Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP possesses a fully integrated international litigation and arbitration practice, which provides it with the ability to utilize the same groups to handle arbitral disputes and connected judicial proceedings, including enforcement matters. Well-balanced between commercial and investor-state disputes, the group frequently lands key roles in multi-jurisdictional, high-stakes cases, with strong recent showings in the energy, technology, aerospace, financial services and manufacturing spheres. Julie Bédard heads the international litigation and arbitration group for the Americas and divides her practice between New York and São Paulo; she recently paired with up-and-coming partner Jennifer Permesly—also in New York—to represent Brazil’s Embraer, and its related entities, in a headline-grabbing $4.2bn ICDR case against Boeing. Additional recommended names in New York are global department head John Gardiner, who has extensive experience in commercial and investor-state cases; Timothy Nelson, who acts for sovereign and corporate clients on sensitive public international law issues and is currently advising a major energy company on an $8bn investment treaty claim; and Gregory Litt, who handles a varied mix of arbitral and judicial disputes.