International Arbitration

Our international arbitration practice includes attorneys in our Geneva, London, Paris, Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York, and Los Angeles offices who have participated in international arbitration proceedings under all of the major international arbitration rules.

Winston & Strawn attorneys have handled international arbitration matters worldwide—before tribunals sitting in Geneva, London, Paris, Washington, D.C., New York, Zurich, Stockholm, The Hague, Brussels, Miami, Singapore, and other cities. These matters have ranged from some of the largest and most complex multi-jurisdictional disputes in the world, to mid-sized, straightforward commercial arbitrations, and a variety of mediation proceedings.

Our attorneys also serve as chairs of arbitral tribunals and as party-appointed arbitrators in international arbitrations in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, and are frequent lecturers and authors in the field. Additionally, four of the firm’s attorneys are listed in Chambers Global The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and in Euromoney’s Guide to Experts in Commercial Arbitration.

The firm has extensive experience with arbitration and international claims fora, including:

• International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
• Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
• International Maritime Arbitration Organization (ICC/CMI Rules)
• London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
• American Arbitration Association (AAA)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
• Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
• London Maritime Arbitrator’s Association
• Swiss Chambers arbitration under the “Swiss Rules of International Arbitration”
• Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC)
• United Nations Compensation Commission
• Ad Hoc arbitrations under UNCITRAL Rules and under a variety of national legal systems