Mr Henry Weisburg > Shearman & Sterling LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022-6069
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Of Counsel

Career

Henry’s international arbitration and international litigation practice focuses on the resolution of cross-border financial disputes arising out of investment, project and joint venture disputes, expropriations, banking insolvencies, sovereign debt restructurings and similar matters.

Henry represents clients in international arbitrations in proceedings administered by many different bodies, including the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the American Arbitration Association and the London Court of International Arbitration, as well as in ad hoc proceedings. In addition, he regularly appears in domestic courts with respect to issues such as the construction and enforcement of arbitration clauses, arbitral awards and foreign judgments, sovereign immunity issues and matters involving torts under international law. He also acts as arbitrator.

Henry was selected as 2012 Global Lawyer of the Year by The American Lawyer (27 December 2012). He has been praised by clients and peers in leading directories as “tremendously smart,” a “hugely experienced and very impressive” lawyer with an “electric intellect” and who “always has his strategy clearly defined” and is “excellent at preparing a case.”

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > International arbitration

Leveraging its prominent global projects practice, A&O Shearman possesses extensive experience in construction disputes, particularly in relation to power, mining and infrastructure projects in the US, Latin America and the Middle East. The team also handles commercial cases involving the technology and life sciences sectors, while it is additionally well versed in investor-state disputes—as evidenced by its recent work for the Republic of Panama in treaty claims. Key contacts in the US group include Christopher Ryan, who operates from Washington DC and New York; and New York-based of counsel Henry Weisburg.