Foley Hoag LLP
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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.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Foley Hoag international arbitration practice provides excellent service to its sovereign state clients. Their public international law and international investment arbitration practices are excellent. They understand the need to keep costs low without compromising on quality. The firm has a diverse group of lawyers and understand cultural sensitivities well.
- ‘Christina Hioureas is co-head of the international arbitration and litigation practice. She is a great team leader and takes personal care of the clients' needs. Derek Smith is a senior partner and has very good client handling skills. Sudhanshu Roy is a Senior Associate and a rising star with excellent advocacy skills. ’
Key clients
- African Union Air France Albania Angola Armenia Atlantic Council Bangladesh (People’s Republic) Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration & Production Company Limited (BAPEX) Bangladesh Oil Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Bangladesh Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited Belgium Bulgaria Brazil Cadenicsa Chile Crédit Agricole / CACEIS (France) Croatia Cyprus Dominican Republic Ecolog International Ecuador Equatorial Guinea EUMETSAT France Ghana Gensun Global Justice Center Greece/Hellenic Republic Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Guyana Himalaya Food Int’l Ltd. Honduras India International Conference of Asian American Political Parties Japan Kanai Management Inc. Laboratoires Pierre Fabre Lactalis Latécoère Liechtenstein (Principality of) Lithuania Luxembourg Mauritius Mozambique Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima Namibia NATO Nepal Netherlands Nicaragua Nigeria Nokia North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Open Society Justice Initiative Orange SA Orange Business Services Panama Peru PeruPetro S.A. Philippines Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique Ponticelli Frères Ponticelli Prefabrication Services Portugal Qatar Sedia Biosciences Corporation Sierra Leone Somalia Spain St. Lucia Tajik Air Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan
Work highlights
Successful represented iXblue in a NY-seated ICC arbitration concerning a license agreement for a fiber-optic gyroscope or “FOG” belonging to iXblue.