Approach
ND Law is built on selective, problem-driven collaboration with senior co-counsel, specialists and arbitrators, ensuring that the team reflects the dispute — its legal issues, technical complexity, jurisdictional specificities and strategic objectives.
A Focused and Strategic Approach
Each matter is analysed not only through a legal lens, but in light of its sector-specific dynamics, contractual structure, cultural environment, applicable legal systems, geographical exposure and, where relevant, political or historical context.
The practice places particular emphasis on understanding how disputes function in practice within corporate, governmental and cross-border environments, and on translating these realities into coherent and effective arbitral strategy.
Representation is never reduced to technical advocacy alone. The objective is to ensure that the client's specific identity, constraints and strategic interests are effectively understood and articulated throughout the arbitral process.
The practice is regularly involved at moments where strategic clarity is essential — whether before initiating proceedings, during critical phases of an arbitration, or when assessing settlement or enforcement options.
The practice is designed around mandates, not institutional structures. No individual lawyer, and no fixed firm, can be expert in every legal domain, sector or jurisdiction. But a carefully assembled team can be expert of a dispute.
This conviction shapes how the practice operates: each engagement requires an assessment of the legal, technical and jurisdictional requirements of the case, and the formation of a team tailored to those requirements. That team may include senior co-counsel for jurisdictional expertise, sector specialists for technical knowledge, investment treaty advisors for State-related disputes, and enforcement specialists for post-award strategies.
The focus is not on offering the broadest range of services, but on assembling the most appropriate capabilities for each dispute. This approach prioritises effectiveness over scale, and relevance over reach.
It reflects a model of arbitration practice designed for substance, not structure — where every mandate is approached as a distinct problem requiring a bespoke solution.
Tailored Teams
Each matter is approached with the conviction that the effectiveness of dispute resolution depends as much on team composition as on legal analysis.
Cases are staffed selectively and deliberately, taking into account legal complexity, sector-specific issues, cultural and institutional context, geographical exposure and technical sensitivities.
Where required, the core team is expanded through the integration of experienced arbitration practitioners, arbitrators, technical experts and specialists in negotiation, investment law, mediation or award enforcement, drawn from a trusted international network.
This approach allows the constitution of truly bespoke teams, designed around the dispute itself — not around the internal constraints of a fixed firm structure.
Pragmatism and Discretion
ND Law's approach reflects the conviction that arbitration is not a procedural routine but a strategic instrument. The practice does not seek to offer comprehensive services, but to identify, for each mandate, what the case actually requires — legally, technically, jurisdictionally — and to assemble teams accordingly.