Troutman Pepper Locke LLP is noteworthy in high-stakes international commercial arbitration, with key strengths in final-hearing advocacy and cross-examination, regularly appearing under HKIAC, ICDR and other major institutional rules. Typical mandates for the team include construction and infrastructure disputes, IP-driven arbitrations, and insurance and reinsurance matters. The group is jointly steered in Philadelphia by Jeremy Heep, who stands out for antitrust-sensitive and competition-adjacent disputes, across Asia, Europe and offshore jurisdictions for manufacturing, pharmaceutical and industrial clients, and Matthew H. Adler specializes in international and US commercial arbitrations spanning IP, insurance, real estate and finance-related disputes. Other key members are Pittsburgh’s Albert Bates and Washington DC-based Bill O’Neill.
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Key clients
- Strabag SpA
Work highlights
Secured a $100 million award, including more than USD 2.5 million in costs, in an ICC London-seated international arbitration involving events arising in Equatorial Guinea in the oil and gas industry.
Won a major international arbitration in a New York seated ICC arbitration implicating a USD 172 million earnout payment following the merger of two financial technology companies.
Representing a well-known apparel manufacturer in a New York seated ICC final hearing in January 2026 on behalf of a famous apparel manufacture against its Latin American based distributor.
Practice head
Jeremy Heep; Matthew H. Adler
Other key lawyers
Albert Bates; Bill O’Neill