Practice Areas & Industries: Winston & Strawn LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Clients defending or prosecuting international disputes need a law firm with experienced and dedicated international arbitration practitioners. Winston & Strawn is recognized as having one of the world's leading practices in this demanding field.

The firm has successfully represented parties in many of the largest and most complex disputes involving Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States; highly detailed construction and infrastructure project disputes; as well as in a wide variety of commercial disputes in Europe and elsewhere.

The firm's international arbitration group is composed of experienced practitioners located throughout its European and U.S. offices. Our attorneys have strong ties to key institutions and many have served in such institutions or as arbitrators, providing our clients with the knowledge and contacts that can be essential to the successful prosecution of a case.

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Our international arbitration attorneys accordingly have extensive experience with all the major arbitration and international claims institutions and rules, including:

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

We have litigated commercial, construction, and investor-state matters 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 and arbitration 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. Four of our partners are listed in Chambers Global The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and in Euromoney’s Guide to Experts in Commercial Arbitration.

Representative Matters
 
Moscow Office Representative Matters
Winston & Strawn's Moscow office has been focusing its practice in the areas of international capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, international arbitration, and litigation.      
 
International Arbitration - Commercial Disputes
The firm's international arbitration practice has acted for clients in a wide variety of commercial or contract disputes, both large and medium-sized.      
 
International Arbitration - Construction Disputes
The firm's international arbitration practice has represented parties in highly detailed construction and infrastructure project disputes.      
 
International Arbitration - Large, Multi-Jurisdictional Disputes
Winston received seven mentions and was among the top 12 law firms in AmLaw’s 2005 “Arbitration Scorecard” of 100 major arbitration disputes.      
 
Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing GmbH & CoKG v. Lineas Aereas Azteca, S.A. de C.V.
Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing G
Winston & Strawn represented Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing, a major German aircraft leasing concern, in a claim against Lineas Aereas Azteca, a Mexican commercial airline, relating to the respondent’s non-performance of the terms of two Boeing 737 purchase agreements and to its unlawful continued possession and operation of the aircraft without paying compensation to the claimant. This dispute, which was tried in English and Spanish, involved a wide range of issues on procedural, substantive, and conflict of laws, under German and Mexican laws as well as ICC Rules of Arbitration. The ICC issued a final arbitral award granting Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing all of the relief it requested.