Vinson & Elkins LLP

Vinson & Elkins LLP‘s international arbitration practice specializes in disputes involving energy, infrastructure development, and technology. Members of the team are particularly skilled at handling international energy and construction disputes, as well as ICSID annulment proceedings involving bilateral investment treaties, and advising on hydrocarbon developers’ rights. In Houston, team head James Loftis is noted for his expertise in both commercial and investor-state disputes, and arbitrations involving energy, construction, and infrastructure development. Loftis is joined at leadership level by New York-based Camilo Cardozo, who is particularly skilled at handling Latin American commercial arbitrations. In New York, the trilingual José F Sanchez regularly acts as lead counsel on high-profile bet-the company cases, and has vast experience of handling injunctive relief work, while in Houston Peter Danysh has knowledge of all major institutional rules.