and 500 million Euros.Paris, the Home of International Arbitration’s mission is to create a spirit of camaraderie, in order to bring together the community, in its general interest.
We want to give as much visibility worldwide as possible to Paris as an arbitration place; whenever there is an important arbitration conference, members of the association assisting to the conference never fail to promote Paris, the Home of International Arbitration. We also have a presence online with our bilingual website, which is frequently updated. Once a year, we organize a conference on a current topic with a pragmatic focus, suitable for all arbitration users. And Paris, the Home of International Arbitration also has its own ad hoc arbitration rules available on its website.
Leaders League. What advantages does Paris have to offer as a seat for arbitration?E. K. There are many critical advantages to choose Paris as seat of arbitration. The French law of arbitration is the most arbitration-friendly in the world. Courts understand international arbitration as a genuine, fair and legitimate form of international justice, which they are much more prone to uphold and support than any other courts in the world, thereby ensuring the execution prospects of awards given in France. Paris is the home of the ICC. No place in the world can boast such a diverse and competent arbitration community.
Leaders League. The international ar-bitration practice has been developing a great deal lately and some observers talk about a shift of arbitration seats to Asia. How do you envision the future of Paris within the global landscape of internatio-nal arbitration? E.K. Paris still has a certain number of as-sets and lots of things to offer as is clear. We need to continue to educate the arbitra-tion world about Paris’ unique approach to international arbitration. We must not be shy about blowing our own horn, which is what Paris, Home of International Arbitration is here to do.
Known by many in his role as Managing Partner of Freshfields in Paris, the seasoned arbitration lawyer also acts as President of the not-for-profit association “Paris, the Homeof International Arbitration”, dedicated to promoting Paris as a place of arbitration.He explains.
PARIS HAS A VERY DIVERSE ARBITRATION COMMUNITY,COUNTING ABOUT30% EXPATRIATES
“Our aim is to promote Paris as a place of arbitration, with an open mind”
ELIE KLEIMAN President, PARIS, THE HOME OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
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FRANCE BEST LITIGATION SUPPORT FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS TEAM LED BY
LEADINGAccuracy Jean-Baptiste de Courcel, Xavier GallaisDeloitte Élisabeth Avril
EXCELLENTAbergel & Associés Alain Abergel, Jean Noël Munoz, Romain LobsteinBM&A Thierry Bellot, Eric BlacheEight Advisory Céline LeroyKPMG Jean-Luc Guitera, Caroline AlbarelMazars Luc MartyPriceWaterhouseCoopers Fabienne Borde, Jean-Louis Di Giovanni, Dominique PerrierRicol Lasteyrie Jean-Charles de LasteyrieSorgem Evaluation Maurice Nussenbaum, Guy Jacquot, Claire Karsenti, Teddy GuérineauWilliam Nahum Associés & Partenaires William Nahum
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAfival Audit & Conseil Philippe CamposBDO Michel Léger, Caroline Allouët, Fabrice ChaffoisControl Risks Stéphanie LhommeExco Paris - ACE Emmanuel Charrier, Alain AuvrayErnst & Young Frédéric ElkeslassyFinexsi Olivier Peronnet, Olivier CouraudFRA (Forensic Risk Alliance) Yousr KhalilMicroeconomix Gildas de Muizon, François Lévêque
RECOMMENDEDAlix Partners Laurent Petizon, Liam ColleyArca Conseil David BenarrochCailliau Dedouit et Associés Jean Jacques Dedouit, Isabelle de Kerviler, Stéphane Lipski, Rémi Savournin, Didier CardonFTI Consulting James Nicholson, Alexandre RivièreKroll Béchir ManaNG Finance Olivier SchwabProrevise Pierre LoeperValphi Emmanuel Dayan
FRANCE BEST LITIGATION SUPPORT FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS TEAM LED BY
LEADINGAccuracy Jean-Baptiste de Courcel, Eric van Duijvenvoorde, Nicolas Barsalou, Christophe SchmitFTI Consulting James Nicholson, Alexandre Rivière, Juliette Fortin
EXCELLENTDeloitte Elisabeth Avril, Andrew Flower, Anthony CharltonEight Advisory Celine LeroyErnst & Young Frédéric ElkeslassyKPMG Jean-Marc Lefort, Jean-Luc GuiteraPriceWaterhouseCoopers Fabienne Borde, Dominique Perrier
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 Exco Paris - ACE Emmanuel Charrier, Alain Auvray
Finexsi Olivier Peronnet, Olivier CouraudSorgem Evaluation Maurice Nussenbaum, Claire Karsenti
2 BDO Michel Léger, Caroline AllouëtControl Risks Stéphanie LhommeFRA (Forensic Risk Alliance) Yousr KhalilMazars Luc MartyMicroeconomix Gildas de Muizon, François LévêqueOCA (Organisation Conseil Audit) Mikael Ouaniche, Alain Ouaniche
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FRANCE BEST LITIGATION SUPPORT FIRMSFinancial Fraud
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS TEAM LED BY
LEADINGKPMG Jean-Marc Lefort
EXCELLENTErnst & Young Philippe Hontarrède, Antoinette Gutierrez-Crespin
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Fabienne Borde, Jean-Louis Di Giovanni, Dominique Perrier
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAccuracy Frédéric Loeper, Guylaine Leclerc
BDO Jean-Marc Allouët
BM&A Thierry Bellot, Alain Nauleau, Eric Blache
Control Risks Stéphanie Lhomme
Deloitte Redouane Bellefqih, Karl Payeur, Olivier Mauduit, Elisabeth Avril
FIP Marc Hürner, Hervé Zany
RECOMMENDEDAbergel & Associés Romain Lobstein
Alix Partners Steven Ambord
Baker Tilly Florent Pinard
Eight Advisory Céline Leroy
Exco Paris - ACE Emmanuel Charrier, Alain Auvray
Finexsi Olivier Peronnet, Olivier Couraud
FRA (Forensic Risk Alliance) Yousr Khalil
FTI Consulting James Nicholson, Alexandre Rivière
Kroll Béchir Mana
Navigant Consulting Jon W. Harvey
OCA (Organisation Conseil Audit) Mikael Ouaniche, Alain Ouaniche
Ricol Lasteyrie Sonia Bonnet-Bernard, Jean François Sablier
FRANCE BEST LITIGATION SUPPORT FIRMSAntitrust Analysis
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS TEAM LED BY
LEADINGCompass Lexecon David SevyCédants & Repreneurs d'Affaires Laurent FlochelMAPP David SpectorMicroeconomix Gildas de Muizon, François Lévêque
EXCELLENTAccuracy Xavier ChevreuxOxera Pascale DéchampsRBB Economics Stéphane DewulfTera Consultants Laurent Benzoni
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAlix Partners Liam ColleyControl Risks Stéphanie LhommeExco Paris - ACE Emmanuel Charrier, Alain AuvrayFinexsi Olivier Peronnet, Olivier CouraudInstitut d'économie industrielle (IDEI) Jean TiroleKPMG Jean-Luc GuiteraPriceWaterhouseCoopers Fabienne BordeSorgem Evaluation Maurice Nussenbaum, Claire Karsenti
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FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERSLEADING
Bredin Prat Jean-Daniel Bretzner, Florian Bouaziz, Sylvie Morabia, Sophie Cornette de Saint CyrDarrois Villey Maillot Brochier Matthieu Brochier, Cyril Bonan, Emmanuel Brochier, Jean-Michel Darrois, Christophe Ingrain, Laurent AynèsLinklaters Kiril Bougartchev, Arnaud de La CotardièreOrrick Rambaud Martel J.-P. Martel, J.-M. Leprêtre, M. Roseau, P. Rincazaux, F. Lalance, A. Maraud des Grottes, E. BoursicanVeil Jourde Jean Veil, Georges Jourde, Emmanuel Rosenfeld, Yankel Bensoussan
EXCELLENT1 Altana Philippe Goossens, Guillaume Forbin, Julien Balensi, Michel Jockey, Christophe Laap, Pierre-Gilles Wogue
August & Debouzy Kami Haeri, Alexandra Cohen-Jonathan, Pierre-Charles Ranouil, Marie Danis, Benjamin van Gaver, Carine DupeyronCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Claudia Annacker, Jean-Yves GaraudClifford Chance Thibaud d'Ales, Diego de Lammerville, Thomas Baudesson, Jean-Pierre GrandjeanCVML - Cotty Vivant Marchisio & Lauzeral Pierre Treille, Philippe Lauzeral, Thierry Cotty, Nicolas RontchevskyDe Gaulle Fleurance & Associés Bruno Lebrun, Frédéric Manin, Jean-François Paque, Charles Moulette, Andrea Pinna, Louis de Gaulle, Valérie Lafarge-SarkozyDe Pardieu Brocas Maffei Matthieu Barthélemy, Philippe Dubois, Dominique Lefort, Joanna Gumpelson, Barbara Levy, Paul TalbourdetFreshfields Stéphane Bénouville, Dimitri LecatGide Michel Pitron, Patrick Ouart, Bruno QuentinHogan Lovells Antoine Juaristi, Cécile Derycke, Christine Gateau, Thomas RouhetteJeantet Associés Julien Martinet, Florent Prunet, Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié, Yves Repiquet, Jean Néret, Paul CocchielloLantourne & Associés Kristell Cattani, Maurice Lantourne, Flavie HannounRacine F. Chaput, L. Jourdan, V. Ledoux, B. Néouze, B. Cavalié, E. Laverrière, A. Diesbecq, C. Di Fazio Perrin, T. Gallois, N. Segundo Weil Gotshal & Manges Didier Malka, Claude Serra, Bernard Casanova
2 Allen & Overy Erwan Poisson, Denis Chemla, Marie StoyanovBFPL Avocats Christophe Pech de Laclause, François Berbinau, Amaury SonetChatain & Associés Antoine Chatain, Hyppolyte Marquetty, Solen Guezille, Stéphane LatasteDentons Pascale Poupelin, Fédérique Meslay Caloni, Pierre Lévêque, Christine SévèreDethomas Peltier Juvigny Arthur Dethomas, Benoît MarpeauFTPA Edouard Fabre, Rajeev Sharma Fokeer, Robert Corcos, Laurence Lepinoix, Fabrice Lorvo, Emmanuel d'Antin, Serge-Antoine TchekhoffFranklin Yann ColinLatham & Watkins Myria Saarinen, Fabrice FagesLaude Esquier Champey Richard Esquier, Olivier Laude, Victor Champey, Nathalie KarpikPaul Hastings Pierre Kirch, Dominique Borde, Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi, Nicolas Faguer, Guillaume Kellner, Aline PonceletReinhart Marville Torre Jean Reinhart, Jérôme Marsaudon, Louis-Marie Absil, Marc Susini, Antoine DérotSimmons & Simmons Jacques-Antoine Robert, Eric Boillot, Thierry Gontard, Ombeline Ancelin, Alexandre Regniault, Étienne KowalskiSkadden Olivier Diaz, Armand W. Grumberg, Grégoire Bertrou
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 BCTG Avocats Augustin Nicolle, Diane Mouratoglou, Séverin Kullmann
Baker & McKenzie Éric Borysewicz, Jean-Dominique TourailleBernard-Hertz-Béjot Marie-Elisabeth Hertz, Alexander Blumrosen, Sylvain Rieuneau, Stéphane Cournot, Patrick BernardBetto Seraglini Gaëlle Le Quillec, Thierry Tomasi, Jean-Georges Betto, Christophe Seraglini, Julien FouretBrandford Griffith & Associés Diane Pasturel, Henri Brandford GriffithChemarin & Limbour Alexandre LimbourDLA Piper Bruce Mee, Frédérik Azoulay, Philippe Blaquier-Cirelli, Marie Hindré, Michèle AnahoryDS Avocats Arnaud Constant, Bertrand Potot, Sandra Dorizon, Marie-Christine MergnyDunaud Clarenc Combles & Associés Bénédicte Michel, Christophe Clarenc, Natacha Levine, Patrick DunaudGENESIS Avocats Philippe FeitussiGranrut Avocats Olivier Binder, Bertrand Pébrier, Bruno Quint, Etienne Rocher, Jean-Patrick DelmotteJones Day Laurent Martinet, Ozan Akyurek, Rémy FeketeLMT Avocats Jean-Yves Foucard, Arnaud Bourdon, Emmanuel Fleury, Christian Connor, Olivier Samyn, Christophe Héry, Alexandre GruberSBKG & Associés Julien Mayeras, Bertrand de Haut de Sigy, David Gordon-Krief, Sophie Erignac-GodefroyScemla Loizon Veverka & de Fontmichel Olivier Loizon, Alexandre de Fontmichel, Martin DonatoSzpiner, Toby, Ayela, Semerdjian Christophe Ayela, Renaud SemerdjianTaylor Wessing Philippe Glaser, Benoît Goulesque Monaux, Paul-Albert IweinsViguié Schmidt Nicolas Viguié, Yves SchmidtWhite & Case Philippe Métais, Joris WillemsWillkie Farr & Gallagher Dominique MondoloniWinston & Strawn Anne-Carine Ropars Furet, Gilles Bigot, Guillaume-Denis Faure, Maria Kostytska, Mathilde Lefranc-Barthe
2 Archers Fabrice Patrizio, Antony MartinezAshurst Éric Bouffard, Jean-Pierre Farges, Pierre Emmanuel FenderBoken Raphaël Gauvain, Franck Poindessault, Félix de Belloy, Antoine BeauquierDechert Jacques Sivignon, Xavier NyssenDelsol Avocats Stéphane Perrin, Pierre-Marie Durade-Replat, Alexis ChabertFarthouat Asselineau & Associés Nicolas Boulay, Dominique Dedieu, Vincent Asselineau, Christophe LlorcaFidal Bruno Berger-Perrin, Daniel Rota, Isabelle VaugonHW&H Dominique Heintz, Michel Wolfer, Béatrice DeshayesKing & Spalding Vanessa Benichou, Joël AlquezarLacourte Raquin Tatar Serge Tatar, Alexis le Lièpvre, Jean-Jacques RaquinMiguéres Moulin Guilhem Affre, Emmanuel MoulinNgo Jung Partners Aurélie Boulbin, Pierre Jung, Gérard Ngo, Marion NgoPDGB Avocats Xavier Hugon, Philippe Julien, Sylvia Spalter, Bertrand Jardel, Philippe LayeRossi Bordes Dominique BordesSelene Avocats Laurent ArchambaultSquire Patton Boggs Antoine Adeline, Marie-Aimée Peyron, Carole SportesStehlin & Associés Marc-Pierre Stehlin, Frédéric Lecomte, Léopold FarqueStephenson Harwood Barthélemy Cousin, Nicolas Demigneux
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3 Ayache Salama & Associés Michel AyacheBird & Bird Marion Barbier, Annet van Hooft, Anne-Florence RaducaultCGR LEGAL Gilles GassenbachCourtois Lebel Philippe Courtois, Bruno MartinFieldFisher Philippe Netto, Bruno Paccioni, Pascal SquercioniHughes Hubbard & Reed Marc HenryKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Renaud Dubois, Christian Orengo, Marie-Christine Fournier-GilleLefèvre Pelletier & Associés Martine Blanck-Dap, Xavier CledatPoirier Schrimpf & Associés Bruno Schrimpf, Isabelle LagrangeWilhelm & Associés Pascal Wilhelm
RECOMMENDED1 AV&A Cynthia Picart
BCW Antoine Camus, Laurent Bernet, Laurent GarrabosBersay & Associés Yves Ardaillou, Cédric de Pouzilhac, Jérôme Bersay, Frédéric FlatrèsBG2V Xavier Carbasse, Karim Beylouni, Julien VernetBiard, Bouscatel & Associés Claire Bouscatel, Philippe BiardBochamp François Géry, Nicolas DemardBOPS Rémi Passemard, Romain Dupeyré, Christian BouckaertBryan Cave Constantin Achillas, Kathie D. ClaretCarbonnier Lamaze Rasle & Associés Jean_Hugues Carbonnier, Edouard de Lamaze, Michel Rasle, Antoine FourmentCayse Sybille Baratin, Cédric MontfortChaintrier Avocats Philippe CabanisCMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre Jean de la HosserayeCourrégé Foreman Mauricia Courrégé, Simon ForemanCPC Associés Patricia Coletti, Mathieu LandrotD'Alverny & Associés Arnaud Rougeau-Mauger, Henri-Joseph Trémolet de Villers, Hubert d'AlvernyEversheds Rémi Kleiman, David S. SellersFasken Martineau Bruno Richard, Jérôme RichardotFuchs Cohana Reboul Romuald CohanaGrall & Associés Jean-Christophe Grall, Nathalia Kouchnir-Cargill, Emmanuelle Bordenave-MarzocchiHadengue & Associés François Dupuy, Marc VillefayotHascoët Associés François HascoëtHoche Avocats Catherine OttawayJoulie Avocats Anne-Hortense Joulie JP Karsenty & Associés Linda Capoano, Paul RicardKuckenburg Bureth Boineau & Associés Olivier Bureth , Catherine BoineauLatournerie Wolfrom & Associés Chantal Cordier-Vasseur, Julien de MicheleLazareff Le Bars Benoit Le Bars, Simon Christiaën, Raphaël KaminskyMorgan Lewis Alexandre BaillyNomos Emmanuelle Voisset, Christophe PecnardNorton Rose Fulbright Christian Dargham, Philippe HameauOlswang Géraldine RochePech de Laclause Bathmanabane & Associés Arnaud Pericard, Philippe Pech de Laclause, Catherine Popineau-Dehaullon Pechenard & Associés Gauthier Moreuil, Nicolas Sidier Pwc Avocats Gilles Semadeni, Edith Baccichetti, Bruno Thomas, Christophe GuenardReed Smith Benoît Charot, Clara Zerbib, Daniel Kadar, Luc Grellet, Ana Atallah, Marie AlbertiniRibeyre, David & Associés Alain Ribeyre, Annie DavidRicard Demeure & associés Jerôme BarbetRivedroit Guillaume Krafft, David Lutran, Nicolas MaubertSelene Avocats Laurent ArchambaultSolferino Associés Guillaume Buge, Charlotte Plantin, Oun-Tat TieuSteering Legal Mathias Audit, Elias Bou Khalil, Sébastien FleuryTeitgen Werl Avocats Alexis Werl, Francis TeitgenUGGC Avocats Sylvie Welsch, Jean-François Canat, Jean-Jacques Uettwiller, Thierry Montéran, Jean-Philippe CrotWragge Lawrence Graham & Co Philippe Rousseau, Yohann Toreau, Frédéric Dereux
2 186 Rivoli DCL Avocats Peisse Dupichot Lagarde Bothorel & Associés28 Octobre De Bussy Giancarli Chevalier Poulain & AssociésAdvocacy 4 Deprez Guignot & Associés Raphaël Kaminsky - Litigation & ArbitrationAlyanakian Avocats Deprez Perrot Ravet & AssociésAres Avocats Diametis RedlinkBNR Avocats Ginestié Magellan Paley-Vincent STC PartnersBernards Henriot Mahassen Borrel Scotto & AssociésBilalian Avocats Holman Fenwick Willan Sekri Valentin ZerroukBrandi Partners K&L gates Tolomei AvocatsBrunswick Société d'avocats Lamy & Associés VigoCheysson Marchadier Lysias PartnersCoblence & Associés Meridian
Kami Haeri
L eader: Kami Haeri
E stablished: 1995
Track record: August & Debouzy works with a diverse clientele that includes the banking and telecommunications sectors, and consulting firms. The team represented Orange against Numericable in a wrongful termination lawsuit which totaled over €2.5 billion.
Team & differentiation: in 2014, the creation of an entity aiming to bring together all types of litigation (commercial, criminal, internatio-nal...) helped to structure a versatile team. Thanks to the firm’s expertise, they were able to participate in a round table on group action procedures organized by the Social Affairs Commission of the French National Assembly. The team also received five honors at the 2015 Trophées du Droit awards.
AUGUST & DEBOUZY: LOOKING TOWARDS CLASS ACTION
Christophe Lapp
L eader: Christophe Lapp
E stablished: 2009
Track record: The firm’s activity focuses on disputes related to construction, enginee-ring, and distribution, involving diverse international infrastructures. For example, this year the team is operating in the United Arab Emirates on behalf of a Lebanese com-pany, and in Morocco on behalf of an Italian company.
Team & differentiation: the firm has exten-sive expertise in major construction and infrastructure projects. The complementarity of the team provides interdisciplinary litiga-tion services as well as internal and inter-national commercial arbitration services. Furthermore, the partners are regularly called upon to be arbitrators.
ALTANA:A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
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FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 Shearman & Sterling Emmanuel Gaillard, Yas Banifatemi, Coralie Darrigade, Jennifer Younan
White & Case C. von Krause, M. Polkinghorne, C. Nairac, C. Seppälä, N. Bouchardie, A. McDougall
2 Bredin Prat Tim Portwood, Raed Fathallah, José Maria Pérez, Louis Christophe Delanoy
Dechert J. M. Garcia Represa, Eduardo Silva Romero, Jacques Sivignon, Philip Dunham, Xavier Nyssen
Freshfields Noah Rubins, Ben Juratowitch, Elie Kleiman, Peter Turner
EXCELLENT1 Betto Seraglini Christophe Seraglini, Jean-Georges Betto, Gaëlle Le Quillec, Thierry Tomasi, Julien Fouret
Cleary Gottlieb Claudia Annacker, Robert T Greig, Jean-Yves Garaud
Derains & Gharavi Yves Derains, Bertrand Derains, Hamid Gharavi, Mélanie Van Leeuwen, Eloïse Obadia
Gide Carole Malinvaud, Pierre Raoul-Duval, Christian Camboulive, Michel Pitron
King & Spalding Kenneth R. Fleuriet, Vanessa Benichou, Eric Schwartz, Joël Alquezar, James Castello
Linklaters Roland Ziadé, Pierre Duprey, Arnaud de La Cotardière, Matthieu de Boisséson
Orrick Rambaud Martel Charles Kaplan, Laurent Jaeger
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Philippe Pinsolle, Thomas Voisin
2 Clifford Chance Jason Fry, Simon Greenberg, Jean-Pierre Grandjean
Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle Geoffroy P. Lyonnet, Peter M. Wolrich, Sabrina Aïnouz, Nadia Darwazeh, Jérôme Lehucher
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier Cyril Bonan, Laurent Aynès
Teynier Pic Laurence Kiffer, Eric Teynier, Pierre Pic
Three Crowns Georgios Petrochilos, Todd Wetmore
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 Dentons Barton Legum, Jean-Christophe Honlet
Hogan Lovells Laurent Gouiffès, Carmen Núñez-LagosLatham & Watkins Fernando Mantilla-SerranoLazareff Le Bars Benoit Le BarsMayer Brown Dany Khayat, Alejandro López Ortiz
2 August & Debouzy Marie Danis, Carine Dupeyron, Kami Haeri, Benjamin van GaverBrown Rudnick Roger Kennell, Jean François Le Gal, Nicholas Tse, Sébastien BonnardEversheds Will Thomas, David S. SellersFoley Hoag Bruno Leurent, Thomas Bevilacqua, Philippe Sarrailhé, Hery RanjevaHerbert Smith Isabelle Michou, Andrew Cannon, Emmanuelle CabrolHughes Hubbard & Reed Marc Henry, José RosellJones Day Michael Bühler, Jean-Pierre HarbK&L Gates Louis Degos, Charlotte Baillot
3 Allen & Overy Michael Young, Peter Thorp, Marie StoyanovAltana Caroline Duclercq, Christophe Lapp, François Muller, Julien Balensi Bops Christian Bouckaert, Romain Dupeyré, Aurélia CadinDLA Piper Bruce Mee, Michael OstroveDebevoise & Plimpton Antoine F. Kirry, Frederick T. DavisFTPA Serge-Antoine Tchekhoff, Robert Corcos, Rajeev Sharma FokeerHolman Fenwick Willan Stéphanie Schweitzer, Timothy Clemens-Jones, Stanislas Lequette, Olivier PurcellMcDermott Will & Emery Jacob GriersonMeyer Fabre Damien Devot, Nathalie Meyer FabreNgo Jung & Associés Diana Paraguacuto-Mahéo, Gérard NgoProskauer Ana Vermal, Peter SherwinSquire Patton Boggs Antoine Adeline, Marie-Aimée Peyron, George von Mehren, Valérie Ravit, Carole Sportes
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RECOMMENDED1 Baker & McKenzie Éric Borysewicz, Jean-Dominique Touraille
Bernard-Hertz-Béjot Alexander B. Blumrosen, Patrick BernardCastaldi Mourre & Partners Valentine Chessa, Priscille Pedone, Steven SpragueFidal Bruno Berger-Perrin, Isabelle VaugonRaphaël Kaminsky | Litigation & Arbitration Raphaël KaminskyScemla Loizon Veverka & de Fontmichel Olivier Loizon, Alexandre de Fontmichel, Martin DonatoSkadden Gregoire BertrouWinston & Strawn Philippe Cavalieros, Maria Kostytska, Anne-Carine Ropars-Furet
2 Aceris William KirtleyBird & Bird Annet van Hooft, Marion BarbierBryan Cave Constantin Achillas, Joseph Smallhoover, Brian RecorClyde & Co David Méheut, Maylis Casati-Ollier, David BrownCotty Vivant Marchisio Lauzeral Karim Nassif, Philippe Taverne, Philippe LauzeralDe Gaulle Fleurance & Associés Andrea Pinna, Charles-Edouard Renault, Louis de GaulleFasken Martineau Serge Gravel, Jérôme RichardotGinestié Magellan Paley-Vincent Jalal El AhdabJeantet Associés L. Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié, T. Lauriol, Y. Repiquet, J.-F. Adelle, P. Cocchiello, H. de la ForgeKuckenburg Bureth Boineau & Associés Olivier Bureth , Joachim KuckenburgLMT Avocats Christian Connor, Christophe HéryPinsent Masons Peter Rosher, Frédéric GillionRacine Laurent Jourdan, Bruno Néouze, Bruno Cavalié, Jean-Yves MartinRavet & Associés Stanley ChaneyReed Smith Ana AtallahRicard Demeure & Associés Jérôme BarbetSelene Avocats Laurent Archambault
STRONG EXPERTISEBCTG Augustin Nicolle, Séverin KullmannBMH Avocats Martin Hauser, Detlev Kühner, Olivier HoebanxBrandi Partners Michel Henriquet, Guillaume DolidonFieldfisher Louis-Bernard BuchmanGillian Carmichael Lemaire Gillian Carmichael LemaireGranrut Avocats Jean Castelain, Olivier Binder, Bertrand Pébrier, Bruno QuintKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Christian Orengo, Alexander Marquardt, Antoine Paszkiewicz, Reid FeldmanLamy & Associés Yves Reinhardt, Christoph Martin RadtkeLefèvre Pelletier & associés Xavier ClédatLewis & Co Lars Lewis, Peter Iglikowski, Guillaume de Bascher, Leïla EsnardMorgan Lewis Alexandre BaillyPaul Hastings Dominique Borde, Nicolas FaguerReinhart Marville Torre Agathe Moreau, Jérôme MarsaudonSalès, Testu, Hill, Henry-Gaboriau & Associés Jacques Salès, Steven MerinoStephenson Harwood Barthélemy Cousin, Nicolas DemigneuxTessler Avocats Jean-François TesslerWillkie Farr & Gallagher Dominique Mondoloni
Philippe Pinsolle
L eader: Philippe Pinsolle
E stablished: 2013
Track record: the team operates primarily on behalf of global companies, CAC 40-listed companies, major industrial companies, international investors, and sometimes state entities. In 2015, the firm worked on one of the largest price reviews in Europe.
Team & differentiation: the Parisian firm, exclusively dedicated to arbitration, grew stronger in 2015 with the arrival of new asso-ciates. The Paris team works with arbitration specialists in London and the United States, and enjoys a positioning that prevents any conflict of interests.
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN:EXCELLENT TACTICAL SENSE
Jean-Georges Betto
L eader: Jean-Georges Betto
E stablished: 2013
Track record: the team can be credited with many major successes. This year they are working on behalf of foreign companies - notably in Africa - on large-scale disputes in sectors such as construction and energy. They are also advising a European investor in an ICSID arbitration regarding ports and customs services; the amount of the dispute comes to €100 million.
Team & differentiation: the firm is adding another arrow to its quiver with the arrival of a new partner, Julien Fouret. A specialist in investment-treaty arbitration and public inter-national law, Fouret rounds out a team cha-racterized by efficiency and complementarity.
BETTO SERAGLINI:REMARKABLE GROWTH
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Éric Teynier
L eader: Éric Teynier
E stablished: 2005
Track record: The firm advises energy and technology manufacturers. The team handles commercial arbitration and also represents many states. Furthermore, the partners are also appointed as arbitrators in a number of proceedings.
Team & differentiation: The firm is one of France’s leading independent players specializing in commercial and investment arbitration - a practice that corresponds to 65% of their activity and utilizes the firm’s three partners, who possess extensive experience as counsels, arbitrators, and mediators. The firm is able to articulate arbitration with other dispute resolution modes.
TEYNIER PIC:LEADING INDEPENDENT FIRM
Diana Paraguacuto-Mahéo
L eader: Diana Paraguacuto-Mahéo
E stablished: 2015
Track record: The firm operates on behalf of states, international groups, and invest-ment funds. The experience of Diana Para-guacuto-Mahéo, a rising star in arbitration who trained at major firms in France and the United States, is an asset. She was appointed head of the ICC Task Force as an emergency arbitrator following her involve-ment with a case.
Team & differentiation: The firm was able to develop a very close relationship with clients who appreciate its global approach, from pre-litigation to enforcement of the award. The firm is pragmatic, combining Gérard Ngo’s experience and Diana Paraguacuto-Mahéo’s capacity for innovation, including in mediation.
NGO JUNG & PARTNERS: A RISING STAR IN ARBITRATION
Valentine Chessa
L eaders: Valentine Chessa, Priscille Pedone, Steven Sprague
E stablished: 1996
Track record: Arbitration is a large part of this Franco-Italian firm’s activity; they primarily represent companies from the fashion and manufacturing sectors. In 2015, the team was mainly involved in defense and was working primarily for Italian companies.
Team & differentiation: In addition to its international nature and its strong presence in Italy, the entire team earned its arbitration stripes alongside Alexis Mourre, who has been elected the president of the ICC’s International Court of Arbitration in July 2015.
CASTALDI MOURRE & PARTNERS COMPETING WITH THE MAJOR PLAYERS
Yves Derains
L eader: Yves Derains
E stablished: 2009
Track record: Derains & Gharavi International is a network of firms whose partners act as arbitrators or counsels on behalf of states and companies in commercial and invest-ment disputes. They have handled over 500 arbitrations (ICC, LCIA, AAA, ICSID...).
Team & differentiation: Yves Derains is unanimously seen as a star of arbitration; Hamid Gharavi has handled over 30 invest-ment-treaty arbitrations. Along with Méla-nie Van Leeuwen, they are all members of the ICSID’s list of arbitrators. Additionally, Bertrand Derains deals with disputes related to award enforcement in France. Eloïse Oba-dia and Nada Sader respectively run the firms in Washington and Beirut.
DERAINS & GHARAVI:HISTORICAL ARBITRATION BOUTIQUE
Georgios Petrochilos
L eaders: Georgios Petrochilos, Todd Wetmore
E stablished: 2014
Track record: The smaller structure of the arbitration boutique certainly permits flexibi-lity that does not exclude the firm from dedi-cating itself to high-flying arbitrations. Being either institutional (ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC) or ad hoc, the firm handles a great variety of cases, not to mention investment-treaty and inter-State arbitrations, in sectors such as oil and gas and construction. Team & differentiation: A fully-integrated glo-bal arbitration boutique created 2 years ago, and already present in such iconic venues as London, Paris and Washington D.C. with 45 lawyers all together, Three Crowns is defi-nitely imposing itself as a serious player to be reckoned with. On January 2016, the firm announced its very first partner promotion with Scott Vesel of the London office.
THREE CROWNS:GLOBAL ARBITRATION BOUTIQUE ON THE RISE
Track record: The Paris team recently repre-sented Arkema, a leading French listed che-mical company, in its comprehensive victory against Klesch Chemicals and Klesch Group for an arbitration award amounting to €73.6M, which marks its strong return to commercial arbi-tration. A number of states including Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan also trust the firm to represent them before the ICSID, ICC and UNCITRAL.
Team & differentiation: The 17 offices world-wide work closely together to maintain the high quality reputation of Curtis. Consisting of five partners and 9 other lawyers, the Paris team has a stellar reputation in investor-state arbitrations, with a significant and increasing commercial arbitration caseload.
L eaders: Geoffroy Lyonnet, Peter Wolrich, Nadia Darwazeh, Jérôme Léhucher, Sabrina Aïnouz
E stablished: 1973 (Paris Office)
Peter Wolrich
CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE: INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTES LEADER COMES BACK TO COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
William Kirtley
L eader: William Kirtley
E stablished: 2015
Track record: Aceris specializes in disputes arising from joint ventures, international sales and purchase agreements, agency agreements, consulting agreements and shareholders’ agreements. Some of its most notable cases include a $300M ICSID claim against Turkemenistan on behalf of a Turkish investor and a claim for the African region of Barotseland, a former British protectorate, in its struggle for independence from Zambia.
Team & differentiation: The firm houses a team of young, dynamic and motivated lawy-ers, who don’t charge an arm and a leg for legal services. Founding partner William Kirt-ley has not lost a case since 2006. For res-pondents in international arbitrations, Aceris offers a holdback arrangement, in order to reduce the clients’ upfront legal fees.
ACERIS: UNPARALLELED COST-EFFICIENCY
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FRANCE BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMSLEADING
1 Yves Derains Derains & GharaviEmmanuel Gaillard Shearman & SterlingPierre Mayer ProfessorAlexis Mourre Castaldi Mourre & PartnersJan Paulsson Three Crowns
2 Laurent Aynès Darrois Villey Maillot BrochierMatthieu de Boisséson LinklatersDaniel Cohen ProfessorIbrahim Fadlallah ProfessorFernando Mantilla-Serrano Latham & WatkinsEric Schwartz King & SpaldingBrigitte Stern Professor
EXCELLENT1 Bernard Audit Emeritus Professor
W Laurence Craig Orrick Rambaud MartelRaëd Fathallah Bredin PratHamid Gharavi Derains & GharaviLaurent Jaeger Orrick Rambaud MartelCharles Jarrosson ProfesseurChristophe Lapp AltanaCarole Malinvaud GideNathalie Meyer Fabre Meyer FabreChristopher Seppälä White & CaseEduardo Silva Romero DechertEric Teynier Teynier, Pic & Associés
2 Thomas Clay ProfessorLouis Degos K&L Gates Paul A. Gélinas Paul A. GélinasMarc Henry Hughes Hubbard & ReedCharles Kaplan Orrick Rambaud MartelNicolas Molfessis ProfessorPhilippe Pinsolle Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanMichael Polkinghorne White & CaseJosé Rosell Hughes Hubbard & ReedChristophe Seraglini Betto SeragliniPhilippe Stoffel Munck ProfessorPeter Turner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Mélanie van Leeuwen Derains & GharaviAlain Viandier Professor
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDGeorges Affaki Georges Affaki Yas Banifatemi Shearman & SterlingJerôme Barbet Ricard Demeure & associésStanley Chaney Ravet & AssociésPierre Duprey LinklatersPhilippe Leboulanger Leboulanger & AssociésBruno Leurent Foley HoagTim Portwood Bredin PratJacques Salès Salès Testu Hill Henry-Gaboriau & AssociésPeter Wolrich Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle
RECOMMENDEDDenis Bensaude Denis BensaudeXavier Boucobza ProfessorEliseo Castineira Eliseo CastineiraPhilippe Cavalieros Winston & StrawnCaroline Duclercq AltanaLaurence Kiffer Teynier, Pic & AssociésElie Kleiman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Joachim Kuckenburg Kuckenburg Bureth Boineau & AssociésBenoit Le Bars Lazareff Le BarsJean-Claude Magendie Former JudgeAnnet van Hooft Bird & Bird
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FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMSPatent Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 Véron & Associés Pierre Véron, Amandine Métier, Thomas Bouvet, Isabelle Romet, Sabine Agé
2 August & Debouzy Grégoire Desrousseaux, François PochartBird & Bird Anne-Charlotte Le Bihan, Yves BizollonDuclos, Thorne, Mollet-Viéville & Associés Pascal Lefort, Thierry Mollet-Viéville, Éléonore Gaspar, Thomas CucheGide Emmanuel Larere, Arnaud Michel, Grégoire Triet, Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier
EXCELLENT1 Allen & Overy Laétitia Bénard, Pierre Lenoir, David Por
Armengaud-Guerlain Jacques Armengaud, Stéphane Guerlain, Catherine MateuCousin & Associés Myriam Moatty, Pierre Cousin, Jean-Martin Chevalier, Sandrine Bouvier-RavonDe Gaulle Fleurance & Associés J. Horn, F. Valentin, F. Le Péchon-Joubert, C. Théard-Jallu, L. de Gaulle, G. Courtois, J-M. JobDechert Marianne Schaffner, Romain ViretHoyng Monegier Marie Georges-Picot, Sophie Micallef, Denis Monégier du SorbierReed Smith François Jonquères, Marina Cousté
2 Bardehle Pagenberg Julien FréneauxCasalonga Avocats Caroline Casalonga, Arnaud CasalongaDe Marcellus & Disser Juliette Disser, Emmanuel de MarcellusDentons Gérard Delile, David Masson, Isabelle LerouxHogan Lovells Stanislas Roux-Vaillard, Dominique MénardLinklaters Pauline DebréLoyer & Abello Michel Abello, Jérôme Tassi Pinsent Masons Emmanuel Gougé
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 Cabinet Benech Frédéric Benech, Virginie Lehoux, Alexandre Jacquet
Candé Blanchard Ducamp Patrice de Candé, Julien Blanchard, Claire DucampGuillot De Haas Charles de Haas, Jean-François GuillotLavoix Avocats Cyrille Amar, Grégoire Goussu, Antonin StaubLegrand Lesage-Catel Gaultier Olivier Legrand, Michèle Lesage-Catel, Stéphanie Legrand, Philippe GaultierSzleper Henry Avocats Dariusz Szleper, Guillaume Henry Taylor Wessing Dominique Mallo Saint-James, Catherine Muyl
2 Aramis Benjamin MayCabinet Schertenleib Denis SchertenleibDeprez Guignot & Associés Frédéric DumontDLA Piper Jean-Christophe TristantDS Avocats Jean-Christophe Guerrini Escande Michel-Paul EscandeFidal G. Michel-Arbant, L. Dreyfuss-Bechmann, H. Deliquiet, I. Gavanon, B. Masson, P. Boutron, P. DebryJones Day Emmanuel BaudOlswang Jean-Frédéric Gaultier
RECOMMENDEDAdamas Barbara BertholetBMH Avocats Martin HauserCornet Vincent Segurel Thomas Deschryver, Jérôme Wiehn, Florent Lucas, François HerpeEversheds Gaëtan CordierHirsch & Associés Marc-Roger HirschHollier-Larousse & Associés Christian Hollier-Larousse, Annette SionHughes Hubbard and Reed Stefan NaumannJ.P. Karsenty & Associés Béatrice Moreau-Margotin, Martine Karsenty-Ricard, Jean-Philippe Arroyo Le Stanc Avocats Christian Le Stanc
STRONG EXPERTISEArmfelt Patricia GhozlandJacobacci Jean-Michel Bertho Kern, Weyl & Andréani Tania KernLefèvre Pelletier & Associés Xavier PicanLerins Jobard Chemla Avocats Cécile DupasNataf Fajgenbaum & Associés Fabienne FajgenbaumYves Marcellin Yves Marcellin
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Among the best law firms
Michel-Paul Escande
L eader: Michel-Paul Escande
E stablished: 1971
Track record: The well-known client base of the firm came from various sectors: luxury to agribusiness, automotive to insurance. As a veritable boutique firm, all the fields of IP are covered. The team is notably advising a leading French car-manufacturer.
Team & differentiation: The firm, led by Michel-Paul Escande, continues to impress. While their volume is increasing and getting more complex, strategic alliances accom-pany their development: Candé Blanchard Ducamp, a Belgium-based patent attorney, as well as an international network are impor-tant partners.
ESCANDE:IP HISTORICAL BOUTIQUE
Michel Abello
L eader: Michel Abello
E stablished: 2003
Track record: Valued by energy, telecom and engineering companies, Loyer & Abello confirms its IP expertise again this year. Industry focus expands this year with pharma/medicals and applied arts. The firm defended Téva, Alcatel Lucent, Manitou or Boulanger.
Team & differentiation: Thanks to an alliance of scientific and legal competencies, the lawyers and engineer of Loyer & Abello offer clients an impressive one-stop shop in terms of IP. Steps of filings, valorizations, exploi-tation and litigation can all be handled by in-house experts.
LOYER & ABELLO:A DOUBLE COMPETENCE IN ENGINEERING AND LITIGATION
Alain Cléry
L eader: Alain Cléry
E stablished: 1987
Track record: The team, led by Alain Cléry, advises both start-ups and large cor-porations in various sectors. The firm is renowned for handling big cases, such as “Webshipping” confronting Chronopost to DHL, or even the TPICE case, which enabled the registration of the Contrex bottle as a three-dimensional European trademark.
Team & differentiation: IP specialist for more than 30 years, Alain Cléry benefits from experience acquired from Paul Mathély and Rambaud Martel. He claims the willingness to find innovative and creative solutions to his usually very sensitive files.
CLÉRY AVOCATS:CREATIVITY AND PERSISTENCE
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
Pierre Desmarais
L eader: Pierre Desmarais
E stablished: 2012
Track record: Naturally-oriented to Health & Pharma, Pierre Desmarais offers his knowledge to professionals and medical centers. His scope of expertise extends from real estate to accountability due to defective materials, and associative right.
Team & differentiation: To further develop his international reach, Pierre Desmarais recently joined a group of university profes-sors to create an association looking for a better cooperation between Europe and Asia in the life sciences sector.
DESMARAIS AVOCATS:A FULL-SERVICE FIRM DEDICATED TO HEALTHCARE
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FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMSCompetition & Antitrust
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGBredin Prat Hugues Calvet, Olivier Billard, Robert Saint-Esteben, Marie-Cécile Rameau, Marc Pittie
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier Igor Simic, Didier Théophile
Dethomas Peltier Juvigny Olivier de Juvigny, Thibaud Reymond
Gide S. Hautbourg, A. Choffel, Y. Utzschneider, D.Dimitrov, L. Godfroid, O.Prost, J.Salzmann, B.Le Bret, E. Reille
Linklaters Pierre Zelenko, Anne Waschmann
Vogel & Vogel Joseph Vogel, Louis Vogel
Willkie Farr & Gallagher Jacques-Philippe Gunther, David Tayar
EXCELLENT1 Allen & Overy Michel Struys, Florence Ninane
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton François B. Brunet, Antoine WincklerClifford Chance Emmanuel Durand, Patrick HubertDe Pardieu Brocas Maffei Christine Le Bihan-Graf, Laure Givry, Philippe GuibertDunaud Clarenc Combles & Associés Christophe Clarenc, Dominique Combles De NayvesFréget - Tasso de Panafieu Olivier Fréget, Charlotte Tasso de PanafieuFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Jérôme Philippe, Maria TrabucchiJeantet Associés Florent Prunet, Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié, Thomas PicotNorton Rose Fulbright Mélanie Thill Tayara, Marta Giner AsinsOrrick Rambaud Martel Michel Roseau, Philippe RincazauxViguié Schmidt Etienne Gouesse, Iñaki Saint-Esteben
2 Cabinet Renaudier Richard RenaudierDLA Piper Marie HindréFidal M. Koehler de Montblanc, S. Hotte, O. Leroy, D. Ferré, F. Puel, M. Du Gardin, P. de Gouville , P. Vanni, N. Genty, A. LacresseFourgoux & Associés Leyla Djavadi, Jean-Louis FourgouxFranklin Julie Catala Marty, Édouard SarrazinGrall & Associés J-C. Grall, T. Lamy, C-H. Calla, N. Kouchnir-Cargill, E. Bordenave MarzocchiHW&H Dominique HeinzJones Day Eric Barbier de la Serre, Eric Morgan de RiveryLatham & Watkins Hugues Vallette Viallard, Frédéric PradellesMagenta Sylvain Justier, Vincent JaunetNomos Emmanuelle Voisset, Christophe Pecnard
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 Altana Jean-Philippe Thibault
Ashurst Christophe Lemaire, Michaël CousinBaker & McKenzie Régis Fabre, Alex Dowding, Léna SersironBird & Bird Thomas Oster, Florence LerouxCMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre Claire Vannini, Nathalie Pétrignet, Bernard Geneste, Denis RedonDS Avocats Dimitri Delesalle, Xavier Lacaze, Michel DebrouxDe Gaulle Fleurance & Associés Bruno Lebrun, Frédéric Manin, Gilles Gaillard, Louis De Gaulle, Jean-François VilotteDentons Emmanuelle van den BrouckeFuchs Cohana Reboul & Associés Frédéric FuchsGinestié Magellan Paley Vincent Pierre de MontalembertHerbert Smith Sergio SorinasHogan Lovells Éric ParocheMcDermott Will & Emery Sabine Naugès, Lionel Lesur, Jacques BuhartMayer Brown Nathalie Jalabert-DouryPaul Hastings Pierre KirchRacine Frédérique Chaput, Bruno Néouze, Valérie Ledoux-Tömek, Bastien ThomasSquire Patton Boggs Edouard SarrazinWeil Gotshal & Manges Romain FerlaWhite & Case Jean-Paul Tran ThietWilhelm & Associés Pascal Wilhelm
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2 Amadio Parleani Gazagnes Gilbert ParleaniAramis Aurélien Condomines, Mireille DanyAugust & Debouzy Renaud Christol, Mahasti RazaviCornet Vincent Ségurel François Herpe, Jean François Puget, Thomas DeschryverDavis Polk Jean-Mathieu CotEversheds Dan RoskisGowlings WLG Yohann ToreauHenriot Mahassen Borrel Laurence BorrelKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Noëlle Lenoir, Marco PlankensteinerLMP Avocats François Loubières, Flore MazasPwC Avocats Edith BaccichettiUGGC Avocats Corinne Khayat, Michel Ponsard
RECOMMENDEDAV&A Cynthia PicartBFPL Avocats Christophe Pech de Laclause, Amaury SonetBersay & Associés Emmanuel SchulteCourtois Lebel Philippe Courtois, Bruno MartinCoutrelis & Associés Nicole Coutrelis, André CoutrelisDelsol Avocats Stéphane Perrin, Pierre-Marie Durade-ReplatFieldFisher Franck Veisse, Olivier Lantrès, Anne-Laure-Hélène des YlousesFlie Attorneys Laura PagetGranrut Avocats Olivier Binder, Richard Milchior, Bruno QuintHughes Hubbard & Reed Alain VincentKGA Avocats François PonthieuLexcase Hubert Mortemard de BoisseLMT Avocats Jean-Yves Foucard, Christophe HéryLPLG Didier Le Goff, Mary-Claude Mitchell, Jean-Jacques Le PenPDGB Avocats Xavier HugonPechenard & Associés Gauthier MoreuilReinhart Marville Torre Antoine DérotTaylor Wessing Evelyne FriedelTessler Avocats Jean-François Tessler
STRONG EXPERTISEAklea Bénedicte de CarlanArmand Associés Véronique Le Meur-BaudryBCTG Hugues Villey-Desmeserets, Laetitia Lemmouchi-MaireCarakters Xavier MarchandDeprez Guignot & Associés Pierre Deprez, Jean-Christophe AndréFTPA Antoine Gautier-Sauvagnac, Laurence Lepinoix, Fabrice LorvoLatournerie Wolfrom & Associés Pauline de LanzacVivien & Associés Jacques Epstein, Muriel Perrier
Olivier de Juvigny
L eaders: Olivier de Juvigny, Thibault Reymond
E stablished: 2013
Track record: The firm assists its clients in facilitating compensation for anti-compe-titive / restrictive / unfair competition prac-tices. The two partners are entrusted with some prominent cases, notably from the pharmaceutical, food processing and dis-tribution industries.
Team & differentiation: Headed by the two partners, the team is widely recognized in the field of European and French merger control. Olivier de Juvigny and Thibault Reymond were awarded twice (in 2006 and 2011) the Trophée du Droit for their practice in merger control and anti-competitive prac-tices.
DETHOMAS PELTIER JUVIGNY & ASSOCIÉS: A DUO OF TALENTED STRATEGISTS
Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié
L eader: Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié
E stablished: 1924
Track record: Several hotel unions trust the firm to assist their actions against Expedia and Booking.com. The team is also representing Lactalis in a case of what is known as “fresh dairy products”, as well as Fnac against the Competition Authority, and Transdev against SNCF.
Team & differentiation: Experts in antitrust, Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié, Thomas Picot, and Florent Prunet are quick to call upon economists in order to perfect their resolutely innovative approach to cases, which is also transversal among various litigation practices.
JEANTETASSOCIÉS:THE ART OF ADDRESSING ANTITRUST IN ALL ITS FORMS
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FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMSSecurities & Financial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGBredin Prat Sébastien Prat, Florian Bouaziz, Sylvie Morabia, Didier MartinDarrois Villey Maillot Brochier Matthieu Brochier, Cyril Bonan, Emmanuel Brochier, Jean-Michel Darrois, Christophe Ingrain, Laurent AynèsDavis Polk & Wardwell Georges Terrier, Christophe Perchet, Louis-Marie PilleboutLinklaters Kiril Bougartchev, Arnaud de La CotardièreOrrick Rambaud Martel J.-P. Martel, J.-M. Leprêtre, M.Roseau, P. Rincazaux, E. Boursican, F. Lalance, A. Maraud des GrottesVeil Jourde Jean Veil, Georges Jourde, Emmanuel Rosenfeld
EXCELLENT1 Allen & Overy Erwan Poisson, Denis Chemla
Brandford Griffith & Associés Diane Pasturel, Henri Brandford GriffithCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Claudia Annacker, Jean-Yves GaraudClifford Chance Diego de Lammerville, Thomas Baudesson, Jean-Pierre GrandjeanDe Pardieu Brocas Maffei Matthieu Barthélemy, Patrick Jaïs, Philippe Dubois, Dominique Lefort, Barbara Levy, Paul Talbourdet, Thierry BrocasDethomas Peltier Juvigny Arthur Dethomas, Frédéric Peltier, Benoît MarpeauFreshfields Stéphane Bénouville, Dimitri LecatGide Michel Pitron, Patrick Ouart, Bruno QuentinLantourne & Associés Kristell Cattani, Maurice Lantourne, Flavie HannounViguié Schmidt Nicolas Viguié, Yves SchmidtWeil Gotshal & Manges Didier Malka, Claude Serra, Bernard Casanova
2 CVML - Cotty Vivant Marchisio & Lauzeral Pierre Treille, Philippe Lauzeral, Thierry Cotty, Nicolas RontchevskyJeantet Associés Guillaume Berruyer, Martine Samuelian, Jean-François Adelle, Frank Martin LapradeLatham & Watkins Myria Saarinen, Fabrice FagesLaude Esquier Champey Richard Esquier, Olivier Laude, Victor ChampeyPaul Hastings Aline Poncelet, Pierre Kirch, Dominique Borde, Guillaume Kellner, Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi, Nicolas FaguerSkadden Olivier Diaz, Armand W. Grumberg, Gregoire BertrouWillkie Farr & Gallagher Dominique Mondoloni
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 Advocacy 4 Emmanuel Drai, Olivier Gedin, Stéphane Dayan
Altana Christophe Lapp, Guillaume Forbin, Julien Balensi, Michel JockeyArchers Fabrice PatrizioBCTG Avocats Philippe Lebrut, Clément Sabatier, Nuno de Ayala Boaventura, Séverin Kullmann, Augustin NicolleBernard-Hertz-Béjot Marie-Elisabeth Hertz, Alexander Blumrosen, Sylvain Rieuneau, Stéphane Cournot, Patrick BernardBrunswick Société d'avocats Nicolas Lisimachio, Philippe BrunswickDe Gaulle Fleurance & Associés Charles Moulette, Didier Bruère-Dawson, Andrea Pinna, Geoffroy de Foestraets, Valérie Lafarge-SarkozyDentons Aurélien Chardeau, Pascale Poupelin, Fédérique Meslay Caloni, Pierre Lévêque, Christine SévèreDunaud Clarenc Combles & Associés Bénédicte Michel, Natacha Levine, Patrick DunaudFTPA E. Fabre, R. Sharma Fokeer, R. Corcos, L. Lepinoix, S.-A. Tchekhoff, A. Omaggio, B.RobinFieldFisher Philippe Netto, Bruno PaccioniHogan Lovells Antoine Juaristi, Thomas Rouhette, Antonin LévyJones Day Frédéric Gros, Laurent Martinet, Ozan AkyurekKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Dominique Penin, Marie-Christine Fournier, Julien MartinetRacine Laurent Jourdan, Bruno Néouze, Bruno Cavalié, Emmanuel Laverrière, Antoine Diesbecq, Antoine HontebeyrieReinhart Marville Torre Jean Reinhart, Jérôme Marsaudon, Louis-Marie Absil, Marc Susini, Antoine DérotScemla Loizon Veverka & de Fontmichel Olivier Loizon, Alexandre de Fontmichel, Martin DonatoSimmons & Simmons Eric Boillot, Thierry GontardStehl in & Associés Marc Pierre Stehlin, Elise Weisselberg, Géraldine Brasier-PorterieSzpiner, Toby, Ayela, Semerdjian Christophe Ayela, Renaud SemerdjianWhite & Case Philippe Métais, Michel Beaussier, Joris WillemsWinston & Strawn Gilles Bigot, Guillaume-Denis Faure, Anne-Carine Ropars Furet
2 Ashurst Jean-Pierre FargesAyache Salama & Associés Michel AyacheBaker & McKenzie Éric Borysewicz, Jean-Dominique TourailleDLA Piper Bruce Mee, Frédérik Azoulay, Philippe Blaquier-CirelliGinestié Magellan Paley-Vincent Xavier Pernot, Philippe GinestiéHughes Hubbard & Reed Marc Henry, Alain Vincent, José RosellNorton Rose Fulbright Christian Dargham, Philippe HameauRossi Bordes Dominique BordesVilley Girard Grolleau Daniel Villey
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RECOMMENDED1 Arago Sébastien Fleury, Mathias Audit, Julien Andrez
Bersay & Associés Yves Ardaillou, Cédric de Pouzilhac, Jérôme Bersay, Frédéric FlatrèsBiard, Bouscatel & Associés Claire Bouscatel, Philippe BiardBochamp François Géry, Nicolas DemardD'Alverny & Associés Arnaud Rougeau-Mauger, Henri-Joseph Trémolet de Villers, Hubert d'AlvernyCoblence Jean-Marc Coblence, Alexandre Brugière, Ludovic DoresDechert Jacques Sivignon, Xavier NyssenEversheds Rémi KleimanGibson Dunn & Crutcher Bernard Grinspan, Ariel HarrochLMT Avocats Antoine Lemétais, Jean-Yves Foucard, Arnaud BourdonPDGB Avocats Xavier HugonRibeyre, David & Associés Alain Ribeyre, Annie DavidScotto & Associés Noémie De GalembertSelene Avocats Laurent ArchambaultSolferino Associés Fouad Bellaaroussi, Charlotte Plantin, Oun-Tat TieuTaylor Wessing Philippe GlaserUGGC Avocats Jean-François Canat, Thierry Montéran, Jean-Jacques Uettwiller, Sylvie Welsch, Jean-Philippe CrotVisconti & Grundler Julien ViscontiWilhelm & Associés Pascal Wilhelm
2 AV&A Cynthia PicartBird & Bird Marion Barbier, Anne-Florence RaducaultBG2V Julien Vernet, Camille de VerdelhanBoken Raphaël Gauvain, Félix de Belloy, Antoine BeauquierBryan Cave Kathie Claret, Constantin AchillasCGR LEGAL Gilles Gassenbach, Alexia EskinaziDeprez Perrot Laetitia Avia, Adrien PerrotDiametis Ambroise Liard, Johann BiocheFidal Bruno Berger-Perrin, Daniel Rota, Isabelle VaugonFuchs Cohana Reboul & Associés Romuald CohanaGENESIS Avocats Philippe FeitussiGranrut Avocats Olivier Binder, Bertrand Pébrier, Bruno Quint, Etienne Rocher, Jean-Patrick DelmotteKing & Spalding Vanessa Benichou, Joël AlquezarLacourte Raquin Tatar Alexis le Lièpvre, Jean-Jacques RaquinLefèvre Pelletier & Associés Martine Blanck-Dap, Xavier CledatLussan & Associés François MartineauMeridian Arnaud Barthès de Montfort, Vincent VilchienMeyer Fabre Damien Devot, Nathalie Meyer FabreMiguéres Moulin Guilhem Affre, Emmanuel MoulinMorgan Lewis Alexandre BaillyOlswang Géraldine RochePoulain & Associés Edouard Bloch, Jean-Paul PoulainRavet & Associés Yves-Marie Ravet, Valérie DouardReed Smith Benoît CharotRivedroit Guillaume Krafft, David LutranRouquet Associés Marie-Laure RouquetSBKG & Associés Julien Mayeras, David Gordon-KriefStephenson Harwood Barthélemy Cousin, Nicolas DemigneuxTolomei Avocats Frédéric Boucly
Didier Martin
L eader: Didier Martin
E stablished: 1966
Track record: This team’s talent has been pro-ven many times over. A long-time player and reference in terms of financial litigation, the lawyers have – once again – distinguished themselves in the year’s most prominent cases. They advised, among other clients, Radiall as well as Euronext, a long-time client of the firm.
Team & differentiation: With strategic cases and unrivaled experience and expertise, the litigation department is well established as a benchmark in the market. The excellent team was trained by lawyers of Bredin Prat, which enables the firm to work on a multitude of cases for increasingly prestigious clients.
BREDIN PRAT:AN UNPARALLELED REFERENCE
Emmanuel Brochier
L eaders: Emmanuel Brochier, Cyril Bonan
E stablished: 1987
Track record: Industrial clients, whether from the CAC 40 or from France’s industrial elite, are in the spotlight: Danone, Bouygues, Hermès, Casino and Bonduelle are all major groups that regularly call upon the firm’s services to assist them in the resolution of their disputes.
Team & differentiation: The team benefits from expertise built over time, as well as a com-plementarity of profiles and specializations. The team has also been able to renew its talents, as Nicolas Mennesson will be joining the circle of partners in the near future. The concentration of these skills is a valuable asset and makes this team an undeniable reference in the market.
DARROIS VILLEY MAILLOT BROCHIER: AT THE SERVICE OF THE INDUSTRY’S FLAGSHIPS
DAVIS POLK: LEADING TRANSACTIONAL AND LITIGATION PRACTICE SINCE OVER 50 YEARS
Track record: The firm recently advised LVMH in all the proceedings and its settlement agreement in connection with the acquisition of its stake in Hermès, and was also invol-ved with the advisory committee for Canal+ France in connection with the sale of 20% of its capital held by Lagardère to Vivendi for $1.41 billion. Other significant clients include Thales, EDF and Carrefour.
Team & differentiation: Since its inception in 1962, the Paris office today has around 20 lawyers and has developed strong rela-tionships with the French government and many French financial institutions and com-panies to offer its advice on French and cross-border legal issues, notably in transac-tion and litigation.
L eaders: Georges Terrier, Christophe Perchet, Louis-Marie Pillebout
E stablished: 1962 (Paris office)
Christophe Perchet
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FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMSWhite Collar Crime
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 Bredin Prat Jean-Daniel Bretzner, Florian Bouaziz, Didier Martin, Eric Dezeuze
Henri Leclerc Frédérique Beaulieu , Henri LeclercTemime & Associés Julia Minkowski, Hervé Temime, Corinne Dreyfus-Schmidt, Martin Reynaud
2 Linklaters Kiril Bougartchev, Arnaud de La CotardièreSzpiner, Toby, Ayela, Semerdjian Caroline Toby, Christophe Aleya, Francis SzpinerVeil Jourde Jean Veil, Georges Jourde, Pierre-François Veil, François Esclatine
EXCELLENT1 Allen & Overy Aurélien Hamelle, Denis Chemla
Altana Philippe GoossensCabinet Maisonneuve Patrick MaisonneuveDarrois Villey Maillot Brochier Cyril Bonan, Christophe Ingrain, Jean-Michel DarroisDelecroix Gublin Associés Fabienne Delecroix, Alexis GublinFarthouat Asselineau & Associés Nicolas Boulay, Jean-René Farthouat, Nathalie Roret, Nicolas Cassart, Vincent Asselineau, Christophe LlorcaFrench Cornut-Gentille & Associés Pierre Cornut-GentilleKiejman & Marembert Georges Kiejman, Thierry MarembertLantourne & Associés Kristell Cattani, Maurice Lantourne, Flavie HannounLe Borgne Saint-Palais Christian Saint-Palais, Jean-Yves Le BorgneLombard Baratelli & Associés Céline Astolfe, Paul Lombard, Olivier Baratelli, Marie Courpied-BaratelliLysias Partners Emmanuel Tordjman, Sébastien Mabile, Jean-Pierre MignardMarsigny Avocats Emmanuel MarsignyPech de Laclause Bathmanabane & Associés Arnaud Pericard, Emmanuel Gouesse, Philippe Pech de LaclausePierre Haik Pierre Haik, Jacqueline LafontSoulez Larivière & Associés Daniel Soulez Larivière, Astrid Mignon-ColombetTaylor Wessing Paul-Albert Iweins, Philippe Glaser, Benoît Goulesque MonauxThierry Herzog Thierry HerzogVigo Emmanuel Mercinier, Emmanuel Daoud, Julie FerrariWhite & Case Ludovic Malgrain, Michel Beaussier
2 Arago Julien AndrezAugust & Debouzy Kami Haeri, Pierre-Charles Ranouil, Marie Danis, Benjamin Van GraverBaudelot Cohen-Richelet Poitvin Yves BaudelotBenoît Chabert Benoît ChabertBG2V Karim Beylouni, Julien VernetBochamp François Géry, Nicolas DemardChemarin & Limbour Claudia ChemarinDalmasso Cabinet d’Avocats Thierry DalmassoDe Castro & Stasse François de Castro, Julia StasseDethomas Peltier Juvigny Arthur Dethomas, Frédéric PeltierFischer Tandeau de Marsac Sur & Associés Pierre-Olivier Sur, Nathalie SchmelckHogan Lovells Antonin Levy, Thomas RouetteHuc-Morel Labrousse Associés Nicolas Huc-Morel, Cédric LabrousseJean-Marc Fedida Jean-Marc FedidaLasek Avocats Céline Lasek, Pierre StasseLussan & Associés Jean-Yves Dupeux, François MartineauLévy & Soussen Charles-Emmanuel Soussen, Jean-Paul LévyMontbrial Avocats Thibault de MontbrialObadia & Stasi Sophie Obadia , Mario-Pierre StasiPaul Hastings Philippe Bouchez El GhoziReinhart Marville Torre Olivier Bluche, Jean Reinhart, Louis-Marie AbsilSchnerb Leroy Olivier SchnerbTeitgen Werl Avocats Alexis Werl, Francis TeitgenVisconti & Grundler Benjamin Grundler, Julien ViscontiWeil Gotshal & Manges Didier Malka, Bernard Casanova
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED28 Octobre David KoubbiBernard-Hertz-Béjot Sylvain Rieuneau, Patrick BernardBFPL Avocats Arnaud Buisson-Fizellier, Christophe Pech de Laclause, François BerbinauBoken Raphaël Gauvain, Félix de Belloy, Antoine BeauquierChatain & associés Hyppolyte MarquettyChristian Charrière Bournazel Christian Charrière-Bournazel Cyril Gosset Cyril GossetD'Antin Brossollet Avocats Olivier d'Antin, Luc BrossolletDentons Aurélien ChardeauDeprez Perrot Adrien Perrot, Eric DeprezEmmanuelle Kneuzé Emmanuelle KneuzéEversheds Sophie ScemlaFlécheux & Associés Xavier FlécheuxFrançois Saint-Pierre François Saint-PierreGide Michel Pitron, Patrick Ouart, Aurélien Boulanger, Bruno QuentinLafarge Associés Grégoire LafargeLaude Esquier Champey Richard Esquier, Olivier Laude, Victor ChampeyLiénard Quenet Chabrun Jean-Yves LiénardPons & Carrère Frédérique PonsProskauer Fabien GanivetRivedroit Emmanuel Raynaud, Laetitia Fayon-BoulaySolferino Associés Guillaume Buge, Charlotte Plantin, Oun-Tat TieuStéphane Bonifassi Stéphane Bonifassi
RECOMMENDEDAder Amigues & Jolibois Basile AderBCW Antoine CamusBioche Avocats Johann Bioche, Hervé CatteauBourdon Forestier William BourdonBrandi Partners Guillaume DolidonCabinet Neuer Jean Jacques NeuerCarbonnier Lamaze Rasle & Associés Marie-Laure Barré, Éric Morain, Michel RasleCayol Cahen & Associés Bernard CahenChristine Courrégé Christine CourrégéClifford Chance Thomas BaudessonCotty Vivant Marchisio Lauzeral Philippe Lauzeral, Thierry CottyCourrégé Foreman Mauricia Courrégé, Simon ForemanDartevelle & Dubest Fabrice Dubest, Bernard DartevelleDe Pardieu Brocas Maffei Dominique LefortDeprez Guignot & Associés Olivier GuidouxGKA Ivan Terel, Patrick KlugmanGodin Associés Vincent Courcelle-LabrousseGranrut Avocats Jean Castelain, Stéphane MicheliHughes Hubbard & Reed Marc HenryIngouf Avocats Marie-Laure IngoufJeantet Associés Loraine Donnedieu de Vabres-Tranié, Martine Samuelian, Yves Repiquet, S. Le DamanyJ.P. Karsenty & Associés Paul Ricard, Thomas RicardKarine Benadava Karine BenadavaLefèvre Pelletier & Associés Pascaline Déchelette-TolotMontpensier Avocats François HonnoratNiorè Avocats Vincent Niorè Norton Rose Fulbright Christian DarghamPardo Boulanger & Associés Olivier PardoPons & Carrere Dominique PonsSBKG & Associés Julien Mayeras, Bertrand de Haut de SigySquire Patton Boggs Marie-Aimée PeyronTamalet & Associés Jean Tamalet William Feugère William FeugèreWillkie Farr & Gallagher Dominique Mondoloni
STRONG EXPERTISECouturier & Associés King & Spalding NYD AvocatsDe Gaulle Fleurance & Associés Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Poynard AvocatDiametis LMT Avocats Zaoui & LitzlerFranklin Lambard & AssociésJones Day Meridian
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Hervé Temime
L eader: Hervé Temime
E stablished: 2008
Track record: The firm’s founding partner is one of the leading lawyers of the French Bar. Along with his team, he is involved in some high-profile, very complex cases. In recent months, the team defended billionaires Guy Wildenstein and Bernard Tapie in arbitration cases, as well as Jacques Servier in the Mediator case.
Team & differentiation: Two partners, Fran-çois de Castro and Julia Stasse, recently left the firm to start their own organization. Martin Reynaud became a partner. Since the 1980s, Hervé Temime has oriented his organization around white collar crime. This experience made him the pioneer of the field, enabling him to fully understand the inner workings of criminal hearings.
TEMIME: THE TEAMS CHANGE, THE TALENT REMAINS
Francis Szpiner
L eader: Francis Szpiner
E stablished: 2013
Track record: A long-time advisor to the leading members of the French right wing (Jacques Chirac, Alain Juppé), the firm counseled Claude Bartelone, who was investigated on fictitious jobs allegations this year. The team also advises the French Football League, and acted on behalf of Mr. Accrombessi, the direc-tor of Republic Gabon’s President’s Office, who was prosecuted in France for corruption and money laundering.
Team & differentiation: The firm is organized around an alliance of “pure-blooded” crimi-nal lawyers and business law professionals. While Francis Szpiner brings his knowledge to the intricacies of the Courthouse, Helyett Le Nabour demonstrates her impressive mastery of criminal law related to employ-ment, and François Baroin provides a unique perspective to certain cases.
SZPINER TOBY AYELA SEMERDJIAN: AN INSTITUTION FOR WHITE COLLAR CRIME
ARAGO: TAILOR MADE SOLUTIONS FOR ALL LEGAL NEEDS
Track record: The firm supports managers and leaders of various SMEs, political figures, media organizations and foreign statesmen. The team particularly works in cases of embezzlement of funds for mana-gers and entrepreneurs, with stakes up to tens of millions of Euros.
Team & differentiation: The corporate criminal law team is composed of experienced, asser-tive lawyers with a sense of what is proper in legal conflicts. The organization of the office allows the team to benefit from an ideal col-laboration with other partners specialized in tax law and company law. Lawyers make it a point to maintain close contact with clients, supporting them in their litigation with fast and innovative procedures.
L eader: Julien Andrez
E stablished: N.A.
Julien Andrez
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
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FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMSProduct Liability
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 Bops Avocats Rémi Passemard, Aurélia Cadain, Romain Dupeyré, Alexis Valençon, Pascal Ormen, Christian Bouckaert
HMN & Partners S. Xerri-Hanote, J. Vogel, B. Mettetal, S. Ndiaye, G. Honig, Ch. Wucher-North, V. Rostan d'AncezuneSoulié & Coste-Floret M. Zohair, E. Lutfalla, I. Allemand, J.-M. Coste Floret, A. Brault, D. Méheut
2 Clyde & Co Y. Samothrakis, R. Lopin, M. Casati-Ollier, A.-I. Torti, D. Brown, G. RostainHolman Fenwick Willan Pierre-Olivier Leblanc, Guillaume Brajeux, Olivier PurcellMoureu Associés Xavier Lebrasseur, Philippe El Fadl, Patrick Moureu, Stéphanie LuttringerRaffin & Associés M. Patrimonio, L. Cazelles, P. Le Touarain-Laillet, C. Raffin, C. Mauduy-Dolfi, N. Zanier, G. Regnault
EXCELLENT1 BFPL Avocats Arnaud Buisson-Fizellier, Christophe Pech de Laclause, François Berbinau
Carakters Xavier Marchand, Philippe Savatic, Fanny Guimon QuatreventDelrue Boyer Gadot Etienne Boyer, Jean-François Delrue, Alexandre GadotHascoët Associés Pierre-Étienne Kuehn, François Hascoët, François-Genêt Kiener, Catherine DupuyHW&H Dominique Heintz, Michel Wolfer, Béatrice DeshayesPHPG & Partners Françoise Hecquet, Jean-Baptiste Payet-Godel, Jean-Marie Preel
2 Altana Christophe Lapp, Guillaume Forbin, Louis des Cars, Julien Balensi, François MullerBeldev Avocats Associés Emmanuelle Devin, Michel Bellaiche, Carine Détré, Louise FourcadeCabinet Adrien Lefèvre, VeringDizier & Bourayne Arnaud Dizier, Cyril BourayneEBA Endrös Baum Associés Marguerite de Vaublanc, Florian Endrös, Myriam Bennaim, Céline Lustin-Le Core, Muriel MazaudGrenier Avocats Patrice GrenierHogan Lovells Cécile Derycke, Christine Gateau, Thomas RouhetteLambard & Associés Nathanaël Rochard, Fabrice Hagège, Laurence Maillard, Christian Lambard, Nicole JamiLefèvre Pelletier & Associés Séverine Hotellier Delage, Xavier Cledat, Marie-Christine PeyrouxLMT Avocats Christian Connor, Guy Martinet, Alexandre GruberMussat & Landault (Alister) Jean-Marc Landault, Patrick MussatNgo Jung & Partners Gérard Ngo, Pierre Jung, Grégory Lévy, Philippe BernardReed Smith Benoît Charot, Marie Albertini
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 Bernard-Hertz-Béjot Sylvain Rieuneau
Bernards Thierry BernardBJMR Juliette Ribeiro, Bertrand JoliffBird & Bird Marion BarbierCGR LEGAL Gilles Gassenbach, Alexia EskinaziComolet Mandin & Associés Jean-Marc Zanati, Amélie Chiffert, Gilbert Comolet, Marylise Comolet, Eric Mandin, Stanislas ComoletFizellier & Associés Patrick FizellierGide Richard Ghueldre, Aurélien Boulanger, Capucine BernierHoule Yanick HouleNaba & Associés Jérôme Grandmaire, Delphine Aberlen, Emmanuelle Bock, Bernard Cazaux, Evelyne NabaNormand & Associés Xavier Normand-Bodard, Ralph Boussier, Pascal Paillard, Gilles Cariou, Charlotte CretPaetzold Associés Stephan Paetzold Rome Associés Juliette Mel, Arnaud RogelSimon Associés Simone-Claire Chetivaux, Joachim BernierSquire Patton Boggs Antoine Adeline, Valérie Ravit, Carole Sportes, Marie-Aimée Peyron
2 Allen & Overy Erwan Poisson, Denis ChemlaAmadio Parleani Gazagnes Gilbert Parleani, Jean-Marie GazagnesAugust & Debouzy Alexandra Cohen-Jonathan, Kami Haeri, Marie Danis, Morgane Boucher, Aude VandenbroucqueBoivin & Associés Jean-Pierre Boivin, Frédéric Defradas, Manuel Pennaforte, Steve Hercé, Malik MemloukCabinet Cavoizy Renaud CavoizyCabinet RCB Margareth Bykoff, Alain CouturierCourrégé Foreman Mauricia Courrégé, Simon ForemanDentons A. Chardeau, P. Poupelin, P. Lévêque, C. Sévère, F. Meslay-Caloni, M. SimonetDS Avocats Yvon Martinet, Patricia Savin, Patricia Cuba-Sichler, Arnaud ConstantGranrut Avocats Valérie Maintrieu-Frantz, Christophe Bourdel, Pierre-Yves RossignolKarila société d'avocats Laurent Karila, Jean-Pierre KarilaKing & Spalding Vanessa Benichou, Joëlle Herschtel, Vanessa BenichouKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Renaud Dubois, Noëlle Lenoir, Reid FeldmanLPLG Laura Dubois, Jean-Jacques Le PenMontpensier Avocats François HonnoratPDGB Avocats Jean Marie GueguenRacine Bruno CavaliéSimmons & Simmons Jacques-Antoine Robert, Alexandre Regniault, Etienne KowalskiStephenson Harwood Barthélemy Cousin, Nicolas DemigneuxTrillat & Associés Pascal Trillat
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Florian Endrös
L eader: Florian Endrös
E stablished: 1997
Track record: Specializing in civil liability, this team counsels certifiers, as in the PIP case, as well as manufacturers, including several photovoltaic claims over the past year. The firm works for an impressive list of insurance company clients including HDI-Gerling, AIG, Generali, AGCS and Axa Corporate.
Team & differentiation: The firm’s lawyers are all multilingual so as to ensure an optimum management of cross-border cases, which are the core of the organization’s activities. Giving particular attention to communication and transparency, this team has established itself in Paris and Munich as a powerful ally for the French players who wish to expand into Germany.
ENDRÖS-BAUM ASSOCIÉS: CIVIL LIABILITY BOUTIQUE SPECIALI-ZING IN CROSS-BORDER CASES
Gilbert Parleani
L eaders: Gilbert Parleani, Jean-Marie Gazagnes
E stablished: 1990
Track record: Product liability and industrial accidents on one hand, and regulatory insu-rance law on the other, these two axes are the core of the firm’s prolific activity in litiga-tion. Defending manufacturers on a regular basis, the team counsels clients from diverse fields, from agricultural machinery to large retailers, not to mention the automobile industry.
Team & differentiation: A trailblazer in jurispru-dence, this firm stands out for its procedural expertise, and its long-time involvement in product liability attracts a prestigious clien-tele from major manufacturers. The curiosity and experience of these lawyers are also decisive assets in developing a thorough knowledge of the most technical industries.
AMADIO PARLEANI GAZAGNES:SHAKES UP THE LINES OF JURISDICTION
RECOMMENDEDArmfelt Patricia Ghozland, Armand AvigesAshurst Éric Bouffard, Jean-Pierre FargesAw/kis Anne-Sophie PiaBaker & McKenzie Éric BorysewiczBCW & Associés Laurent GarrabosBoken Franck Poindessault, Raphaël GauvainChatain & associés Solën Guezille, Antoine ChatainCheysson Marchadier & Associés Bernard CheyssonClaude & Sarkozy Christofer ClaudeCourteaud Pellisier Joyce Labi, Marc Courteaud, Dominique Raynard, Gilles Roumens, Bertrand DelcourtDe Gaulle Fleurance & Associés Frank Valentin, Gilles Gaillard, Valérie Lafarge-SarkozyDe Pardieu Brocas Maffei Barbara Levy, Paul Talbourdet, Dominique LefortDeprez Perrot Marine DuponcheelEspace Juridique Avocats Philippe Chaillet, Gilles Grardel, Laurent HeyteEversheds Frédérique de la Chapelle, Rémi Kleiman, Sophie ScemlaFTPA Robert CorcosGarnault Rembauville Bureau Tassy Patrice Rembauville-Nicolle, Hervé Tassy, Xavier Bureau, Fernand GarnaultGodin Associés Olivier DecourGowlings WLG Frédéric DereuxJones Day Laurent Martinet, Ozan AkyurekJ. P. Karsenty & Associés Paul RicardKahn & Associés Olivier AumaîtreLe Berre Engelsen Witvoet Béatrice Witvoet, Frédéricque Le Berre, Axel EngelsenLinklaters Kiril Bougartchev, Arnaud de La CotardièreNeveu Sudaka & Associés Pierre SudakaNorton Rose Fulbright Christian DarghamPech de Laclause, Bathmanabane & Associés Arnaud Pericard, Philippe Pech de Laclause, Catherine Popineau-Dehaullon, Emmanuel GouessePennec & Michau Goulwen Pennec, Clément MichauReinhart Marville Torre Agathe MoreauRoiné & Associés Jean-Louis Roiné, Nathalie Roiné, William FumeySelene Avocats Laurent ArchambaultTeynier, Pic & Associés Laurence Kiffer, Pierre Pic, Eric TeynierVigo Christine Carpentier, Emmanuel DaoudVogel & Vogel Sylvain Corvol, Charles Fahrner
STRONG EXPERTISEBryan Cave Constantin AchillasDuclos, Thorne, Mollet-Viéville & Associés Lin Nin, Magalie ThorneFieldfisher Brigitte Daille-DuclosLe Febvre & Reibell Associés Franck Reibell, Eric Le Febvre, Christine Le FebvreLoyens & Loeff Ashwin Sewnandan MishreMeridian Avocats Xavier Desnos, Olivier DelsupexheMeyer Fabre Damien Devot, Nathalie Meyer FabrePaul Hastings Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi, Nicolas FaguerRavet & Associés Stanley ChaneySekri Valentin Zerrouk Anne Dumas-L'HoirStehlin & Associés Marc-Pierre StehlinTaylor Wessing Philippe Glaser, Benoît Goulesque-Monaux, Paul-Albert Iweins
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FRANCE BEST LAW FIRMSIndustrial Risks & Insurance Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGSimmons & Simmons Jacques-Antoine Robert, Alexandre Regniault
EXCELLENT1 Bops Avocats Rémi Passemard, Aurélia Cadain, Romain Dupeyré, Pascal Ormen, Christian Bouckaert
Hogan Lovells Cécile Derycke, Christine Gateau, Thomas Rouhette
Viguié Schmidt Étienne Gouesse
2 Armfelt Patricia Ghozland, Armand AvigesBFPL Avocats Arnaud Buisson-Fizellier, Christophe Pech de Laclause, François BerbinauClyde & Co Yannis Samothrakis, Rozenn Lopin, Maylis Casati-Ollier, Anne-Isabelle Torti, Gildas RostainDe Gaulle Fleurance & Associés Frank Valentin, Valérie Lafarge-SarkozyDechert Jacques Sivignon, Xavier NyssenFieldfisher Brigitte Daille-DuclosLMT Avocats Christian Connor, Olivier Samyn, Guy Martinet, Alexandre GruberLucas-Baloup Avocats Isabelle Lucas-BaloupMoureu Associés Xavier Lebrasseur, Philippe El Fadl, Patrick Moureu, Stéphanie LuttringerSoulié & Coste-Floret Mohamed Zohair, Emmanuelle Lutfalla, Isabelle Allemand, Jean-Marie Coste Floret, Amélia BraultVatier & Associés Olivier Saumon
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 Arpej Frédéric Bibal
Cabinet Adrien Christophe AdrienCarakters Xavier Marchand, Philippe SavaticDentons Aurélien Chardeau, Pascale Poupelin, Pierre Lévêque, Christine Sévère, Frédérique Meslay-CaloniEBA Endrös Baum Associés Marguerite de Vaublanc, Florian Endrös, Muriel Mazaud, Myriam Bennaim, Céline Lustin-Le CorreGide Richard Ghueldre, Michel Pitron, Capucine BernierGrenier Avocats Patrice GrenierHascoët Associés François Hascoët, Catherine DupuyHMN & Partners Sarah Xerri-Hanote, Juliette Vogel, Bernard Mettetal, Simon Ndiaye, Gérard HonigHolman Fenwick Willan Pierre-Olivier Leblanc, Guillaume Brajeux, Olivier PurcellIntuity Christophe HeninJones Day Laurent Martinet, Ozan AkyurekLambard & Associés Nathanaël Rochard, Fabrice Hagège, Laurence Maillard, Christian LambardLefèvre Pelletier & Associés Séverine Hotellier DelageMontpensier Avocats François HonnoratPHPG & Partners Françoise Hecquet, Jean-Baptiste Payet-Godel, Jean-Marie Preel
2 Altana Christophe Lapp, Guillaume Forbin, Louis des Cars, Julien Balensi, François MullerAmadio Parleani Gazagnes Jean-Marie GazagnesBJMR Juliette Ribeiro, Bertrand JoliffBeldev Avocats Associés Emmanuelle Devin, Michel Bellaiche, Carine DétréBernards Thierry Bernard, Bernard BerdouBoivin & Associés Jean-Pierre Boivin, Manuel PennaforteClaude & Sarkozy Christofer ClaudeComolet Mandin & Associés Jean-Marc Zanati, Gilbert Comolet, Marylise Comolet, Eric Mandin, Stanislas ComoletCourrégé Foreman Mauricia Courrégé, Simon ForemanDelrue Boyer Gadot Étienne Boyer, Jean-François Delrue, Alexandre GadotHoule Yanick HouleHuglo Lepage & Associés C. Lepage, M.-P. Maître, A. Moustardier, F. Braud, C. Huglo, J. GirardMussat & Landault Jean-Marc Landault, Patrick MussatNgo Jung Philippe BernardPech de Laclause, Bathmanabane & Associés Philippe Pech de LaclauseRome Associés Juliette Mel, Arnaud RogelSEA Avocats Alain GornySquire Patton Boggs Antoine Adeline, Valérie Ravit, Carole Sportes, Marie-Aimée Peyron, Elisette Leite, Marine Verger
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Antoine Adeline
L eader: Antoine Adeline
E stablished: 1995
Track record: The firm acts as litigator as well as legal advisor on behalf of interna-tional insurance companies, air carriers and pharmaceutical companies. Insurance policy drafting, defective product manage-ment and mass disputes are at the core of its business, marked recently by serial litigation across the European Union.
Team & differentiation: In the Paris office, the skills of its lawyers are diverse and comple-mentary. Specialists from a recognized insu-rance boutique firm work side by side with litigation experts. This thoughtful alliance fits perfectly into the international network of the firm, spread throughout forty offices on five continents.
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS:CROSS-OVER EXPERTISE AT THE SERVICE OF CLIENTS
Matthieu Patrimonio
L eader: Matthieu Patrimonio
E stablished: 1948
Track record: The firm supports leading insu-rance companies on all warranty disputes. The team is also active in construction insurance, industrial risk, product responsibility and “regu-lated professions”. The insurance-related mat-ters of the Brétigny-sur-Orge catastrophe and those of the Bettencourt affair were entrusted to the lawyers of the firm, demonstrating its ability to handle high-stakes cases.
Team & differentiation: As a full-service player covering all complex aspects of insurance law, Raffin & Associés brings together a large team for this specific market. The high-level of atten-tion that lawyers give to cases has ensured the loyalty of clients over the decades. After its opening in Toulouse, the firm’s regional deve-lopment is set to continue in 2016, with a new office in Bordeaux.
RAFFIN & ASSOCIÉS:EXPERIENCED IN THE INSURANCE MARKET
RECOMMENDED
1 Allen & Overy Laëtitia Bénard, Pierre Lenoir, Denis Chemla
Ashurst Éric Bouffard, Jean-Pierre Farges
August & Debouzy Alexandra Cohen-Jonathan, Kami Haeri
Dizier & Bourayne Arnaud Dizier, Cyril Bourayne
Gowlings WLG Frédéric Dereux
HW&H Dominique Heintz, Michel Wolfer, Béatrice Deshayes
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Renaud Dubois
Normand & Associés Gilles Cariou
PDGB Avocats Jean-Marie Gueguen
Paul Hastings Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi, Nicolas Faguer
Reed Smith Benoît Charot, Marie Albertini
Taylor Wessing Benoît Goulesque Monaux, Paul-Albert Iweins
Vigo Christine Carpentier
2 Baker & McKenzie Éric Borysewicz, Jean-Dominique Touraille
Bird & Bird Marion Barbier
Bryan Cave Kathie Claret, Constantin Achillas
Cohen Fairgrieve Duncan Fairgrieve, Céline Cohen
Deprez Perrot Marine Duponcheel
DLA Piper Vonnick Le Guillou
Eversheds Rémi Kleiman
FTPA Robert Corcos, Emmanuel d'Antin, Serge-Antoine Tchekhoff
Fasken Martineau Jérôme Richardot
Godin Associés Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse
Jeantet Associés Paul Cocchiello
Kahn & Associés Olivier Aumaître
King & Spalding Vanessa Benichou, Joëlle Herschtel
LPLG Laura Dubois, Jean-Jacques Le Pen
Norton Rose Fulbright Christian Dargham
Ravet & Associés Stanley Chaney
Reinhart Marville Torre Agathe Moreau
Rivedroit David Lutran
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GERMANY
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GERMANY BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Christian Duve
Gleiss Lutz Stefan Rützel, Stephan Wilske
Hengeler Mueller Henning Bälz, Markus Meier
EXCELLENT
Clifford Chance Uwe Hornung
CMS Hasche Sigle Roland Berger
Hogan Lovells Detlef Haß
Noerr Michael Molitoris
Oppenhoff Peter Klappich
SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz Thomas Liebscher, Jochem Reichert
Wach + Meckes Karl Wach
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Allen & Overy Daniel Busse
Baker & McKenzie Guenter Pickrahn
Beiten Burkhardt Holger Peres
DLA Piper Wolfgang Jäger, Frank Roth
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Wolfgang Kühn, Ulrike Gantenberg, Walter Eberl
Latham Watkins Sebastian Seelmann-Eggebert
Luther Ulrich Theune, Richard Happ
Taylor Wessing Wolfgang Gruber
RECOMMENDED
Borris Hennecke Kneisel Christian Borris, Rudolf Hennecke
Bub Gauweiler & Partner Franz Enderle
Hanefeld Inka Hanefeld
Haver & Mailänder Klaus Gerstenmaier
Kantenwein Zimmermann Fox Kröck & Partner Alexander Kröck
Lindenpartners Lars Röh, Brigitta Varadinek
Norton Rose Fulbright Patricia Nacimiento, Jamie Nowak
Schmitz & Partner Bernd-Wilhelm Schmitz
Thümmel Schütze & Partner Roderich Thümmel
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BORRIS HENNECKE KNEISEL: THE ARBITRATION BOUTIQUE
Track record: This Cologne-based boutique is specialized in corporate M&A transac-tions and represents clients in corporate and commercial disputes before arbitral tribunals and state courts. The group is able to cover the entire spectrum of the dispute resolution mechanism, including negotiation, mediation, and other means of ADR.
Team & differentiation: Having been long-time partners of the Freshfields dispute resolution department, the three founding partners are familiar with complex international transactio-nal cases. Christian Borris is also an appre-ciated arbitrator, while Rudolf Hennecke was one of the first emergency arbitrators under SIAC rules.
L eaders: Christian Borris, Rudolf Hennecke
E stablished: 2014
Christian Borris
GERMANY BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGBaker & McKenzie Jörg Risse, Guenter PickrahnCMS Hasche Sigle Torsten Lörcher, Dorothee RuckfeschlerFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Rolf Trittmann, Thomas Kreifels
EXCELLENTAllen & Overy Daniel BusseGleiss Lutz Stefan Rützel, Stephan WilskeHengeler Mueller Markus Meier, Peter HeckelLatham & Watkins Sebastian Seelmann-Eggebert
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBorris Hennecke Kneisel Christian Borris DLA Piper Wolfgang JägerHaver & Mailänder Gert Brandner Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Wolfgang Kühn, Ulrike GantenbergLinklaters Klaus Saffenreuther, Alexandros ChatzinerantzisLuther Richard Happ, Noerr Michael MolitorisWach + Meckes Frank Meckes, Karl WachWhite & Case Christian Wirth
RECOMMENDEDBeiten Burkhardt Holger PeresKantenwein Zimmermann Fox Kröck & Partner Alexander KröckLindenpartners Lars RöhNorton Rose Fulbright Patricia NacimientoSchmitz & Partner Bernd-Wilhelm SchmitzSZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz Thomas LiebscherTaylor Wessing Wolfgang Gruber
Torsten Lörcher
L eaders: Torsten Lörcher, Dorothee Ruckteschler
E stablished: 1917
Track record: The team was recently parti-cularly active in arbitration work including the representation of a private equity inves-tor in a DIS arbitration (German Institution of Arbitration) and representing a power plant subsidiary of a German automotive company in an ad hoc arbitration. The firm is especially strong in disputes arising from M&A transactions.
Team & differentiation: Dorothee Ruc-kteschler, head of CMS international arbitra-tion department, also acts as an arbitrator in national and international arbitral tribunals. Torsten Lörcher has an outstanding reputa-tion as counsel and arbitrator. The practice’s focus is on post M&A arbitration and other technology-related commercial disputes.
CMS HASCHE SIGLE:GERMAN QUALITY
Stefan Rützel
L eaders: Stefan Rützel, Stephan Wilske
E stablished: 1949
Track record: The group represented domes-tic and international clients on different investment and real estate disputes. The firm currently defends Deutsche Telekom against €500M claims by Kabel Deutschland and Unitymedia Deutschland regarding alleged anti-competitive behavior. The team is also very active in product liability related matters.
Team & differentiation: The group composed of seven partners and 20 associates, and headed by Stefan Rützel, maintains a strong reputation in the market. Stephan Wilske is praised for its expertise in international arbitration especially on post M&A issues. Specialized in the capital markets area, David Quinke has been recently promoted as partner.
GLEISS LUTZ:OFFERING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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GERMANY BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
LEADING
1 Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel Sole practitioner
Klaus Sachs CMS Hasche Sigle
Rolf Schütze Thümmel, Schütze & Partner
Volker Triebel Sole practitioner
2 Klaus Peter Berger University of Cologne
Inka Hanefeld Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte
Peter Heckel Hengeler Mueller
Rolf Trittmann Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
EXCELLENT
Christian Borris Borris Hennecke Kneisel
Klaus Gerstenmeir Haver & Mailänder
Stefan Kröll Sole practitioner
Wolfgang Kühn Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
Torsten Lörcher CMS Hasche Sigle
Fabian von Schlabrendorff Sole practitioner
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Daniel Busse Allen & Overy
Horst Eidenmüller Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich
Alexander Kroeck Kantenwein Zimmerman Fox Kroeck & Partner
Roderich Thümmel Thümmel, Schütze & Partner
Karl Wach Wach + Meckes
Gerhard Wegen Gleiss Lutz
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ITALY
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ITALY BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGBonelliErede Giuseppe Sbisà, Paolo Di Giovanni
Lombardi Molinari Segni Giuseppe Lombardi, Lotario Ditirich
EXCELLENTFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Enrico Castellani
Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners Gian Battista Origoni della Croce, Antonio Auricchio
Legance Stefano Parlatore, Paolo Pototschnig, Daniele Geronzi
Pedersoli e Associati Alessandro Pedersoli, Andrea Magliani
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDArblit Massimo Benedettelli, Marco Torsello
Castladi Mourre & Partners Enrico Castaldi
Chiomenti Silvio Martuccelli
Clifford Chance Fabio Gastadisegni
DLA Piper Bruno Giuffré
Pavia & Ansaldo Marina Santarelli
RECOMMENDEDAstolfo Di Amato Associati Alessio Di Amato, Astoflo Di Amato
Baker & McKenzie Gianfranco Di Garbo
De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani Maria Christina Franchini
Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Lorenzo Pintus
Giliberti Pappalettera Triscornia & Associati Enrico Giliberti
Hi.Lex Maurizio Traverso
La Scala Stefano La Porta,Francesco Rampone
LCA Gian Paolo Coppola, Giovanni Carcaterra
Macchi Di Cellere Gangemi Silvia Lazzaretti
Mondini Rusconi Studio Legale Giacomo Bonelli
NCTM Luca Toffoletti
Paul Hastings Francesca Petronio
Santa Maria Studio Legale Associato Alberto Santa Maria
Tonucci & Partners Giorgio Altieri
Giuseppe Lombardi
L eader: Giuseppe Lombardi
E stablished: 2004
Track record: The firm is known for its activity in litigations concerning civil, commercial, corporate, banking and financial disputes.Counting Ilva, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Moncler and Pirelli & Co. amongst its clients, Lombardi Molinari Segni has also witnessed an increase in energy-related matters.
Team & differentiation: With the practice led by Giuseppe Lombardi, one of the best known litigators in Italy, the team is noted for its outstanding record in dispute resolution. Lotario Dittrich, a well-regarded litigator and professor, and Renato Bocca strongly help to develop the practice’s IP litigation department.
LOMBARDI MOLINARI SEGNI:CLOSEST TO THE STRATEGIC DEALS
Marina Santarelli
L eader: Marina Santarelli
E stablished: 1961
Track record: The dispute resolution team, composed of 18 professionals, is mainly involved in commercial and civil dispute cases, as well as corporate litigation and domestic and international arbitration. The team assisted the city hall of the Giglio Island in the dispute involving the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia.
Team & differentiation: Marina Santarelli, Head of the practice, is member of the Milan board of bank and financial arbitrators (ABF) and has extensive experience in contentious matters, both before the courts and in arbitration. Maria Elena Armandola is counsel and arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations, both ad hoc and administered proceedings, as well as in litigation procedures.
PAVIA E ANSALDO:A STRONG REPUTATION IN THE MARKET
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ITALY BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 BonelliErede Antonio Crivellaro
2 Arblit Luca Radicati Di Brozolo, Michele Sabatini, Massimo Benedettelli
EXCELLENTEversheds Bianchini Giorgio Sacerdoti
Studio Legale dell'Avvocato Prof. Luttazzi Riccardo Luttazzi
Studio Mariconda Vincenzo Mariconda
Studio Prof.Luigi Fumagalli Luigi Fumagalli
Ughi e Nunziante Piero Bernardini
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDCastaldi Mourre & Partners Valentine Chessa
Craca Di Carlo Guffanti Pisapia Tatozzi Alfredo Craca, Vittorio Pisapia, Claudio Tatozzi
Giliberti Pappalettera Triscornia e Assocaiti Enrico Giliberti
Hi.Lex Maurizio Traverso
Legance Cecila Carrara, Paolo Pototschnig
Lombardi Molinari Segni Giuseppe Lombardi
Pedersoli e Associati Alessandro Pedersoli, Andrea Magliani
RECOMMENDED
Chiomenti Andrea Bernava
Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Studio Legale Associato Lorenzo Pintus
Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners Gian Battista Origoni della Croce
Giovanardi e Associati Valeria Mazzoletti
LCA Gian Paolo Coppola
NCTM Studio Legale Associati Luca Toffoletti
Pavia e Ansaldo Marina Santarelli, Maria Elena Armandola
Santa Maria Studio Legale Associato Alberto Santa Maria
Studio Legale Portale e Visconti Barbara De Muro
Cecilia Carrara
L eaders: Cecilia Carrara, Paolo Pototschnig
E stablished: 2007
Track record: The dispute resolution team represents clients in relation to very specific matters, such as disputes with regulators (such as CONSOB, competition regulator AGCM, telecoms regulator AGCOM, and the Data Registrar). Clients include big names, including Intesa/Italfondiario, Costa Crociere, Poste Italiane, BNP Paribas, and British American Tobacco.
Team & differentiation: Cecilia Carrara and Paolo Pototschnig are regularly appointed as arbitrators in proceedings pending before the Milan Arbitration Chamber. Cecilia Carrara is also a member for Italy of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and of the ICC Commission, the co-founder of Arbit (the Italian forum of arbitration practitioners).
LEGANCE:A NEW GENERATION OF ARBITRATION PRACTITIONERS
Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo
L eaders: Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo, Michele Sabatini, Massimo Benedettelli
E stablished: 2013
Track record: The team is particularly reco-gnized for its expertise in investor-state arbitrations, having acted for the successful claimant in the well-known Saipem S.p.A. v. The People's Republic of Bangladesh. The firm’s practices include international law, civil law, commercial law, antitrust law, European Union Law, liberalizations and privatizations, distribution and M&A.
Team & differentiation: Luca Radicati di Brozolo, the firm’s founder, is one of the most respected practitioners in the market, as counsel and arbitrator. Michele Sabatini focuses on commercial and investment arbitration and Massimo Benedettelli, for-mer partner at Freshfields, specializes in international arbitration and corporate law.
ARBLIT:HIGHLY RESPECTED BOUTIQUE
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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ITALY BEST LAW FIRMSTrademark and Patent Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGAvvocati Associati Franzosi Dal Negro Setti Mario FranzosiBird & Bird Giovanni Galimberti, Massimiliano MostardiniHogan Lowells Luigi MansaniStudio legale Sena e Tarchini Paola Tarchini, Giuseppe SenaTrevisan & Cuonzo Avvocati Luca Trevisan , Gabriel Cuonzo
EXCELLENTDe Simone & Partners Domenico de Simone, Olga Capasso DLA Piper Gualtiero Dragotti, Roberto Valenti NCTM Lorenzo AttolicoOrsingher Ortu Matteo Orsingher, Fabrizio SannaStudio Legale Floridia e Associati Giorgio Floridia, Paola CavallaroStudio Vanzetti e Associati Adriano Vanzetti, Giulio Sironi
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 BonelliErede Giovanni Guglielmetti
De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani Studio Legale Roberto Jacchia, Maria Cristina FranchiniGianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners Nino Di BellaIP law Galli Cesare GalliLGV Luigi GogliaSimmons & Simmons Laura Orlando Studio Legale Jacobacci & Associati Fabrizio Jacobacci
2 LCA Gianluca De CristofaroMila Legal Mina Lanfranconi & Associati Elisabetta Mina, Marina Lanfranconi Rapisardi & Ginevra Alfio Rapisardi, Carlo Ginevra Studio Legale SIB Pier Luigi RoncagliaTornato Prado Carlo Maria Prado, Alberto Tornato
RECOMMENDEDMartini Manna Luigi Manna, Elena Martini Mondini-Rusconi Studio Legale Giorgio MondiniPavia Ansaldo Gian Paolo Di SantoPerani & Partners Paolo Perani, Andrea PeraniPortolano Cavallo - Studio Legale Micael Montinari, Ernesto ApaStudio Legale Ilardi Pietro Ilardi
Matteo Orsingher
L eaders: Matteo Orsingher, Fabrizio Sanna
E stablished: 2007
Track record: The firm’s clients include such big names as Twentieth Century Fox, Yahoo! and Sony. The team of four experienced partners is able to handle both domestic and international litigation cases, working in collaboration with leading European and US firms. The firm assists clients in the whole range of IP law including internet, e-com-merce and TMT issues.
Team & differentiation: While Matteo Orsin-gher and Fabrizio Sanna are in charge of IP law, Domenico Colella and Marco Consonni focus on TMT, outsourcing, and technology related issues. With offices in Milan and Rome, the firm has recently grown with the arrival of new partner, Manfredi Leanza. He joins the corporate team from Chiomenti Stu-dio Legale.
ORSINGHER ORTU AVVOCATI ASSOCIATI:DEFENDING TALENT WITH TALENT
Luca Trevisan
L eaders: Luca Trevisan, Gabriele Cuonzo
E stablished: 1993
Track record: The firm offers a complete range of commercial services in a number of industrial sectors including electronics, che-mical, automotive, food, energy, life sciences and telecommunications. The firm has acted in numerous cases, including on behalf of Nokia and Sony Ericsson to file legal com-plaints with the authorities regarding new levies on the sale of mobile phones in Italy.
Team & differentiation: This corporate and IP law firm with offices in Milan, Rome, Parma and Bari, enjoys a leading position in the IP arena. Their team, headed by Luca Trevisan, Gabriel Cuonzo and Julia Holden, stands out for its ability to close complex cross-border transactions, and is well known in the market for bringing closure to contentious matters.
TREVISAN & CUONZO AVVOCATI:OUTSTANDING REPUTATION IN THE MARKET
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LUXEMBOURG
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Marc Elvinger
L eaders: Pierre Elvinger, Marc Elvinger
E stablished: 1964
Track record: The experienced litigation practice handles general commercial dis-putes, with a particular focus on shareholder conflicts and professional liability matters: the team recently represented an asset mana-gement firm in a cross-border shareholder dispute worth €1.3 billion. It also regularly advises on employment law matters concer-ning cross-border mergers.
Team & differentiation: The practice is notable for its full-range capability in dealing with diverse cases, including IP rights and data protection, as well as other areas of specia-lization commercial contracts and license agreements. Its extensive offerings ensure that clients receive the benefits of cross-team collaboration.
ELVINGER, HOSS & PRUSSEN:FULL-RANGE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CAPACITY
Marc Kleyr
L eaders: Marc Kleyr, Donata Grasso, Pascal Sassel, Rosario Grasso
E stablished: 1994
Track record: A formidable leader in high-profile international corporate, finance and insolvency related disputes, with landmark cases such as BCCI, Lehman Brothers, Islandic Bank, Madoff feeder fund and Banco Espirito Santo. The firm saw a recent victory in the one-billion Euro Hellas case, relating to alleged illegal reimbursement of “Convertible Preferred-Equity Certificates”.
Team & differentiation: Litigation is the firm's historical pillar, contributing up to 50-60% of its work. Among the few Luxembourg firms to have several litigation departments, covering commercial, corporate, insurance, tax, corporate finance and insolvency related litigation and white collar crime defense, it also has the largest employment law department in Luxembourg.
KLEYR GRASSO: LITIGATION LEADERWITH STRONG SPECIALIZATIONS
LUXEMBOURG BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGArendt & Medernach François Kremer, Christian Point
Bonn Steichen & Partners Fabio Trevisan, Anne Morel
Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen Marc Elvinger, Pierre Elvinger
Kleyr Grasso Marc Kleyr, Donata Grasso, Pascal Sassel, Rosario Grasso
Wurth Kinsch Azizi Patrick Kinsch, Shirine Azizi
EXCELLENTBonn & Schmitt Alain Grosjean
Clifford Chance Albert Moro
Linklaters Guy Loesch
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAdam & Bleser Claude Bleser
Brucher Thieltgen & partners Marie Bena, Nicolas Thieltgen
Loyens & Loeff Véronique Hoffeld
MNKS Marie-Béatrice Noble
Molitor Paulo Lopes Da Silva, François Cautaerts
Schiltz & Schiltz Franz Schiltz
Thewes & Reuter Marc Thewes
Turk & Prum François Prum
RECOMMENDED1 Dentons Guy Perrot
DSM Di Stefano Moyse Avocats à la cour Mario Di Stefano
Rukavina Avocats Alain Rukavina
Wildgen Pierre Metzler
2 AMMC Law Christophe Maillard
Chevalier & Sciales Rémi Chevalier
ChristmannSchmitt Arnaud Schmitt
Lutgen + Associés André Lutgen
Pierre Thielen Avocats Jean-Luc Schaus
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François Kremer
L eader: François Kremer
E stablished: 1988
Track record: The firm recently won an arbitration proceeding between US and Luxembourg companies regarding a music licensing contract. Other ongoing mandates include an ad hoc arbitration under Luxem-bourg code regarding commercial disputes and three parallel arbitrations in Geneva under the ICC rules regarding a failed invest-ment fund.
Team & differentiation: Built on its strength in dispute resolution, the firm is widely res-pected for its involvement into major corpo-rate & commercial arbitrations, as well as its active use of mediation. The partners of this 13-strong lawyer practice have a more global vision, as they work in a transversal way with other practices such as banking and real estate.
ARENDT & MEDERNACH: PRIME DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICE WITH A TRANSVERSAL VISION
Fabio Trevisan
L eader: Fabio Trevisan
E stablished: 2012
Track record: BSP was retained for the enfor-cement of a €300M ISCID arbitration award in Luxembourg against the State of Romania, and is assisting a large international provi-der against a private bank before the LCIA, in an arbitration governed by Luxembourg substantive law, regarding high-stakes com-mercial liabilities.
Team & differentiation: Led by the sea-soned Real Estate and litigation expert Mr. Trevisan (also Head of BSP’s Italian desk), together with Labor law expert Anne Morel, the 10-attorney dispute resolution team is one of the biggest in Luxembourg, very active in high-stakes litigations and arbitra-tions, notably mandates involving sharehol-der disputes and arbitration enforcement proceedings.
BONN STEICHEN & PARTNERS: ACTIVE IN COMPLEX CASESAND ARBITRATION EXECUTIONS
LUXEMBOURG BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Arendt & Medernach François Kremer
Bonn Steichen & Partners Fabio Trevisan
Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen Marc Elvinger
Kleyr Grasso Marc Kleyr
EXCELLENT
Wurth Kinsch Azizi Patrick Kinsch
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Bonn & Schmitt Alex Schmitt
Loyens & Loeff Véronique Hoffeld
Molitor Michel Molitor
RECOMMENDED
MNKS Marie-Béatrice Noble
Thewes & Reuter Pierre Reuter
Turk & Prum François Prum
Wildgen Pierre Metzler
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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LUXEMBOURG BEST LAW FIRMSIP Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Allen & Overy Katia Manhaeve
Arendt & Medernach Heloïse Bock, Sophie Wagner-Chartier
Decker & Braun Nicolas Decker
EXCELLENT
DCL Avocats Dorothée Ciolino, Céline Lelièvre
LG@vocats Stéphan Le Goueff
MNKS Katia Scheidecker
Molitor Claire Léonelli
Wildgen Emmanuelle Ragot
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Bonn & Schmitt Alain Grosjean
Bonn Steichen & Partners Fabio Trevisan, Anne Morel
Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen Patrick Santer
NautaDutilh Vincent Wellens
Thewes & Reuter Marc Thewes
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight into the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
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MONACO
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Arnaud Zabaldano
L eader: Arnaud Zabaldano
Track record: Litigation has always been a core practice within the firm. Thanks to the team’s international background and network, the firm is expert in multi-jurisdic-tional disputes.
Team & differentiation: Arnaud Zabaldano, the founding partner, has built an 11-strong team and is able to offer high-quality dispute resolution services in complex corporate and commercial litigation, serving interna-tional clients.
ETUDE ZABALDANO:AN INTERNATIONAL APPROACH
Olivier Marquet
L eader: Olivier Marquet
Track record: The firm advises corporates and financial institutions on business law and litigation: unfair competition litigation between two banks, recovery of debt, com-plex litigation cases. The firm is well establi-shed with local and international clients with a common interest in Monaco.
Team & differentiation: With a team of six associates, Olivier Marquet focuses on Banking , Financial/M&A and Business, and is able to advise and represent its clients on all business aspects.
PCM AVOCATS: A DYNAMIC TEAM
MONACO BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial & Corporate Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
Cabinet Gardetto Jean-Charles S Gardetto
Donald Manasse Law Offices* Donald Manasse
Etude Maître Géraldine Gazo Géraldine Gazo - Avocat Défenseur
Etude Maître Jean-Pierre Licari Jean-Pierre Licari
Etude Marquet Alexis Marquet
Etude Mullot Richard Mullot
Etude Zabaldano Arnaud Zabaldano
Giaccardi Avocats Thomas Giaccardi
INCE & Co* Ian Cranston
PCM Avocats Olivier Marquet
*Acting as law consultant in Monaco
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NETHERLANDS
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NETHERLANDS BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGAllen & Overy Arnold Croiset van Uchelen
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Marnix Leijten, Harm-Jan de Kluiver
Houthoff Buruma Rob Meijer
NautaDutilh Paul Olden, Gerard Meijer
Stibbe Fons Leijte, Gertjan Boekraad
EXCELLENTBaker & McKenzie Amsterdam Frank Kroes
BarentsKrans Martijn van Maanen
Clifford Chance Jeroen Ouwehand
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hub Harmeling, Jeroen Van Hezewijk
Loyens & Loeff Sidney Berendsen, Jeroen van den Brande
Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn Willem Heemskerk, Hans van Wijk
Van Doorne Walter Hendriksen, Jasper Leedekerken
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDDLA Piper Paul Hopman
Lemstra Van der Korst Pieter van der Korst
Linklaters Daniella Strik
Simmons & Simmons Bernard Verbunt
RECOMMENDEDAKD Guido Vergowen
Bird & Bird Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa
Boekel Mark Kuijper*
Buren Legal Pieter van der Burg, Philip W.M. ter Burg
CMS Bas Baks
De Breij Evers Boon Marcel Evers
Lexence Bram Thomas Craemer
Norton Rose Fulbright Yke Lennartz
Rutgers & Posch Gerard Endedijk, Karen Harmsen
*Mostly Competition Litigation
Paul Olden
L eaders: Paul Olden, Gerard Meijer
E stablished: 1724
Track record: A large number of international clients have mentioned that NautaDutilh is their top choice when it comes to dealing with cross-border cases. Notable clients for the firm include Amazon, Coca Cola, Rya-nAir, Deutsche Telecom and Samsung.
Team & differentiation: NautaDutilh places particular emphasis on combining expertise in those practice areas which are relevant to clients’ business with an understanding of the underlying industries, and their strate-gic and economic drivers. The firm has a headcount of 400+ lawyers and almost 300 years of experience in the legal world, with an expertise in class-action claims.
NAUTADUTILH:CHALLENGING OBSTACLES FOR ALMOST 3 CENTURIES
Fons Leijten
L eaders: Fons Leijten, Gertjan Boekraad
E stablished: 1911
Track record: This internationally-oriented, Benelux-based law firm recently assisted KLM with an antitrust damages claim and represented ING in a dispute brought by the liquidators of SemiTech/Akai Group relating to D&O liability in a securities lending deal. Stibbe is known to act for high-profile clients in the healthcare and life sciences sector, as well.
Team & differentiation: Stibbe has firmly esta-blished itself as a renowned, full-service firm with over 350 lawyers, including about 175 lawyers in the Amsterdam HQ and over 150 lawyers in Brussels. It is one of the few firms in Europe that has advised Chinese clients for many years on all legal aspects of doing business in the Benelux, through their office in Hong Kong.
STIBBE:MAKING COMPLEX LEGAL MATTERS COMPREHENSIBLE
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NETHERLANDS BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Marnix Leijten, Edward van Geuns
Houthoff Buruma Dirk Knottenbelt, Marielle Koppenol-Laforce
EXCELLENT
Allen & Overy Willem van Baren
Clifford Chance Juliette Luycks
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hub Harmeling
NautaDutilh Gerard Meijer
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Boekel Michel Deckers
Buren Legal Philip W.M. ter Burg
Loyens & Loeff Serge Zwanen
Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn Martijn Scheltema
Simmons & Simmons Rogier Schellaars
Stibbe Jeroen Fleming, Matthijs Kuijpers
RECOMMENDED
CMS Peter Soede, Mark Ziekman, Jeroen Berlage
DLA Piper Diederik de Groot
Eversheds Jurjen de Korte
Linklaters Daniella Strik
Norton Rose Fulbright Yke Lennartz
Van Doorne Jasper Leedekerken
Marnix Leijten
L eaders: Marnix Leijten, Edward van Geuns
E stablished: 1871
Track record: De Brauw advises 80% of the 50 largest Dutch companies and 85% of the companies listed on the main index (AEX) of Euronext Amsterdam. With strategically located international offices in New York, Shanghai and Singapore, the firm works closely together with top-tier local counsel in all jurisdictions. Some prominent clients include Nestle, Shell and Unilever.
Team & differentiation: An elite firm in eight practice areas, which is more than any other Dutch law firm, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is a member of ‘Our Best Friends’ – a network of premier European law firms. The firm has 40 partners and 160 associates representing various nationalities, in the arbitration and litigation office itself, who are all qualified in their jurisdiction of origin.
DE BRAUW BLACKSTONE WESTBROEK:WHERE CLIENTS COME BEFORE LEGAL EXPERTISE
Dirk Knottenbelt
L eaders: Dirk Knottenbelt, Marielle Koppenol-Laforce
E stablished: N.A.
Track record: Houthoff Buruma advised Arcelor on the $33.8 billion merger with Mit-tal Steel in 2006, creating the largest steel producing company in the world. Later in 2007, the firm successfully represented ABN AMRO in its Supreme Court litigation, allowing it to sell LaSalle to Bank of Ame-rica. They were also involved in the largest bankruptcy in history, as a bankruptcy trus-tee of Lehman Brothers Treasury Co., the largest claimant of Lehman Brothers.
Team & differentiation: Houthoff Buruma houses 285 lawyers and 51 partners. It is also the exclusive ‘Lex Mundi’ firm in the Netherlands. Lex Mundi is the world's lea-ding association of independent law firms.
HOUTHOFF BURUMA:STRAIGHT TO-THE-POINT, NO-NONSENSE, HIGH QUALITY ADVICE
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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POLAND
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POLAND BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGClifford Chance Bartosz KrużewskiDentons Wojciech Kozłowski, Patrick RadzimierskiDomanski Zakrzewski Palinka Józef Palinka, Paweł LewandowskiSołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak Rafał Waskiewicz, Dariusz Skuza
EXCELLENTCMS Małgorzata SurdekDrzewiecki Tomaszek & Partners Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Tomasz Ludwik Krawczyk, Marcin SzymańskiK&L Gates Maciej Jamka, Joanna Łagowska, Wojciech WąsowiczKubas Kos Galkowski Andrzej Kubas, Rafał KosWardynski & Partners Monika Hartung, Jan Ciećwierz
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBaker & McKenzie Łukasz Hejmej, Marcin Gmaj
Chadbourne & Parke Sylwester Pieckowski
DLA Piper Wiater sp.k. Krzysztof Kycia
Gide Piotr Sadownik
Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak sp. k. Andrzej Wysokiński, Paweł Pietkiewicz
Linklaters Cezary Wiśniewski
Röhrenschef Marcin Radwan-Röhrenschef
Studnicki Pleszka Cwiakalski Gorski Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski
Weil, Gotshal & Manges Andrzej Miklas, Jaroslaw Kolkowski
Wierzbowski Eversheds Henryk Romanczuk
RECOMMENDEDAllen & Overy Wojciech Jarowski
Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto Krzysztof Żyto
FKA, Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz Marek Furtek, Leszek Rydzewski
Gessel Attorneys at Law Pïotr Schramm
Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners Piotr Kochański, Rafał Zięba
Laszczuk & Partners Maciej Laszczuk, Justyna Szpara
Magnusson Andrzej Tokaj
White & Case Paweł Samborski
Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr Tomasz Kwieciński
Wolf Theiss Marcin Asłanowicz
Dariusz Skuza
L eaders: Dariusz Skuza, Rafal Waskiewicz
E stablished: 1991
Track record: The practice, led by Dariusz Skuza and Rafal Waskiewicz, is one of the largest and longest-established litigation practices in Poland. The team is particu-larly recognized in construction disputes, counting Budimex, one of the largest Polish construction groups, amongst its clients, and is present in approximately 80% of the disputes pending against the Polish motorways authority.
Team & differentiation: Having handled over 3,000 cases, the litigation department has broad depth and knowledge of the sector, dealing in some of the largest and most com-plex disputes in Poland.
SOŁTYSIŃSKI KAWECKI & SZLĘZAK:EXPERIENCE AND SIZE SETS THEM APART
Jozef Palinka
L eaders: Jozef Palinka, Pawel Lewandowski
E stablished: 1993
Track record: Jozef Palinka and Pawel Lewan-dowski advise leaders in the private and public sectors, handling prominent cases in the construction & infrastructure, transport & communications and energy sectors. The firm counts Ernst&Young, ING Group and Skanska amongst its clients.
Team & differentiation: The effort that the team puts into its work with clients ensures that their services translate into successes in court, providing both time and cost effi-ciency. The firm’s busy litigation practice is made up of lawyers who fight for the interests of the client, exploring all possible solutions.
DOMAŃSKI ZAKRZEWSKI PALINKA : STRIVING FOR SUCCESS FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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POLAND BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGClifford Chance Bartosz Krużewski
K&L Gates Maciej Jamka, Wojciech Sadowski
Wardynski & Partners Tomasz Wardyński, Monika Hartung
EXCELLENTDentons Wojciech Kozłowski, Anna Maria Pukszto
Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka Paweł Lewandowski, Józef Palinka
Gide Piotr Sadownik
Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak sp. k. Paweł Pietkiewicz, Andrzej Wysokiński
Laszcuk & Partners Maciej Łaszczuk, Justyna Szpara
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak Dariusz Skuza
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBaker & McKenzie Łukasz Hejmej
CMS Malgorzata Surdek
Drzwiecki, Tomaszek & Partners Andrzej Tomaszek
Gessel Attorneys at Law Beata Gessel
Kocur & Partners Michał Kocur
Linklaters Cezary Wiśniewski
Weil, Gotshal & Manges Andrzej Miklas
White & Case Paweł Samborski
Wierzbowski Eversheds Krzysztof Wierzbowski
RECOMMENDEDAllen & Overy Wojciech Jarowski
Chadbourne & Parke Sylwester Pieckowski
DLA Piper Krzysztof Kycia
FKA, Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz Marek Furtek, Leszek Rydzewski
Magnusson Andrzej Tokaj
Wysok i Wysok Violetta Wysok
Macej Jamka
L eaders: Maciej Jamka, Wojciech Sadowski
E stablished: 1991
Track record: The practice has strong expe-rience in investment treaty arbitration, having acted for the Republic of Poland, as well as major international companies in the sector of investment arbitration. The firm is highly regarded for arbitration in Poland, repre-senting The Republic of Poland against US investors, as well as working for Orange in a high-profile case.
Team & differentiation: The team consists of lawyers who are frequently appointed as arbitrators, and head of practice Maciej Jamka is a respected player in the field and is current president of ICC Poland. Both Mr. Jamka and Mr. Sadowski’s extensive knowledge and experience in arbitration ensure that clients receive high quality ser-vices.
K&L GATES:UNSURPASSABLE EXPERTISE SETS THEM APART
Bartosz Kruzewski
L eader: Bartosz Kruzewski
E stablished: 1992 (in Poland)
Track record: The firm is respected for its handling of a broad range of sectors, in par-ticular concerning construction, healthcare and insolvency. The team has represented the Government of Poland and international corporations in multi-million Euro cases, demonstrating its know-how and full com-petency when it comes to arbitration.
Team & differentiation: The highly-respected Bartosz Kruzewski is a leader in the field, meticulous and analytical in his approach. Mr. Kruzewski regularly sits as an arbitra-tor under various Rules and has published extensively, a reflection of the caliber of ser-vice that the firm’s clients receive.
CLIFFORD CHANCE:STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
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PORTUGAL
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PORTUGAL BEST LAW FIRMSDispute Resolution
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGMorais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados Rui Patrício, António Pinto Leite, Miguel de Almada, Francisco Cortez PLMJ Nuno Líbano Monteiro, José Miguel Júdice, Pedro Metello de NápolesSérvulo & Associados José Lobo Moutinho, João Saúde, António Teles Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho Tito Arantes Fontes, Daniel Proença de Carvalho, Nuno Casanova
EXCELLENTAAA Advogados José JácomeCMS Nuno Pena, Joaquim Shearman de Macedo Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira Miguel Esperança Pina, José de Freitas, Paulo de Sá e CunhaLinklaters Nuno Ferreira LousaSRS Advogados José Carlos Soares MachadoSerra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados Luís Miguel Cortes Martins, Maria Raquel Moreira Vieira de Almeida & Associados Frederico Gonçalves Pereira, Miguel Pinto Cardoso
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDABBC – Azevedo Neves, Benjamim Mendes, Carvalho & Associados João Nuno Azevedo Neves, João Guedes, Benjamim Mendes
Albuquerque & Associados Francisco ColaçoAlves Pereira & Teixeira De Sousa José Alves Pereira, João Marques de AlmeidaAnselmo Vaz, Afra & Associados Teresa Anselmo VazCarlos Aguiar, Ferreira de Lima & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados Carlos Aguiar
FCB&A – F Castelo Branco & Associados Rui Tabarra e Castro, Miguel Castelo Branco Garrigues João Duarte de SousaMiranda & Associados Rui Andrade, Sofia Martins*
RECOMMENDEDAbreu Advogados Miguel Castro Pereira, Natália Garcia AlvesCaiado Guerreiro & Associados Sandra Ferreira Dias, João Caiado GuerreiroCampos Ferreira, Sá Carneiro & Associados João Maria PimentelCardigos e Associados Pedro Cardigos, Porfírio MoreiraCCA Ontier Henrique SalinasGómez-Acebo & Pombo Albano Sarmento, Paulo Nogueira da RochaMacedo Vitorino & Associados João de Macedo Vitorinopbbr – Pedro Pinto, Bessa Monteiro, Reis, Branco, Alexandre Jardim & Associados César Bessa Monteiro, Gonçalo Malheiro
Raposo Bernardo Ana Cláudia RangelMGRA & Associados Sílvia Santos Ferreira
* Managing Associate
José Lobo Moutinho
L eaders: José Lobo Moutinho, João Saúde, António Teles
E stablished: 1990s
Track record: The arbitration practice, with strong direction from partner João Saúde, has advised on high profile cases, including those representing the Portuguese State, proving itself to be a firm equipped to deal with complex disputes. Known for his spe-cialty in white-collar crime cases, José Lobo Moutinho is a highly-qualified and respec-ted lawyer with vast experience in the field, counting Caixa Geral de Depositós amongst his clients.
Team & differentiation: The team brings specialized knowledge on highly-complex litigations and arbitrations, with particular experience in contractual and non-contrac-tual liability. Having invested in its arbitra-tion practice after recognizing the practice’s importance, it handles important arbitra-tions, both domesticallyand internationally.
SÉRVULO & ASSOCIADOS:EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION ARE KEY FOR THE FIRM
Daniel Proençade Carvalho
L eaders: Tito Arantes Fontes, Daniel Proença de Carvalho, Nuno Casanova
E stablished: 2010
Track record: The practice provides specia-lized services to its clients in both litigation and arbitration, with Tito Arantes Fontes heading the litigation practice, who has extensive experience in civil, criminal and commercial procedures in the higher courts and the Constitutional Court. Daniel Proença de Carvalho is leader of the arbitration team, bringing his expertise as both a lawyer and arbitrator to the table.
Team & differentiation: The team strives to understand the sectors in which its clients operate, specializing in water, environmental and renewables in order to bring about best solutions. The firm has the experience and expertise to tackle cases on both a domestic and international level.
URÍA MENÉNDEZ – PROENÇA DE CARVALHO:OFFERING ADDED VALUE TO EVERY CASE
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RUSSIA
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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RUSSIA BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGBaker & McKenzie Vladimir Khvalei, Edward Bekeschenko
Clifford Chance Timur Aitkulov
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Sergey Kovalev, Dimitry Afanasiev
Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Yuri Monastyrsky
EXCELLENTChadbourne & Parke Julia Romanova
Dechert Russia Yuri Makhonin
Dentons Roman Zaitsev
Goltsblat BLP Rustam Kurmaev, Oleg Arkhipov
Herbert Smith Freehills Vladimir Melnikov, Alexei Panich
KIAP Andrey Korelskiy, Anna Grishchenkova
Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners Sergey Saveliev
Pepeliaev Yuri Vorobyev
Vegas Lex Law Kirill Trukhanov
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
ALRUD Feodor Vyacheslavov
DLA Piper Yaroslav Moshennikov
FBK Legal Alexander Ermolenko
Hogan Lovells Alexei Dudko
Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners Dmitry Chernyakov
Norton Rose Fulbright Yaroslav Klimov
YUST Evgeny Zhillin
RECOMMENDED
CMS Sergey Yuryev
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Fedor Belykh
White & Case Julia Zagonek
Sergey Kovalev
L eaders: Sergey Kovalev, Dimitry Afanasiev
E stablished: 1991
Track record: Head of Litigation practice, Ser-gey Kovalev has represented multinational corporations, as well as prominent Russian clients. Having advised in a multibillion dollar dispute between Sakhalin Energy and the largest state-controlled oil company, the firm has demonstrated its capacities to act in the very highest-level disputes.
Team & differentiation: Acting in the highest-profile cases, the Litigation team of more than 60 lawyers is able to provide expertise and capabilities that are difficult to match. With over 300 Domestic Litigation projects and 110 Corporate Crime pro-jects on the books, EPAM’s capabilities are impressive.
EGOROV, PUGINSKY AFANASIEV & PARTNERS: IMPRESSIVE CASELOAD HANDLING FROM THE LARGEST TEAM ON THE MARKET
Yuri Monastyrsky
L eader: Yuri Monastyrsky
E stablished: 1991
Track record: Headed by the very capable Yuri Monastyrsky, the firm’s litigation practice is one of the best regarded on the market, representing clients such as IKEA, Gazprom and Uralvagonzavod. The practice focuses on complex and high-value cases, providing quality litigation in high-profile cases.
Team & differentiation: The team prides itself on providing top-quality litigation, drawing on an arsenal of litigation qualities, inclu-ding outstanding public speaking abilities, meticulous presentation, analytical skills and lateral thinking, whilst fighting for clients in the court room. The diversity of its offerings, from expertise in financial markets, to corpo-rate disputes and bankruptcy, ensures that the firm delivers high-standard services to its clients.
MONASTYRSKY, ZYUBA, STEPANOV:UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR CLIENTS NEED
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RUSSIA BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Baker & McKenzie Vladimir Khvalei
Clifford Chance Timur Aitkulov
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Sergey Kovalev, Dimitry Afanasiev
EXCELLENT
ALRUD Feodor Vyacheslavov
Chadbourne & Parke Julia Romanova
Dechert Russia Yuri Makhonin
Hogan Lovells Alexei Dudko
KIAP Konstantin Astafiev, Anna Grishchenkova
Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Yuri Monastyrsky
Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners Alexander Muranov
Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners Sergey Saveliev
Pepeliaev Yuri Vorobyev
Vegas Lex Law Kirill Trukhanov
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDDentons Roman Zaitsev
DLA Piper Yaroslav Moshennikov
FBK Legal Alexander Ermolenko
Goltsblat BLP Rustam Kurmaev, Oleg Arkhipov
Herbert Smith Freehills Vladimir Melnikov, Alexei Panich
Norton Rose Fullbright Yaroslav Klimov
YUST Alexander Evdokimov
RECOMMENDEDCMS Sergey Yuryev
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Fedor Belykh
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Nane Oganesyan
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Ivan Marisin
White & Case Julia Zagonek
Timur Aitkulov
L eader: Timur Aitkulov
E stablished: 1991
Track record: Having represented Russian multi-national companies, such as Sber-bank, Tekhsnabexport and Sevmash, as well as BNP Paribas, in international arbitrations, Clifford Chance has the expertise to handle high-profile cases.
Team & differentiation: Led by the well-res-pected Timur Aitkulov, who is involved in several London Court of International Arbi-tration awards, the practice is known for its knowledge of the energy, financial, telecoms and pharmaceutical sectors. Mr. Aitkulov has acted as counsel in Stockholm, London, Moscow and Zurich.
CLIFFORD CHANCE: IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE AND STRONG LEADERSHIP ATTRACTS HIGH-PROFILE CLIENTS
Vladimir Khvalei
L eader: Vladimir Khvalei
E stablished: 1989
Track record: The team has represented a major US privately-owned fund at the LCIA, Russian precious metals company ALROSA at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, as well as the government of Uzbekistan, demonstrating their flexibility and prowess at the highest of international stages.
Team & differentiation: Baker & McKenzie’s CIS head of dispute Resolution, Vladimir Khvalei, is one of the best known dispute resolution lawyers in the country, and his high-profile reputation precedes him, acting as current Vice-President of the ICC and Vice-Chair of the IBA Committee, amongst other positions.
BAKER & MCKENZIE: RENOWNED PRACTICE HEAD ADDS VALUE TO CROSS-BORDER MULTINATIONAL CASES
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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SPAIN
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SPAIN BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGCuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira Jorge Badia, Alfonso Iglesia
Garrigues Carlos de los Santos
Uría Menéndez Jesús Remón Peñalver
EXCELLENT
Baker & McKenzie Fernando de la Mata
Clifford Chance José Antonio Caínzos
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Vicente Sierra
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
1 Gomez-Acebo y Pombo Francisco Peña González, Joaquín García-Romanillos
Pérez-Llorca Félix Montero
Roca Junyent Jordi Calvo Costa
Rousaud Costas Duran (RDC) Jordi Sánchez, Ignacio Benejam, Isabel Buron, Juan Manuel De Castro
2 Araoz & Rueda Eduardo de León, Alejandro Fernández de Araoz
B Cremades y Asociados Ángel Tejada
Ramon y Cajal Abogados Pedro Ramón y Cajal, Ramón Fernández-Aceytuno
Ventura Garcés & Lopez-Ibor Isabel Mateu, Alfonso López Ibor
RECOMMENDED
Allen & Overy Antonio Vázquez-Guillén
CMS Juan Ignacio Fernández Aguado
Herbert Smith Freehills Eduardo Soler Tappa
Latham & Watkins Antonio Morales
Rivero & Gustafson Abogados John Gustafson
METHODOLOGY
The criteria are:
• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market
• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers, managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive..., education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)
• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm
• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base
• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity considered in the ranking
Rankings are established with the following tools:
• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, client bases, track record and market.
• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks), who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh insight intothe market and on the advisors they are soliciting.
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SPAIN BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGClifford Chance José Antonio Cainzos
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira Jorge Badia
Garrigues Carlos de los Santos
Uría Menéndez Jesús Remón, Álvaro López de Argumedo
EXCELLENT1 Baker & McKenzie José Maria Alonso
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Rafael Murillo
Gomez-Acebo y Pombo Francisco Peña González
Pérez-Llorca Félix Montero
2 Araoz y Rueda Clifford Hendel
Ashurst Gonzalo Jiménez-Blanco
B Cremades y Asociados Bernardo Cremades, Angel Tejada
Roca Junyent Jordi Calvo Costa
Rousaud Costas Duran (RDC) Jordi Sanchez
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDArias SLP David Arias
J. Almoguera y Asociados Jesus Almoguera
Hierro Estudio Legal Antonio Hierro
Ramon y Cajal Abogados Pedro Ramón y Cajal
Stampa Abogados Gonzalo Stampa
Track record: the team specializes in com-mercial and corporate litigation and handles domestic and international arbitration, inclu-ding ICC and Madrid Court of Arbitration proceedings. The firm has an impressive list of clients based in Spain, Europe and Latin America including Caixabank, AIG, T-System ITC and Montesa-Honda.
Team & differentiation: Rousaud Costas Duran’s litigation department includes 13 lawyers, of whom 4 are partners. They are specialized in corporate and financial mat-ters, unfair competition, distribution, fran-chise, insurance and health care. Jordi Sanchez stands out for its expertise in the telecommunications, automotive and sof-tware sectors.
L eaders: Jordi Sanchez, Juan Manuel De Castro, Isabel Burón, Ignacio Benejam
E stablished: 2003
Jordi Sanchez
ROUSAUD COSTAS DURAN: A RISING STAR IN THE MARKET
Jorge Badia
L eaders: Jorge Badia, Alfonso Iglesia
E stablished: 1917
Track record: the Spanish firm confirms its outstanding reputation especially on domes-tic and international arbitration. The firm’s arbitration practice focuses on different sectors, such as construction and enginee-ring, energy (oil & gas), maritime industry, insurance and reinsurance, investments and state contracts.
Team & differentiation: with over 35 specia-lized lawyers capable of working in many languages and experienced in national and international arbitration, the firm has one of the strongest practices within the Iberian region. Jorge Badia, co-head of the depart-ment, has been recently appointed the firm’s managing partner.
CUATRECASAS GONÇALVES PEREIRA:EXCELLENCE OVER THE YEARS
Jesús Remón
L eader: Jesús Remón
E stablished: 1941
Track record: the team represented Iberdrola on an action to seek annulment of an arbitral award made by an ICSID Arbitral Tribunal related to a breach of the Spain-Republic of Guatemala Bilateral Investment Treaty, and acted for Repsol in an $ 11 billion ICSID case against the Argentinian State.
Team & differentiation: Jesús Remón, head of the firm’s litigation department, focuses on national and international arbitration, litigation, both in civil and administrative jurisdictions, and advising on administrative and constitutional issues, and also acts as an arbitrator in a variety of commercial and investment-related proceedings.
URÍA MENÉNDEZ:AN ESTABLISHED LEADER IN THE MARKET
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SPAIN BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
LEADING
José Maria Alonso Baker & McKenzie
David Arias Arias SLP
Bernardo Cremades B Cremades y Asociados
Antonio Hierro Hierro Estudio Legal
Jesús Remón Peñalver Uría Menéndez
Miguel Virgos Uría Menéndez
EXCELLENT
José Maria Abascal Abascal Flores y Segovia
Juan Fernandez-Armesto Armesto & Asociados
Miguel Angel Fernandez-Ballesteros Miguel Angel Fernandez-Ballesteros Abogados
Clifford Hendel Araoz Y Rueda
Màrius Miró Gili Roca Junyent
Gonzalo Jiménez-Blanco Ashurst
Miguel Moscardó Moscardó & Asociados
Gonzalo Stampa Stampa Abogados
Angel M. Tejada B Cremades y Asociados
Jean Marie Vulliemin Froriep
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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SWEDEN
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SWEDEN BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
1 Mannheimer Swartling Kristoffer Löf
2 Vinge James Hope, Johan Gernandt
EXCELLENT
Hannes Snellman Martin Wallin
Lindahl Therese Isaksson, Jesper Tiberg
Setterwalls Jesper Grünbaum
White & Case Anders Reldén
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Baker & McKenzie Jonas Benedictsson
Frank Marcus Axelryd, Helena Dandenell
Magnusson Johan Molin
Norburg & Scherp Fredrik Norburg, Pontus Scherp
Roschier Henrick Fieber, Johan Sidklev
Wistrand Jörgen Eklund, Lars-Olof Svensson
RECOMMENDED
Delphi Sverker Bonde
Bird & Bird Michael Frie, Ulf Mellqvist
Danowsky & Partners Advokatbyrå Peter Danowsky
Gernandt & Danielsson Björn Tude
Hamilton Advokatbyra Johannes Ericson
James Hope
L eaders: James Hope, Johan Gernandt
E stablished: 1983
Track record: The firm was recently part of a multi-million dollar cross-border arbitra-tion against Nestlé on behalf of Nordic food brand Orkla, headed by James Hope. It is currently representing Gazprom in its highly publicized ongoing dispute against Nafto-gaz with a case value of nearly $25 billion. Other clients include Fortum Distribution AB, Sveriges Bildelsgrossisters Förening.
Team & differentiation: With a strong team of 15 partners and about 50 associates in the Stockholm office, Vinge has established itself as a premier law firm that is not afraid to take on all kinds of cases, no matter how challenging they might be. Vinge also has a well-established co-operation with interna-tional law firms providing dispute resolution services across a variety of sectors.
VINGE:LEADING IN HIGH-VALUE ENERGY DISPUTES
Fredrik Norburg
L eaders: Fredrik Norburg, Pontus Scherp
E stablished: 2013
Track record: The firm recently represented US investor Carl A. Sax in a $459M arbitra-tion concerning Pulkovo Airport in Russia. Also, it successfully represented Doan Tech-nology Pty Ltd (Australia) and Binh Doan in an international SCC arbitration against Fin-nish company Uretek.
Team & differentiation: Currently this bou-tique firm consists of two partners and five associates. All lawyers of the firm focus fully on dispute resolution. Partners Fredrik Nor-burg and Pontus Scherp co-head the team, having previously worked for important Swe-dish and Anglo-Saxons law firms.
NORBURG & SCHERP:SPECIALIST BOUTIQUE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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SWITZERLAND
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SWITZERLAND BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGBär & Karrer Daniel Hochstrasser, Saverio Lembo, Andreas LänzlingerHomburger Markus Wirth, Thomas Müller, Balz Gross, Felix Dasser, Gabrielle Nater-BassLenz & Staehelin Daniel Tunik, Harold Frey, Martin Burkhardt, Xavier Favre-BulleSchellenberg Wittmer Martin Bernet, Christian Girod, Vincent Jeanneret, Alexander Jolles
EXCELLENTBaker & McKenzie Richard GassmannCabinet Chappuis Benoît ChappuisKellerhals Carrard Bernhard BergerLalive Philipp Habegger, Marc D. VeitLévy Kaufmann-Kohler Antonio RigozziNiederer Kraft & Frey Daniel Eisele, Ernst F. SchmidPestalozzi Michael Kramer, Laurent Killias, Thomas RonnerPython & Peter Pierre-Yves Gunter, Homayoon Arfazadeh
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBratschi Wiederkehr & Buob Mirco CeregatoCMS von Erlach Poncet Beat von Rechenberg, Jodok Wicki Froriep Isabelle Romy, Alain Gros, Marcel Steinegger Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Marcel Lustenberger, Bernard LachenalPeter & Partners Wolfgang Peter, Christoph BrunnerVischer Christian Oetiker, Thomas WeibelWalder Wyss Dieter Hofmann, Peter StraubWartmann & Merker Andrea Meier, Peter Hafner, Peter ReichartWenger & Vieli Peter Altorfer, Urs Weber-Stecher
RECOMMENDEDBCCC Jean-Marc CarnicéBorel & Barbey Alexandre de WeckBuis Bürgi Eric Buis, Paul BürgiBurckhardt Regula HinderlingEversheds Claudius Triebold, Peter HaasFBT Attorneys-at-Law Serge FaselJacquemoud Stanislas Jean-Pierre Jacquemoud, Guy StanislasStaiger, Schwald & Partner Philipp Känzig, Marc BernheimThouvenin Rechtsanwälte Daniel Stoll, Patrick Rohn, Michael Bösch
Daniel Hochstrasser
L eaders: Daniel Hochstrasser, Saverio Lembo, Andreas Länzlinger
E stablished: 1969
Track record: In addition to ordinary civil proceedings, its forensic practice regularly involves pursuing enforcement action and seeking interlocutory remedies (attachments and other interim measures).The Commer-cial Litigation team recently represented Generali in a post-merger litigation. Other notable clients include Valora, KKR, De Beers etc.
Team & differentiation: Depending on the needs of the case, the litigation team works with specialists from various practice areas like white collar crime, administrative proceedings, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments etc. Bär and Karrer has more than 130 lawyers at its offices in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Zug.
BÄR AND KARRER:EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND OUTSTANDING PRACTICE
Christian Girod
L eaders: Christian Girod, Martin Bernet, Vincent Jeanneret, Alexander Jolles
E stablished: 2000
Track record: A feather in the firm’s cap comes in the form of the representation of a creditor in the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers (Swiss subsidiary). It succeeded in securing the collocation of losses incurred on an investment in derivatives worth close to CHF 1 billion. The firm also acted as lead counsel in the defense of a Swiss industrialist prosecuted for alleged intentional disaster caused by asbestos-cement factories several decades ago.
Team & differentiation: Its Dispute Resolution Group features one of the largest and leading dispute resolution practices in Switzerland. The team is highly experienced in a variety of fields including, but not limited to, Investment Disputes, Unfair Competition, Unemployment and Professional Liability.
SCHELLENBERG WITTMER:COMMERCIALLY FOCUSED, DEDICATED LEGAL ADVICE
LITIGATION & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RANKINGS
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SWITZERLAND BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 Lalive Matthias Scherer, Michael E. Schneider,Veijo Heiskanen, Marc D. Veit, Domitille Baizeau
2 Homburger Markus Wirth, Balz Gross, Felix Dasser, Gabrielle Nater-Bass
Lenz & Staehelin Harold Frey, Xavier Favre-Bulle
Python & Peter Pierre-Yves Gunter, Homayoon Arfazadeh
Schellenberg Wittmer Elliott Geisinger, Martin Bernet, Philippe Bärtsch, Nathalie Voser, Christopher Boog
Tavernier Tschanz Pierre-Yves Tschanz, Frank Spoorenberg
EXCELLENTBär & Karrer Daniel Hochstrasser, Cesare Jermini, Marc Blessing
Kellerhals Carrard Bernhard Berger, Martin Molina
Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler Sébastien Besson, Antonio Rigozzi
Sidley Austin Marc S. Palay, David Roney
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Michael Stepek
Baker & McKenzie Richard Gassmann
Froriep Jean Marguerat, Jean-Marie Vulliemin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Marcel Lustenberger, Bernard Lachenal, Manuel Arroyo
Peter & Partners Wolfgang Peter, Christoph Brunner
Pestalozzi Laurent Killias, Thomas Legler
Walder Wyss Micha Bülher, Dieter Hofmann
Wenger & Vieli Daniel Girsberger, Urs Weber-Stecher
White & Case Anne Véronique Schlaepfer
RECOMMENDEDAkikol, Béguin & Richa Diana AkikolArchipel Guillaume TattevinBratschi Wiederkehr & Buob Sandra De Vito BieriHirsch Laurent HirschNiederer Kraft & Frey Ernst F. SchmidVischer Daniele FavalliWartmann & Merker Andrea Meier
Pierre-Yves Gunter
L eaders: Pierre-Yves Gunter, Homayoon Arfazadeh
E stablished: 1981
Track record: Peter & Python’s clients include major international corporations, financial institutions, as well as start-up businesses, partnerships and private individuals from Swit-zerland and all over the world, with corporate clients representing telecommunications, gas and oil, pharmaceutical, shipping, insurance, banking and financial services industries. The firm advises clients in international arbitration proceedings under the major arbitration institu-tions, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations.
Team & differentiation: the firm's arbitration team is composed of 22 partners and asso-ciates. With significant experience working abroad, some lawyers are qualified in foreign jurisdictions. The members are able to han-dle arbitrations in English, German, French and Italian, and regularly deal with cases governed by foreign laws. The team has extensive experience gained acting both as arbitrator and counsel.
PYTHON & PETER: COMBINING EXPERIENCE AND A DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDUSTRY
Matthias Scherer
L eaders: Matthias Scherer, Michael E. Schneider, Veijo Heiskanen, Marc D. Veit, Domitille Baizeau
E stablished: 1960
Track record: the Swiss law firm is widely known for its international arbitration acti-vities and its reputation shines globally whether being disputes related to construc-tion, telecoms, pharmaceuticals or energy (oil, gas, mining or solar power). For the year 2015, the firm had an impressive number of cases: over 160 international arbitrations, including 13 investment treaty disputes, with a total amount at stake of over $30B.
Team & differentiation: the large team of 12 partners, 1 counsel and 20 associates is able to deal with cases in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. In 2015, Joa-chim Knoll joined the partnership. The firm’s truly international team composed of 16 nationalities and 14 languages is unique on the Swiss market and allows Lalive to com-pete with international law firms. The firm is also established in Doha, Qatar.
LALIVE:THE SWISS KEY PLAYER IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
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SWITZERLAND BEST ARBITRATORSThe arbitrators are listed alphabetically within each band
ARBITRATORS FIRMS
LEADING
Elliott Geisinger Schellenberg Wittmer
Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
Laurent Lévy Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
Wolfgang Peter Peter & Partners
Matthias Scherer Lalive Avocats
Michael E. Schneider Lalive Avocats
Pierre Tercier Professor
Markus Wirth Homburger
EXCELLENT
Martin Bernet Schellenberg Wittmer
Marc Blessing Bär & Karrer
Dominique Brown-Berset Brown & Page
Pierre-Yves Gunter Python & Peter
Pierre A. Karrer Pierre A. Karrer
François Knoepfler KGG & Associés
Charles Poncet CMS von Erlach Poncet
Pierre-Yves Tschanz Tavernier Tschanz
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Domitille Baizeau Lalive Avocats
Bernard Ballansat Bugnion Ballansat Ehrler
Bernhard Berger Kellerhals Carrard
Xavier Favre-Bulle Lenz & Staehelin
Teresa Giovannini Lalive Avocats
Philipp Habegger Lalive Avocats
Veijo Heiskanen Lalive Avocats
Claudia Kälin-Nauer Claudia Kälin-Nauer
Christopher Koch Landolt & Koch
Vanessa Liborio Garrido de Sousa Orrick
Anne-Véronique Schlaepfer White & Case
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SWITZERLAND BEST LAW FIRMSBanking & Finance Litigation
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Baker & McKenzie Rodolphe Gautier
Bär & Karrer Saverio Lembo, Andreas Länzlinger
Homburger Benedikt Maurenbrecher
Lenz & Staehelin Daniel Tunik
Niederer Kraft & Frey Peter R. Isler
Schellenberg Wittmer Vincent Jeanneret, Martin Bernet, Paul Gully-Hart, Peter Burckhardt
EXCELLENT
Froriep Alain Gros, Jérôme de Montmollin, Marcel C. Steinegger
Lalive Marc Henzelin, Alexander Troller
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Alain Le Fort, Alexander Vogel
Pestalozzi Christophe Emonet, Michael Kramer
Walder Wyss Micha Bühler
Wenger & Vieli Peter Altorfer, Andreas Hünerwadel
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Baldi & Caratsch Michele A. Caratsch
BCCC Thomas Goossens
Buis Bürgi Eric Buis, Paul Bürgi
DGE Avocats - Attorneys-at-Law Didier de Montmollin
Monfrini Crettol & Partners Enrico Monfrini, Yves Klein
Python and Peter Nicolas de Gottrau
RKR Attoneys-at-Law Marc Russenberger
Tavernier Tschanz Edmond Tavernier
Benedikt Maurenbrecher
L eader: Benedikt Maurenbrecher
E stablished: 1957
Track record: the team recently represented the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in an ICSID arbitration proceeding brought by a Qatari investor, in connection with alleged investments in the Jordan finance sector last year. The lawyers’ extensive experience in the banking and finance sector led them to represent several power plant companies before justice, notably regarding reimbur-sement of payments for ancillary services.
Team & differentiation: With a team of over 300 lawyers, Homburger is one of the lar-ger law firms operating in Switzerland. The Banking and Finance Litigation team specia-lizes in insolvency matters and related litiga-tion including directors’ and officers’ liability. It also investigates and represents clients in affairs connected to corporate irregularities, including white collar crime.
HOMBURGER:IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE SWISS MARKET
Rodolphe Gautier
L eader: Rodolphe Gautier
E stablished: 1949
Track record: Baker & McKenzie’s Swiss team has a particular focus on cross-border mat-ters. Recent work includes multiple matters related to banking institutions. The team also represented a minority shareholder in a squeeze-out dispute, acting for a direc-tor in a director’s liability case, and handled various proceedings such as blocking or tracing assets and commodities.
Team & differentiation: One of the most pro-minent names in the legal world, the firm has more than 4,200 locally qualified and internationally experienced lawyers, with offices in 77 countries. In Switzerland alone, Baker & McKenzie houses 89 lawyers. The Banking and Finance Litigation team repre-sents commercial and investment banks, financial institutions and insurers in complex, cross-border litigation and regulatory issues.
BAKER & MCKENZIE:STRONG FOCUS ON CROSS-BORDER ISSUES
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UNITEDKINGDOM
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UNITED KINGDOM BEST LAW FIRMS Commercial Litigation
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING1 Clifford Chance Jeremy Sandelson, Simon Davis, Iain Roxborough, Jeremy Kosky
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer James Kennedy, Geoff Nicholas, Raj Parker, Paul Lomas
Herbert Smith Freehills Mark Shillito, Philip Carrington, Alan Watts, Tom Leech
2 Allen & Overy Tim House, Lawson Caisley, Jonathan Hitchin
Hogan Lovells Michael Davison, Chris Hardman, Richard Lewis
Slaughter and May Deborah Finkler, Elizabeth Barrett, Sarah Lee
EXCELLENTAshurst Simon Bromwich, Edward Sparrow
Debevoise & Plimpton Lord (Peter) Goldsmith, Kevin Lloyd
Linklaters Michael Bennett, Christa Band
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Richard East, Sue Prevezer
Travers Smith Stephen Paget-Brown, Caroline Edwards
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAddleshaw Goddard Michael Barnett
Berwin Leighton Paisner Nathan Willmott
Clyde & Co Paul Friedman
DLA Piper Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry
Eversheds Mark Davenport
Jones Day Craig Shuttleworth
King & Wood Mallesons Craig Pollack
Latham & Watkins Simon Bushell
Mayer Brown David Allen
Norton Rose Fulbright Deirdre Walker
Reed Smith Richard Spafford
Simmons & Simmons Robert Turner, Patrick Boylan
Stephenson Harwood John Fordham
White & Case John Higham
RECOMMENDEDBaker & McKenzie John Leadley
Bird & Bird Steven Baker
Bristows Kevin Appleton
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Jonathan Kelly
CMS Cameron McKenna Tim Hardy
DAC Beachcroft John Bramhall
Dechert Bernard Caulfield
Macfarlanes Iain Mackie
Mishcon de Reya Kasra Nouroozi
Nabarro Jonathan Warne
Olswang Richard Bamforth
Pinsent Masons Greg Lowson (based in Birminghan)
RPC Geraldine Elliott
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Karyl Nairn
Taylor Wessing Shane Gleghorn
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STRONG EXPERTISE
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Justin Williams
Bond Dickinson Craig Monty (based in Newcastle)
Boodle Hatfield Simon Fitzpatrick
Cooke, Young & Keidan Marc Keidan
Cooley Laurence Harris
Dentons Liz Tout
Enyo Law Simon Twigden
Fieldfisher Colin Gibson
Fladgate Simon Ekins
Gateley Simon Catto (based in Edinburgh)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Philip Rocher
Gowlings WLG Andrew Smith
Holman Fenwick Willan Noel Campbell
Joseph Hage Aaronson Thomas Beazley
Morrison & Foerster Jonathan Wheeler
PCB Litigation Steven Philippsohn
PwC Legal Agnes Quashie
Sidley Austin Dorothy Cory-Wright
Signature Litigation Graham Huntley
Squire Patton Boggs Laurence Winston
Stewarts Law Clive Zietman
Winston & Strawn London Michael Madden
Deborah Finkler
L eaders: Deborah Finkler, Elizabeth Barrett, Sarah Lee
E stablished: 1889
Track record: Slaughter and May acts for a broad spectrum of clients, notably in the corporate and financial sectors. Its recent victories include acting for Olympus and its subsidiary in defense of the prosecution brought by the Serious Fraud Office in the Crown Court, and advising British Airways to win dismissal of an air-cargo cartel follow-on claim brought on behalf of tens of thousands of Chinese businesses before the High Court in London.
Team & differentiation: Composed of 11 partners and 55 other qualified lawyers, the cross-disciplinary team is highly regarded for high-value cross border work. Moreover, a team of specialists has been recently built comprising lawyers from Competition and Dispute Resolution.
SLAUGHTER AND MAY:MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, FIRST-CLASS REPUTATION
Richard East
L eaders: Richard East, Sue Prevezer
E stablished: 2008 (London office)
Track record: Having acted for HSH Nordbank in its claim against UBS in a $275 million case, and been involved in a proceeding relating to the sale of Skype to eBay, the firm counts KPMG, Morgan Stanley and Lionsgate among its clients, and has strong experience in financial disputes, antitrust and fraud.
Team & differentiation: Led by the outstanding barrister and solicitor Sue Prevezer QC and co-managing partner Richard East, specializing in complex commercial l i t igation, banking and restructuring disputes, the 15-partner team stands out with its unique combination of barristers and solicitors, as well as its track record in complex financial disputes and the so-called "mega-trials".
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UNITED KINGDOM BEST LAW FIRMS International Arbitration
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGClifford Chance Robert Lambert, Audley Sheppard Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom David Kavanagh, Karyl Nairn, Daniel Gal, Bruce MacaulayWilmerHale Gary Born, Steven Finizio, Franz Schwarz
EXCELLENT1 Debevoise & Plimpton Lord (Peter) Goldsmith , Sophie Lamb, Tony Dymond
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Nigel Rawding, Reza MohtashamiHogan Lovells Michael Davison, Kieron O’CallaghanWhite & Case Phillip Capper, David Goldberg
2 Herbert Smith Freehills Paula Hodges, Craig TevendaleLatham & Watkins Philip Clifford, Charles Claypoole
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAllen & Overy Mark LevyClyde & Co Ben KnowlesKing & Spalding Tom Sprange Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Stephen JaguschThree Crowns Constantine Partasides Vinson & Elkins George Burn
RECOMMENDEDAshurst Ronnie King, Matthew SaundersBaker Botts Jay AlexanderCMS Cameron McKenna Guy PendellDLA Piper Philip ChongEversheds Stuart DutsonGibson, Dunn & Crutcher Cyrus BensonKirkland & Ellis Christopher ColbridgeReed Smith Gautam BhattacharyyaStephenson Harwood Louis Flannery
STRONG EXPERTISEBaker & McKenzie Steve AbrahamBoies, Schiller & Flexner Wendy Miles Covington & Burling Jeremy WilsonLinklaters Matthew Weiniger Mayer Brown Raid Abu-MannehNorton Rose Fulbright Sherina PetitPinsent Masons Mark RoeShearman & Sterling Mark McNeillSimmons & Simmons Simon MorganWeil, Gotshal & Manges Juliet BlanchWinston & Strawn Joseph Tirado
Lord (Peter) Goldsmith
L eaders: Lord (Peter) Goldsmith, Sophie Lamb
E stablished: 1989 (London office)
Track record: Lord Goldsmith successfully defended British Caribbean Bank in anti-ar-bitration injunction proceedings brought by the Government of Belize to avoid arbitration under a BIT in the courts of Belize and the Caribbean Court of Justice, and Mrs. Lamb is representing the Republic of Korea in ICSID arbitration filed by IPICI and Hanocal relating to the non-application of a bilateral double taxation treaty.
Team & differentiation: Headed by Lord Goldsmith, former Attorney General for the UK, working hand in hand with the firm’s New York litigation practice, the London office has been entrusted with some high-profile cross-border disputes, especially inter-state disputes and investment treaty claims.
DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON:EXPERTISE SPANNING THE GLOBE IN STATE-RELATED DISPUTES
Gary Born
L eaders: Gary Born, Steven Finizio, Franz Schwarz
E stablished: 1972 (London office)
Track record: Having handled over 650 proceedings governed by over 70 different legal systems in recent years, WilmerHale’s International Arbitration practice won a beautiful victory in the high-profile Swatch v. Tiffany case, where Swatch was awarded losses of $480 million and dismissed counterclaims by Tiffany for $500 million.
Team & differentiation: Led by world-famous Gary Born, this 70-strong practice unites expertise from offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia, has unrivalled experience in disputes relating to specialized areas such as joint ventures, M&A, construction and engineering, and holds an enviable track record in representing Asian and European multinational oil & energy companies.
WILMERHALE: WORLD-LEADING ARBITRATOR LEADINGA WORLD-LEADING PRACTICE
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ASIA
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CHINA
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CHINA BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Fangda Partners Daniel Huang, Helen Hong Shi, Ming Kang, Benjamin Miao
King & Wood Mallesons Tao Huang, Yuwu Liu, Ariel Ye, Feng Gao
EXCELLENT
Global Law Office Steve Liyun Kou, Xiusong Xing, Yifeng Gao
Jingtian & Gongcheng Chungang Dong, Sanqiao Xu, Xuejun Pen
JunHe Law Offices George Zhao Wang, Qing Li, Luming Chen
Zhong Lun Law Firm Lijun Cao, Wilson Wei Huo, Gary Gao
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Dahui Lawyers Arthur Ma
Haiwen & Partners Jie Tao
Huizhong Law Firm Ning Fei, Xingguang Cao
Jincheng, Tongda & Neal Victor Shengli Gong
Llinks Law Offices Peiming Yang
RECOMMENDED
Commerce & Finance Law Offices (Tongshang) Saibo Jin
Concord & Partners Lianjun Du
DeHeng Law Offices Changbin Chen
Duan & Duan Charles Duan
Guantao Law Firm Dejing Han, Xinwei Jiang
Run Ming Law Office Yadong Wang
Tao Huang
L eaders: Tao Huang, Yuwu Liu, Ariel Ye, Feng Gao
E stablished: 1993
Track record: The team advises various cross-border disputes ranging from private equity, joint venture to accounts receivable issues. Head of the Dispute Resolution Group Tao Huang has won favorable awards for Chinese large-scale import and export companies in commodity arbitration proceedings at the FOSFA and GAFTA.
Team & differentiation: King & Wood Malle-sons’ 30-strong partner team is a popular choice for Chinese public authorities, state-owned enterprises, private companies and transnational groups. Yuwu Liu is well regarded for his expertise involving interna-tional sale of goods and joint venture dis-putes, and Ariel Ye is also highly regarded for her international experience.
KING & WOOD MALLESONS:FIRST CHOICE FOR BLUE CHIPS
George Zhao Wang
L eaders: George Zhao Wang, Qing Li, Luming Chen
E stablished: 1989
Track record: The team recently successfully acted for a Chinese state-owned chemical company in a multi-million dollar arbitration case against a Swiss trade company rela-ting to international trade disputes before the CIETAC under the law of China.
Team & differentiation: Dispute resolution has been a core area of practice throughout the development of JunHe, and the firm has developed a full-range of services, inclu-ding FCPA investigations, internal corporate compliance investigations and a bankruptcy practice. Having served as Deputy Director General at the CIETAC, Partner Luming Chen has in-depth understanding in conducting international arbitration in Chinese and Asian arbitration centers.
JUNHE LAW OFFICES:FULL-RANGE OF SERVICES AROUND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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CHINA BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Fangda Partners Benjamin Miao, Kai Li, Melody Wang, Frank Li
JunHe Law Offices Honghuan Liu, George Zhao Wang, Weining Zou, Wen Zhang
King & Wood Mallesons Tao Huang, Baosheng Zhang, Feng Gao, Harry Haitao Liu
EXCELLENT
Tiantong & Partners Yong Jiang, Yaoquan Chen, Qing Peng
Zhong Lun Law Firm Gary Gao, Bing Wang, Wei Sun, Wei Bao
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
1 Beijing Kangda Law Firm Yang Fu, Mingyou Tong
Guantao Law Firm Xinwei Jiang, Dejing Han, Weirong Yan
2 Beijing DHH Law Firm Xingkuan Zhang, Hongliang Xu
Commerce & Finance Law Offices (Tongshang) Saibo Jin, Xiaofeng Di
Dacheng Law Offices Jiacai Tan, Jiangtao Ma
Duan & Duan Haiqing Wang, Win Cao
Huizhong Law Firm Ning Fei, Xingguang Cao
Jincheng, Tongda & Neal Victor Shengli Gong, Xinjun Wang
Jingtian & Gongcheng Chungang Dong, Xuejun Peng
RECOMMENDED
Allbright Law Offices Rui Guo
Global Law Office Jiuguang Zhao, Xiaolu Xu
Grandall Law Firm Grant Guoquan Li
Haiwen & Partners Jie Tao
Llinks Law Offices Peiming Yang
Run Ming Law Office Yadong Wang, Wen Qin
Tian Yuan Law Firm Xiaodong Zhu
Benjamin Miao
L eaders: Benjamin Miao, Kai Li, Melody Wang, Frank Li
E stablished: 1993
Track record: The firm has extensive expe-rience in handling a wide spectrum of cor-porate and commercial litigation, as well as IP, regulatory and professional negligence cases. Its Shanghai team recently won a victory for L’Oréal in a patent infringement dispute against three Chinese companies and successfully defended PMC Specialties Group against lawsuits over sales contracts.
Team & differentiation: Widely considered one of the leading PRC firms in dispute resolution, Fangda Partners has a strong bench of 17 partners with strong cross-bor-der capabilities. Nuo Ji is strong in construc-tion, real estate and bankruptcy disputes, and Daniel Huang focuses on employment, IP and banking-related litigation.
FANGDA PARTNERS: STELLAR REPUTATION WITH STRONG CROSS-BORDER CAPABILITIES
Gary Gao
L eaders: Gary Gao, Bing Wang, Wei Sun, Wei Bao
E stablished: 1993
Track record: The team had a fruitful year in 2015: it successfully represented Zhongzhu Zhaojia Real Estate Development in the second instance before the Supreme Court against Huaxia Investment Group to win a compensation of approximately €7 million. Skyworth and CITIC Guoan Group also turned to its advice during their contractual disputes with Jiangsu Administration for Industry & Commerce.
Team & differentiation: Recognized as the firm appearing in the largest number of cases before the Supreme People’s Court of China, Zhong Lun has an impressive dispute resolution practice consisting of over 100 professionals, with a focus on real estate, financial services, IT, media, healthcare and energy.
ZHONG LUN LAW FIRM:TRUSTED FIRM BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT
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HONG KONG BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGAllen & Overy Matthew Gearing, Frances van Eupen
Herbert Smith Freehills Justin D’Agostino, Simon Chapman
EXCELLENTClifford Chance Cameron Hassall
Debevoise & Plimpton Christopher Tahbaz
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer John Choong
King & Wood Mallesons Paul Starr
Latham & Watkins Simon Powell
Norton Rose Fulbright James Rogers
O’Melveny & Myers Friven Yeoh
Vinson & Elkins Christopher Walker
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBaker & McKenzie Gary Seib
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Robert Pé
Mayer Brown JSM Thomas So
Troutman Sanders Eric Szweda
RECOMMENDEDHogan Lovells Timothy Hill
Magnusson Paulo Fohlin
Reed Smith Richards Butler Asha Sharma
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Rory McAlpine
STRONG EXPERTISEBerwin Leighton Paisner (Haley Tam & Co) Glenn Haley
Fred Kan & Co Ka Chong (Fred) Kan
Gall Brooke Holden
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Erica Chong
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan John Rhie
Shearman & Sterling Nils Eliasson
Justin D’Agostino
L eaders: Justin D’Agostino, Simon Chapman
E stablished: 1982 (Hong Kong office)
Track record: Its notable cases include repre-senting the Government of Malaysia in a $1.2 billion arbitration against the Republic of Singapore concerning the interpretation of a bilateral treaty, as well as two Philippine energy companies in their successful claims against a US energy company for breaches of a joint venture agreement and a supply agreement in an ICC arbitration seated in Hong Kong.
Team & differentiation: Under the leadership of Justin D’Agostino, the firm’s Greater China managing partner and head of global dis-pute resolution, the team counts 5 partners and 19 other qualified lawyers with exten-sive experience in high-stakes arbitration proceedings across the Asia-Pacific region.
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS:STELLAR REPUTATION THROUGHOUT ASIA-PACIFIC
Matthew Gearing
L eaders: Matthew Gearing, Frances van Eupen
E stablished: 1988 (Hong Kong office)
Track record: The firm has successfully repre-sented Deutsche Bank against Sri Lanka in an ISCID arbitration, in a landmark case regarding an oil hedging agreement. Other recent cases include advising a Belgian company in a €87 million dispute with the Philippines government and a production sharing contacts UNCITRAL arbitration against the Government of India.
Team & differentiation: Based in Hong Kong, Matthew Gearing QC, the firm’s global co-head of international arbitration, is well reputed for his excellent Asia-wide practice and represents the most high-profile clients. The work from its Hong Kong base extends across most of Asia Pacific, with a particular focus on India, South Korea and the Philip-pines.
ALLEN & OVERY: FROM A STRONG FOOTPRINTIN HONG KONG TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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INDIA
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INDIA BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGAZB & Partners Rajendra Barot, Percy Billimoria
Karanjawala & Co Raian Karanjawala, Ruby Singh Ahuja
Khaitan & Co Sanjeev Kapoor, Sachin Mandlik
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Pallavi Shroff
EXCELLENTALMT Legal Hitesh Jain, Sameer Tapia, Puja Tibke
J Sagar Associates Amar Gupta
Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe YP Dandiwala
S&R Associates Niti Dixit
Wadia Ghandy & Co Bindi Dave
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED1 Bharucha & Partners M P Bharucha, Vivek Vashi
Dua Associates Shiraz Patodia
Majmudar & Partners Fraser Alexander
Nishith Desai Associates Vyapak Desai
Trilegal Sitesh Mukherjee
2 Bhasin & Co Lalit Bhasin
Crawford Bayley & Co Dadi Engineer
CrestLaw Partners Arun Kumar
Economic Laws Practice Vikram Nankani
Holla & Holla Advocates Vivek Holla
Kochhar & Co K V Singh
Poovayya & Co Sajan Poovayya
RECOMMENDEDJuris Corp Ranjit Shetty
Messrs Doijode Associates Shrikant Doijode
Thiru & Thiru BC Thiruvengadam
Sanjeev Kapoor
L eader: Sanjeev Kapoor
E stablished: 1911
Track record: Mr. Kapoor has been a partner in the litigation department of Khaitan & Co. for the last 15 years where he has gained extensive litigation and arbitration expe-rience in the energy, infrastructure, mining, and environmental industries. They have worked in domestic cross border cases as well as international cases amongst institu-tional arbitral tribunals constituted under the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, JAMS and LMAA.
Team & differentiation: Khaitan’s Dispute Resolution team is structured at more than 10 partners and 50 lawyers nationwide, while the firm itself has more than 400 lawyers and 100 partners focusing on other practice areas. Notable clients are large utility firms, as well as energy firms.
KHAITAN & CO.:EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Percy Billimoria
L eader: Percy Billimoria
E stablished: 2004
Track record: Billimoria has over 27 years of expertise in commercial and antitrust liti-gation where he has appeared before the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) and the Supreme Court of India on anti-trust matters in addition to undertaking commer-cial litigation at other forums. Team & differentiation: The dispute resolution team led by senior partners Billimoria and Rajendra Barot have an extensive reputa-tion in commercial litigation and arbitration. The firm has been extensively engaged in the resolution of civil, economic offences, commercial and constitutional law disputes through litigation in the Supreme Court of India and various high courts and tribunals in India.
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INDIA BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Advani & Co. Hiroo Advani
Kachwaha & Partners Sumeet Kachwaha, Dharmendra Rautray
Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe DM Popat
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Pallavi Shroff
EXCELLENT
Aarna Law Shreyas Jayasimha
AZB & Partners Rajendra Barot
ALMT Legal Hitesh Jain, Sameer Tapia, Puja Tibke
DH Law Associates Prasad Dhande
Khaitan & Co Chakrapani Misra
Majmudar & Partners Akil Hirani, Neerav Merchant
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Bharucha & Partners M P Bharucha
Dua Associates Shiraz Patodia, Dinesh Mathur
HSA Advocates Hemant Sahai, Ranjit Prakash
Luthra & Luthra Rajiv Luthra, H S ‘Bobby’ Chandhoke
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Gagrats RJ Gagrat
Parekh & Co. Sameer Parekh
Seth Dua & Associates Atul Dua, Vasanth Rajasekaran
Hiroo Advani
L eader: Hiroo Advani
E stablished: 1986
Track record: The firm has a stellar reputa-tion in the field of commercial international arbitration closing deals ranging from half a million to $500 million in value. Advani has been elected as the 1st president of the India Arbitration Forum. The firm is considered a “new age” law firm with advisory and dis-pute resolution practices in multiple practice areas.
Team & differentiation: Advani acts as lead counsel in a large number of the international arbitrations without seeking outside counsel from international groups. The firm’s team of 24 lawyers and 4 partners in Mumbai and Delhi allows for them to compete in arbitra-tion across all borders and fields with a par-ticular with power-plants and offshore plants.
ADVANI & CO.:A LEADING REPUTATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Sameer Tapia
L eader: Sameer Tapia
E stablished: 2000
Track record: The firm began its journey in London with a heavy focus on corporate and commercial matters. The firm has represented clients both on a domestic and international level, and is regarded for esta-blishing strong relationships with Counsel. ALMT Legal is part of the London Court of International Arbitration, Singapore Interna-tional Arbitration Center and arbitral tribunals in Singapore, Belgium and the United States.
Team & differentiation: Mr. Tapia acts as foun-ding Partner while Senior Partner Hitesh Jain leads the International Arbitration team and has advised clients on a range international corporate commercial transactions. A rising star within the firm is Puja Tibke.
ALMT LEGAL:GAME-CHANGING FIRM IN INTERNATIONAL MATTERS
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JAPAN BEST LAW FIRMSDispute Resolution
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FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Yoshimasa Furuta, Hiroki Wakabayashi
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Mugi Sekido, Junichi Tobimatsu
Morrison & Foerster / Ito & Mitomi Max Olson, Louise Stoupe, Chie Yakura
Nishimura & Asahi Hiroyuki Tezuka, Takashi Sonoo
EXCELLENT
Atsumi & Sakai Tatsuya Fukui, Toyoki Emoto
Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) Yoshiaki Muto, Joel Greer
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Kazuki Okada, Nicholas Lingard, Akiko Yamakawa
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Norimitsu Arai, Hisaya Kimura
O'Melveny & Myers Yoji Maeda
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Mark Weeks, Yoshi Takatori, Shinsuke Yakura
TMI Associates Tomoki Yanagisawa, Hidetoshi Masunaga, Mitsue Aizawa
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
1 Hibiya Park Law Offices Hideaki Kubori
Momo-o Matsuo & Namba Junya Naito
2 Abe, Wada & Watanabe Nobuhiro Wada, Hiromi Watanabe
Hashidate Law Office Kenji Hashidate, Takahiro Mikami
Hisaya Kimura Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
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Iwata Godo Masao Fujii
Kojima Law Offices Hideki Kojima
Matsuo & Kosugi Tasuku Matsuo,Yasuhei Taniguchi
Hidetoshi Masunaga
L eaders: Tomoki Yanagisawa, Hidetoshi Masunaga, Mitsue Aizawa
E stablished: 1990
Track record: Mr. Masunaga and his team’s recent work includes representing major shareholders in a corporate dispute to obtain a preliminary injunctions and to prevent a listed company from issuing shares. TMI has also defended clients in patent infringement disputes, among other fields.
Team & differentiation: The dispute resolution practice called “Litigation and Risk Manage-ment," consists of over 20 partners globally. They provide solutions by negotiating and representing clients before courts and in arbitration proceedings and before various arbitration centers, such as the ICC and JCAA, in disputes related to private indivi-duals as well as national governments, ser-vices for business and corporate entities.
TMI ASSOCIATES: STRONG RECORD OF REPRESENTING CLIENTS WITH DIFFERENTIATED NEEDS
Yoshimasa Furuta
L eaders: Yoshimasa Furuta, Hiroki Wakabayashi
E stablished: 1952
Track record: Mr. Wakabayashi leads the firm’s Dispute Resolution Group where he represents both Japanese and non-Japanese clients. His clients include entities like financial institutions, audit corporations and business corporations. He is professionally admitted to practice in both the United States and Japan.
Team & differentiation: The dispute resolution practice at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is internationally recognized for having had work in various areas. The team has represented and advised English-speaking cl ients and has acted in arbitration proceedings, before the JCAA, the ICC. They have also represented clients in Ad hoc arbitrations and private mediations.
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SINGAPORE BEST LAW FIRMSInternational Arbitration
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADINGKing and Spalding John Savage
Norton Rose Fulbright Guy Spooner
EXCELLENT1 Allen & Gledhill Chong Yee Leong
Drew & Napier Davinder Singh, Cavinder Bull
Rajah & Tann Chuan Thye Tan, Francis Xavier
2 Clifford Chance Asia Nish Shetty
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Lucy Reed
Herbert Smith Freehills Alastair Henderson
WongPartnership Alvin Yeo
White & Case Aloke Ray
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDAshurst Ben Giaretta
Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Prakash Pillai
DLA Piper Tay Yu-Jin
Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee Jonathan Leach
Morgan Lewis Stamford Tan Chuan Thye
Pinsent Masons MPillay Mohan Pillay
Rodyk & Davidson Philip Jeyaretnam
Shearman & Sterling Daryl Chew
Watson Farley & Williams Marcus Gordon
RECOMMENDEDBaker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow Chan Leng Sun
Eversheds Oommen Mathew
Holman Fenwick Willan Singapore Paul Aston, Chris Swart
Jones Day Matthew Skinner
K&L Gates Raja Bose
Nabarro Steven Lim
Oon & Bazul Suresh Divyanathan
Shook Lin & Bok Sarjit Singh Gill
Andrew Yeo
L eaders: Andrew Yeo, Edwin Tong
E stablished: 1902
Track record: Lawyers at Allen & Gledhill have worked on Southeast Asia’s largest initial public offering by Hutchison Port and were instrumental in the establishment and IPO of the world’s largest listed Shariah-compliant Real Estate Investment Trust. In 2010, they established an associate firm called Rahmat Lim & Partners in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Team & differentiation: One of the oldest and largest law firms in Singapore with 300+ lawyers and 140 partners, Allen & Gledhill has consistently maintained its position of excellence. It is an award-winning, full-ser-vice commercial law firm which has been consistently ranked as a market leader in Singapore for every major practice area, with many of its partners recognized as leaders in their respective fields.
ALLEN & GLEDHILL:UPHOLDING A CENTURY-LONG TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Chuan Thye Tan
L eaders: Chuan Thye Tan, Francis Xavier
E stablished: 1954
Track record: In recent years, the firm has acted in significant global headline cases such as Lehman Brothers, MF Global and OW Bunker A/S Group. Other notable clients include key financial institutions like HSBC and Citibank. The firm has also been invol-ved in the highest number of joint trials (19) and has had the most number of trial days (179) amongst Singapore law firms before the Supreme Court.
Team & differentiation: Rajah & Tann has the largest litigation practice in Singapore and Southeast Asia with a total of 334 partners, specializing in everything from arbitration and product liability to insurance and cor-porate litigation. The firm has made a name for itself in matters of fraud, asset-recovery and corporate insolvency.
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MOROCCO BEST LAW FIRMSCommercial Litigation
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Naciri & Associés Allen & Overy Yassir Ghorbal, Hicham Naciri
EXCELLENT
Bennani & Associés Abdellah Moustaid
Cabinet Hamid Andaloussi Hamid Andaloussi
Kettani Law Firm Azzedine Kettani, Rita Kettani
Kettani Associés Ali Kettani
Mernissi - FIGES Mohamed El Mernissi, Saad El Mernissi
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Bassamat & Associés Asmâa Laraqui-Hossini , Bassamat Fassi-Fihri
Bakouchi & Habachi Law Firm Salima Bakouchi
Benzakour Law Firm Abdelaziz Benzakour
Hajji & Associés - Avocats Amin Hajji, Saïd Ouadrhiri
Mossadek & partners Tarik Mossadek
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Cabinet Adyel Abdelkrim Karim Adyel
Cabinet Amin Chérif Amin Chérif
Cabinet Belouchi Bouchra Belouchi
Kawtar Jalal & Jihad Agouram Kawtar Jalal, Jihad Agouram
Track record: the team, based in Casablanca, advises in premium, complex cases in varied subject areas such as project financing, infrastructures, energy, real estate, capital markets and litigation. The firm represents operators in sub-Saharan Africa and stands out with financial services’ acquisitions and greenfield projects.
Team & differentiation: the firm is the only truly full-service entity in Morocco. A significant player domestically, the team also shines in other countries such as Algeria, Tunisia, Mau-ritania, Congo and the Ivory Coast. Equipped with an unrivalled understanding of the mar-kets and their dynamics, Naciri Allen Overy’s professionals are well regarded in the field.
L eaders: Hicham Naciri, Yassir Ghorbal
E stablished: 2011
Hicham Naciri
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An introduction to third-party funding By Fred Vroom, director. La Française
The Role of Experts and Expert Witnesses in Arbitration Chaitanya Arora, Partner, India & Singapore and Erik Van Duijvenvoorde, Partner, France & UK. Accuracy
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What is ‘third-party funding’?
The activity of third-party financing is contractual, not statutory. In most coun-tries where the activity exists, it is not currently subject to statutory regulation. Under French law, for example, a funding contract is probably categorized as being sui generis, or composite.
The activity in its modern conception can probably be traced to Australia in class action suits in the 1990s, before beco-ming an alternative means of litigation financing in the United States (though not in all its states) and in England. Continental Europe followed soon thereafter (in particular, Germany and Switzer-land) such that the acti-vity has become increa-singly widespread in both common law and civil law countries since 2010. France stands somewhat apart in that third-party funding remains rare in domestic judicial proceedings with respect to commercial disputes – this can probably be explained by the absence of effective judicial sanc-tion against a dilatory party (making it difficult to estimate the duration of the proceedings), the absence of the doctrine of precedent (resulting in legal uncer-
tainty), and the relative ease with which the losing party can appeal to a higher court (adding to the unsanctioned delays already incurred).
Recent surveys by international manage-ment consultants and law firms indicate that third-party funding of litigation is rapidly gaining acceptance, probably due to greater awareness and seasoned legal practitioners becoming comfortable with it. This in turn is prompting calls from certain governmental representatives, bar associations and academics for the activity
to become regulated – a discussion of that subject is beyond the scope of this presentation. What is certain is that with the increasing number of third-party funders,
potential clients stand to benefit from the increasing competition among TPFs.
Third-party funding has developed enor-mously since the 1990s: most TPF users today do so not by reason of necessity but rather by a deliberate policy of the mana-gement to optimize the company’s finan-cial resources by prioritizing its use to the company’s core business which, with the exception of law firms, is seldom litigation.
In fact, in the context of third-party fun-ding, use of the words ‘financing’ and ‘financiers’ is somewhat of a misnomer, since those words tend to denote a len-ding activity, which is not what most third-party funds engage in – there is no repayment nor interest accrual, and the disbursements made by the funder are without recourse to the client/claimant – indeed, they are without recourse to anybody or anything except possibly to security provided by the client for secu-ring its obligations towards the funder. If the litigation does not lead to an effective recovery, the funder is not remunerated. The activity is thus not one of lending (which is a regulated activity in most An-glo-Saxon and Continental jurisdictions).
What advantages does third-party funding bring to participants in litigation?Access to non-recourse funding increases the willingness of a potential claimant to seek redress against a wrongdoer in cir-cumstances wherein, without such ac-cess, the potential claimant would have felt that the cost of losing would outweigh the benefits of winning. Yet this does not mean that third-party funding fosters the bringing of frivolous claims – rare indeed is the funder willing to back any but the
“MOST TPF USERS TODAY DO SO BY A DELIBERATE
POLICY TO OPTIMIZE THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES”
Fred Vroomdirector
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Fred VROOM is a Director of La Française International Claims Collection (ICC) based in Paris, which he joined in mid-2015 to co-manage its expanding activities in third-party funding, following more than 30 years practice in law as an English solicitor and avocat in international commerce, finance and trade, and litigation, both in private practice and in banking.
In the absence of a universally-recognized definition of ‘third-party funding’, the term generally means the provision of finance by a person (corporate or individual) – known as the third-party funder (TPF) - to a party (most often the claimant) to litigation in return for a share of any proceeds obtained through settlement or award/judgment. The TPF will have no prior interest in the litigation, and the financing enables the claimant to pay, in whole or in part, its expenses incurred by way of legal, expert, arbitrator and arbitral institution’s fees.
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By Fred Vroom, director. La Française
KEY POINTS TPFs provide an alternative means for financing the legal, experts and other expenses of a claimant involved in,
or contemplating, international legal proceedings. An experienced TPF provides its client with a ‘second opinion’ of the merits of its case, its likely quantum,
tactical recommendations, and enforcement management. Historically providers of finance to the meritorious though impecunious, TPFs have become an alternative source
of finance for perfectly solvent claimants, who benefit by optimizing their treasury resources at no risk or cost.
strongest case, since it is putting its – or its investors’ – money at stake. In fact, finding suitable cases is a TPF’s greatest challenge: to identify one, it will have re-viewed tens of others, if not more.
A TPF does not only provide the financial means for a client/claimant (potential or actual) to pursue its remedies against an alleged wrongdoer: a TPF with an existing track-record (and/or with a management/staff comprised of experienced litigation professionals) also provides the client with the benefit of the funder’s experience in similar cases, for example by making recommendations as to an eventual settle-ment or enforcement strategy. A TPF will be careful not to infringe the exclusive right of lawyers in relevant jurisdictions to the giving of legal advice.
Furthermore, a client/claimant can rest assured that in agreeing to fund, the TPF will be convinced – through its rigorous
assessment of the underlying strengths and weaknesses of the claim, the proce-dural hurdles, and the availability of evidence, including witnesses – that the case has an excellent chance of being won, and the losses/damages sought will be obtained in a sufficient amount and recoverable in enforcement proceedings against a recalcitrant losing defendant/debtor. Conversely, if the TPF is un-comfortable with the merits of the case or its assessment of the quantum likely to be obtained by the winning claimant, and/or the availability of assets of the de-fendant/debtor against which the award/judgement could be enforced, the client/claimant will in any event have received a second opinion - and a prudent one - from experienced litigation practitioners – usually free of charge.
Thus, this alternative means for financing litigation can be seen to bring advantages to the participants in litigation:
1. to the client/claimant who has been fi-nancially weakened by the alleged wrong-doing of the defendant: by providing the financial means to obtain redress at little or no cost
2. to the client/claimant who seeks an al-ternative source of finance: by optimizing its cash resources and offloading risk
3. to the client/claimant’s legal advisors: by addressing the reluctance of potential clients to initiate and pursue litigation, and by assuring the payment of their bud-geted fees and expenses.
What are the best practices to avoid pitfalls?Given the pure contractual relationship which exists between the TPF and its client, it is essential for the contract brin-ging them together to deal w ith at least the following issues:
(i) full disclosure: the client must under-take to disclose all the facts and circums-tances reasonably necessary for the TPF to be able to assess the merits of the claim and the assessment of losses/damages
(ii) lawyer/client/TPF confidentiality issues
(iii) avoidance of actual or potential conflicts of interest between the TPF, client, lawyers and/or arbitrators
(iv) the identification of what precisely the TPF is to fund (lawyers, experts, arbi-trators and arbitral institution fees, ad-verse cost order, security for costs and any miscellaneous other costs) and the budget for each item
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Chaitanya AroraPartner, India & Singapore
Erik Van Duijvenvoorde,Partner, France & UK
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Chaitanya Arora joined Accuracy in 2013. He leads the “Forensics, Litigation & Arbitration” practice of Accuracy in India and South East Asia and has worked on engagements in several jurisdictions including the USA, Singapore and India. His expertise lies in disputes involving joint ventures, M&A and loss of profit related disputes
Erik Van Duijvenvoorde, joined Accuracy in 2010. He has over 20 years of experience in financial advisory services and has worked on engagements across Europe, North America and Africa. His expertise lies in disputes involving breach of contract, IP rights violation, construction delays and pre & post-M&A disputes
The Role of Experts and Expert Witnessesin Arbitration Increase in economic activity and in the complexity of transactions have led to a rising number of commercial disputes.A significant number of these disputes are referred to arbitration. While many arbitrators are appointed to matters where they have excellent knowledge of the subject matter, even financially literate arbitrators cannot be reasonably expected to have deep specialization in all disciplines that matter to the dispute, including accounting, corporate finance, or engineering matters. An expert can come to the aid of the tribunal with assistance in the form of an independent, unbiased opinion. While we have come across those who perceive experts as “hired guns” who may be biased towards the party that appointed them, there is an increasing understanding among parties and tribunal of the role that experts can play in the dispute resolution process, as long as they can preserve their objectivity and independence.
On experts and expert witnesses, an English Court of Appeals judge once simply put, “without them, we could not do our job”, and then there are those who say that there is no such thing as an expert witness; there is only evidence of fact or of opinion.
With the rapid growth in economic activity in the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in domestic and international trade and commerce. The economic development has ignited competition, presented new opportunities and at the same time increased imputed risks that sometimes result in disputes. An increasing number of companies, who have a dispute resolution policy, include arbitration (as opposed to litigation) for resolution of disputes that may arise in the future. Businesses prefer arbitration as an alternative means of dispute resolution mainly due to its relative efficiency, confidentiality and flexibility, in addition to being sometimes more cost-effective
than litigation. In the recent years, an increasing number of disputes, have used experts and expert evidence in arbitration proceedings.
As commercial transactions become in-creasingly complex, with technological innovations disrupting industries, the need for an expert’s involvement and evidence prior to making an arbitral award is steadily increasing. Generally in arbitral proceedings, arbitrators are ap-pointed to the arbitral tribunal because of their own expertise in relation to the subject matter of the dispute. In some instances, the arbitrator may even be an expert on the subject matter. However, using expert reports are increasingly be-coming the norm in arbitration proceed-ings where the expert can aid the tribu-nal in gaining familiarity/knowledge on the subject matter of the dispute, with the primary objective of assisting the tribunal in delivering a well-informed arbitral award.
An “Expert Witness” is usually defined as an individual who is qualified, because of his/her specialized knowledge, skill, training, education and/or experience to provide a specialized opinion (to the arbi-tral tribunal) about a specific aspect of the case. An expert’s opinion must be impar-tial, objective, unbiased and uninfluenced by the parties, and his/her primary duty is towards the arbitral tribunal to assist the tribunal in deciding the issues in respect of which expert evidence is adduced.
There continues to be a certain divide be-tween Common Law and Civil Law ap-proach to expert evidence. Generally, arbi-tration proceedings that involve disputing parties and counsel from a Common Law background tend to use party-appointed experts. In contrast, parties and counsel from a Civil Law background generally rely on tribunal-appointed experts. Lately, however, there has been a noticeable shift towards party-appointed experts even in matters with representatives from a
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KEY POINTS The expert’s duty is to assist the tribunal - and this duty overrides any obligation to the party instructing the expert,
regardless of whether the expert is compensated for their services. Good experts maintain their independence and objectivity and stay within their area of expertise at all times.
A classic challenge which experts face is not to be pushed into reaching conclusions that are not warranted. Perception of bias or lack of independence are two common poison pills for experts.
Chaitanya Arora, Partner, India & Singapore and Erik Van Duijvenvoorde, Partner, France & UK. Accuracy
Civil Law background. Many of the major institutional arbitration center rules leave the decision on a tribunal-appointed and/or party-appointed expert to the discre-tion of the tribunal, subject to the mutual agreement of the parties.
Experts, both party-appointed and tribunal-appointed, are frequently used to assess the quantum of damages or in relation to matters where industry conduct or norms are in question. In some matters, industry experts are required to fully understand the causation and damages issues (for example causation questions of construction delays and
consequential damages) and also in matters in which disputes arise from the breakdown of commercial agreement terms (for example whether reasonable efforts were made to commercialize a new technology). Experts are usually engaged in disputes when an independent, third-party assessment of a particular issue, which is considered critical for making an arbitral award, is required. Experts can therefore play a vital role in the arbitral process, particularly in disputes that involve non-legal subject matters in which counsel or the appointed arbitrators lack sufficient expertise. In addition to quantifying damages, the expert often
plays an advisory role to the tribunal on topics such as industry best practice or the structure and functioning of a particular business sector. The engagement of an expert is particularly essential in disputes involving specific technical issues related to valuation, accounting, engineering and other industry specific technical issues, or other disputes involving specialist professional expertise that counsel is not in a position to present to the tribunal without the assistance of an expert.
When dealing with large, complex dis-putes, in industries with very specific aspects, the factual context of the matter may either not fully known or not fully understood by the counsel. Experts can assist in the identification of crucial facts which could support the strengths of a case, and also assist in a critical assess-ment of the strengths and weaknesses of the case. The assessment of the weakness-es of the case indirectly provides insights into the strengths of the case for the op-posing party.
In practice, good experts are also able to identify new, relevant aspects of a case of which the tribunal or the parties may not have been aware, for example economic interdependencies between individual claims. In practice, these economic as-pects then often develop a legal relevance.
The role of the expert is also useful to counsel in managing the expectations of the disputing parties.
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Another key consideration that parties and counsel often debate is the timing of engaging an expert. While the assessment of damages is often a key issue in many matters referred to arbitration, many claimants prefer an initial assessment of the likelihood of recovering damages and an estimate of quantum to weigh various resolution options. Similarly, respondents would want an assessment of exposure to a potential award of damages. Even prior to a dispute being referred to arbi-tration, an initial assessment of potential quantum is a critical aspect of dispute resolution because it can guide the pro-cess, the arguments and the strategy for the dispute. Experts can assist counsel in identifying those specifics of an aggrieved party’s claimed damages that could be ap-propriately and independently supported before an arbitral tribunal. Based on an initial assessment of quantum, a potential claimant can make an informed decision on risks and opportunities at an early stage of an arbitration process. Moreover, an early and appropriate consideration of the quantum by both parties involved in the dispute could potentially provide an incentive to reach an early settlement, rather than engaging in a relatively costly and time consuming arbitration. Assum-ing an initial assessment of quantum of damages warrants progressing the matter to arbitration, the process adopted by the expert in the initial estimation can pro-vide insights into areas for the develop-ment of arguments and legal strategy.
Some disputing parties prefer using their internal teams for an internal assessment of damages on a potential claim. Arguably a company’s own employees are best suit-ed for the role of assessing causation and quantum of damages as they are close to the situation, well versed in the intricacies of the business and technically qualified in the industry in which the business op-erates. There is clearly a perception that internal resources are a cost-effective ap-proach to dispute resolution, and an alter-native to using external experts. Howev-er, the two should not be in competition. Internal resources, even if appropriately qualified, will not be independent and typically cannot provide objective and convincing written or oral testimony as expert witnesses before an arbitral tribu-
nal. Further, the company’s employees are frequently not experienced in dealing with the arbitration process, and while there may be perceived cost savings from the use of internal teams, the additional time incurred by counsel in preparing for provision of evidence and testimony by internal employees may far outweigh any planned cost savings from not engaging an expert. Parties are likely to benefit (in terms of saving costs and time) from us-ing the internal knowledge and expertise of their employees to provide information to, and help counsel and the expert get to grips with, the facts and intricacies of the business/dispute, and to also allow them to put together a coherent and robust ‘but for’ scenario. The expert will also refer to and rely on the adduced evidence of fact witnesses in arriving at his/her opinions.
Party-appointed experts in dispute resolu-tion are sometimes criticized as being par-tial and acting as a “hired gun”, mainly due to the tension between the expert’s duty to the arbitral tribunal and the expert’s duty of care to the party (who appoints and pays for the expert). In practice, ex-perts sometimes indeed face pressure from counsel and the appointing party to modify their views to make them more fa-vorable to the party who engaged the ex-pert. This is a classic challenge. However, the bottom line for the role of an expert is independence, regardless of whether the rules of the arbitration require it ex-plicitly. It is essential, in our view, that an expert maintains a balanced and impartial view. Expert witnesses not only bring their technical knowledge, expertise and their ability to testify clearly, but also their repu-tation. Adopting a biased or untenable po-sition will damage an expert’s credibility on the case at hand and his/her reputation in the longer term and potentially damage his/her career even if it may, superficially, appear to benefit the client in the short term. However, even this is unlikely to happen as tribunals will likely recognize an expert’s bias which will undermine the credibility of their expert opinion. One of the most challenging aspects of an expert’s work is not to be pushed into reaching conclusions that are not warranted.
Counsel and disputing parties should consider the appointment of an expert as
a critical part of the arbitral process. Ap-pointing the right expert can sometimes make the difference between a satisfactory and an unfavorable outcome. In selecting an expert (or recommending one), in ad-dition to expertise in the subject matter, it is essential to consider the experience of the expert in presenting evidence before an arbitral tribunal. An expert’s ability to present findings and opinions concisely and clearly in a manner that is attuned to the arbitral process is a very important aspect that determines the credibility of the expert before the arbitral tribunal. An expert’s role is not to make the case for their client or resort to advocacy. Their role is to assist the tribunal and in doing so, the expert also increases the prospects of his/her client. Equally important is the expert’s reputation, which must be of in-tegrity, competence, independence, and an outstanding ability to communicate findings to the tribunal. Good experts are honest about their qualifications, experi-ence, and capacity to take on work.
A good expert may be expensive, but an expert who lacks qualifications, or credi-bility will ultimately be more costly.
As matters referred to arbitration become increasing complex and it will be more and more difficult for arbitrators to deal effectively with these complexities with-out the assistance of experts. Neverthe-less, each matter should be assessed by a party on its own merits at the outset to evaluate, in conjunction with counsel, whether there is a need to engage expert witnesses and to decide on the timing of their involvement.
Often the timely involvement of experts in disputes can provide significant value to counsel, the disputing party and the arbitral tribunal. Experts are increasingly becoming an essential and indispensable part of the dispute resolution process, particularly when the matter involved is complex. Overriding the various duties an expert has in the dispute resolution process is his/her duty toward the tribu-nal to assist in arriving at an informed fair award - an extremely important role in the current environment that needs more expedient and cost-effective means of re-solving disputes.
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Litigation & Arbitration Key Players Funds
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� Funding of international litigation proceedings (mostly arbitration)
� Funding and monitoring of enforcement proceedings (mostly arbitration awards)
� Collection of unpaid international trade receivables
La Française International Claims Collection provides companies with solutions of “funding outsourcing” for their litigation proceedings (mostly arbitration) and for the enforcement of their awards, an activity often defined as “Third Party Funding” . Thanks to its broad experience in the field of claims collection, our team is able to provide valuable assistance and support in the enforcement of awards and judgments worldwide.
The funding provided by our dedicated investment funds includes the legal fees of claimants (actual or prospective), experts’ fees, the fees of arbitrators and arbitral institutions, and miscellaneous expenses. It is without recourse to the client-claimant if the litigation is unsuccessful.
La Française International Claims Collection is an affiliate of the Paris-based ACOFI, a group dedicated to alternative asset management solutions (direct financing of the economy).
Acofi is docked to the La Française multi-affiliate business model organized around four core activities: securities, real estate, investment solutions and direct financing. La Française group (500 professionnals; more than 50 billion EUR under management as at 31/12/2015) caters to institutional and private clients throughout the world. La Française has a unique and solid shareholder structure which associates a well-known bank, Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe, with company employees and directors.
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� Alain Grec, Director: agrec@lafrancaise-group.com
� Fred Vroom, Director: fvroom@lafrancaise-group.com
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MEET LEADING IP LAW FIRMS:Alston & Bird, Fitzpatrick, Fross Zelnick, Knobbe Martens, Cooley, Kilpatrick, Kenyon & Kenyon, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh, Dimock Stratton, TMI Associates, Sugimura, Marval O’Farrell & Mairal, China Patent Agent (HK), Carey, Basham Ringe y Correa, Barreda Moller, Olivares, Mewburn Ellis, Germain & Maureau, Cabinet Plasseraud, Jacobacci & Partners, Hoffmann Eitle, Herrero & Asociados...
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A profession gathers to honor its leading General Counsels, IP and Tax Directors
Meet the entire In-House community in a unique opportunity to reward the most outstanding Legal, Tax and Intellectual Property Departments around the world.
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A prestigious gala dinner and Awards ceremony to distinguish the best Law Firms worldwideTwo key practices in the spotlight: Corporate and Dispute Resolution
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MEET TOP GENERAL COUNSELS & IP COUNSELS:Metlife, IBM Corporation, Zurich Global Life, Nike, Walmart, Schneider Electric, American Express, Reckitt Benckiser, Ford Motor Company, CA Technologies, Bunzl Distribution, Mercer, The Estée Lauder Companies, Televisa, Nokia Corporation, Piaggio, The Hershey Company...
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INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE 203
Litigation & Arbitration Key Players Online arbitration platform
With ambitions to “adapt the tempo of justice to the rhythm of business, by digitalizing the classical procedure of arbitration,” Amiel Feldman, a business-savvy lawyer passionate about the digital revolution, co-launched eJust, the first online arbitration platform, dedicated to companies.
What led to the birth of eJust?A Survey Data Report of the ADR Center reveals that in Europe, com-panies don’t resort to litigation mainly because the average time required and costs incurred are uneconomical: €25,340 and 2 years for a first-level pro-cedure before a court in the European Union, not even considering bigger cases. In addition, the litigation may seriously impact the quality of com-mercial relationships and profitability of companies, which is obviously not beneficial to business. Currently, only 2% of actual valid claims are treated.Arbitration, on the other hand, is widely recognized as a time and cost effective alternative dispute resolution tool, and arbitral awards are binding in 149 countries worldwide that have signed the 1958 Convention of New York. Under this context, we launched eJust, an innovative online arbitration plat-form, the first of its kind, with the mission to provide companies quicker and less complex legal services in phase with the intense tempo of the modern business world. Our real innovation is the concept of workable justice. Imagine resolving a dispute by a binding award under the contractual relationship, given by an external arbitrator, within 3 weeks at a cost of less than €3,000 – justice suddenly becomes accessible to busi-nesses.
Nowadays, delays and costs are considered the two worst features of arbitration. How does eJust tackle these problems?We can say that 99% of cases are legally clear, although establishing the under-lying facts can be complicated depen-ding on the available ways of stating and reasoning facts. In traditional litigation, factors such as complexity of procedural rules and their implementation, exhaustive and inef-fective demands put on by lawyers and judges/arbitrators, conflicts of agenda, and especially, the absence of any factors to incentivize efficiency, result in serious delays and high costs.Our aim is to provide effective justice for everyone, which will necessarily enhance business. The mechanisms of eJust, implemented through a streamli-ned and user-friendly web platform, have been conceived to offer incen-tive to arbitrators and parties to be efficient and straight to the point. For example, we propose a fixed price for our different arbitration procedures with certain limits on the number of characters and files submitted by parties to the arbitrator, and though parties are free to exceed those boundaries, they are effectively incenti-vized to respect them by additional fixed costs involved. Our services thus have a very low entry price, but can be tailored to suit the specific needs of every case.With well-structured procedure and clear tools, the arbitrators on our plat-form are capable of rendering an award for a relatively simple dispute within an
average of three weeks, from the request for relief to the award.
I suppose that your main targets are small-medium sized enterprises?I disagree completely: big corporates are our first targets! This strategy is because big corporates usually have a significant volume of contracts, as well as competent staff in their legal departments capable of independently handling disputes. A leasing bank may have hundreds of default cases per year, and recoveries could take one year in countries like Switzerland and up to four or five years in Italy. An insurance company may have no incentive to resolve disputes quickly, unless its competitors propose quicker resolu-tion process in order to attract clients. As a consequence, our offer is very attractive to big corporates and we have a pipeline of prospects.
Are you competing with lawyers?No. We do not provide legal counsel or assistance. We are not conquering a market, but creating one: the market
for the 98% of claims not yet litigated. That is where the essential value of eJust lies.Digitalization of the legal profession is a fantastic opportunity, rather than a threat. At the moment, this pro-cess has barely started, and most law firms don’t even realize they are lag-ging behind. We wish
to position ourselves as a networking platform in the service of lawyers and business. In a few words, we are pro-lawyer, pro-client and pro-business.
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« The true concept of eJust is workable justice »
Amiel Feldman CEO & Founder, eJust
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June2016
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MEET LEADING IP LAW FIRMS:Alston & Bird, Fitzpatrick, Fross Zelnick, Knobbe Martens, Cooley, Kilpatrick, Kenyon & Kenyon, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh, Dimock Stratton, TMI Associates, Sugimura, Marval O’Farrell & Mairal, China Patent Agent (HK), Carey, Basham Ringe y Correa, Barreda Moller, Olivares, Mewburn Ellis, Germain & Maureau, Cabinet Plasseraud, Jacobacci & Partners, Hoffmann Eitle, Herrero & Asociados...
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Interactive round tables with top management executives• Managing the legal department• International arbitration : new trends• Class actions, torts and product liability
OnE-tO-OnE AlliancE MEEtings
1,200 One-to-One Alliance Meetings held in 2015
Schedule your business meetings in advance and meet who matters most to you.
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A profession gathers to honor its leading General Counsels, IP and Tax Directors
Meet the entire In-House community in a unique opportunity to reward the most outstanding Legal, Tax and Intellectual Property Departments around the world.
intErnatiOnal law firm awards
A prestigious gala dinner and Awards ceremony to distinguish the best Law Firms worldwideTwo key practices in the spotlight: Corporate and Dispute Resolution
BUILD A GLOBAL BUSINESSBUILD A GLOBAL NETWORK
MEET TOP GENERAL COUNSELS & IP COUNSELS:Metlife, IBM Corporation, Zurich Global Life, Nike, Walmart, Schneider Electric, American Express, Reckitt Benckiser, Ford Motor Company, CA Technologies, Bunzl Distribution, Mercer, The Estée Lauder Companies, Televisa, Nokia Corporation, Piaggio, The Hershey Company...
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Olivier Wallois - owallois@leadersleague.com +33 (0)1 45 02 25 44 www.ilasummit.com
@ILASA2015 #ILASA2015
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE204
Lawyers Litigation & Arbitration Key Players
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� Agency, Consultancy & Service Agreement Disputes
� Agricultural Industry Disputes � Automotive and Aviation Disputes � Chemicals Industry Disputes � Construction & Engineering Disputes � Distribution Disputes � Finance Industry Disputes � Hotels (Hospitality Industry)
Disputes � Infrastructure Disputes � Intellectual Property Disputes � Joint Venture & Shareholder
Agreement Disputes � Media Industry Disputes � Mining Disputes � Oil & Gas Disputes � Pharmaceuticals Industry Disputes � Renewable Energy Disputes � Sales & Purchase Agreement
Disputes � Shipping Disputes � Steel Industry Disputes � Technology/Internet Technology
Disputes � Telecommunications Disputes � Transportation Disputes
Aceris is an international arbitration law firm with highly-experienced, multilingual lawyers, whose goal is to give an edge to clients involved in international disputes.
In addition to offering some of the highest-quality legal representation available for international commercial arbitrations, investor-State arbitrations, international construction arbitrations and public international law disputes, as well as mediation and litigation in support of arbitration, our lawyers are dynamic, have excellent track records and offer unparalleled cost-efficiency. Aceris’ founding partner has not lost a case since 2006, and Aceris intends to keep it this way.
While our headquarters are in Geneva, we also have an office in Paris, along with permanent access to offices in 110 countries where we can meet and work closely with clients. We work hand-in-hand with the other members of the IAA Network, which Aceris Partner William Kirtley co-founded in 2012, whose highly-regarded lawyers are based in Paris, London, Madrid, Geneva, Singapore, New York, Los Angeles, Istanbul and Pretoria, South Africa.
The clients of our international arbitration law firm include individuals, small businesses, multinationals, State-owned enterprises and States. We have previously served as counsel in ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC, DIAC, SIAC, CICA, LCIA, PCA, CIArb, AFA, OHADA (CCJA), ICJ and ad hoc cases, typically against the large international corporate firms where our lawyers previously worked.
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� William Kirtley, Founder: wkirtley@acerislaw.com
� Olivier Marquais, Associate: omarquais@acerislaw.com
14, rue du Rhone1204 Geneva
SwitzerlandPhone: +41228191812
Fax: +41228191900contact@acerislaw�com
William Kirtley Olivier Marquais
OFFICES � GENEVA � PARIS
INTERNATIONAL REPORT & DIRECTORY SERIES 2015-2016 I LEADERS LEAGUE 205
Litigation & Arbitration Key Players Lawyers
� Jean-Paul Hordies: jphordies@alphalex-avocats.eu
� Geoffroy de Foestraets: gdfoestraets@alphalex-avocats.eu
� Hugh Mercer: hmercer@alphalex-avocats.eu
� Jean Jacques Forrer: jjforrer@alphalex-avocats.eu
� Georges Holleaux: gholleaux@alphalex-avocats.eu
� Jacques Buès: jbues@alphalex-avocats.eu
CONTACTS
www�alphalex-avocats�eu
1, avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée1040 Brussels
BelgiumPhone: +32 (0)2 230 77 40
POSITIONING
ALPHALEX AVOCATS is an European economic interest group bringing together European lawyers (France, Belgium, UK, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco) specialized in complex litigation before EU and national Supreme courts.
BUSINESS
� European Union law (Internal Market, Competition, State Aid...)
� International human-rights law � Public-private-law � Business Law � Criminal Law
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� Julien Balensi: jbalensi@altanalaw.com � Guillaume Forbin: gforbin@altanalaw.com � Philippe Goossens: pgoossens@altanalaw.com � Christophe Lapp: clapp@altanalaw.com � Michel Jockey: mjockey@altanalaw.com � François Muller: fmuller@altanalaw.com � Jean-Philippe Thibault: jpthibault@altanalaw.com
CONTACTS
Michel JockeyJulien Balensi Christophe LappGuillaume Forbin Philippe Goossens
www�altanalaw�com
45, rue de Tocqueville75017 Paris
FrancePhone: +33(0)1 79 97 93 00
Fax: +33(0)1 79 97 97 59
POSITIONING
ALTANA’s multidisciplinary Arbitration and Mediation team acts:
� As counsel and as arbitrators (Presiding Judge of Court of Arbitration, Co-arbitrator or Sole Arbitrator) in domestic and international arbitration proceedings
� On behalf of States, private companies or individuals in areas including: construction (in particular FIDIC), distribution, patents, telecommunications, transport, raw materials, gas/petrol, JV, sale/purchase agreements, insurance, etc.
The team has significant arbitration experience before various institutional bodies (ICC, EFD, LCIA, CCAT, CEPANI, CRCICA, AFA, AAA, for example) as well as in ad hoc arbitrations.
The team assists in matters involving a wide range of European, North African and Middle Eastern law.
ALTANA’s Business Litigation team’s expertise and knowledge of their clients’ professions enables them to develop effective litigation strategies. These include implementing emergency proceedings and/or protective measures to resolve disputes as quickly as possible.
BUSINESS
� Arbitration � Business Litigation & Contracts
Negociations � Dispute Resolution & Mediation � Construction Law � Cybersecurity � Economic And Competition Law � Environmental Law � Financing � Mergers And Acquisitions � Real Estate Law � White Collar Crime � Intellectual Property Law � Public Economic Law � Employment Law � Restructuring � Information Technology And Data
Protection Law
François Muller Jean-Philippe Thibault
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www�apg-avocats�fr
BUSINESS
� Distribution and restrictive practices law
� Intellectual property law (brands and new technologies)
� Competition law � Product liability � Employment � Business and labour criminal law � Banking law (Client relation and
institutional law) � Consumer law � Corporate and co-operative law � Insolvency proceedings � European business law � Arbitration � Real estate law
AMADIO PARLEANI GAZAGNES Law Firm chose excellence and controlled development. It is one of the leading French independent Law Firms of Paris specialized in Distribution Law, Competition Law (restrictive practices and anti-competitive practices), and European Business Law. The Firm has developed a recognized expertise in litigation, including in Product Liability, Industrial Risks, Labour law, Banking Law, Company Law, Co-operative Law and Consumer Law.
Partners and associates use their national and international arbitration skills on a daily basis.
AMADIO PARLEANI GAZAGNES Law Firm frequently works on behalf of French and European prestigious and loyal clients.
AMADIO PARLEANI GAZAGNES Law Firm has initiated many developments in case law and its work has allowed French and European Courts to issue several innovative decisions and fundamental judgements.
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CONTACTS
� Mario Amadio: m.amadio@apg-avocats.fr
� Gilbert Parleani: g.parleani@apg-avocats.fr
� Laurent Parleani: l.parleani@apg-avocats.fr
� Jean-Marie Gazagnes: jm.gazagnes@apg-avocats.fr
18, avenue Victoria75001 Paris
FrancePhone: +33(0)1 44 76 83 75
Fax: +33(0)1 40 41 94 21
Mario Amadio Gilbert Parleani Laurent Parleani Jean-Marie Gazagnes
AMADIO PARLEANI GAZAGNES A.A.R.P.I
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www�arago�fr
BUSINESS
� Litigation � Banking and Finance Litigation � Real estate litigation � Arbitration
Our Commercial Litigation and corporate criminal law teams are composed of experienced lawyers, who are assertive while having a sense of what is proper in legal conflicts. Our attorneys accompany and defend clients before all courts or administrative tribunals relying on our networks in France and abroad.
We represent companies in all their commercial litigation: contractual disputes, claims for payment, liability actions (rupture of commercial relations, industry, forensics, etc.). We also work in terms of domestic and international arbitration (as arbitrators or as counsel) through institutional procedures (ICC) or ad hoc.
Where the insights into the case are needed, we work with financial or technical expertise firms to provide expertise the courts will find necessary for a better understanding of the issues.
POSITIONING
CONTACT
� Julien Andrez, Partner: jandrez@arago.fr
42, rue de Lisbonne75008 Paris
FrancePhone: +33(0)1 83 79 16 30
Fax: +33(0)1 83 79 16 31contact@arago�fr
Cyrille André Agathe Przyborowski
Julien Andrez
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� Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
� National and International Arbitration
� Foreign court
We are a specialized law firm focused on domestic and international dispute resolution for Italian and foreign clients.
Our partners and of counsel are leading academics and arbitration and litigation specialists with decades of experience acquired in premier league firms advising and representing primary private and public Italian and international clients in a broad array of matters and proceedings. We are involved as counsel and arbitrators, and also as experts, in a variety of commercial and investor-State arbitrations under the most important arbitration rules and involving a vast range of subject matters.
Our ability to provide the best services for clients is enhanced by our language skills, as well as by our extensive international network of contacts with top law firms, arbitration and litigation practitioners, arbitral institutions and experts in most countries. Also for this reason, we are frequently involved in cases having no link to Italy or Italian law.
By combining a lean structure with expertise of the highest quality, we are able to offer services of the excellence usually associated with top level international firms, with the flexibility and lower costs of a boutique. We are therefore in a position to offer competitive fee arrangements that can be tailored to the clients’ individual needs and that allow us to take on cases involving smaller amounts. We are ideally suited to act as co-counsel to firms in need of expert arbitration capabilities who wish to remain directly involved in the litigation alongside their clients.
Our boutique size allows us also to be largely free of the conflicts that are an increasing concern in large firms and that previously affected our ability to take on cases as counsel or arbitrators.
One year after its creation ArbLit is listed in the 8th edition of GAR 100, the Global Arbitration Review Guide to Specialist Arbitration Firms 2015 and won the Boutique that impressed GAR in 2014 Award. It is ranked in Legal 500 according to which it «attracts praise for its excellent knowledge and dedication».
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo, Partner: luca.radicati@arblit.com
� Michele Sabatini, Partner: michele.sabatini@arblit.com
� Massimo Benedettelli, Partner: massimo.benedettelli@arblit.com
� Marco Torsello, of Counsel: marco.torsello@arblit.com
Luca G� Radicati di Brozolo
Michele Sabatini Massimo Benedettelli
www�arblit�com
Via Alberto da Giussano, 1520145 Milano
ItalyPhone: +39 02 8425 4810
info@arblit�com
Marco Torsello
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� Litigation � Arbitration � Administrative Law � Environmental Law � Antitrust � Banking � Labor Law � Tax � Intellectual Property � Insurance � Real Estate
In 1960, José Manoel de Arruda Alvim Netto and Thereza Celina Diniz de Arruda Alvim, founded a law firm in Sao Paulo, today recognized as one of Brazil’s most prestigious practices.
The firm’s partners include nationally renowned legal professionals with expertise in every field of law, offering the skills and capacity to not only provide legal representation in litigation, but deliver legal consulting, mediation and arbitration services as well.
Through innovative and pioneering efforts, the firm have successfully maintained ongoing exchange between the academic world and the legal profession through the years.
The firm’s goal is to provide advice in strategic legal matters to individuals and businesses, and serve as a primary resource and partner in all aspects of clients’ business growth and development with a body of legal professionals with broad technical and academic expertise.
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Angelica Arruda Alvim, Partner: angelicaarrudaalvim@arrudaalvim.com.br
� Fernando Crespo Queiroz Neves, Partner: fernandoneves@arrudaalvim.com.br
www�arrudaalvim�com�br
Rua Atlântica, 516 - Jardim América São Paulo - SP - Brasil
CEP: 01440-902 Phone: 55 11 2106-0009 / 55 11 3085-2099
Fax: 55 11 3064-7341 arrudaalvimsp@arrudaalvim�com�br
Thereza Celina Diniz de Arruda Alvim
José Manoel de Arruda Alvim Netto
Eduardo Arruda Alvim
OFFICES
� SAO PAULO � RIO DE JANEIRO � PORTO ALEGRE � BRASILIA
Partnerships in : � USA � PORTUGAL � SPAIN � GREAT BRITAIN
Gianfrancesco Genoso
Angélica Arruda Alvim Araken de Assis
Armando Verri Júnior Fernando Crespo Queiroz Neves
Fernando Anselmo Rodrigues
Everaldo Augusto Cambler
Aluizio José Cherubini
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Bartlit Beck has achieved an unparalleled record of courtroom victories in complex litigation since our founding in 1993. Our success results from an approach to trying cases that is fundamentally different from that of most firms that handle comparable matters.
The firm handles high-stakes cases of all kinds, including: Accountants’ Liability, Antitrust, Class Actions, General Commercial Litigation, Hedge Fund, Private Equity, and Financial Institution Cases, Intellectual Property, General Product Liability, Pharmaceutical Product Liability, Fraud and Securities Cases, and Toxic Tort Cases.
We are a firm of trial lawyers, not litigators. Our lawyers are in court examining witnesses and arguing to judges and juries on a regular basis. We approach pre-trial discovery as a tool to help prepare us to tell a convincing story at trial, not as an end in itself. We do not spend time on activities that build up hours but are unlikely to contribute to a successful outcome.
Of course, not all cases go to trial. We have the same success record in our motion practice and oral advocacy. We have also found that our clients get the best settlements when the opposition is convinced that we are not afraid to try the case. With our recognition as a premier trial firm and our preparedness to go to trial, our clients get a substantial advantage at the settlement table. Good trial lawyers get good settlements.
Courthouse Place54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654USA
Phone: 312 494 4400Fax: 312 494 4400
� Hamilton H. Hill: hamilton.hill@bartlit-beck.com
CONTACT
www�bartlit-beck�com
POSITIONING
� Accountants’ Liability � Antitrust � Class Actions � General Commercial � Litigation � Hedge Fund � Private Equity, and Financial � Institution Cases � Intellectual Property � General Product Liability � Pharmaceutical Product � Liability � Fraud and Securities Cases � Toxic Tort Cases
BUSINESS
Adam L� HoeflichKarma M� Giulianelli
Peter B� Bensinger, Jr�
Hamilton H� Hill
� CHICAGO � DENVER
OFFICES
Chris Lind Philip S� Beck Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
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What distinguishes your firm from other firms the US market?Unlike most firms in the US, our firm specializes in high-stakes litiga-tion. We do not believe we are the right firm for every matter; we only want to handle matters that would benefit from our strategic input, trial skills, and reputation, not run-of-the-mill matters or even moderately sized cases. We have been involved in some of the most important disputes since we opened our doors in 1993, including the 2000 election contest in which we represented President Bush, the Vioxx litigation for Merck, the Teflon litigation for DuPont, the Baycol (Lipobay) and Cipro litigation for Bayer, and a broad range of impor-tant commercial disputes. Because we are relatively young, we have not been burdened by many of the institutions that weigh down large firms. We do not bill by the hour and do not have an incentive to put armies of young lawyers on our cases. Instead, we have small teams of experienced lawyers who understand what matters at trial. We do not hire large groups of asso-ciates every year, expecting that few of them will make partner. We hire small numbers of the best-credentia-led young lawyers who are attracted to us because we care about the quality of their work and whether they help our clients achieve success, not how many hours they bill yearly. Several of our lawyers graduated first in their law school classes or clerked for United States Supreme Court Justices, and all achieved other outstanding accomplishments before they join us. We believe that these distinguishing characteristics have together led to our consistent record of success for our clients in their important cases.
In your opinion what makes a good courtroom lawyer?Good courtroom lawyers understand that there is either a judge or a group of people listening to what they say. They listen to their clients, know and unders-tand the facts and the law, and convey to the factfinder what happened in a small number of easy-to-remember themes. Good lawyers know that no one remembers forty-seven different points, they remember three. Good lawyers also understand that their word is their bond, that they cannot lose cre-dibility with the court or the jury, and that they should counter strongly when the other side overreaches. Finally, because good courtroom lawyers take the time to learn their case, they understand their client’s motivations and actions at a deep level and convey their sincere belief in their clients when they speak on their behalf. There is no substitute for the ability to convey a sincere belief in your client, especially when your client is a large corporation or a wealthy individual.
Is there a legal battle you won or a significant case you would like to comment on? I am very proud of the Teflon® litiga-tion I handled for DuPont. Plaintiffs filed class actions in approximately two dozen U.S. jurisdictions claiming that consumers would not have bought cookware had they known the alle-gedly dangerous truth about DuPont’s non-stick coatings. Plaintiffs were at one point supposedly claiming $5 bil-lion in damages on behalf of millions of consumers. At a multi-day hearing, for which we spent months prepa-ring, we explained both the safety of the product and why the cases could not be tried on a class wide basis using
common proof. Class certification was denied and all cases were dismissed with no settlement by DuPont.
How is your department organized?We differ from other firms in that we do not have departments or commit-tees, and we try to avoid titles because we want our lawyers to focus on beco-ming a better lawyer and winning for a client instead of getting a title or committee assignment. When we have meetings it is usually because we are discussing best practices or a recent experience in a case. Because we have remained relatively small (with approximately 75 lawyers) each of us knows what the others do, and we are able to put together teams that are a good fit for each case and client.
Could you describe your firm’s client base?We have represented a broad base of U.S. and international corporations and wealthy individuals. We have represented some of our clients for twenty years, and others who do not routinely have large litigation have come to us once or a small number of times when they have had important disputes.
What are your recent projects? The last year was an exciting one. I represented a multi-national corpo-ration in an international arbitration seated in London where we obtained a large amount of insurance coverage in a pre-trial settlement. I handled a mass tort for DuPont in a coordinated proceeding. And I represented one of the United States’ wealthiest indivi-duals in his divorce. It was a very busy year, but I would not have had it any other way.
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‘‘Our firm specializes in high-stakes litigation’’
Adam L. HoeflichPartner
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� International arbitration � Business litigation
Uniting fifteen specialists, betto seraglini is a major player in international arbitration and litigation in Paris. By welcoming Julien Fouret in 2015 as a partner, the firm strengthened its position among the market leaders in international arbitration, complex litigation and built an investment arbitration practice.
The competence of betto seraglini’s team in these areas, offers French and foreign companies a high-value and personalized service with the utmost confidentiality. The experience of the team is considerable: its members have appeared before the main French courts and international arbitration institutions, with proceedings in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese and are active in the main international bars.
betto seraglini has particular experience in defense, construction, engineering, infrastructure, aerospace, energy and retail and is honored by the trust of major international groups who are leaders in these industries.
betto seraglini does not accept cases against their clients. The firm agrees to enter a flat fee, agreed in advance. The firm also trains in-house lawyers to arbitral and judicial proceedings.
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Jean-Georges Betto, Partner: jean-georges.betto@bettoseraglini.com
� Christophe Seraglini, Partner: christophe.seraglini@bettoseraglini.com
� Thierry Tomasi, Partner: thierry.tomasi@bettoseraglini.com
� Gaëlle Le Quillec, Partner: gaelle.lequillec@bettoseraglini.com
� Julien Fouret, Partner: julien.fouret@bettoseraglini.com
Christophe Seraglini
www�bettoseraglini�com
43, avenue Hoche75008 Paris
FrancePhone: +33(0)1 40 55 38 77
Fax: +33(0)1 40 55 03 15 contact@bettoseraglini�com
Jean-Georges Betto Gaëlle Le QuillecThierry Tomasi
PISTE 1 - PLANCHE 1
Julien Fouret
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« The commercial disputes we handle are just as politically and economically strategic as our arbitration cases »
Jean-Georges BettoPartner
Gaëlle le QuillecPartner
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Three years after the creation of your firm, have you achieved all of your objectives? We received a very positive response when we started out in 2013, and have since continued to develop the firm while remaining loyal to our basic tenets: our work is carried out by assisted partners and not by supervised associates; in order to provide our clients greater control over billing, we do not use hourly rates; we are loyal to our clients and always provide a tailor-made service. To only mention the cases that have appeared in the press, our team has defended the leaders of the French arms industry in arbitrations procee-dings consecutive to the Taiwanese frigate scandal; we also have suc-cessfully conducted arbitrations regarding the termination of indus-trial cooperation between France and Italy for heavy torpedoes and between France and Spain for conventional submarines. We also act on behalf of foreign states and are particularly honored to have successfully defended the Republic of Gabon against the Chinese oil giant Sinopec. Just recently, Michel Rocard has entrusted us with a case concerning Africarail: a major rail loop project in West Africa. The cumulative amount of the dispu-ted sums we are currently handling comes to $17 billion. The recent arrival of a new partner, Julien Fouret, a professional reco-gnized for his practice in investment and international law arbitration, perfectly complements the range of services we offer.
Do companies consider it important to have a lawyer with experience as an arbitrator? There is a debate about the profes-sionalization of arbitrators. Howe-ver, we believe that arbitrators must maintain another professional prac-tice, e.g. as an attorney, an in-house lawyer or a university professor. Such dual experience enriches the discus-sion during the deliberations—it would be a shame to do without it. Being an arbitrator is first and fore-most a mandate. The partners from the firm are appointed as arbitrators on a regu-lar basis. It is an undeniable asset for strengthening our legal advising role; it enables us to foresee the arbitrators’ deliberations and to understand the ins and outs of it. A deliberation is an internal negotiation, a confrontation between different legal cultures and personalities. Grasping this mecha-nism is essential to efficiently assist our clients and address their disputes in the best possible conditions.
How should one choose an arbitra-tor? Several criteria must be taken into account when selecting an arbitra-tor: a quality professional relation-ship of trust; the applicable law, whether French or English; and the sectoral environment of the case. The language of the arbitration is also a criterion. Over the last few years we have noticed that a new generation of arbitrators is emerging—pro-fessionally excellent, their origin is undoubtedly more varied than the previous generation.
What are the firm’s development prio-rities henceforth? A growing number of our clients are calling on us to assist them before domestic courts as part of complex commercial disputes, in which our technique for the handling of arbi-tration cases is held in high regard. The commercial disputes we handle are just as politically and economi-cally strategic as our arbitration cases.
You were involved in the creation of the “Cabinets de croissance” think tank. What is its objective? It is a think tank of leaders from independent boutique law firms. We would like it to serve as a mean to participate in the emergence of a new generation of lawyer-entrepre-neurs who share the same values and can offer an alternative to the English and US law firm model. Beyond our exchanges and work, we also make it possible for all members to profit from the experience of our senior members, e.g. through the master classes we organize on a regular basis.
Gaëlle Le Quillec, as secretary of the Paris Bar Council’s International Com-mittee, what will be your role? Under the leadership of the elected chairman and vice-chairman of the Bar, we will continue to promote Paris as a “place de droit” of inter-national reach. Beyond our borders, it is important to continue raising awareness and recognition about the influence of our law, the skills and attributes of our lawyers and our tra-dition of welcoming international firms and foreign colleagues.
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� Banking & Finance
� Corporate
� Dispute Resolution
� Employment, Compensation & Benefits
� Investment Management
� IP, IT & General Commercial
� Real Estate
� Tax
Bonn Steichen & Partners is a totally independent and truly full-service law firm based in Luxembourg. Renowned for quality and timely legal advice, our law firm empowers clients to achieve their objectives in accordance with their own stated values, leading standards in their sector and applicable legislation.
In order to assist our clients with constantly changing markets and increasing competitive, financial and legal pressures, our lawyers handle a full spectrum of matters from significant routine matters to large international and high profile disputes in a wide range of substantive areas. We advise our clients at all stages of contentious matters (including in the pre-litigation stage):
� business disputes; � contractual disputes; � employment disputes; � debt claims and recovery; � construction and building claims; � shareholder disputes; � and strive to do so in our clients’ mother tongue to the extent
possible.
We also act in ad hoc arbitrations but also in domestic and international arbitrations in Luxembourg covering both Luxembourg and foreign rules.
Our department also has great deal of expertise in other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) such as mediation, conciliation and negotiation.
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Anne Morel, Partner: amorel@bsp.lu
� Alain Steichen, Partner: asteichen@bsp.lu
� Fabio Trevisan, Partner: ftrevisan@bsp.lu
Anne Morel Fabio Trevisan Alain Steichen
www�bsp�lu�
2, rue PeternelchenImmeuble C2
L-2370 HowaldLuxembourg
Phone: +352 26025-1 Fax: +352 26025-999
mail@bsp�lu
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Fabio TrevisanPartner
Virginie ApardCounsel
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How is Bonn Steichen’s litigation de-partment organised?Bonn Steichen & Partner (BSP)’s litiga-tion department prides itself in having one of the biggest and most mature litigation teams in the jurisdiction, with an array of very senior lawyers who combine a high degree of sectorial experience, with very often prior work experiences as corporate or banking lawyers. The existence of sectorial busi-ness predestines the firm for complex and strategic litigation assignments, while allowing us to be competitive in pricing through the offering of various kinds of alternative fee arrangements.
Your team has been involved in seve-ral high-profile litigation cases. Could you tell us more about your conten-tious activity?Our client base includes multinationals, private equity and hedge funds, asset managers, high net worth individuals, family offices, large corporate stockhol-ders, individual officers and directors, lenders, and start-ups as public-private partnerships. Our advice is also sought for by local and foreign government officials, central banks and governmen-tal institutions.Our sectorial expertise spans over mul-tiple industries (life sciences, TNT, pharmaceuticals etc.), geographical zones (most of our assignments involve more than one jurisdiction) and fields of law.BSP is heavily solicited to advise on how to safeguard the rights of its clients awaiting the outcome of a trial or arbi-tration. Recently the assets of an EU member state have been frozen fol-lowing an injunction obtained by BSP on the basis of an ICSID award granting our client hundreds of millions of US dollars.
The firm has furthermore built a reputa-tion for itself in the representation of lea-ding asset managers and private equity firms due to its strong position in the fields of tax and corporate law.The firm has recently been advising and successfully securing a first instance full dismissal of the claims directed against our client, a conglomerate of leading UK based asset managers, in a cross-jurisdictional high profile litigation involving elements of civil, commercial, finance and tax law with a value in excess of 1 billion USD. Is ADR an important part of your work? Does the firm encourage this alternative approach?ADR proceedings conceptually exist but they not only cover less legal fields of law than in the neighbouring countries (such as France) but also in a lesser degree of detail. The standard client of major Luxembourg corporate, tax and litigation powerhouses is customarily less prone to turn to ADR. Although we provide such type of advice we only encounter ADR in the form of arbi-tration proceedings, as mediation in Luxembourg is prac-ticed mainly among natural persons princi-pally in family law.We are strong suppor-ters of the idea that conflicts shall be pre-vented through stra-tegic advice, settled if not evitable and tried if no settlement can be reached.
How do you see the choice of Luxembourg as an arbitration cen-ter? Luxembourg put in place a Centre
of Arbitration linked to the Cham-ber of Commerce (www.iccwbo.org), operating under the rules of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Com-merce. The choice of Luxembourg as an arbitration centre is warranted by the numerous advantages the country has to offerFirst of all, Luxembourg is a small country where 60% of the Luxem-bourg City population is composed of foreigners of all nationality. Such climate favours an international atti-tude and enables Luxembourg to competently manage conflicts and reconcile opposing positions in a spi-rit of compromise and neutrality. It is Luxembourg’s multi-cultural envi-ronment and the multilingualism of its citizens that attract a multitude of international lawyers from several countries practicing under their home title. Luxembourg’s economy, which is diversified but also specialises in certain domains such as Fintech and e-commerce, ensures the presence of technical experts in the various fields. The existence of an internatio-
nal financial centre guarantees a spirit of innate confidentiality as well as financial expertise.Lastly, foreign arbitral providers can ope-rate in Luxembourg without restrictions, and often Luxem-bourg is regarded as a good location for the administration of
foreign international arbitration due to the existence of an open-minded infrastructure and the available brain-pool relating to international affairs.
‘‘ Luxembourg, the right place and the right choice as an arbitration center ’’
High profile litigations case and predominant position as financial center make that Luxembourg is at the forefront of providing legal services
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� Administrative Law � Banking Law � Business Law � Civil Law � Contract Law � Corporate Law � Energy Law � Environmental Law � Insurance Law � Family and Succession Law � Labor Law � Tax Law � Telecommunications � Trade Law
Founded in 1980, under a pioneering, forward-looking vision, the purpose of the Carpena Advogados Associados law firm was to provide customized, top quality legal services in Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul.
Based on a solid structure and the philosophy of standing out for high technical standards, over time our firm has earned the legal community’s respect and the admiration of those who somehow have come in contact with us. As a result, little by little the number of attorneys and partners grew.
In the course of time, we have also expanded our practice to other locations and started operating heavily in Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, and especially São Paulo, where since 2009 we have run a branch office dedicated to structured operations, M&A, and legal support for corporate projects.
Today, Carpena Advogados Associados caters to small, medium and large companies in a wide variety of legal areas through highly qualified attorneys holding specialization, Master’s (LLM) and doctoral degrees from schools in Brazil and abroad.
In the course of over three decades, Carpena Advogados Associados has earned the trust of countless, important clients who have been served for a long time. Incidentally, our clients’ loyalty shows our firm has been able to cultivate advantageous, long-lasting relationships which are the product of quality work especially in terms of putting in practice projects dedicated not only to defending but mostly to preventing legal problems.
Under our firm’s philosophy and structure, it is easy to set up other branch offices, support networks or physical bases in other cities in Brazil and abroad, whether to assist clients with special, structured operations or even in terms of litigations.
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CONTACTS
� Márcio Louzada Carpena: marcio@carpena.com.br
� Valternei Melo de Souza: valternei@carpena.com.br
� Jaqueline Franceschetti: jaqueline@carpena.com.br
� Fernanda Lopes Maineri: fernanda@carpena.com.br
� Diogo Conter Junqueira: diogo@carpena.com.br
� Alexsandro da Silva Linck: alexsandro@carpena.com.br
www�carpena�com
Avenida Taquary, 97 Bairro Cristal
90810-180 Porto Alegre, RS
BrazilPhone: + 55 51 3233 3588
Márcio Louzada Carpena
Jaqueline Franceschetti
Valternei Melo de Souza
Fernanda Cortes Lopes
Alexsandro da Silva Linck
Diogo Conter Junqueira
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BUSINESS
Castaldi Mourre & Partners international arbitration team was founded and led by Alexis Mourre until his appointment as the President of the International Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce.
Our lawyers have been involved as counsel or arbitrators in more than three hundred international arbitrations (including ad hoc, ICC, LCIA, CAM, SCC, VIAC, etc.).
We appear before national courts in relation to the annulment, recognition and execution of arbitration awards. We also assist our clients in ADR mechanisms and in particular mediation, both institutional and ad hoc.
The team has significant experience in complex litigations implying parallel proceedings before multiple jurisdictions, and different sets of private international law rules.
Our ability to operate in several languages (English, French, Italian and Russian), combined with the admission of several of our lawyers in different Bars and our network in multiple countries, is key to an efficient and effective legal advice.
73, boulevard Haussmann75008 Paris
FrancePhone: +33(0) 1 40 73 16 40
Fax: +33(0) 1 40 73 16 44
Via Savona 19/A20144 Milano
ItalyPhone: +39 02 8940 9927
Fax: +39 02 8941 8959
CONTACTS
� International Arbitration � Judicial litigation � Mediation
www�castaldimourre�com
POSITIONING
� PARIS � MILAN
OFFICES
Steven SpragueValentine Chessa Andrea Campilungo
Nicola RomanoPriscille Pedone Antonio Musella Nataliya Barysheva
� Valentine Chessa: vchessa@castaldimourre.com
� Priscille Pedone: ppedone@castaldimourre.com
� Steven Sprague: ssprague@castaldimourre.com
� Nicola Romano: nromano@castaldimourre.com
� Antonio Musella: amusella@castaldimourre.com
� Andrea Campilungo: acampilungo@castaldimourre.com
� Nataliya Barysheva: nbarysheva@castaldimourre.com
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� International arbitration
� General commercial litigation
� Insurance and reinsurance arbitration
Since 2009, Chaffetz Lindsey has delivered first tier litigation and arbitration service from a smaller, more client-friendly New York platform. We have helped American and overseas clients win or resolve a wide variety of disputes before US courts and arbitral tribunals around the world. Several of us are qualified and have practiced overseas, allowing us to bring a global perspective where necessary to best serve our clients. While we remain committed to the “boutique” model, seven years of steady growth reflects our winning track-record and the appreciation of our clients. We focus on three areas:
International arbitration
We have broad experience practicing in the world’s major arbitration forums and before some of the world’s most distinguished arbitrators. We regularly lecture and publish on current international arbitration topics. Our cases have involved large infrastructure projects, oil and gas ventures, corporate acquisitions, environmental clean-up, indemnities, license agreements and investment treaty disputes. Our successful track record reflects our strong advocacy skills, our familiarity with the different institutional rules and our ability to choose the right tribunal for a particular dispute. Although we always try our own cases, we often work closely with firms across the world in co-counsel relationships that provide our clients with the local advice and expertise that they need.
General commercial litigation
Our partners have extensive experience successfully handling complex business disputes in federal and state courts in New York and across the country. We have handled cases involving corporate acquisitions, licensing, outsourcing agreements, aircraft sales, ISDA swap agreements, a banking industry Ponzi scheme, product liability and design claims, construction disputes, shareholder actions, insolvency litigation, antitrust claims, weather derivatives, insurance and reinsurance, bank credit facilities, and numerous court disputes relating to arbitrations.
Insurance and reinsurance arbitration
Our lawyers have helped our insurance and reinsurance clients with the leading industry issues of the last 30 years: asbestos, environmental, 9/11, finite risk, late notice, workers’ compensation and a host of problems associated with managing general agencies and pools. Our reinsurance practice is regularly recognized as one of New York’s leading practices.
� Peter Chaffetz: peter.chaffetz@chaffetzlindsey.com
� David Lindsey: david.lindsey@chaffetzlindsey.com
BUSINESS POSITIONING
CONTACTS
1700 Broadway, 33rd FloorNew York, NY 10019
USAPhone:+1 212 257 6960
Fax: +1 212 257 6950
www�chaffetzlindsey�com
Yasmine LahlouAndreas FrischknechtJennifer PermeslyAníbal SabaterJames Hosking David LindseyPeter Chaffetz
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BUSINESS
� Consumer Law � Civil Litigation � Contracts � Entertaining Law � Family and Successions � Real Estate � Insurance and Re-Insurance � Corporate Law
Costa Marfori Advogados is the result of a spin-off of one of the largest and most traditional Brazilian law firms, which has had a long history of handling corporate law matters for all types of business organizations since 1993.
With offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Costa Marfori Advogados advises and represents clients upon operational alliances throughout the country. The firm bears outstanding skills in Civil, Consumer, Entertaining, Family and Succession, Real Estate, Insurance and Re-Insurance, and Business Law.
Costa Marfori’s professionals have had more than 20 years of experience in a variety of fields, with particular expertise in civil and administrative litigation. They are known for providing consistent levels of services to every cliente.
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Maria Victoria Santos Costa: costa@costamarfori.com.br
� Ricardo Marfori Sampaio: marfori@costamarfori.com.br
www�costamarfori�com
R� do Ouvidor, 121 - 28º AndarCentro - Rio de Janeiro
BrazilPhone: +55 (21) 2526-7188
Ricardo Marfori Sampaio
Maria Victoria Santos Costa
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� Antitrust Litigation, Regulatory Clearance and Advisory
� Arbitration � General
Commercial Litigation
� Intellectual Property Litigation
� Securities Litigation
� Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense
Cravath strives to be the firm of choice for clients facing their most difficult and critical litigation. We are not just litigators; we are trial lawyers. We are trained across multiple disciplines which enables us to think outside the box and apply creative solutions to complex matters, regardless of the subject matter, industry or client’s role in a particular dispute. The experience we bring to each matter and our preparation of each case from the outset as if it were going to trial gives us a strategic advantage in all steps of litigation. Some of our practice areas include:AntitrustSince successfully defending IBM in a landmark government antitrust case at the dawn of the computer age, Cravath continues to be the go-to firm for major antitrust litigation. Our practice is chaired by the only person to have ever acted as both the chief antitrust lawyer for the United States and an FTC commissioner. We represent clients in securing regulatory clearance for major transactions, such as Heinz’s $60 billion merger with Kraft Foods Group. We also advise clients on business conduct or potential investments and handle government investigations. General CommercialCravath regularly represents clients in high stakes commercial litigation. Our practice includes breach of contract, ERISA, False Claims Act, environmental, unfair competition and employment matters. Recent representations include obtaining a judgment of over $800 million for a client in a breach of contract case and securing an arbitration victory in a multibillion-dollar contract dispute. We have also handled several environmental matters (culminating in three trials and an arbitration) and numerous qui tam actions. Intellectual PropertyOur team includes the former head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We handle patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright matters particularly involving complex technologies and products, as well as commercial litigation that frequently arises from IP matters, such as antitrust and breach of license claims. We bring to each case a trial lawyer’s courtroom perspective and deep trial experience, which distinguish us from many firms who may be IP specialists but do not try cases on a regular basis. We also advise clients on national and worldwide IP strategy. SecuritiesWe have achieved significant wins and established important precedent in mega-deal litigation, traditional securities fraud litigation and regulatory enforcement matters on behalf of every key category of defendant: issuers, financial institutions and audit firms. Our wins and innovative strategies from the boardroom to the courtroom have given corporate defendants greater ammunition to protect critical business interests and leveled the litigation playing field. Securities cases rarely go to trial, and we have tried three in the past several years. We have also eliminated claims against our clients in excess of $50 billion in recent years. White Collar Criminal Defense and InvestigationsCravath handles major white collar criminal defense matters, regulatory enforcement actions and investigations for corporations, both foreign and domestic, in diverse industries. We also assist clients in handling complex internal investigations, conduct fact-finding exercises with respect to shareholder demands and advise company executives and directors on compliance obligations, potential areas of exposure and preventive measures. Our team includes attorneys who have spent portions of their careers at U.S. government agencies.
� Sandra C. Goldstein, Head of Litigation: sgoldstein@cravath.com � Evan R. Chesler, Partner Litigation: echesler@cravath.com � Christine A. Varney, Partner Antitrust: cvarney@cravath.com � Daniel Slifkin, Partner Litigation: dslifkin@cravath.com � David R. Marriott, Partner Litigation: dmarriott@cravath.com � Darin P. McAtee, Partner Litigation: dmcatee@cravath.com
BUSINESS POSITIONING
CONTACTS
Worldwide Plaza825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019-7475Phone: (212) 474-1000
Fax: (212) 474-3700 newyork@cravath�com
CityPointOne Ropemaker StreetLondon EC2Y 9HR, UK
Phone: +44 20 7453 1000Fax: +44 20 7860 1150
london@cravath�com
www�cravath�com
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www�curtis�com
6, avenue Vélasquez75008 Paris
FrancePhone: +33 (0)1 42 66 39 10
Fax: +33 (0)1 42 66 39 62
� Geoffroy P. Lyonnet, Managing Partner (Paris): glyonnet@curtis.com
� Peter M. Wolrich, Chair, International Arbitration Group: pwolrich@curtis.com
� Nadia Darwazeh: ndarwazeh@curtis.com
� Jérôme Lehucher: jlehucher@curtis.com
� Sabrina Aïnouz: sainouz@curtis.com
CONTACTS
BUSINESS
� Drafting arbitration clauses and contract review
� Handling pre-arbitration negotiations
� Representing clients before arbitral tribunals
� Representing clients in court proceedings relating to provisional remedies
� Handling disputes under the ICC, ICSID, AAA, LCIA, NIA, SCC rules as well as ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL rules
� Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards
Established in 1973, Curtis’ Paris office is a centre of excellence in international arbitration, with particular strength in both commercial and investor-state arbitration. The team represents clients from both the public and private sectors, and is well known for its success in commercial arbitration in France as well as for its representation of states and state-owned entities. Our 14-strong Paris team has extensive experience handling domestic and international arbitration matters, particularly given our close proximity to the headquarters of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Curtis has a core of experienced commercial arbitration attorneys, including some who have worked in house with the ICC. Our lawyers are entirely focused on our clients’ interests, no matter where the seat of arbitration may be. In recent years, we have been retained in high-profile cases involving some of the world’s largest and most significant disputes.Many of our arbitration specialists regularly act as arbitrators and are featured as speakers at professional conferences around the world. Our Paris based lawyers work closely with the wider international arbitration team, which spans most of our 17 offices, with centres of excellence in Paris, London, Milan, Mexico and New York City.Curtis is ranked as the number one international arbitration firm globally by the most recent American Lawyer survey, which is based on the number of contract cases handled involving US$500m in dispute and the number of investment treaty cases handled involving more than US$100m in dispute. The firm is currently handling over 100 arbitration cases, with an aggregate amount of over US$100 billion in claims.
POSITIONING
Sabrina AïnouzJérôme LehucherNadia DarwazehGeoffroy Lyonnet Peter Wolrich
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CONTACTS
www�davispolk�com
� Christophe Perchet, Partner: christophe.perchet@davispolk.com � Louis-Marie Pillebout, Counsel: louis-marie.pillebout@davispolk.com � Georges Terrier, Partner: georges.terrier@davispolk.com
Georges TerrierChristophe Perchet
121, avenue des Champs-Élysées75008 Paris
FrancePhone: +33(0)1 56 59 36 80
Fax: +33(0)1 56 59 37 00
� Anti-Corruption and FCPA � Antitrust and Competition � Appellate Litigation � Arbitration � Bankruptcy Litigation � Commercial Dispute and Contract � Compliance and Advisory � Congressional Investigations � Consumer Class Actions � Crisis Management for Corporate Boards
and Officers � Cybersecurity and Data Privacy � Economic Sanctions and National Security � Energy Litigation � Financial Crisis Litigation � Global Enforcement and Litigation � Health Care and � Life Sciences Litigation � Intellectual Property Litigation � Internal Investigations � Investment Funds Litigation and
Investigations � M&A-Related Litigation � Mass Torts and Products Liability � Professional Liability � Securities Enforcement � Securities Litigation � Sovereign and Banking Litigation � Tax Controversy � White Collar Criminal Defense
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (including its associated entities) is a global law firm with offices strategically located in the world’s key financial centers. For more than 160 years, our lawyers have advised industry-leading companies and global financial institutions on their most challenging legal and business matters. Our firm ranks among the world’s preeminent law firms across the entire range of our practice.
Litigation has been a cornerstone of our practice since the firm’s inception. We regularly appear on behalf of clients in high-stakes commercial disputes, contract litigation and in arbitrations around the world. As Davis Polk’s clients will attest, the firm is widely heralded for its ability to provide strategic guidance and hard-hitting litigation support to clients facing legal challenges that carry the most serious reputational implications.
We view matters through the lens of our clients’ business objectives, drawing on the experience of our firm across all major industry sectors. As clients and peers frequently note, the breadth of experience and depth of quality lawyers across our practice is exceptional. Our approach has created a long track record of success for our clients, at trial and on appeal, through motions, verdicts and strategic settlements.
With our global platform, we provide seamless advice to clients and are equipped to handle international disputes under the laws of numerous countries.
POSITIONINGBUSINESS
� BEIJING � NEW YORK � MENLO PARK
� WASHINGTON � LONDON � PARIS
� MADRID � TOKYO � HONG KONG
� SAO PAULO
OFFICES
Louis-Marie Pillebout
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www�derainsgharavi�com
BUSINESS
� Commercial arbitration � Investment arbitration � Public international law � Arbitration litigation
Derains & Gharavi International is a network bringing together lawyers in Paris, Washington and Beirut dedicated to the resolution of international disputes by means of arbitration, and handling a broad spectrum of commercial and foreign investment disputes that arise out of business activities in a wide variety of sectors, all over the world. Our teams bring together specialized expertise and experienced lawyers from numerous jurisdictions, who are internationally recognized as leading professionals. Our lawyers frequently act as arbitrator, counsel and consultant before arbitral tribunals and before supra-national tribunals.
Derains & Gharavi International originates from the firm Derains & Gharavi, founded in 2009 in Paris, the cradle of arbitration. The firm’s team, along with those based in Washington and Beirut, seamlessly handle cases all over the world and in a variety of different languages. We often combine our expertise with that of long-standing local partners around the globe, allowing us to select and work only with the best in the business. Depending on the particular requirements of a case, we tailor the team and select the best practitioners, experts and academics in every jurisdiction.
We have served as arbitrators or counsel in over 500 cases under the rules of all major arbitral institutions, such as the ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, SCC, CAM, CRCICA, NAI, DIAC, SIAC, Swiss Chambers and ICSID, as well as in UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitrations.
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Yves Derains: yderains@derainsgharavi.com
� Hamid Gharavi: hgharavi@derainsgharavi.com
� Bertrand Derains: bderains@derainsgharavi.com
� Melanie van Leeuwen: mvanleeuwen@derainsgharavi.com
� Eloïse Obadia: eobadia@derainsgharavi.com
� Nada Sader: nsader@derainsgharavi.com
25, rue Balzac75008 Paris
FrancePhone: +33 (0)1 40 55 51 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 40 55 51 05contact@derainsgharavi�com
Yves Derains Bertrand DerainsHamid Gharavi Nada Sader*Cabinet Sader,
Member of Derains & Gharavi International
network
Eloïse ObadiaMelanie van Leeuwen
OFFICES
� Washington 600 New Hampshire Avenue N.W. , Suite 640Washington, DC 20037 U.S.A.Phone: +001 202 930 5700(Derains & Gharavi PLLC, Member of Derains & Gharavi International network)
� Beyrouth Lazaristes Building, Bloc A.2.2, 1st Floor933 Emir Bachir Street, DowntownBeirutLebanonPhone: +00 961 1 983 941(Cabinet Sader, Member of Derains & Gharavi International network)
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www�eba-avocats�com
BUSINESS
General Business Law: � Industrial risk � Construction law and
provision of industrial equipment
� Product liability � Insurance law
EBA Endrös-Baum Associés deals with the questions, problems, projects and visions of international companies with interests in France and in Germany, providing services in a prompt, efficient, purposeful and pragmatic manner, at reasonable costs. The Franco-German based firm intervenes, both as a consultancy and as a litigation firm, in the practice areas of industrial risk, plant construction, industrial product liability and safety, and the related insurance law. Its clients are international industrial groups as well as international insurance companies.International companies operating in cross-border business between French, German and English speaking countries often encounter legal and communication difficulties. These may arise from linguistic or cultural differences, or sometimes from substantial differences in law.Detailed knowledge of the foreign legal system and an understanding of linguistic and cultural differences are necessary for efficient dealings with cross border counterparts. This applies also to intra-company communication between parent and subsidiary.Practice areasEBA Endrös-Baum Associés gives advice and assistance in the field of all industry related businesses such as supply contracts, plant construction, product safety and product liability, and provides contract coordination as well as claim handling, from the stage of entering into contracts with public or private clients, through to subcontracts, including all questions of insurance and liability coverage.The firm initially based in Paris has developed a strong team based in Munich and just opened a contact office in Berlin. EBA Endrös-Baum Associés also practises on a high level in German litigation conforming to German law and gives advice and assistance for companies seeking to develop or to create industrial or insurance business in Germany. EBA Endrös-Baum Associés has longstanding experience in expertise proceedings involving French court-appointed experts and European party-appointed experts. To ensure advice on a top-level, EBA Endrös-Baum Associés works in close cooperation with highly specialised law-firms in business areas not covered by the firm, such as tax law.
� Galeriestraße 6aD-80539 MünchenGermanyPhone: +49 (0) 89 2420785-0Fax: +49 (0) 89 2420785-10
MUNICH OFFICE
CONTACTS
� Florian Endrös, Founding partner, Rechtsanwalt: florian.endros@eba-avocats.com � Muriel Mazaud, Partner: muriel.mazaud@eba-avocats.com � Marguerite de Vaublanc, Partner: marguerite.de.vaublanc@eba-avocats.com � Myriam Bennaïm, Partner: myriam.bennaim@eba-avocats.com � Céline Lustin-Le Core, Partner: celine.lustin@eba-avocats.com
� Solène Marais, Avocat � Caroline Kalis, Avocat, Rechtsanwältin (Munich) � Christèle Delcamp, Avocat � Anke Sprengel, Avocat, Rechtsanwältin � Alexandra Berbett, Avocat � Jessika Da Ponte, Avocat � Tim Jakobs, Rechtsanwalt (Munich) � Vuslat Turgut, Avocat � Geoffrey Bélony, Avocat � Julia Schmitt, Rechtsanwältin (Munich) � Philippa Sicard, Avocat
63, rue de Varenne75007 Paris
Franceeba@eba-avocats�com
Phone: +33(0)1 53 85 81 81Fax: +33(0)1 53 85 81 80
Florian Endrös Muriel Mazaud Marguerite de Vaublanc
Myriam Bennaïm Céline Lustin-Le Core
POSITIONING
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‘‘ Our clients are industrial groups and insurance companies with interests in France and Germany ’’
Florian EndrösFounding Partner
INTERVIEW WITH
� Solène Marais, Avocat � Caroline Kalis, Avocat, Rechtsanwältin (Munich) � Christèle Delcamp, Avocat � Anke Sprengel, Avocat, Rechtsanwältin � Alexandra Berbett, Avocat � Jessika Da Ponte, Avocat � Tim Jakobs, Rechtsanwalt (Munich) � Vuslat Turgut, Avocat � Geoffrey Bélony, Avocat � Julia Schmitt, Rechtsanwältin (Munich) � Philippa Sicard, Avocat
EBA Endrös-Baum Associés is a Franco-German law firm. Where does this union originate from? The firm was initially created in 1997, its Franco-German orientation being a natural consequence of the fact that I had a double university degree from France and Ger-many and practiced as a lawyer admitted in both countries. As a German national, I deliberately chose France, and more parti-cularly Paris, as a location for my firm, this choice reflecting my commitment to the European idea. I was one of the first Eras-mus students, which explains my stron-gly-marked European orientation and my motivation to contribute to the communi-cation between the various legal systems. The guiding idea of the newly-founded law firm was fostering exchange and coo-peration between actors of the French and German industrial sectors, by using the law and its instruments to establish a commu-nication between spheres which do not necessarily have much in common. Later, in 2007, I initiated a spin-off from the ini-tial firm, thus creating, together with three associates, the firm in its current form, with the purpose of modernising it and turning it into a resolutely consistent, agile and res-ponsive structure.
On which areas has the firm based its growth?Our firm is dedicated to industry, its prac-tice areas covering all aspects related to this field, such as product safety and liability, construction of energy plants, contract negotiation and management of contrac-tual risks, insurance law, particularly dealing with cross-border issues.
Could you describe your client base? Our clients are industrial groups and insu-rance companies with interests in France and Germany. We assist our clients on issues such as contract negotiations or regulatory
questions, as well as in litigation matters, notably appraisal proceedings. We are committed to offer our clients the necessary support allowing them to conduct business transactions and legal proceedings as free of legal risks as possible or in full knowledge of the risks involved.
How does the firm address its clients’ needs in the context of globalisation?The challenges of globalisation have acce-lerated the firm’s modernisation process, particularly with respect to organisational and IT management. We constantly strive to optimise our working practices within different linguistic contexts (French, German, English, i.a.), while pursuing our efforts to facilitate our clients’ com-prehension, foster communication and advance negotiations. Due to this constant commitment, we have been able to obtain multiple awards, notably in the category “cross-border”. Today, the firm’s activities are no longer exclusively centred on Franco-German relations. It also assists companies located abroad and seeking to establish a branch in France, and helps French companies expanding their activity abroad, notably in other European countries.In this context, we have developed infor-mal networks with law firms in a number of European countries, particularly in Eas-tern Europe.
Is an intercultural approach a key factor in the way you distinguish your firm’s services? A lawyer’s activity is, in a way, concentrated on a strictly national framework, conside-ring that he is of course required to have thorough knowledge of his national law in order to be able to advise his clients from abroad. However, assisting clients from foreign countries also consists in offering them a comprehension of the differences
between their own legal system and the French one, anticipating their expecta-tions and working approaches, which can be quite different from what one is used to encounter within a French context. It is therefore essential for a law firm seeking to establish itself and expand internationally to not only bank on legal know-how but also on communication and responsive-ness.
What is your vision of the evolution of your activity? For several years now, we have been wit-nessing the gradual de-industrialisation in France and the glaring lack of investment in industrial enterprises with high poten-tial, which would be worth investing in. To a large extent, this is due to the French tax policy as well as its legal and regulatory environment, which, among companies outside of France, is considered as too risky and uncertain.Despite these unfavourable conditions, we can pride ourselves in working with French industrial groups asserting them-selves on the French market and expor-ting their success in Europe, as well as with European groups resisting the negative trend and maintaining their activity in France.In addition, we have created a contact office in Berlin and strongly developed our office in Munich with a highly skil-led and experienced team around Mar-guerite de Vaublanc and Tim Jakobs, to allow French companies to increase their activity in Germany and to face complex litigation. While remaining committed to the Euro-pean idea and consolidating its established networks and partnerships, notably in Italy and Eastern Europe, our firm is also exploring new horizons, seeking to establish new partnerships in developing countries, particularly in Asia.
D.R
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICE
� Administrative Law � Corporate litigation � Banking & Finance litigation � Employment & Social � EU & Competition � Insurance and tort litigation � Real Estate litigation � Construction � Insolvency related litigation � Tax litigation � White Collar crime defence
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Marc Kleyr, Managing Partner: marc.kleyr@kleyrgrasso.com � Rosario Grasso, Partner: rosario.grasso@kleyrgrasso.com � François Collot, Partner: francois.collot@kleyrgrasso.com � Donata Grasso, Partner: donata.grasso@kleyrgrasso.com � Yasmine Poos, Partner: yasmine.poos@kleyrgrasso.com � Christian Jungers, Partner: christian.jungers@kleyrgrasso.com � Pascal Sassel, Partner: pascal.sassel@kleyrgrasso.com
www�kleyrgrasso�com
31-33, rue Ste ZitheB�P� 559 L-2015 Luxembourg
Phone: (+352) 227 330–1Fax: (+352) 227 332
During the early years, we gained considerable expertise in litigation and advisory services to local clients. Our firm then resolutely also turned towards international clients and cross-border business.
Today, we advise local and multinational companies from all industry sectors, many of the world’s largest corporations, leading institutional investors, prestigious private equity houses and numerous other businesses, clients and professionals in almost all practice areas.
We undertake significant client work hand in hand with leading audit and tax firms, and we regularly work on cross-border cases with foreign magic circle firms, which recommend us to their clients for the legal work and services they need in the Luxembourg jurisdiction.
We have a highly recognised and recommended dispute and litigation team. Our litigation lawyers deal with a very large range of litigation matters, including administrative, banking, civil, commercial, corporate, competition, criminal, employment, finance, real estate, and tax, and they handle all relevant proceedings or Court applications.
Our corporate finance & insolvency litigation team is certainly one of the strongest in the Luxembourg legal market.
We represent local and international clients in relation to all their commercial disputes and cross-border enforcement matters, and we also regularly act as lead counsel or as an arbitrator in major local or international arbitrations.
Rosario GrassoMarc Kleyr François Collot Yasmine Poos Pascal SasselDonata Grasso Christian Jungers
Litigation team leaders
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BUSINESS
� Agribusiness � Antitrust � Arbitration and Court Litigation � Banking � Business Law and Contracts � Construction and Infrastructure � Consumer Rights � Corporate � Energy and Renewable Sources � Environment and Sustainability � Fashion Law � Insurance � Intellectual Property � Labor and Employment � M&A, Venture Capital and Private
Equity � Mining � Oil & Gas � Pharmaceuticals � Project Finance & Corporate Finance � Public Law � Real Estate � Tax � Trade Remedies and International
Trade
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Maurício Almeida Prado: map@lob-svmfa.com.br � Adriana Braghetta: ab@lob-svmfa.com.br � André Camerlingo Alves: aca@lob-svmfa.com.br � Fernando Marcondes: fm@lob-svmfa.com.br � André Mendes Espírito Santo: ams@lob-svmfa.com.br � Paulo Macedo Garcia Neto: pmg@lob-svmfa.com.br � Rafael Francisco Alves: rfa@lob-svmfa.com.br � Silvia Julio Bueno de Miranda: sbm@lob-svmfa.com.br
André Mendes Espírito Santo
André Camerlingo Alves
www�lob-svmfa�com�br
Av Paulista, 1294 - 8th and 9th floors01310-100 - São Paulo - SP
BrazilPhone: +55 11 3147 0800
Maurício Almeida Prado
Adriana Braghetta
As pioneers of introducing arbitration to Brazil we are proud to consider it one of our major areas of expertise. We have a highly qualified team and work on every case with commitment and attention to detail in order to reach excellence service levels and efficiency. Our lawyers have participated or are participating in various commissions in national and international arbitration institutions such as the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr), ICC, ICDR, CCBC, AMCHAM, FIESP, IBDIC, among others. Our partners usually sit as arbitrators. It provides them with insight from all angles, broad range of knowledge and experience that our clients can benefit from.
We handle complex arbitrations involving different sectors of industry. Currently we advise on a significant number of commercial cases and have been recognized as one of the best in infrastructure and M&A related cases in the field of Oil and Natural Gas. On the state side, we participated in disputes between Brazil and Bolivia dealing with the commercialization of natural gas and acted in defense of Angola government in investment arbitration. On the commercial side, we represented mining companies in international arbitrations and acted for BNDES in a dispute over the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Ecuador.
With the current caseload of 40 pending arbitrations (valued over US$ 25 billion), we are recognized both nationally and internationally as one of the best arbitration teams in Latin America by several international directories.
Rafael Francisco Alves
Fernando Marcondes
Paulo Macedo Garcia Neto
Silvia Julio Bueno de Miranda
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BUSINESS
� International Arbitration
� Insurance / Liability � Commercial Litigation � Corporate and joint-
ventures � Alternative dispute
resolution � Restructuring and
insolvency proceedings � Investigation and
embargo � Labor and
employment
POSITIONING
CONTACTS � Gérard Ngo: g.ngo@njpartners.com
� Marion Ngo: m.ngo@njpartners.com
� Diana Paraguacuto-Mahéo: d.paraguacuto@njpartners.com
� Aurélie Boulbin: a.boulbin@njpartners.com
Aurélie BoulbinDiana Paraguacuto-
Mahéo
www�njpartners�com
50, rue Boissière75116 Paris
FrancePhone: +33(0) 1 47 20 92 92
Fax: +33(0) 1 47 23 91 55contact@njpartners�com
Marion NgoGérard Ngo
Established in 1978, Ngo Jung & Partners is a Paris based law firm with a strong international focus, specialized in Litigation. It handles international, business, social and criminal litigation, insolvency, liability and insurance. Ngo Jung & Partners also specializes in international arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Its multilingual team has a solid reputation in commercial and investment arbitration in the energy, defense, oil & gas, mining, construction, art and telecom sectors. Its lawyers both act as counsels and arbitrators.
The firm represents states and public entities, listed and unlisted multinational companies, SMEs, banks, investment funds, shareholders, insurance companies and corporate executives.
Over the years, the firm has developed a recognized and reputable litigation practice thanks to its innovative approach to law and its perfect understanding of technical and financial issues.
Ngo Jung & Partners manages commercial disputes including distribution and unfair competition claims and post-acquisition disputes between shareholders. The firm also developed a proven expertise in provisional measures and enforcement procedures (seizures, mortgage, deposit and escrows ...).
Accustomed to work across continents, the firm develops, strategies tailored to the legal environments of each country. It acts as a virtual law firm through serial or cross-border disputes.
The team is regularly in charge of international eDiscovery and coordinates depositions in France and abroad while also managing complex investigations.
Acting as a true partner with its clients, Ngo Jung & Partners stands out with its highly specialized and customized services.
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BUSINESS
� Banking & Finance � Business litigation � Employment contract &
remuneration schemes � Individual & Collective
labor disputes � Inheritance and trusts � International family law � Mergers and acquisitions � Real estate � Restructuring & collective
dismissals
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Christine Pasquier-Ciulla: cpasquierciulla@pcm-avocats.com
� Olivier Marquet: omarquet@pcm-avocats.com
� Sophie Marquet: smarquet@pcm-avocats.com
Sophie MarquetOlivier Marquet
www�pcm-avocats�com
Athos Palace2 rue de la Lüjerneta
98000 MonacoPhone : +(377) 97 98 42 24
Fax : +(377) 97 98 42 25contact@pcm-avocats�com
Christine Pasquier-Ciulla
PCM Avocats is one of Monaco’s leading Law Firm with a high level of expertise in litigation and transaction in all fields of business, banking & finance, international family law, employment and real estate matters. The firm is ranked as top tier in commercial, corporate and M&A, and private client disputes resolution by the market.
PCM Avocats combines the skills of specialised teams to provide legal advice in terms of transaction and litigation services to our clients in Monaco and across the globe, such as private clients, international and local entities, shareholders, banks and financial entities. Our partners represent our clients in all conflict situations in front of the civil, criminal, and administrative jurisdictions, and in the process of prevention, mediation, and pre-litigation.
We have built our reputation on the customization of our services, the integrity of our approach, the quality of our teams, the strong implication of our partners in the execution of the missions entrusted to the firm by the clients, and our contribution to local projects such as the “Project of modernising the Economic law in the Principality of Monaco”.
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BUSINESS
� Joint Ventures, Consortia and Corporate
� Sale and Purchase Agreements � Agency, Distribution,
Franchising and Licensing � Mergers and Acquisitions � Construction and Engineering � Banking and Finance � IT, Internet and Telecom � Commodities, Maritime and
Shipping, Transport � Competition � Investment � Intellectual Property � Energy and Natural Resources � Pharmaceuticals � Sports and Related
Commercial Contracts � Insurance
Python & Peter is one of the major Swiss firms in terms of size and resources, having the know-how and facilities to enable it to play a significant role on the Swiss and international scene.
The firm’s arbitration and litigation team is composed of 22 partners and associates who combine their know-how and extensive experience for the successful conduct of international and domestic arbitration and litigation cases. The arbitration and litigation team enjoys broad expertise gained by handling disputes both as counsel and as arbitrator and is recommended by the major professional guides.
The firm advises clients in arbitration proceedings under the rules of the major arbitration institutions and systems (including ICC, LCIA, Swiss Rules, SCC, WTO, WIPO, ICSID, UNCITRAL and CAS) as well as in ad hoc arbitrations.
The firm also advises clients in court proceedings both at the cantonal and national level and also acts as co-counsel with foreign firms in the context of international litigation cases.
Although our arbitration and litigation team is comprised mostly of lawyers educated and trained in Switzerland, some are qualified attorneys in foreign jurisdictions. Many have significant experience of working abroad (USA, England, France, Germany, Iran, Japan and Malaysia). We regularly handle cases governed by foreign laws.
The members of the arbitration and litigation team benefit from a strong academic background. Several have published textbooks and articles in the field of international arbitration and regularly appear as speakers at conferences on international arbitration and litigation.
The arbitration and litigation team’s attorneys are mainly involved in cases conducted in English, but are equally able to handle arbitrations in German, French and Italian. In addition, members of our team have working knowledge of Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese.
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Pierre-Yves Gunter: pygunter@pplex.ch � Homayoon Arfazadeh: harfazadeh@pplex.ch � Alexandra Johnson: ajohnson@pplex.ch � Dominique Henchoz: dhenchoz@pplex.ch
� Philippe Ciocca: pciocca@pplex.ch � Nicolas de Gottrau: ndegottrau@pplex.ch � Marc Joory: mjoory@pplex.ch
www�pplex�ch
Rue Charles-Bonnet 21206 Geneva
SwitzerlandPhone: +41 22 702 15 15
Fax: +41 22 702 15 55 mail@pplex�ch
Alexandra Johnson
OFFICES
� GENEVA � LAUSANNE � BERN � SION � ZUG � TOKYO � BRUSSELS
Homayoon Arfazadeh
Pierre-Yves Gunter
Nicolas de Gottrau
Philippe CioccaDominique Henchoz
Marc Joory
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www�quinnemanuel�com
6, rue Lamennais75008 Paris
FrancePhone: +33(0)1 73 44 60 00
Fax: +33(0)1 73 44 61 00
� Philippe Pinsolle, Managing Partner (Paris): philippepinsolle@quinnemanuel.com � Thomas Voisin, Partner (Paris): thomasvoisin@quinnemanuel.com � Richard East, Co-Managing Partner (London): richardeast@quinnemanuel.com � Sue Prevezer QC, Co-Managing Partner (London): sueprevezer@quinnemanuel.com � Nadine E. Herrmann, Managing Partner, Chair of the EU and German Competition Law Practice (Hamburg & Brussels):
nadineherrmann@quinnemanuel.com � Marcus Grosch, Managing Partner (Munich): marcusgrosch@quinnemanuel.com
CONTACTS
Philippe Pinsolle
BUSINESS
� General Commercial Litigation
� Financial Litigation
� International Arbitration
� Intellectual Property including Patent Litigation
� Competition Litigation
� Bankruptcy & Restructuring
� White Collar Defense & international Investigations
� Regulatory & Judicial Review
Our Paris office has a team of international arbitration specialists with extensive experience in institutional as well as ad hoc arbitration under all major arbitration rules, including ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICDR, LCIA, and the rules of other arbitration centres based in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Stockholm. Our Paris team has expertise advising and representing clients in general commercial arbitration matters, energy matters (oil & gas, power, nuclear, renewable energy), complex and large infrastructure disputes, and investment protection matters. We act for private parties, from major multinational companies to high net-worth individuals, sovereign states, and state-owned entities. Our London Office specialises in high-stakes commercial litigation and has built a reputation as one of the premier firms for complex commercial and financial disputes. A significant amount of our London team’s work is acting against the global, money centre banks—something most major City firms cannot do because of conflicts. Our London lawyers act in the very largest Commercial Court and Chancery Division cases, the so-called «mega-trials». London is also the epicentre of our highly rated international arbitration practice. We have arbitrated disputes all over the globe and under the rules of all the major arbitration bodies, including LCIA, ICC, AAA, ICSID, UNCITRAL, as well as the arbitration centers in Stockholm, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vienna, and others. Our Brussels office provides vital support to clients with matters involving competition, regulatory and enforcement issues. Competition law issues are increasingly complex in nature. Any major competition dispute or investigation will usually involve a European aspect and the financial considerations in Europe are often greater than in most other jurisdictions, including the U.S. Our European competition team is experienced in all aspects of competition law, across a broad range of sectors.QE Deutschland is dedicated to providing the highest standards of litigation service and excellence in both domestic German matters and in cross-jurisdictional matters with a German component. We have offices in Mannheim, Hamburg, and Munich, all of which work closely with our Brussels location. Our offices in Mannheim and Munich are the core centres for our patent litigation and international arbitration practices, while our Hamburg office focuses on so-called soft IP, competition, regulatory, finance, and general commercial litigation, as well as advising on data protection and white collar crime matters. We represent clients in every technology sector and at every stage of their litigation or dispute. We work across borders, representing clients based both inside and outside of Germany.
POSITIONING
Thomas Voisin Nadine HerrmannRichard East Marcus GroschSue Prevezer QC
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BUSINESS
� Litigation & Arbitration � Insurance and Reinsurance � Criminal Litigation � Antitrust
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados is a law firm providing comprehensive legal services. We have more than 20 groups of practice covering all the fields of the legal profession. Each one of these teams is a leader in the Peruvian market.
Our team of Litigation and Arbitration specialists advises on civil, commercial, contentious and administrative matters, constitutional and criminal procedures.
We participate in arbitration cases as defense attorneys or arbitrators in disputes heard by Peruvian or international arbitration courts. We have experience litigating under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, UNCITRAL, ICSID and the American Arbitration Association.
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Arturo Aza: aaza@estudiorodrigo.com
� Luis Bedoya: lbedoya@estudiorodrigo.com
� Renzo Carrasco: rcarrasco@estudiorodrigo.com
� Fabrizio Castellano: fcastellano@estudiorodrigo.com
� Martín Mejorada: mmejorada@estudiorodrigo.com
� Juan Guillermo Lohmann: jglohmann@estudiorodrigo.com
� José Tam: jtam@estudiorodrigo.com
Luis Bedoya
www�estudiorodrigo�com
Av� San Felipe 758Jesús María
Lima 11Perú
Phone: +511 619 1900 contacto@estudiorodrigo�com
Arturo Aza Fabrizio CastellanoRenzo Carrasco Martín Mejorada Juan Guillermo Lohmann
José Tam
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Litigation & Arbitration Key Players Lawyers
www�squirepattonboggs�com
BUSINESS
� Aerospace & Defense Litigation
� Antitrust & Competition Litigation
� Arbitration � Aviation � Business crime and Civil
fraud � Class Action � Commercial Litigation � Construction litigation � eDiscovery & Data
Management � Employment litigation � False Advertising Litigation &
Protection � Finance and banking
Litigation � Fraud and Asset Recovery � Healthcare Litigation � Insurance and Reinsurance � Mediation and Alternative
Dispute Resolution � Privacy & Data Breach
Litigation � Products Liability Litigation � Real Estate Litigation � Restructuring & Insolvency
Litigation � Securities & Shareholder
Litigation � Sovereign Litigation � Toxic & Mass Tort � Transport Litigation
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world’s strongest integrated legal practices. With 44 offices in 21 countries, we are renowned for our local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Disputes involving multinationals and multiple jurisdictions can present complex challenges, requiring a deep understanding and practical experience of a range of governing laws and applicable rules. Squire Patton Boggs International Dispute Resolution team led by George von Mehren is one of the few international legal practices truly able to serve the needs of clients globally. Our clients include; industry leaders, Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, as well as emerging companies.Our IDR Paris office comprises of 4 partners and 11 associates, of which some are dual qualified (accross Europe and South America), covering a wide range of commercial disciplines. Squire Patton Boggs’ Global Litigation & International Dispute Resolution profile includes more than 615 litigators and advocacy practitioners. With a team of over 90 lawyers with arbitration experience, we are a noted leader in bilateral investment treaty arbitrations and gas price re-openers; in fact, we are unbeaten in natural gas price review disputes, having successfully concluded over 40 of them. We are recognized as one of the top 30 international arbitration firms in the world by leading industry journal Global Arbitration Review in its 2015 guide. We increasingly find that international disputes (be they arbitration or litigation), will be resolved through a mediation. While this is not appropriate for all cases, we have dealt with many cases in which it has worked successfully. A number of our lawyers are accredited mediators and, in the UK, we are publicly recognized by the Centre for Dispute Resolution (CEDR) and have won the CEDR Award for Professional Excellence in ADR three times running. No other law firm holds this accolade. We are ranked by The American Lawyer Arbitration Scorecard 2015 as a Top 10 Arbitration Firm for handling the highest number of large arbitrations in 2013-2014 and we were commended in the 2015 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report for Europe for our role as lead counsel for the Slovak Republic on a significant international arbitration against Dutch company Achmea B.V.
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Marie-Aimée Peyron, Partner, Insolvency, commercial, banking and corporate litigation: marie-aimee.peyron@squirepb.com � Antoine Adeline, Partner, Arbitration, Cross border litigation, Mediation, Restructuring and Insolvency
(Avocat à la cour/Solicitor England & Wales): antoine.adeline@squirepb.com � Carole Sportes, Partner, Aviation, Product liability, Insurance and Reinsurance: carole.sportes@squirepb.com � Valérie Ravit, Partner, Insurance and reinsurance, industrial risks, environmental and product liability: valerie.ravit@squirepb.com
4, avenue Velasquez75008 Paris
FrancePhone: +33(0)1 53 83 74 00
Fax: +33(0)1 53 83 74 01
Antoine Adeline Marie-Aimée Peyron Valérie RavitCarole Sportes
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Why the link up?Peter Griffin: I first worked with Eric Teynier 25 years ago. I’ve known Pierre Pic for 18 years. So we know each other very well and I have a great admiration for what they have achieved with Teynier Pic. Over the past few years I have had the plea-sure of co-counseling with them on a few matters and we found that we worked very well together.
Eric Teynier: In a sense the link up is a natural progression and the for-malization of something that has been building for some time. We also wanted to find a way to remain true to our core values, as a boutique independent firm while broadening our scope. In the world of arbitra-tion, Paris, with the ICC and Lon-don, with the LCIA, are the centres of reference, which attract clients and cases from all over the world. Peter Griffin is an experienced inter-national arbitration practitioner who has represented a wide variety of clients in many significant cases. He has in recent years focused his efforts on the enforcement side of things which is an area of great inte-rest to us and our clients.
What will the alliance offer to your respective clients?Peter Griffin: While we are active across a broad range of sectors, we realized that each firm was present in the Emerging Markets. Within that designation, we have found that London is a key capital for certain of those markets, whereas Paris is a centre for others and New York for others. Part of that is down to regio-nal proximity, but part is probably due to historic and cultural factors.
In any event, we all agreed that it made great sense to combine our coverage of the various countries.
Eric Teynier: In response to client demand, we have for some time been looking for the right way to increase our presence in what can loosely be described as the common law world. This alliance can offer a certain reassurance to our clients in this regard.
What are the unique strengths of the alliance?Peter Griffin: Enforcement. The last decade has seen a prolifera-tion of international arbitrations and a commensurate increase in the number of firms practising international arbitration. When I started working with Eric Tey-nier, arbitration was a much smal-ler business. It has now entered the mainstream. One of the consequences of this has been the growth of “pure play” arbitration teams, who have – by accident or design – very little to do with the courts. By and large that has been very good for arbitration, but there has been a price to pay on the enforcement side. Enforcement action – seizures, garnishments, attachments, arrests, etc., requires traditional litigation expertise that many of the mega arbitration groups now lack. That is where we come in. We are the enforcement specialists.
Eric Teynier: That involves not only knowing how to enforce ourselves, but – perhaps more importantly – having a proven international network of experts with whom
we have worked in the past, in the most prevalent enforcement jurisdictions. This is a preoccupa-tion of our clients who know from their own experience how difficult it can be to convert an award into a successful recovery.
Pierre Pic: To that I would add commercial judgment. Both Tey-nier Pic and Griffin have set up their own businesses. We are attu-ned to commercial reality in a way that is appealing to our clients. That experience permeates our professional services because we can relate very directly if a client has lost a business opportunity or has their business threatened. This brings with it a certain prag-matism and it keeps us grounded.
Laurence Kiffer: I want to reinforce the point about the importance of litigation expertise in the context of arbitration. This of course is obvious at the enforcement stage but it permeates our professional activity. We are of the view that a successful arbitration practice must be based upon a mastery of courtroom practice and tech-niques.
Why an alliance and not a partner-ship?Peter Griffin: If, at some point, that compels us to look at a closer, more formal structure, we will. For now, this structure works well for us.
Eric Teynier: What matters is our ability to provide a seamless ser-vice to our clients in a way that works for them and for us.
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‘‘ We are a network of trusted specialists ’’
Eric TeynierFounder, Teynier Pic
Peter GriffinFounder, Griffin
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Lawyers Litigation & Arbitration Key Players
www�threecrownsllp�com
104, avenue des Champs-Elysées75008 Paris
FrancePhone: +33 1 83 79 09 79
Fax: +33 6 08 87 90 94
� Georgios Petrochilos (Paris): georgios.petrochilos@threecrownsllp.com � Todd Wetmore (Paris): todd.wetmore@threecrownsllp.com
� Carmen Martinez Lopez (London): carmen.martinezlopez@threecrownsllp.com � Constantine Partasides QC (London): constantine.partasides@threecrownsllp.com � Gaëtan Verhoosel (London): gaetan.verhoosel@threecrownsllp.com � Scott Vesel (London): scott.vesel@threecrownsllp.com
� Jan Paulsson (Washington DC): jan.paulsson@threecrownsllp.com � Luke Sobota (Washington DC): luke.sobota@threecrownsllp.com
CONTACTS
BUSINESS
� International arbitration (commercial, investment treaty and inter-state)
� Cause-based (pro bono)
Three Crowns was founded by specialist international arbitration advocates in the belief that international disputes call for focused advice and advocacy.
Located in London, Paris and Washington DC, Three Crowns is a firm dedicated to international arbitration—commercial, investment-treaty, and inter-State.
Our lawyers bring extensive experience in all types and fora of international arbitration, having represented corporate and sovereign clients in many of the most significant arbitral cases of the past decades. This collective expertise will be brought to bear with substantial, direct, and continuous partner involvement in each matter handled by the firm.
Our experience has seen us act on many of the most important arbitration disputes since the practices’ infancy and as it has grown into the dispute resolution method of choice. We have acted on global disputes for corporates and sovereigns, and have been at the forefront of ground-breaking awards that have set international precedent for the arbitration fora. Our specialist team have extensive experience in advising on commercial; investment treaty and inter-State disputes. We provide strategic advice in the pre-arbitration stages of a dispute, and we deliver the lead advocacy when the dispute does ripen into an arbitration. This experience ensures our clients are served with a deep-rooted understanding of the arbitral system which matches their business needs in any sector or industry. Our experience and understanding of international legal matters ensures we are able to deliver assistance to selected pro bono causes.
POSITIONING
Constantine Partasides QC
Carmen Martinez Lopez
Luke SobotaGeorgios Petrochilos
Gaëtan Verhoosel Scott Vesel Jan Paulsson
� PARIS � LONDON � WASHINGTON DC
OFFICES
Todd Wetmore
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Litigation & Arbitration Key Players Lawyers
www�vonwobeserysierra�com
BUSINESS
� Civil and Commercial Litigation
� Commercial Arbitration
Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. has developed this practice area very effectively in the face of the growing demand for specialized services in high level litigation involving claims for significant amounts in damages and lost profits, arising from contractual breaches or wrongful acts in general.
In this regard, the Firm has taken advantage of the experience acquired after many years involvement in arbitral proceedings and in court trials and administrative proceedings and has successfully applied this experience to commercial trials before Mexican courts. We have represented the interests of our clients, participating together with recognized litigators in the Mexican forum, in several of the most important cases, in terms of the amounts involved and complexity, before local and federal courts in Mexico.
Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C. has a solid team of experts in regards to commercial arbitration. Under the leadership of Mr. Claus von Wobeser, nationally and internationally renowned arbitrator and, throughout the existence of the Firm, several of its members have acquired extensive and intensive experience in the area, acting as arbitrators, as legal counsel and as consultants, representing important national and foreign companies involved in international commercial disputes.
The experience of the members of the Firm as arbitrators and legal counsel includes commercial arbitration between Mexican companies, between Mexican and foreign companies and between foreign companies. In handling these proceedings, the Firm has the necessary knowledge and sophistication to apply the most widely used Rules of Arbitration in Mexico and the world, such as the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, the American Arbitration Association, the Mexican Arbitration Center and those of UNCITRAL, etc. In fact, several lawyers in our Firm are outstanding members of world class arbitration institutions such as, among others, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, the America Arbitration Association and the London Court of International Arbitration.
POSITIONING
CONTACTS
� Claus Von Wobeser: cvonwobeser@vwys.com.mx
� Marco Tulio Venegas: mtvenegas@vwys.com.mx
� Adrián Magallanes: amagallanes@vwys.com.mx
Guillermo González Camarena 1100Piso 7, Col� Santa Fe
Centro de Ciudad, Del� Álvaro Obregón, C�P� 01210 México, D�F�
Phone: 52 (55) 5258 1000Fax: 52 (55) 5258 1098
Adrián Magallanes
Marco Tulio Venegas
Claus Von Wobeser
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BUSINESS
� Litigation � Corporate � Private
Zabaldano Law Office is a law firm established in the Principality of Monaco dealing with the most complex matters often with an international dimension.
It represents corporate and private individual clients who require dedication, professionalism and commitment.
The Law office consists of a multi-disciplinary team who have extensive experience in practice areas such as banking and finance, commercial and business law, international law, real estate and construction as well as employment law and criminal law.
Arnaud Zabaldano, its founder, is a Barrister at the Monaco Bar where he has practiced since 2001.
With a postgraduate degree in Economic and Business Law, he has naturally focused the law office practice on business law, in litigation, arbitration and advice.
Committed to the values of the legal profession, Zabaldano Law Office strives to best meet clients’ needs, combining legal excellence, availability and innovation.
Zabaldano Law Office has focused on litigation in all areas of law since its creation. The firm advises and represents their professional or individual clients, both as plaintiff and defendant in the proceedings pending before all Courts, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court up to the European Court of Human Rights.
POSITIONING
CONTACT
� Arnaud Zabaldano, Founding partner: azabaldano@zabaldano.com
www�zabaldano�com
L’Estoril – Bloc A31 av� Princesse Grace
98000 MonacoPhone: +377 97 98 06 80
Fax: +377 97 98 06 81contact@zabaldano�com
Valérie ZoccolaArnaud Zabaldano Olivier KryCécile Peltier Gauci
Email: contact@findyourllm.com Web Site: www.findyourllm.com
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