Clients facing complex, high-value international business disputes are increasingly looking to international arbitration to resolve them. Paul, Weiss positions companies and investors to secure the most favorable decisions possible, drawing on our team鈥檚 experience and prowess as courtroom advocates, and a specialized knowledge of the major arbitration bodies鈥� rules and procedures.
Our Practice
Our lawyers advise some of the world鈥檚 leading companies in complex, high-stakes disputes in proceedings before arbitral tribunals around the world.聽 Paul, Weiss positions companies and investors to secure the most favorable decisions possible, drawing on our team鈥檚 nuanced understanding of how arbitration institutions and tribunals function, and our lawyers鈥� unsurpassed skills, confidence and track record as litigators. Whether devising a winning strategy before a claim is filed, seeking emergency or expedited measures, advocating before an arbitral panel, or overseeing post-award proceedings, our focus is on positioning our clients to secure the most favorable results possible.聽
Our lawyers have appeared before all major international arbitration centers, including the ICC, AAA/ICDR, LCIA, SIAC, and ICSID, as well as in ad-hoc proceedings. They are fluent in multiple foreign languages and hold practicing rights in key arbitral jurisdictions including England & Wales, Singapore, France, Canada, Australia, Ireland and Belgium. Our lawyers have clerked at key international arbitration courts such as the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and they have been appointed as tribunal secretaries to renowned arbitrators in high-value claims. Our international capabilities are reinforced by our offices in the EU (London and Brussels) and Asia (Hong Kong, and Tokyo).
The team handles a wide range of complex cross-border disputes, including high-value claims arising from sales, supply, distribution and other agreements; loans and recapitalizations; insurance disputes; joint ventures, M&A transactions;, and investment contract disputes in a wide array of business sectors. We have experience in complex arbitration claims involving construction, energy, renewable energy, and defense contracts; franchise and financial data agreements; oil-and-gas supply and transportation contracts; and others. In recent years, our lawyers have secured among the highest-value arbitral wins, including complete defense victories in two consecutive multibillion-dollar claims. We also routinely advise clients on matters of international or foreign law, including regarding the taking of discovery pursuant to the Hague Evidence Convention, or the application of foreign export control, data privacy, and other applicable regulations.