International Commercial Arbitration & Disputes

At Akin, we intelligently and relentlessly focus on opportunities that increase your chance of prevailing.

Our lawyers are recognized global elite thought leaders in international commercial arbitration & disputes, who have acted on groundbreaking issues in some of the largest and highest-value arbitrations in the world.

We represent an elite client base in complex cross-border disputes throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Americas and in Asia Pacific.

We pride ourselves on strategic creativity and a laser focus on the issues that will turn the outcome. The result: practical, business-focused advice delivered efficiently and with purpose.

Representative Matters

 

• Acting for one of the largest activist funds in the world in an M&A dispute concerning breach of warranty claims arising from the acquisition of a major UK real estate company.
• Acting for a West-African government in an UNCITRAL arbitration and expert determination proceedings concerning a tariff adjustment under an offshore mooring agreement.
• Acting for a Spanish chemicals company in four coordinated LCIA arbitrations against two Uzbek state-owned entities over a pair of fertilizer production ventures.
• Acting for a leading energy company in an arbitration relating to design and construction defects in a hydrocarbon facility in Latin America.
• Acting for a Texan manufacturer of automotive aerosol products in an ICC arbitration concerning a non‑functional production plant.