Latham & Watkins

According to one client, Latham & Watkins is ‘simply the best law firm around when it comes to investment treaty arbitration’. The London team advises on a range of public international law issues, including international boundary law and Law of the Sea disputes, as well as investment treaty and international trade law, sanctions, sovereign immunity, international humanitarian legislation, and human rights law. It also acts for states in major investment treaty arbitrations. The practice is headed by Charles Claypoole, who is ’one of the London market’s most knowledgeable and experienced public international law practitioners’. Claypoole is particularly focused on investment treaty arbitration, international trade law, and state immunity issues. The team also includes Sophie Lamb KC, who has an enviable track record in successfully representing investors and sovereign states in investment treaty disputes; Robert Price, whose workload encompasses investment treaty arbitrations, international trade, export control law and international trade sanctions; and investment treaty arbitration expert Samuel Pape. Other names to note are Thomas Lane, ‘a star of the future’; and Isuru Devendra, who acts in disputes concerning investment treaties, free trade agreements, national investment laws, and joint venture agreements.