Mayer Brown fields a strong team that manages a large caseload and regularly attracts new mandates. The group is adept at handling both commercial and investment arbitration and its caseload regularly deals with matters related to Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. The team also has the ability to manage complex pan-European cases that raise complex EU legal issues and routinely handles high-stakes disputes pertaining to energy, construction, mining, concessions and utilities projects. It is involved in a landmark construction dispute in the Middle East and in several major banking-related cases, notably connected to Lebanon. State entities as well as French and international companies are clients. The team is able to draw on the firm's international platform to offers complementary capabilities in London, Singapore, Brazil, Dubai and the US. Practice head Dany Khayat is the key name, with Alejandro López Ortiz and José Caicedo also highly regarded. Counsel William Ahern also contributes.
Testimonials
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- ‘Dynamic and realistic approach, remarkable understanding of foreign laws. They are competent and hardworking.’
- ‘This team is amazing.’
Key clients
- D.S. Construction FZCO
- Junefield Gold Investments Limited
Work highlights
- Representing Veolia Environnement, Veolia Energie International, UAB Vilniaus Energija and UAB Litesko in an ICSID arbitration in relation to a dispute concerning the expropriation of Veolia’s investment in the operation, improvement and modernisation of heating networks in numerous Lithuanian cities.
- Representing the Chinese company Junefield Gold Investments Limited in an investment treaty claim against Ecuador arising out of the expropriation of its concession rights in a gold and silver mine in Ecuador.