Jones Day

Global Disputes

Associate

Sahba Mohtadi's practice focuses on complex arbitration and commercial litigation often involving public international law and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) considerations.

 Sahba advises clients in a wide range of industries on commercial litigation, arbitration, investor-State and public international law. He has worked for multinational corporations and State-owned entities in disputes across the globe. Recent representative matters include successfully advising a global telecommunications company in an ICC arbitration worth $1 billion related to a shareholder dispute involving public international law; successfully advising an international hotel group in a LCIA arbitration against a prominent hotel franchisor; advising claimant-side in a highly complex circa $250 million UNCITRAL investor-State arbitration, followed by litigation in the Commercial Court; and advising on a multi billion dollar ICC arbitration dispute.

 Recognized as a "key lawyer" in public international law by The Legal 500 in 2024 and 2025, Sahba is described as "excellent across the board" and "strategic, detail oriented and on top of every aspect of the case…" (2024) and “destined for great things” (2025), and is ranked as a “Leading Associate” for International Arbitration (2025).

BPP Law School, London (Legal Practice Course 2020); London School of Economics (LL.B. Bachelor of Laws 2018)