England - London • Dispute resolution
Baker Botts (UK) LLP
With longstanding experience in representing both investors and states in investor-state disputes, Baker Botts (UK) LLP is best known for its energy arbitration credentials. The London team also houses experts in Latin America and Middle East matters. Johannes Koepp is experienced in multi-jurisdictional disputes arising out of the energy, telecoms and financial services industries; Alejandro Escobar regularly acts in heavyweight investor-state arbitrations; and Dorine Farah 'does an excellent job'. Special counsel David Turner also acts in significant international arbitrations.
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Testimonials
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‘The practice is very good across the board.’
‘If a company intends to engage Baker Botts it can be assured that it will find a professional team that is highly committed to its client.'
‘This team has found an excellent balance of being extremely collaborative and robustly challenging.'
'A real pleasure to work with and their understanding of cases is encyclopaedic.’
‘Johannes Koepp is an outstanding partner.'
‘Alejandro Escobar's personalised treatment, vast expertise, extraordinary understanding of the issues involved, and sharpness in developing strong arguments, make the service provided by him exceptional.’
'Dorine Farah does an excellent job. She has a remarkable ability to keep her eye on the ball in terms of what is important, and has the wisdom to capture both the big picture and the details.’
'David Turner is an exceptional special counsel.’
Key clients
- Republic of Iraq
- PJSC Mobile TeleSystems
- Republic of Ecuador
- Samsung Engineering
Work highlights
- Acting for the Republic of Iraq in a $1bn ICSID arbitration brought by German investor AHG Industry GmbH & Co (obtaining summary dismissal of all the investor’s claims on jurisdictional grounds).
- Acting for MTS, one of Europe’s largest mobile telecoms network operators, in an ongoing $2bn ICSID additional facility BIT claim against the Government of Turkmenistan.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Johannes Koepp