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Brendan Cook
Work Department
Litigation Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Position
Brendan D. Cook is a member of the Firm’s Global Dispute Resolution and the North America Litigation practice groups. He is a former Chair of the North America Arbitration Group and former head of the Houston Litigation Practice Group. Brendan has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in alternative dispute resolution, and is recommended for commercial litigation by the Best Lawyers in America in addition to being an AV Preeminent Top Rated Lawyer in Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources by Martindale-Hubbell.
Brendan is also recognized by Chambers USA, which states he “is recognized for his work on energy matters and that clients praise him as a hard headed litigator; he knows what he wants and he’ll never stop until he gets it.”
He has extensive experience handling international arbitration and litigation cases for oil and gas companies, real estate developers, insurers, industrial utilities, as well as companies involved in the construction, manufacturing, and the energy area. He has tried cases in numerous Texas courts and has arbitrated before the LCIA, ICC, SCC, ICDR, AAA and many other well recognized arbitral institutions.
Career
Brendan has extensive business litigation and arbitration experience. He has successfully handled a wide array of cases for major real estate developers, insurers, oil and gas companies, industrial utilities, and other clients generally involved in construction, manufacturing, and the energy arena. Clients include those ranging from individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 companies. He has handled domestic and cross border disputes for clients in the United States, France, Türkiye, Mexico, Spain, Kuwait, England, Canada, Thailand, and China, among others.
Languages
English
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- London Court of International Arbitration – European Users’ Council
- Houston Bar Foundation – Fellow
- Houston Bar Association
- Litigation Counsel of America – Fellow
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Composed of ‘bright, persuasive and creative team-players’, Baker McKenzie LLP’s international arbitration group is distinguished by its ability to plug into one of the largest practices globally. Among its other core attributes, the US team stands out for its extensive national platform—which includes partners across the East and West Coasts—and also for its experience in major emerging markets, including former CIS states, Latin America and China. Recommended names include New York’s Andrew Riccio, who co-chairs the North America international arbitration practice; Houston-based senior counsel Brendan Cook, who specializes in construction, manufacturing and energy-related disputes. Eugenie Rogers has left the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Project finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense