Eleanor Erney

Eleanor C. Erney is counsel in the Washington office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. As part of the firm’s Arbitration practice group, Eleanor has more than ten years of 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, including all aspects of arbitration proceedings and hearings. Eleanor’s work spans Europe, Central America, Latin America, and Asia.  

Eleanor has significant experience in oral advocacy, 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.  

With a background in the energy industry, Eleanor's practice has encompassed cases relating to mining, energy, real estate, aviation, power generation, green energy generation, and the construction sectors, and she also has experience in infrastructure development.

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 and associate traffic manager for the Washington, D.C. office.

• Counsel to the Republic of Panama in an ICSID investor-State arbitration relating to the mining sector.
• Counsel to the Republic of Colombia in an ICSID investor-State arbitration relating to the mining sector.
• Counsel to the Republic of Panama in an ICC commercial arbitration relating to the mining sector.
• 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