In the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 US, Three Crowns maintained a leading ranking for international arbitration. Luke Sobota and Liz Snodgrass continue to be recognised as “Leading Partners” in this year’s guide. Simon Consedine has been elevated to “Next Generation Partner” and Nicola Peart has been ranked as a “Leading Associate”. Scott Vesel and Charles Kotuby have been recognised as recommended lawyers.
“AN EXCELLENT AND SPECIALISED INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION PRACTICE”
The Legal 500 highlights the firm’s “excellent and specialised international arbitration practice,” noting its representation of leading multinationals in high-profile disputes across commercial, investor-state, and state-to-state matters. The guide recognises the firm’s strength in sovereign representation and underscores the team’s capacity to handle multi-billion-dollar claims involving expropriation and denial of justice. One source emphasises the calibre of the team, noting its “first-rate advice” and broad sector experience across aerospace, financial services, oil and gas, construction, and private equity.
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LUKE SOBOTA
Luke represents private and sovereign clients in some of their largest and most important commercial and investor-State arbitrations, including the successful prosecution of one of the largest ICC cases in history. He also has more than 25 years of experience litigating international issues in US courts. Luke’s cases span a variety of sectors, including, energy, technology, aerospace, financial, and construction.
LIZ SNODGRASS
Liz has more than twenty-five years of experience as an advocate and adviser in international arbitration matters. Her practice is a mix of commercial and investment treaty arbitration, across a range of industry sectors and for clients based in the US and around the world. Liz has particular expertise handling disputes involving States and State entities, including investment treaty cases, fiscal disputes under long-term contracts, and disputes that implicate both contract and treaty protections.
SCOTT VESEL
Scott has a decade and a half of experience handling complex international investment and commercial arbitrations in the oil and gas, construction, energy, mining, gaming, defence, technology, and agribusiness sectors. In addition to his private practice in international arbitration, he has served as an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Department of State and at an international organisation. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course on advocacy in international arbitration.
SIMON CONSEDINE
Simon has significant experience in commercial arbitration and investment arbitrations, having represented clients across a wide range of sectors. Simon co-authored the chapter “Fair and Equitable Treatment: Legitimate Expectations and Transparency” in ICSID’s 50th anniversary text Building International Investment Law: The First 50 Years of ICSID. He sits on the Banking and Financial Services Committee for the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR).
NICOLA PEART
Nicola has a broad practice in international dispute resolution. She represents States, international organisations and private parties before a range of international courts and tribunals, including in complex and high value international commercial and investment treaty disputes, as well as in proceedings before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the International Court of Justice.
CHARLES KOTUBY
Chuck is Of Counsel based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on international commercial and treaty-based arbitration, transnational litigation, and public international law. Previously a partner at an international law firm, he spent over twenty years as an international law counsel representing multinational corporations and sovereign states in complex international disputes.