Paul H. Cohen is among the world’s foremost international arbitration practitioners, with extensive experience representing investors, sovereign states, and multinational corporations in high-stakes cross-border disputes. He has appeared before all major arbitral institutions and in ad hoc arbitrations worldwide, particularly in the energy, financial, and technology sectors.

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

Advocacy in institutional and ad hoc proceedings worldwide

Experience across energy, mining, technology, aviation, and infrastructure

Representation of investors and states in treaty and commercial arbitrations

Notable Arbitration Experience

Representative Matters

High-Profile Result

$15 Billion Arbitral Award (2022)

Read here about the largest unconsolidated arbitral award in history, won by Paul in 2022.

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Investment treaty claim against the Asian government in connection with petroleum resources
Defense of East Asian government in investment treaty arbitration against British and Saudi bankers
Defence of the claim by investor against African government
Parallel commercial and investment treaty mining claim
Annulment proceeding for the State against oilfield developer

African offshore unitization claim
Prosecution of claim by gas-to-liquids entity in the Caribbean
A claim by European oil company against seller of refinery
Defense of claim by parastatal entity against alternative energy concern

Multi-billion-dollar ad hoc arbitration contract claim involving lessees of commercial interests
Aircraft manufacturer in dispute with a European military purchaser
Defence of a plastics manufacturer against an acquirer of a plant in Brazil
Defence of a claim by a European pharmaceutical company against the owner of a rival entity

Silicon chip manufacturers in international disputes involving Singapore, Vietnam, and China
Fraud-related telecommunications claim by Brazilian entity against Italian entity