Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP continues to handle a large volume of international arbitrations, maintaining its strength in post-M&A disputes and multijurisdictional, Latin American cases. In addition to handling a growing range of commercial disputes arising out of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, the team has served as lead counsel in investment arbitrations against Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). David Orta, who leads the team, represents both governments and investors in international arbitration matters spanning energy, oil and gas and infrastructure. Daniel Salinas-Serrano has co-led various arbitrations over his career and is a relied-upon member of the team. Dawn Yamane Hewett, who has 15 years of experience handling investment treaty and commercial arbitrations, is fluent in English, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese. Lucas Loviscek and Julianne Jaquith are also key members of the team. All named lawyers are based either part or full-time in Washington DC.
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‘Highly specialised and combative.’
‘David Orta is very efficient.'
‘It's a firm with extensive experience in complex litigation and arbitration. They are in-depth, aggressive, and creative.'
‘They look for all the alternatives and possibilities to try to achieve a favourable result for the client. They work very hard, but also think outside the box. It's a team that is respected and feared as opponents, which says a lot when it comes to litigation.
'David Orta is very solid in arbitration, very knowledgeable about the process, and very studious. Lucas Loviscek is a tireless, intelligent lawyer with very good commercial acumen.'
Key clients
- The Estate of Julio Miguel Orlandini-Agreda; Compañía Minera Orlandini
- Otto Candies LLC, ICE Canyon LLC, HBK Investments LP, Waypoint Asset Management LLC, Nordic Trustee AS, Coöperatieve Rabobank UA, Coastline Maritime Pte Ltd, Shipyard De Hoop BV,et al.
- Shandong Landbridge Group
Work highlights
Represent Mr. Miguel Orlandini, a U.S./Bolivian national and 95% owner of Compañía Minera Orlandini and CMO in an investment-treaty arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules against Bolivia arising from Bolivia’s breaches of international law under the US-Bolivia BIT.
Represents 37 US investors in B-Mex, a company invested in gaming casinos in Mexico, in an international investment arbitration against Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Represents Oro Negro’s U.S. shareholders and former officers and directors in a complex, cross-border, billion-dollar dispute arising from Oro Negro’s bankruptcy, with litigations currently ongoing in Mexico, the US, and Singapore, and in international arbitration.
Lawyers
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Practice head
David Orta
Other key lawyers
Daniel Salinas-Serrano; Dawn Yamane Hewett; Lucas Loviscek; Julianne Jaquith