Paul Mitchard QC, Alan Tsang

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

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The International Arbitration and Litigation Group of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates (Skadden) brings a vast breadth of knowledge and experience to the resolution of international disputes, including claims of expropriation and other investor/state disputes. Our lawyers have appeared before every major international arbitral institution, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations under UNCITRAL and other rules. In Asia, the team is led by Paul Mitchard QC, one of Skadden’s most experienced dispute resolution partners. Paul also leads the European practice and is co-head of Skadden’s global practice.

Our arbitration lawyers offer the full range of arbitration advice, including drafting arbitration agreements, conducting arbitrations and enforcing awards. The team in Asia is particularly experienced in cases involving different systems of national law, transnational law and public international law. Many of our lawyers are also bilingual (with fluency in Cantonese and Mandarin), are qualified in more than one jurisdiction and have significant experience practising international arbitration and litigation across multiple jurisdictions. The arbitration practice uses small, focused teams of lawyers for every case, providing a streamlined and cost-efficient service.

Skadden’s International Arbitration and Litigation team acts for sovereign states, banks, multinational companies and major institutions in the commercial, telecommunications, construction, energy and financial services fields. Some of our recent contentious work in Asia has included acting for the owner of a South East Asian pulp mill in a supplier dispute; a Chinese export corporation in the arbitration of contract claims against a US metal importer; and a joint venture in a dispute with a contractor regarding the construction of a power station in Asia.

In 2009, Skadden was named among the top firms in AmLaw’s ‘Arbitration Scorecard.’ In addition, several of our partners have been featured in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in International Arbitration; Chambers Global (for international arbitration); Best Lawyers in America and The International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitrators. They have served as arbitrators under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICDR/AAA, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.