International Arbitration

Our lawyers routinely handle international arbitrations of the greatest complexity across numerous commercial sectors, with amounts in dispute ranging from tens of millions to billions of U.S. dollars.

We have conducted arbitrations pursuant to the rules of all of the major arbitral institutions, including the International Centre for Dispute Resolution/American Arbitration Association (ICDR/AAA), Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services Inc. (JAMS), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Swiss Chambers, Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), among others.

Drawing on that experience, a practical comparison of some of the major institutional rules appears here: Key International Arbitral Rules.

Commercial Arbitration & International Commercial Disputes

Our firm is widely acknowledged to have one of the world’s leading practices in the international arbitration of disputes arising out of oil & gas, power, large-scale infrastructure, engineering and construction projects, joint ventures and cross-border investments.

Our clients in commercial arbitration matters have included private equity and investment funds; governmental bodies; and companies in the oil & gas, power, manufacturing, automobile, aerospace, technology, telecommunications, mining and construction sectors.

We provide a full range of services to our clients, from advising on and drafting dispute resolution clauses, compliance with pre-arbitral steps and arbitration proceedings, to arbitration-related court proceedings, including pre-arbitration asset preservation measures, applications to national courts to set aside arbitral awards and recognition and enforcement actions.

Many of our lawyers are multilingual, enabling us to conduct arbitral proceedings in different languages, including English, French, Chinese and many others.

Examples of our recent experience in commercial arbitrations appear here: Commercial Arbitration & International Commercial Disputes.

Akin’s international arbitration practice receives high rankings in Chambers and The Legal 500, and our lawyers are regularly singled out for praise and recognition.

Treaty Arbitration & International Investment Disputes

At the front end, we advise on structuring investments to ensure that investment treaty protection is optimized, and we have developed an online tool that enables our clients to compare and contrast the features of different treaties so that an informed choice can be made.

Our treaty arbitration practice is set apart from that of many of our competitors in that we bring to bear not only experience in robustly pursuing arbitration proceedings, but also the distinctive experience and network of relationships we have gained from decades of advising on and negotiating, the very investment treaties on which such arbitrations are based.

As a result, we possess a depth of understanding and insight that few can match. Further, the relationships that our international trade practice has developed enable us to pursue routes for the settlement of investment disputes that would not otherwise be available.

Reflecting the breadth of our practice, our clients in investment disputes matters have included both sovereign governments and international investors.