Foley Hoag LLP

With a strong record in state-side representations, Foley Hoag LLP’s thriving international arbitration practice specializes in investment disputes, where it acts for nations worldwide. The team has successfully represented over 80 sovereign clients in multimillion-dollar disputes across all key industries, including recently scoring a victory for Nepal in its first-ever investment arbitration, which was brought under the UK-Nepal BIT. The firm also houses a solid commercial arbitration offering that frequently acts for corporations and state-owned entities in contractual disputes. Washington DC-based Constantinos Salonidis co-chairs the international litigation and arbitration department globally and has represented a string of European, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American states in investment treaty arbitrations. Salonidis notably co-led the Nepal case together with fellow Washington DC-based partners Lawrence Martin and Tafadzwa Pasipanodya. Other recommended counsel in DC include Kenneth Figueroa and Clara Brillembourg, who together co-chair the Latin America practice, as well as Derek Smith and associate Sudhanshu Roy. From New York, Christina Hioureas also co-chairs the global group and additionally heads the firm’s United Nations practice; she is currently playing leading roles in cases on behalf of Croatia and Bangladesh. Daniel Schimmel, whose practice spans international dispute resolution and international corruption investigations, heads the group in New York.