Foley Hoag LLP

Foley Hoag LLP ‘provides excellent service to its sovereign state clients’, specialising in complex international investment disputes. The firm’s expertise spans a wide range of sectors, including renewables, mining, oil and gas, telecommunications, and cybersecurity. The team recently successfully defended Ghana in a high-profile commercial arbitration, and works for a number of sovereign states. The practice uniquely has a focused UN practice group, providing advice on matters before various United Nations bodies. Based in Washington DC, Constantinos Salonidis leads the practice, and currently represents Armenia in conflicts with Azerbaijan in a range of international matters. Also leading the team is Christina Hioureas, a ’great team leader who takes personal care of the clients’ needs’. Based in New York, Hioureas’ practice spans international investment treaty and commercial arbitrations across the construction, energy pricing, environmental damage, and hospitality sectors. In DC, Kenneth Figueroa, Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, Christina Beharry, and Joseph Klingler are key names.