International Litigation

V&E’s experience includes:

• Litigating complex, cross-border commercial disputes through to judgment and appellate stages;
• Establishing jurisdiction in the U.S. federal courts;
• Establishing or defeating personal jurisdiction over non-U.S. corporations in the U.S. courts;
• Obtaining or resisting discovery (in the U.S.) with respect to non-U.S. companies, and the use of §1782 actions to obtain discovery to support non-U.S. litigations and arbitrations
• Enforcing contractual forum selection clauses and obtaining dismissals based on forum non conveniens;
• Applying the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act/State Immunity Act in litigation involving other nations or their state-owned companies;
• Securing stays of litigation based on international arbitration agreements;
• Enforcing arbitration awards and judgments in courts in the U.S., the UK, and the DIFC, and supervising enforcement proceedings in other countries; and
• Advising companies in complex, multiparty projects concerning the formation of arbitration agreements to bring all interested parties into a single proceeding.

In addition to prosecuting and defending claims for our clients once disputes arise, V&E’s Disputes team also assists with strategic counselling. In particular, we advise non-U.S. companies regarding how to structure their affairs to reduce the risk of U.S. litigation and advise companies as to how to build effective dispute resolution strategies that will lead not just to a favorable judgment, but an enforceable one. In addition to appearing in court directly, our coordination of international litigation work spans the globe. Relevant nations have included Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela