Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has ‘extensive experience in investment treaty cases’. It also assists corporations with commercial arbitrations involving energy, natural resources, mining, insurance, manufacturing, and telecoms. The London team additionally handles arbitrations concerning post-M&A and shareholder issues. Dividing his time between London and New York, Christopher Moore, is ’a brilliant litigator‘. Naomi Tarawali acts in both commercial and investor-state arbitrations and Paul Kleist represents multinational corporations and sovereign states in arbitrations. Pablo Mateos Rodríguez is praised by clients as ’an extremely hard worker’.
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‘The team is smart, highly professional, easy to deal with, responsive, and immediately gets to the heart of the issues that are important to the litigation.’
‘The whole team is great - there is no weak link, from top to bottom.’
‘Team with extensive experience in investment treaty cases, providing high-quality advice under very demanding conditions (due to the usually tight deadlines and workloads involved in these type of cases).’
‘Christopher Moore is a highly-experienced lawyer, with a particular focus on witnesses and experts’ contributions during these types of procedures, as well as on the preparation of defence-side factual arguments.’
‘Christopher Moore is a brilliant litigator and very smart person.’
‘Paul Kleist leaves no stone unturned, remains friendly throughout (even after working many long hours in sometimes frustrating circumstances), and is very sharp intellectually.’
- ‘Pablo Mateos Rodríguez is an extremely hard worker, very diligent, and oriented to results. He is a pleasure to deal with, and a native Spanish speaker, which smooths the communication process and review of certain files.’
- ‘Naomi Tarawali is a very smart and experienced lawyer.’
Key clients
- Sysco Corporation
- Telecom Italia International Telecom Italia
- Total Global Procurement
- Maire Tecnimont
- Associazione Sportiva Roma (AS Roma)
- Saipem
- Bank of Spain
Work highlights
- Representing Associazione Sportiva Roma (AS Roma) in arbitration proceedings brought by New Balance, which are based on a first refusal right under a kit and sponsorship agreement.
- Representing Sysco in a high-profile LCIA arbitration, brought by subsidiaries of its litigation funder Burford Capital (claimant), as well as related annulment and enforcement proceedings in a federal court.
- Representing Total Global Procurement in an ICC proceeding, arising from the breach of multiple supply agreements for the sale and purchase of solar power modules.
Lawyers
Next generation partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Christopher Moore
Other key lawyers
Naomi Tarawali; Paul Kleist; Pablo Mateos Rodríguez