Domestic and international arbitration, as an alternative and efficient conflict resolution tool, has grown amazingly during the last few years. Several factors have contributed to this amazing growth, including the advantages of the arbitration process itself, such as the celerity and simplicity of the arbitration procedure, the arbitrators’ specialized knowledge and devotion, the confidentiality of the conflict, foreseeability of costs, etc. Moreover, the growth of international trade has resulted in the establishment of a new Lex Mercatoria where businesspeople are free to agree to the rules of their contracts and usually agree to refer their conflicts to arbitration.

On the other hand, in the field of foreign investment, it has been absolutely necessary to protect foreign investment by entering into bilateral agreements (BITs or FTAs) or mulliteral agreements (MIGA, ICSID). In these international instruments, arbitration is also a tool to resolve investment-related conflicts.

Within this context, our Firm, aware of the highly specialized character of international arbitration, has set up a Practice Group that is exclusively engaged in meeting conflicts that are to be resolved via arbitration.

The lawyers who form part of this practice group are international arbitration experts and well-known arbitrators. Thatīs why they are in a capacity to provide legal advice on the conduct of arbitration procedures under the regulations governing the main arbitration centers worldwide, such as UNCITRAL, ICC, ICSID, etc. Consequently, they represent and defend the Firmīs clients in arbitration procedures and judicial proceedings that deal with arbitration issues; they are fully qualified to provide advice on the negotiation and drafting of arbitration clauses, which are the cornerstone of arbitration.