AZA attorneys have vigorously defended their clients in a variety of international arbitrations in both commercial and investor state settings with billions of dollars at stake. These arbitrations have been conducted under ad hoc rules, as well as under the rules of the ICC, AAA, and NASD and have involved claims ranging from fraud to breach of contract, as well as intellectual property disputes (including patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright). AZA has helped secure for their clients favorable results as both claimants and respondents.

Representative matters include:

• Represented major multinational oil and gas company in an ad hoc arbitration concerning issues regarding a unitization agreement and prevailed after a three-month final hearing.
• Represented a Denver businessman in an NASD arbitration against an international banking conglomerate, in a common-law holder’s fraud case over false advice about the quality of stock involving claims for $2 billion and secured a favorable settlement after a one-month hearing.
• Represented an African state in an ICSID dispute concerning disputed oil interests valued at over $1 billion. Award is confidential.
• Helped secure a $700 million dollar award for a satellite and telecommunications company against an Indian agency in a Delhi-seated ICC arbitration concerning the repudiation of a long-term lease agreement.
• Represented a gas pipeline group in an ad hoc arbitration against an international natural gas compression company involving major contract disputes and obtained an eight-figure settlement on the eve of the hearing before a panel of three former judges.
• Represented an Indonesian businessman in an ICC arbitration against an international engineering and construction firm, involving a contract to build a refinery in Kazakhstan with $80 million at stake. After a two-week hearing in Geneva, obtained a pay-nothing decision from the sole arbitrator.
• Represented an Atlanta businessman in an NASD arbitration against an international banking conglomerate, in a fraud case over false stock advice involving claims for $80 million and secured a favorable settlement during the hearing.

AZA’s attorneys have also been appointed as arbitrators on many occasions, including in an ad hoc arbitration involving international gas plant development contracts and related royalty issues in an African state involving claims for some $500 million, for which a final judgment was rendered after a three-week hearing.