Dentons‘ compact Parisian team works closely with the firm’s international offices in managing investment disputes or matters raising sovereignty and states’ assets protection issues. The firm assists states and companies and also handles commercial arbitration. It is involved in several high-stakes cases on behalf of Venezuela, particularly relating to the oil sector. The practice is led globally by Anna Crevon-Tarassova.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Dentons' team are soundly skilled in high-value matters and combine their technical quality with a very well-structured network of local teams that allow them to provide the client with the best service all over the world.’
- ‘Anna Crevon-Tarassova is a highly recommended lawyer in cross-border dispute resolution matters and in international arbitration in particular. Her diversified international training and her extensive experience with several jurisdictions, along with her ability to speak several languages and her natural grace, provides her with the best tools to take any challenge and achieve another victory.’
- ‘Anna Crevon-Tarassova is extremely diligent and thoughtful and produces valuable strategic and tactical advice.’
- ‘Anna provides reliable and straightforward advice based on her exceptional capacity to deal with a large variety of different jurisdictions.’
- ‘Anna Crevon-Tarassova and her team are able to understand complex multi-party disputes and set the strategic direction. The team is diligent, tenacious, highly specialized and hardworking. They have the bandwidth to handle multi-billion cases with aplomb.’
- ‘Anna Crevon-Tarassova is excellent - very responsive, experienced, to the point.'
Key clients
- Misen Enterprises AB
- Petróleos de Venezuela S.A (PDVSA)
Work highlights
Representing Misen in an ICSID arbitration against Ukraine brought under the Ukraine-Sweden Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Represented Petróleos de Venezuela S.A in a dispute related to the termination by the Government of Curaçao and Curaçao’s state-owned refinery of a 35-year contractual relationship pertaining to the supply and refining of crude oil on Curaçao.
Practice head
Anna Crevon-Tarassova