Investment Treaty Arbitration

Sidley represents clients in international trade and investment treaty disputes before a wide array of international tribunals. For an overview of investment treaties and investment treaty arbitration, click here. We also help our clients leverage international law to deal successfully with the legal and diplomatic challenges of cross-border disputes.

Of particular note is Sidley’s substantial practice in the high-profile field of “investor-state” arbitration, where we have one of the largest dockets of any firm. Sidley represents multinational companies as claimants and governments as respondents in disputes arising under international trade agreements and investment treaties. Members of the Sidley team serve as arbitrators and counsel in international arbitrations, and as investment policy advisors to governments around the world. They have also served in government as negotiators of international investment treaties.

The international arbitration team also advises Sidley’s corporate clients on structuring transactions to take advantage of the protections and arbitration options that investment treaties have to offer.

Our global dispute settlement team includes individuals who have served as:

• Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs in the Administration of George W. Bush. 
• General Counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. 
• Senior Counsel for Dispute Settlement in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. 
• Director-General of the Andean Community responsible for trade dispute settlement. 
• Deputy Agent of the United States to the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague. 
• Panelists in bi-national panel reviews under the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement.

For a list of Investment Treaty publications, click here.

• BITs 101
• Investor-State Arbitral Appointments
• Recent Investor-State Arbitrations

• European Court of Justice Strikes Down Capital Transfer Guarantees in Bilateral Investment Treaties
  April 2, 2009
• New Protections for ASEAN Investors
  April 1, 2009

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• Senior White House International Economic Advisor Rejoins Sidley Austin LLP
  February 11, 2009
• Sidley Partner Stanimir Alexandrov Profiled in The George Washington University Law School's International and Comparative Law Perspectives
  Fall 2008

• Wider Prospects for ICSID Arbitration Under China’s BITs
  2010
• The European Commission and Investment Treaties
  2010