International arbitration

Our international arbitration team provides accounting, financial and economic consulting, as well as expert witness services, to parties in arbitration proceedings involving complex business disputes.

We can help both clients and their legal advisers to investigate and understand the financial, economic and business consequences of a dispute, including breach of contract and construction disputes, acquisition disputes and claims under investment treaties.

Our accountants, investigators, financial experts, economists, engineers and surveyors and loss adjustors can condense, analyse and interpret significant volumes of data and present complex financial and technical findings clearly.

We have provided evidence in ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings around the world involving major arbitral bodies - AAA, ICC, LCIA, NAI, ICAC and CIETAC.

How we can support you

Potential issues

You face the following:

• A contract in which the dispute resolution mechanism stipulates international arbitration rather than litigation
• A dispute with a party from a different country
• A claim against a sovereign state or state owned entity that needs to be resolved by international arbitration
• A need to investigate and analyse a claim in a country using local knowledge of business/accounting practice
• A claim for loss of investment against a sovereign state under an investment treaty.

• Initial case assessment – objectively reviewing the merits of a claimant's or defendant's position from a financial standpoint, and providing an assessment of the possible recovery and exposure
• Strategy development - identifying key issues and the most appropriate strategy from a financial standpoint to analyse the claim.
• Disclosure/Discovery - identifying the documents that will provide the information relevant to the claim. Our forensic technology capability enables us to search electronic records, including e-mails
• Expert technical analysis - financial, accounting, economic or engineering analysis to support the liability and damages issues of the dispute
• Communication of the results - reporting on the results in writing, through graphical presentation or oral evidence. Knowledge of local customs and language can enhance the persuasiveness of these arguments
• Expert witness services - many of our partners and directors have given evidence in arbitration proceedings, trials and other hearings
• Tribunal appointed expert/tribunal member - we have acted as experts appointed by the tribunal. Partners have also acted as arbitrators.