The arbitration practice at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP is highly commended for its state representation work, representing a number of impressive clients, including the Kazakh Ministry of Investments, Libya, and Saudi Arabia. Setting aside and enforcing arbitral awards across a range of jurisdictions is another strength of the practice. The firm notably conducted the largest annulment hearing in the history of ICSID arbitration. Based in New York, George Kahale leads the team, acting on leading mandates of the team, including for high-stakes arbitrations for key State clients. Operating out of Washington DC, Claudia Frutos-Peterson has extensive experience across investor-State and international commercial arbitrations, with experience across Latin America, Europe, and the United States. Also in DC, Justin Jacinto has experience acting on arbitrations across the oil & gas, mining, and banking and finance sectors, while in New York, Simon Batifort has ICSID experience and Hermann Ferré has particular construction expertise.
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- 'Impressive experience in investor-state arbitration, with partners that have extensive in the field.'
- 'Simon Batifort is an excellent lawyer, with broad knowledge and experience of public international law and international arbitration in particular.'
Key clients
- Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima
- Republic of Peru
- State of Kuwait
- Argentine Republic
- Republic of Cyprus
- Leonardo SpA and PSC SpA
- Republic of Uzbekistan
- Republic of Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Republic of Uganda
Work highlights
- Obtained a comprehensive win for Cyprus, defending a US$600 “mass claim” under Cyprus’ BITs with Greece and Luxembourg, in which all claims were dismissed except the unique, de minimis claim of a single claimant, with US$ 6 million in costs awarded to Cyprus.
- Represented the Republic of India at a major hearing on jurisdiction, merits, and quantum, held in June 2024 at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague in the case Khaitan Holdings (Mauritius) Limited v. Republic of India.
- Achieved a full win for the World Bank Group’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) in an UNCITRAL arbitration in which it was a Respondent.
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Simon Batifort
Claudia Frutos-Peterson
Practice head
George Kahale III
Other key lawyers
Claudia Frutos-Peterson; Justin Jacinto; Simon Batifort; Hermann Ferré