BakerHostetler represents corporate and state clients across the full range of commercial and investor-state cases globally. The team’s arbitral experience is underpinned by a robust enforcement capability and it is widely recognized for its expertise in locating assets worldwide. Houston’s Sashe Dimitroff spearheads the practice globally and DC-based Analia Gonzalez heads the Latin America team. Additionally, Kenneth Reisenfeld, based in DC, leads the investor-state arbitration offering. In New York, international litigation head Gonzalo Zeballos also handles a significant volume of international arbitration work. Mark Cymrot has retired.
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Key clients
- Latam Hydro LLC and CH Mamacocha
- Resolute Forest Products
- Empresa Siderurgica Del Mutun
- True Blue Development
- ITG Brands, Commonwealth Brands, Liggett Group, Japan Tobacco USA, and others
- China Telecom Global and China Telecom (Americas) Corp.
- Hydra-Pro Dutch Harbor
- Pyrotek
- Evoqua Water Technologies, successor to Siemens Industry
- Superior Energy Services (as well as its subsidiaries Superior Energy LLC and Integrated Products Services)
- Blackhawk Network, Blackhawk Network Holdings, and Blackhawk Network (Canada)
Work highlights
- Successfully represented True Blue Development in an ICSID dispute against Grenada arising from the improper termination of the funding mechanism used to construct and develop a Kimpton luxury hotel project.
- Acted for Towra SA-SPF, a Luxembourg investor, in a claim alleging that the Republic of Slovenia destroyed its €60m investment in Premogovnik Velenje, a majority-state-owned company that operates the Velenje coal mine.
- Represented Latam Hydro, and its Peruvian subsidiary CH Mamacocha, in an $80m ICSID dispute, and related local arbitration, with the Republic of Peru.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Analia Gonzalez, Kenneth Reisenfeld, Sashe Dimitroff, Gonzalo Zeballos