ISDS & Commercial Arbitration Counsel for Global Investors

Protect foreign investments through treaty planning, funding strategy, investment and commercial arbitration, asset tracing, and award enforcement.

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Leveling the Playing Field in Emerging & Global Markets

When your company operates across borders—particularly in Eurasia, the CIS, and emerging markets—your capital faces risk from two distinct directions: host governments and international business partners.

Whether a state abruptly alters a regulatory framework and expropriates your assets, or a multi-million-dollar joint venture collapses due to a breach of contract, relying on unfamiliar local courts is rarely a viable strategy. I help global investors and multinational corporations bypass domestic court systems entirely. Using international commercial arbitration (ICC, LCIA, SCC) and investment treaty arbitration (ICSID, UNCITRAL), I help secure your leverage, protect your assets, and drive disputes toward a favorable settlement or a binding, globally enforceable damages award.

Actionable Breaches & Dispute Resolution

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Cross-Border Commercial Disputes:

Resolving high-stakes breaches of international contracts, joint venture breakdowns, shareholder disputes, and post-M&A conflicts under the rules of major arbitral institutions (ICC, LCIA, SCC, UNCITRAL).
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Expropriation (Direct & Indirect):

Challenging the outright seizure of assets, as well as "creeping" expropriation through crippling regulations, forced sales, or targeted tax penalties by state actors.
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Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET):

Holding states accountable when they violate your legitimate business expectations, act arbitrarily, or radically alter the legal framework you relied upon to invest.
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State Contracts & Infrastructure:

Enforcing stabilization clauses, concession agreements, and state guarantees in complex energy, mining, and telecommunications projects.

From Harm to Global Enforcement

Phase 1: Early Assessment & Funding

Conducting rapid viability assessments for both commercial and treaty claims, and structuring the case for third-party litigation funding to remove legal spend from your balance sheet.

Phase 2: The "Trigger Letter" & Escalation

Drafting the formal letter to trigger mandatory cooling-off periods under investment treaties, if relevant, often forcing counter-parties or states to the negotiating table before formal arbitration begins.

Phase 3: Tribunal Advocacy

Leading the overarching legal strategy and litigating the merits before international tribunals, bridging the gap between Western evidentiary standards and regional business realities.

Phase 4: Asset Tracing & Enforcement

Utilizing international treaties to monetize arbitral awards, as well as rely on local specialists to trace assets and enforce arbitral awards in US Federal Courts and jurisdictions worldwide.

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Whether you are facing a breach by an international business partner or state interference with your investment, immediate strategic assessment is critical to preserving your rights.

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Consultations available in English, Russian, and Ukrainian.

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