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Robert García specializes in international arbitration and litigation. He is based in New York, and acts for individuals, corporations, and sovereign entities across a variety of industries, in particular the energy sector.
Mr. García has handled arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
In addition to his arbitration practice, Mr. García has represented clients in the federal courts, including the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Second, Fifth and D.C. Circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He was part of the Curtis team in the first Supreme Court case to address the expropriation exception to immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
He also has considerable experience representing defendants in the criminal courts of the State of New York. He has conducted numerous jury trials to verdict and argued over a dozen appeals.
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