International Arbitration

LECG international arbitration experts offer specialized insights to complex issues.

LECG offers a complete range of international arbitration services. We identify key issues, apply appropriate economic and financial theories, and use empirical techniques to develop independent and objective analyses and opinions. LECG experts are at the forefront, providing economic insights into regulatory, political risk insurance, and valuation issues underpinning international arbitration contract disputes. Our experts frequently testify on contract disputes between private investors and governments, involving issues like investors' expectations, complex regulatory issues, indirect expropriation issues, sovereign insurance claims and damages quantification in front of international arbitration panels throughout the world. Our experts are on the cutting edge of research in the field, and offer specialized insights in addressing these complex issues.

LECG international arbitration experts have extensive experience in all aspects of the international arbitration arena, evaluation of investors expectations, undertaking wide range discovery requests and responses, damages calculations, expert reports, and depositions and arbitration testimony. In addition, because many of our experts have held senior-level positions with government regulatory agencies or have consulted extensively on regulatory issues throughout the world, they possess first-hand knowledge of government decision-making processes. The considerable experience and notable qualifications of our international arbitration experts allow us to provide sophisticated and focused analyses on a diverse array of arbitration issues, and to present our analyses effectively and authoritatively.

LECG arbitration experts recently helped bring resolution on an airport expropriation case in Hungary in which they were lead economic experts. The tribunal report stated the following:

The tribunal would like to point out here that the LECG reports are, in the tribunal’s view, an example as to how damages calculations should be presented in international arbitration; they reflect a high degree of professionalism, clarity, integrity and independence by financial expert witnesses.

Source: Award in ADC Affiliate Limited and ADC & ADMC Management Limited v. Republic of Hungary (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/16)

Representative Engagements

• ADC Affiliate Limited and ADC & ADMC Management Limited v. Republic of Hungary
• Africa: Expert Advice in International Arbitration
• Analysis in Dispute Between Peruvian Beverage Company and Regional Bottler

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