We are frequently engaged to assist in international litigation and arbitration as either special counsel or expert witness on public international law, conflicts of law or choice of law issues. In this capacity, we have been involved in litigation in the courts of numerous countries. Timothy Scrantom is the founder of the annual Institute for Transnational Dispute Resolution, based in Gray's Inn.
The following illustrate the breadth of our international litigation and arbitration experience:
- Acting as International law advisors in numerous terrorism cases, including those involving the Lockerbie bombing and international financiers of terrorism.
- Providing strategic litigation advice to the owners of a foreign port facility following the attempted government expropriation of its assets in the Republic of Panama.
- Representing Fortune 500 companies in presenting claims before the US-Iran Claims Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands.
- Designing a law-oriented international media campaign to counter negative press in connection with a highly publicized murder trial in a Caribbean nation.
- Coordinating strategy in litigation pending simultaneously in three European countries and the Caribbean between a financial institution and a pharmaceutical company, resulting in a US $700 million asset sequestration.
- Providing strategic advice to lawyers representing foreign investor-immigrants in landmark case against the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), resulting in Congressional action overturning regulatory decisions affecting the plaintiffs.
- Advising on international service of process, discovery and judgment enforcement issues in scores of U.S. cases in state and federal courts.
Other specific examples of our experience in public and private international litigation and arbitration are mentioned under other Fields of Practice.