The Legal 500 puts the Debevoise International Arbitration practice “in a class of its own in the U.S., and among the top 5 internationally.” The American Lawyer ranks it part of the “Litigation Department of the Year.”
Donald Francis Donovan
Lord Goldsmith QC
David W. Rivkin
Debevoise named in the top band for International Arbitration, Public International Law and Dispute Resolution
It is really an all star team […] each individual is a star. It really is something to see them in action.
This is an exceptional firm […] one of the top three best arbitration firms in the world.
[O]utstanding international platform. They are tremendously strong globally. One of their differentiators is that their team is very diverse, with members of many nationalities and origins. This allows them to successfully take cases involving many different jurisdictions.
They provide top-notch analysis and their ability to bring in their expertise in both public and private international law is invaluable. They gave us an incredible amount of time and attention and the highest-quality legal advice.
—Chambers Global, 2019-2020
The firm is “super responsive” and offers “strategic thinking and advice.”
As a client you “feel extremely well supported and in excellent hands.”
—GAR 30, 2019
Very obviously stands out as being one of the best. It understands how to do things internationally and create a team that works well together.
—Chambers Europe, 2019
Debevoise lawyers are stellar advocates; the firm has a particular strength in both written and oral advocacy. Their performance is outstanding.
—Chambers USA, 2019
International Arbitration Firm of the Year
—Benchmark Litigation U.S. Awards 2019
The Debevoise International Dispute Resolution Group is a global leader with an extraordinary win record that has racked up some of the largest awards in the world for its clients. Indeed, Global Arbitration Review remarked, “If any team has consistently brought home “the big results,” it seems to be Debevoise.” In 2018, we handled more than 120 international matters, in over 30 countries. Spanning Debevoise’s New York, London, Paris, Moscow and Hong Kong offices, the practice’s lawyers are fluent in more than 30 languages and trained and qualified under a host of common law and civil law systems.
Lawyers in the practice handle a broad range of matters, including international commercial and treaty arbitration, public international law and complex commercial litigation. Just as diverse is its industry experience, which spans energy and natural resources, manufacturing, mining, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and many others.
Twelve members of the team are ranked in one of the major directories, including two Debevoise partners who are among Chambers Global’s top 10 practitioners in the field for 2019. The Group also has a next generation of partners with remarkable talent and consistent world-class rankings. Debevoise lawyers hold leadership roles with virtually every major arbitration body in the world. They do not just know today’s law; they are shaping tomorrow’s.
Flexible in approach, cost-effective and readily able to adjust resources to changing circumstances, the practice can efficiently meet the full range of client needs in high-stakes matters. Debevoise’s Protocol to Promote Efficiency in International Arbitration, first issued in 2010, has now become an industry benchmark.
Debevoise’s collaborative culture gives clients the benefit of the full firm’s resources. Partners in the International Dispute Resolution Group work closely together on disputes, and seamlessly among offices and other practices inside the firm. In addition, the firm’s network of external contacts includes leading local counsel and other experts in North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.
The Debevoise International Arbitration Clause Handbook provides a standard framework for drafting arbitration clauses in international contracts to help reduce the possibility of disagreements regarding jurisdiction, provide greater clarity in enforcement, promote greater efficiency and preserve the business relationship between parties if a conflict arises. The Handbook suggests language, and underlying strategic considerations, for a range of special circumstances—including multi-party and multi-contract transactions, confidentiality, and state-owned counterparties—to allow the parties to tailor their arbitration clause to their specific commercial goals.
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The Debevoise Efficiency Protocol (2018) offers more than 25 specific practices to help streamline and focus arbitration proceedings, from the formation of the tribunal to the hearing and potential settlement. First published in 2010 and recognized as a benchmark in the field, the updated Debevoise Efficiency Protocol (2018) reflects the firm’s experience and evolving insights into how parties can take advantage of arbitration’s inherent flexibility, and thus control costs and duration, to achieve their strategic goals without compromising the fairness of the process.
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Protocolo de Eficiencia de Debevoise (2018)
The Debevoise Protocol to Promote Cybersecurity in International Arbitration was created to address the threat cyberattacks can pose to the integrity of the international arbitration process. Recognized by The Financial Times as a leading example of legal innovation, the Cybersecurity Protocol identifies specific procedures for establishing secure protocols for transfer of sensitive information at the outset of proceedings, limiting disclosure and use of sensitive information, and developing procedures for disclosing data breaches if they do happen.
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