David Orta

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP ‘stands out for its unparalleled excellence in international arbitration’, with expertise spanning global asset recovery, complex offshore disputes, and intricate cross border insolvency work. The team has a dedicated 1782 practice, and has experience handling both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations in a number of languages. Displaying its cross-border capabilities, the firm recently represented Focus Energia in a complex ICC arbitration linked to a leading solar energy project. Splitting his time between Washington DC and Miami, David Orta is ’unmatched in the courtroom’, and is skilled at handling Latin American matters, as well as matters spanning the energy, oil and gas, transportation, and infrastructure sectors. In New York, Mark McNeill chairs the international arbitration practice, with energy and infrastructure expert Michael Young KC playing a key role. All operating out of Washington DC, Daniel Salinas-Serrano handles complex international arbitrations for commercial clients, investors, and sovereign governments, while Dawn Yamane Hewett and Lucas Loviscek are both experts in headline grabbing arbitrations. Based in Houston and Washington DC, Julianne Jaquith is adept at handling investor state arbitrations.