USA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Matthew Kirtland, Denton Nichols and Courtney Hikawa Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP provides the full scope of legal services to the world’s pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions. The global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across more than 50 locations worldwide, including Washington, DC, London, Houston, New York, To - ronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Paris and Sydney, covering Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. With its global business principles of quality, unity
and integrity, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognised for its client service in key industries, including finan - cial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets. The firm’s key practice areas include international arbitration; cross-border litiga - tion; corporate; M&A and securities; cybersecurity and data privacy; energy; environmental, social and governance (ESG); and intellectual property.
Authors
Matthew Kirtland is the co-partner-in- charge and head of the disputes and litigation group in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington, DC office.
Spanish, French and Portuguese, Denton is regularly called upon to lead matters requiring facility with non-English-speaking clients, witnesses and governing law, particularly for disputes involving Latin America, where he has lived and studied extensively.
Nearing 30 years in practice, Matthew is consistently recognised as one of the top lawyers in his field, being ranked in Band 1 by Chambers for International Arbitration. He focuses exclusively on dispute resolution, with an emphasis on international arbitration and cross- border and transnational litigation. He has represented corporate and individual clients from a diverse range of business sectors, and has handled proceedings before all the major arbitral institutions.
Courtney Hikawa is senior counsel in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington, DC office and a versatile international arbitration practitioner with deep expertise in investor-state and commercial disputes. She represents
cross-border investors and sovereign governments before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and its Additional Facility, and in UNCITRAL proceedings. Her experience spans disputes arising under bilateral investment treaties, government contracts and free trade agreements, including NAFTA and CAFTA-DR. Courtney also handles commercial arbitrations under the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Fluent in French, Spanish and Japanese, she brings multilingual capabilities to high-stakes disputes.
Denton Nichols is deputy head of Norton Rose Fulbright’s US international arbitration practice, and is based in the Houston office. He is best known for his representation of clients in the energy, petrochemical,
manufacturing and mining industries, having successfully prosecuted and defended numerous arbitrations whose combined values in controversy total in the billions of dollars. A fluent speaker of
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