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Viren Mascarenhas

Viren Mascarenhas

King & Spalding LLP, United States

Position

Viren Mascarenhas is a partner and is a member of the International Arbitration Practice Group.  He is a specialist in international arbitration, focusing on both investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration, public international law, and business and human rights.  

Viren has acted as counsel in domestic and international arbitration proceedings under the major institutional arbitral rules as well as ad hoc arbitral rules.  Viren has experience across a range of industries, including chemicals, consumer products and luxury goods.  He has particular expertise in disputes over natural resources.  His energy experience includes investment arbitrations brought against the governments of Argentina, Ecuador, Italy, Timor Leste, and Venezuela; commercial arbitrations regarding the dissolution of joint ventures, breach of supply contracts, tax disputes, and energy-related construction disputes, in matters concerning projects in Colombia, Libya, India, Russia, and the United States; and also LNG gas pricing arbitrations.