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Peter Sherwin is head of the International Arbitration Group and a Partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department. He is resident in the New York office and frequently works out of the Paris office.

His practice focuses on acting as counsel in complex cross-border commercial disputes, usually involving an acquisition, distribution relationship or joint venture, about half of which are resolved in international arbitration and half in courts in the United States. He also has significant sports industry experience. Additionally, Peter serves as an arbitrator in proceedings before the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Chambers USA ranks Peter as one of the top International Arbitration lawyers nationwide, noting he has a “sterling reputation” and “clients are full of praise.”

Recent matters include:

  • Represented sanofi-aventis in a Swiss Rules arbitration in Zurich with U.S. pharmaceutical company Watson concerning the expiration of distribution and supply rights to a major drug that generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue annually
  • Represents Colgate-Palmolive in a series of ICC arbitrations in Geneva with one of its North African distributors and local manufacturers arising out of the termination and wrapping-up of their business relationship
  • Represents Norex Petroleum as plaintiff in a U.S.$1.5 billion RICO dispute in New York federal court concerning the takeover of a Russian oil company, successfully reinstating all claims on appeal to the Second Circuit
  • Represented professional hockey star Alexander Ovechkin in a proceeding brought by his former Russian team under the NY Convention attempting to enjoin him from playing based upon a Russian arbitration award. The federal court in Washington D.C. rejected the club’s petition and Ovechkin went on that season to be named NHL Rookie of the Year.
  • Obtained a complete victory for the principal owner of the Florida Marlins professional baseball club in an ICDR arbitration and companion RICO lawsuit brought by his limited partners. The claimants sought over US$210 million stemming from myriad fraud and other claims, but, after a multi-month hearing, the tribunal rejected all of the claims, vindicating the client.

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