States and State-Owned Entities
Construction
Oil & Gas and Other Natural Resources
International Investment
Other Experience

• Counsel to one of the largest privately-held commercial companies in the Persian Gulf regarding an arbitration against Toys R Us, resulting in one of the largest arbitral awards rendered in proceedings under the auspices of the AAA.
• Acting as Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal in an arbitration in Paris under the ICC Rules concerning a dispute between American companies involving breach of warranty, indemnification and fraud claims.
• Counsel in an arbitration in Paris under the ICC Rules concerning the breach of a distributorship agreement.
• Counsel regarding an ad hoc arbitration in Paris between two European companies concerning the termination of an agency agreement.
• Counsel regarding an arbitration in Paris under the ICC Rules involving a dispute between a U.S. company and companies from Asia and North Africa concerning a management agreement.
• Counsel to a major manufacturing company in the polyester business in connection with environmental and operational indemnity provisions of the purchase and sale agreements pursuant to which the company purchased its operating assets. This representation involved preparation of the indemnity claims under the requirements of the purchase and sale agreements and of the requests for arbitration that were to be filed in accordance with the ICC Rules in New York, Frankfurt and Mexico City.

Partners & Counsel
The following partners and counsel practice in this area:

• Nancy E. Delaney (New York)
• George Kahale III (New York)
• T. Barry Kingham (New York)
• Eliot Lauer (New York)
• Joseph D. Pizzurro (New York)
• Benard V. Preziosi, Jr. (New York)
• Miguel Estrada Sámano (Mexico City)
• Javier Jiménez (Mexico City)
• Geoffroy Lyonnet (Paris)
• Peter M. Wolrich (Paris)