robert wray PLLC (RW) is a specialized law firm with a focus on arbitrations relating to large international infrastructure projects, political risk insurance, investment treaty disputes and breach of government commercial agreements.
RW offers comprehensive advisory assistance and representation at all stages of investment disputes and arbitration proceedings, including:
- Structuring arbitration provisions in agreements;
- Representing clients in the initial stages of trade and investment disputes, including evaluation of arbitration claims, development of dispute resolution strategies and negotiation and settlement of disputes under informal and institutional proceedings;
- Designation of party-appointed arbitrators and expert witnesses;
- Presentation of claims relating to investment disputes and political risk insurance;
- Preparation and submission of arbitration pleadings; and
- Representation in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
RW attorneys have experience in advising private investors in disputes arising out of concession agreements and other state contracts (conducted under the rules of major international arbitral institutions) and have also represented respondent states in a variety of arbitration proceedings, including investor-state arbitrations under NAFTA and bilateral investment treaties as well as state- to-state arbitrations under the rules of the World Trade Organization. Members of the RW team have also acted as arbitrators, advisers and witnesses in political risk insurance arbitrations.