Freshfields LLP

Freshfields houses an ‘exceptional’ team that offers integrated transatlantic capabilities, with expertise spanning all key jurisdictions and industry sectors. The practice routinely works on multi-national corporations and sovereign states, with expertise in complex investment treaty disputes. Investor state arbitrations are a strength of the team, that recently secured a US $470 million victory for Smurfit Holdings in a high-profile ICSID treaty claim against Venezuela. Operating out of New York, Elliot Friedman leads on many landmark arbitrations undertaken by the practice, notably acting as lead counsel for ConocoPhillips in the largest ICSID award to date. Also in New York, Noiana Marigo acts on ground-breaking arbitrations, with vast experience spanning high-profile commercial and investment arbitrations. In the same office, Lee Rovinescu handles complex technical issues in international arbitrations, and has expertise in public international law, while Thomas Walsh’s expertise spans the life sciences, technology, finance, and extractive sectors. In Washington DC Caroline Richard focuses on investor-state arbitrations, regularly acting on arbitrations in English, French, and Spanish, while Nigel Blackaby KC also has extensive commercial and investor-state experience. New York-based Natalia Zibbibo  has a focus on work with a Latin America nexus, while in Washington DC, Maria Julia Milesi has experience acting under ICSID, PCA, ICC, and UNCITRAL rules.