INTRODUCTION Contributed by: Gary Born and Matteo Angelini, WilmerHale WilmerHale has a global team of 500 litigators and controversy specialists who handle highly complex and sensitive matters in all aspects of litigation. The practice is geographically and substantively diverse – with 11 offices in the USA, Europe and Asia – and its lawyers appear in many types of proceedings with various pre-trial, trial and appellate objectives. The firm has played an integral role in some of the most significant recent cases in the US Supreme Court and other US courts, the ECJ, the English courts (includ-
ing the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court) and German national courts. Its experience covers a wide range of industry sectors, including fi- nance, software, IT, manufacturing, oil and gas, and aviation. The broad litigation practice is divided into several more specific practice areas: appellate and Supreme Court litigation, business trial group, gov- ernment and regulatory litigation, IP litigation, inter- national arbitration, international litigation, and white- collar defence and investigations.
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Gary Born is chair of the international arbitration group at WilmerHale, and also advises on the litigation of international disputes in US courts. Experienced in jurisdiction, enforcement of judgments, conflict of
Matteo Angelini is a counsel at WilmerHale. He focuses on international arbitration and English High Court litigation, and has experience of arbitrations under a variety of institutional rules (including
laws and international judicial co-operation, he also serves as an expert witness in aspects of US private international law in foreign proceedings. Gary has served as counsel in more than 675 arbitrations and sat as arbitrator in more than 250 institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. He is a pre-eminent authority and author of works including International Commercial Arbitration (3rd ed 2021, Kluwer International), International Arbitration: Law and Practice (3rd ed 2021) and International Civil Litigation in U.S. Courts (6th ed 2018).
the ICC, LCIA, SIAC and UNCITRAL rules) involving both common law and civil law disputes. He has particular experience in oil and gas, technology, M&A and joint venture disputes, and regularly advises government and private sector clients on international law issues. Matteo is qualified as a barrister in England and Wales, and is a graduate of St Catherine’s College, Oxford University.
WilmerHale 49 Park Lane London W1K 1PS United Kingdom Tel: +44 0 20 7872 1000 Email: gary.born@wilmerhale.com Web: www.wilmerhale.com
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