Adam Betts

About Adam Betts

Adam is an associate in our New York office. He focuses his practice on international law and arbitration and has acted in commercial and investment arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC and LCIA rules.

Recent work

• Representing Grupo Agroinsumos in obtaining a US$2.8 billion ICSID award against Venezuela under the Venezuela-Spain BIT, resulting from the expropriation of its investment in the most important agribusiness company in the country. 
• Representing Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) in securing a US$100 million award in an ICSID Additional Facility arbitration against Bolivia under the Spain-Bolivia BIT, arising out of government measures nationalizing the pension fund administration service provided by BBVA’s Bolivian subsidiary.
• Representing a group of mining companies in an ICSID arbitration against a South American country relating to the State's refusal to liquidate the companies' holdings in certain mines and return them to the State, as permitted under that State's laws.
• Representing a leading Paraguay energy company in an ICC case initiated by two other Paraguayan commercial shipping, storage, and distribution companies, arising out of to two interrelated contracts for the shipment and storage of gasoline.
• Representing a leading energy company in an LCIA arbitration against a foreign State-owned energy company's US subsidiary arising out of gas purchase and supply obligations that were disrupted by a winter storm.
• Representing international financial institutions and structured investment vehicles in clawback litigations brought by the Bernie Madoff bankruptcy trustee.
• Providing dispute-related due diligence in connection with the acquisition of high litigation risk targets.
• Representing asylum seekers in U.S. Immigration Court.