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International Arbitration

Bird & Bird’s International Arbitration Group has consistently featured in The Global Arbitration Review 100, where it has been recognised for having "represented numerous high-profile names and organisations".

Bird & Bird's International Arbitration Group is a cross-border, integrated, multi-disciplinary team with an in-depth knowledge of arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism and a comprehensive understanding of key industry sectors. The group has a truly international feel, operating throughout all of the major financial and arbitral centres in the world.

Our team includes partners and associates based across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. We have advised and acted for clients on arbitrations in London, New York, Switzerland, Paris, Singapore, Shanghai, The Hague, Madrid, Milan, Stockholm, Santiago, and Warsaw, amongst others, on disputes governed by the laws of New York, England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, and Singapore.

We have acted on complex and high-value commercial arbitrations around the globe, as well as on investment treaty claims acting on behalf of investors and defending host states.

We have extensive experience under the rules of the world's leading arbitral institutions (ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, CIETAC, ICSID, WIPO, SIAC, SCC, DIS, DIFC-LCIA, HKIAC, AIAC, and Swiss Rules) and in ad hoc arbitrations (including UNCITRAL).

As an international team of experts in international arbitration and foreign investment law, we are able to provide our clients with an appreciation of the laws and procedures in jurisdictions local to the dispute, ensuring access to legal advice as well as representation at all stages of the proceedings. This includes jurisdictional and merit phases, applications relating to protective measures in support of arbitral proceedings, as well as enforcement or annulment of arbitral awards.

Our International Arbitration Group is recommended, and many of our lawyers ranked as leading individuals across our key sectors, in the leading legal directories including The Legal 500, Chambers, Benchmark Litigation and Who's Who Legal.

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Stopped in its tracks: the Environment Agency's application under section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to preserve 'assets' from HS2 earthworks is derailed by the TCC

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Accolades

‘B&B is very good at using arbitration for IP disputes, and has lots of experience of the process.’

Legal 500 UK 2022

‘They are very easy to work with, efficient, and on top of their brief.’

Legal 500 UK 2022

Bird & Bird LLP 'acts in complex and high-value arbitrations in sectors such as technology, telecoms and life sciences, and in addition to commercial arbitration the group advises on investor-state arbitrations.'

Legal 500 UK 2020

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Bird & Bird advises Intaj Capital Limited and three businesses in the Ras El Khayma Free Zone Authority in the UAE, securing an award of USD 37 million (approx.) by Paris-seated tribunal

Jul 29 2021

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Work Highlights

CPC v Ukrnafta OJSC: Complete retrial of all issues dealt with in Stockholm arbitration, including allegations of fraud, validity of agreements, and corporate identities. Complex uses of Delaware company law, Ukrainian Civil Law, Ukrainian Criminal Law and Swedish Civil laws. Strike out of fraud allegations and detailed guidance on s103 Arbitration Act and the test for triggering discretion on public policy.

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Acting for US biotech company in ad hoc arbitration proceedings against a UK pharmaceutical company relating to joint development agreement and allegations of you misuse of trade secrets and obtaining secret profit. value $150m.

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Representing the Claimants (a UK investor and a Sri Lankan private limited company) in an investment treaty arbitration (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/25) against the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The dispute was in respect of a planned 5 star international hotel project in Sri Lanka.

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Acting for a major multinational telecommunications company in a multi-billion dollar ICC arbitration relating to a global licensing dispute.

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Advising in relation to a dispute certain mining management and technical services agreements for rubies and graphite projects in Mozambique.

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Acting as Co-Counsel in a dispute between and individual and two U.S. companies against an individual and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in relation to expropriation of an investment in an energy project in Vietnam.

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Representing a Southeast Asian airline company in a multi-million US$ SIAC arbitration arising from the termination of a series of long-term aviation contracts.

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Acting for a European telecommunications multinational corporation in a US$40 million CIETAC arbitration arising out of a dispute over the termination of a joint venture with a Chinese state-owned entity in Beijing.

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CPC v Ukrnafta OJSC: Complete retrial of all issues dealt with in Stockholm arbitration, including allegations of fraud, validity of agreements, and corporate identities. Complex uses of Delaware company law, Ukrainian Civil Law, Ukrainian Criminal Law and Swedish Civil laws. Strike out of fraud allegations and detailed guidance on s103 Arbitration Act and the test for triggering discretion on public policy.

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Lead counsel in a US$160 million ICSID arbitration claim against Sri Lanka arising from the alleged expropriation of a large renewable solar/wind project.