Sahba Mohtadi

Sahba Mohtadi's practice focuses on complex commercial and investor-State arbitration and commercial litigation often involving public international law and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) considerations. Recognized as a "leading associate" for international arbitration and a "key lawyer" in public international law by The Legal 500, Sahba is described as "excellent across the board" and "destined for great things."

Sahba advises clients in a wide range of industries under the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce), LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration), UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law), and LMAA (London Maritime Arbitrators Association) rules and in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Recent representative matters include acting for a multinational mining company, as respondent, in a circa $1 billion ICC arbitration; advising on a successful s67 challenge in the Commercial Court; successfully advising a global telecommunications company in an ICC arbitration worth $1 billion; successfully advising an international hotel group in a LCIA arbitration against a prominent hotel franchisor; advising claimant-side in a highly complex circa $250 million UNCITRAL investor-State arbitration; and advising an ultra-high-net-worth individual (UHNWI) in Court of Appeal proceedings concerning a highly technical contractual dispute.

Sahba also regularly advises States, State-owned entities, and multinational corporations on public international law and business and human rights, including issues relating to climate change such as the ITLOS (International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) and ICJ (International Court of Justice) advisory opinions; investment treaty structuring; and the successful defense of a greenwashing complaint before the Advertising Standards Authority.