Eleanor C. Erney is counsel in the Washington office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. As part of the firm’s Arbitration practice group, Eleanor has significant experience in both investment treaty arbitrations and international commercial arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, SIAC, and LCIA Rules. She has represented both investors and Sovereign States in arbitration proceedings and has served as Tribunal Secretary.
Eleanor also has experience appearing as counsel in arbitration hearings, including oral advocacy and examination of witnesses, drafting pleadings and motions in cases involving international law and cross-border transactions and in proceedings to enforce arbitral awards in the U.S. courts, as well as in proceedings to set aside arbitral awards.
She is also an active member of the firm’s pro bono practice.
In addition to her legal work, Eleanor serves as the summer assignment coordinator for the Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the firm’s Associate Committee.
Previous Experience
Legal Intern, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, for an international technology and industrial conglomerate, 2013
Fulbright Research Grantee, Energy and Oil Economics, Bologna, Italy, 2011-2012
Recognitions
Recognized by peers in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, 2023
Recommended in The Legal 500 United States for Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration (2021-2024)
Recognized in Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll, sponsored by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (2015-2023)
International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Student Advocacy Award, 2015
Highlighted Publications
Co-author (with Diana Tsutieva and Simon Batifort), ASIL DRIG: The Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement under the Energy Charter Treaty, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (March 29, 2021)
Author, COVID Era Technological Innovations in the Future of International Arbitration, in 40 UNDER 40 INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION (Carlos Gonzalez Bueno, ed.) (2021)
Co-author (with Diego Duran de la Vega), Arbitraje comercial y de inversión en el sector energético en America Latina, Tirant lo Blanch, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center of the University of Houston Law School (June 2020)
Professional Activities
Co-Coach of the Willem C. Vis Commercial Arbitration Moot Team at American University Washington College of Law, 2017 to present
Adjunct Professional Lecturer in International Commercial Arbitration at American University Washington College of Law, 2017 to present
Member, American Society of International Law (2019-present) and Secretary of the Dispute Resolution Interest Group, 2019 - 2021
Member, ArbitralWomen
Member, National Associate of Women Lawyers
Member, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
Court Admission
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Highlighted Matters
Counsel to several Ukrainian claimants in the energy, aviation, and real estate sectors in several arbitrations against the Russian Federation arising out of measures carried out by the Russian Federation following the annexation of Crimea
Counsel to a U.S. investor in the mining sector in an ICSID Arbitration against the Republic of Turkey
Counsel to a South American State in a commercial arbitration arising out of a FIDIC Construction Contract (Spanish language arbitration)
Counsel to an investor in an arbitration against the Republic of Panama in the bioethanol industry
Counsel to 30 American citizens in proceedings against the Republic of Iraq before the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Counsel to a French investor in proceedings against a Latin American country
Counsel to a major Japanese manufacturer in a Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) dispute against an Indonesian power station operator
Counsel to Ukrainian companies seeking enforcement of arbitral awards in D.C. Federal Court
