Although international arbitration boutique practices barely existed a decade ago, there are now dozens of international arbitration boutique law firms throughout the world. A boutique law firm is a specialized legal practice composed of experts in a certain field of law.
The cost of arbitration legal services may be more competitive than those of large international corporate firms, and boutique firms tend to know their legal niche extremely well. International arbitration boutique Aceris Law LLC, for instance, offers attractive, capped legal fees for high-quality international arbitration legal representation, globally.
International arbitration boutiques focus solely on disputes capable of being resolved via arbitration and mediation, although some practices call themselves boutique arbitration practices while primarily practicing other fields of law and domestic litigation, which has different procedural rules.
Boutique arbitration practices are often based in cities that are popular seats of arbitration, such as Paris, London, Geneva or Singapore. Most boutique practices provide legal representation for clients in any jurisdiction, however, so firms in Geneva, Paris or London often serve as legal counsel for arbitrations with their seat in Singapore or New York, and the opposite is also true. As international arbitrations take place via correspondence except during oral hearings, which typically last one or two weeks (and are increasingly likely to take place online), there is rarely a need for clients to use a boutique arbitration practice located in a given location.
Some arbitration boutiques are just emerging or are in fact sole practitioners. Other arbitration boutiques are larger and better-established. Below is a comprehensive list of leading international arbitration boutique practices in the field of international arbitration, last updated in December 2020.
- Aceris Law LLC (Geneva, Paris, London, Singapore, Washington, DC)
- Adriana Braghetta Advogados (São Paulo)
- Alexandrow & Partners (Moscow, Sukhum)
- Alfredo De Jesús O. (Paris, Caracas)
- Almoguera Abogados (Madrid)
- Andreas Reiner & Partners (Vienna)
- Antuña & Partners (Madrid)
- Appleton Luff (Brussels, Geneva, Washington DC, Silicon Valley, Seattle, Warsaw, Singapore, Kampala)
- ArbLit (Milan)
- Archipel (Paris, Geneva)
- Armesto & Asociados (Madrid)
- B. Cremades & Asociados (Madrid)
- BeecheyArbitration (Hong Kong, London, Milan)
- Bélot Malan et Associés (Paris)
- Billiet & Co Lawyers (Brussels)
- Birch Reynardson & Co (Oxfordshire)
- Blanke Arbitration LLC (Dubai, London, Paris)
- Borris Hennecke Kneisel (Cologne)
- Bullard Falla Ezcurra (Lima)
- Busse Disputes (Frankfurt)
- Cabinet Betto Perben Pradel Filhol(Paris)
- Cabrera Cammarota PLLC (New York)
- Candey (London)
- Cartier Meyniel (Paris)
- Castineira Law (Paris)
- Cecil Abraham & Partners (Kuala Lumpur)
- Chaffetz Lindsey (New York)
- Chang Law (Los Angeles)
- Cooke, Young & Keidan (London)
- Dan Tan Law (Singapore, New York, San Francisco)
- Davinder Singh Chambers (Singapore)
- De Meulemeester & De Brabandere (Brussels)
- Dechamps International Law (London, Buenos Aires)
- Delaloa (Lisbon)
- Delos Dispute Resolution (Paris)
- Derains & Gharavi (Paris, Beirut)
- Diana Correa International (Bogotá)
- DJ Arbitraje (San José, Costa Rica, Miami)
- D|R Arbitration & Litigation (Rome, Milan)
- Enyo Law (London)
- Ferro Castro Neves Daltro & Gomide Advogados (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasilia)
- Fierville Ziadé (Paris)
- Fietta LLP(London)
- FloresRueda Abogados (Mexico City)
- Fortior Law (Geneva)
- Gabriel Arbitration (Zurich)
- Hanefeld (Hamburg, Paris)
- Hanotiau & van Den Berg (Brussels)
- Hendel IDR (Madrid)
- Hui Zhong Law Firm (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong)
- Humphries Kerstetter LLP (London)
- Huser Arbitration & Commercial Law (Basel)
- José María Alonso Abogados (Madrid)
- Kadelburger Law (Stockholm)
- Kirby (Paris)
- KL Partners (Seoul)
- Konrad Partners (Vienna, Skopje, Prague, London, Bratislava)
- Kulkov Kolotilov & Partners (Moscow)
- Laborde Law (Paris)
- Lalive (Geneva, Zurich, London)
- Laurent Cohen-Tanugi Avocats (Paris)
- Lazareff Le Bars (Paris, Brussels)
- Lévy, Kaufmann & Kohler (Geneva)
- Lex Arbitri (Mumbai)
- Lim Chee Wee Partnership (Kuala Lumpur)
- Lipman Karas (Adelaide, Hong Kong, London)
- Litredi (Mexico City)
- Lustenberger Rechtsanwälte (Zurich)
- Medici Law Firm (Paris)
- Meyer Fabre Avocats (Paris)
- Muriel Medici Franco Advogados (São Paulo)
- Norburg & Scherp (Stockholm)
- Núñez-Lagos Arbitration (Paris)
- Omnia Strategy LLP (London)
- Peter & Kim (Geneva, Bern, Seoul, Sydney, Singapore)
- Petsche Pollak (Vienna)
- Providence Law Asia (Singapore)
- Queritius (Budapest, Paris, Warsaw)
- Quist Solicitors (London)
- Rana IDRS (London)
- Rothorn Legal (Frankfurt, Zurich)
- Saadani & Associates (Rabat)
- Savoie Laporte (Montreal, Paris)
- Schiffer Hicks Johnson PLLC (Houston, Seattle)
- SDG International Law Firm (Milan, Bozen, Warsaw, La Romana)
- Seven Summits Arbitration (Munich)
- Shahid Law Firm (Egypt)
- Signature Litigation (London, Paris, Gibraltar)
- SR Shackleton LLP (London, Paris, Hong Kong, Dubai, Toronto)
- Teynier Pic (Paris)
- Thayananthan Baskaran (Kuala Lumpur, London)
- Three Crowns LLP (London, Paris, Washington DC, Manama)
- Todd Weiler (London, Ontario)
- Tomov & Tomov (Sofia)
- Tribe Arbitration (London)
- Vail Dispute Resolution (London)
- Valença Galíndez Arbitragem (São Paulo)
- Victoria Associates (Lisbon, Paris, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Seville, Athens)
- Volterra Fietta (London)
- Wagner Arbitration (Berlin)
- Westerberg & Partners (Stockholm)
- Woods (Montreal)
- Ysquare (Amsterdam)
- Zaiwalla & Co Solicitors (London)
- Zdeněk Nový Legal (Brno)
- Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich (New York, Vienna, London, Mexico City, Chicago, Houston, Sydney)
- Zuleta Abogados (Bogotá)