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Eversheds Sutherland advises leading multinationals, high-profile individuals, and start-ups in arbitrations before all major international arbitral institutions. The team has over two decades of expertise in section 1782 matters, and is skilled at enforcing foreign court judgments against sovereigns and sovereign owned entities. In New York Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid leads the team, with a focus on public international law, especially issues linked to human rights, international investment and commercial arbitration, and foreign investor risk management. For one client, Al-Rashid is ‘equally technically and personally impressive’. William O’Brien, based in Washington DC, acts as head of international commercial arbitration, and is ’astute, tireless, and has complete command of the facts and the evidence’, while John Lomas, in the same office, is adept at handling matters linked to sovereign immunity, and the enforcement or arbitration agreements by non-signatories. Also of note are New York-based Ulyana Bardyn and Levon Golendukhin.
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‘The firm's lawyers are highly qualified and focused on clients needs. They have an excellent international arbitration practice, which is well-suited to compete among the best. The work is carried out accurately and with great legal and strategic reasoning.’
‘The team are very helpful professionals, capable of dealing with the most complex cases. They have solid skills and they are doing superb work in arbitration proceedings and enforcement actions.’
Key clients
- Honwood Services Limited.
- R.W. Chelsea Energie Ltd. (formerly SYmbio Energy Holdings, Ltd)
Work highlights
- Representing Honwood Services in an approximately €1.4 billion dispute arising out of Poland’s Ministry of Environment’s treatment of Honwood’s potash mining project.
- Representing R.W. Chelsea Energie (formerly Symbion Energy Holdings) in a dispute of US$50 million-plus in alleged damages ICDR arbitration with a New York situs governed by the law of England & Wales, originally initiated by the client and two co-claimants (together, Symbion) against Alpha Innovations Management, ESAH Mandroseza, and Vision Indian Ocean (VIO).