Arnold & Porter boasts a growing commercial arbitration practice, commended for life sciences arbitration and tech-related disputes. Disputes linked to Asia are a particular strength of the practice. San Francisco based Maria Chedid acts as chair of the practice, having acted on a number of ICC arbitrations involving the technology and energy industries. Chedid also plays a leading role in the ICDR’s global working group on technology and life science arbitration, bringing this expertise to the practice. The practice consists of a number of bilingual lawyers, allowing arbitrations to be handled in Spanish, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese, to list a few. Based in Washington DC, Paolo Di Rosa represents sovereign states in a number of multi-billion dollar claims, while Sally Pei focuses on transnational disputes and foreign sovereign immunity. Operating out of New York, Mélida Hodgson is a skilled investor-state arbitrator, and is particularly skilled in Latin America.
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- Airbus
- Bulgaria
- Chile
- Colombia
- Verisign, Inc.
- Samsung Electronics, Samsung Heavy Industries
- POSCO Energy
- Czech Republic
- Korea (South Korea)
- Panama
Work highlights
- Represented Sweden in the first-ever investor-State arbitration against the State, initiated by the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei under the China-Sweden BIT.
- Acted for Honeywell International Inc., in a matter concerning breach of contract claims arising out of three risk and revenue sharing agreements executed between Kawasaki Heavy Industries (“KHI”) and Allied Signal (Honeywell’s predecessor in interest).
- Successfully represented Peru in an ICSID arbitration filed by Worth Capital Holdings 27 LLC under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.
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Maria Chedid
Mélida Hodgson
Practice head
Maria Chedid
Other key lawyers
Paolo Di Rosa; Mélida Hodgson; Sally Pei; Kenneth Chernof; James Herschlein; Marcus Asner