Paul Hastings Named Among World’s Best in Arbitration as Case Portfolio Surges
April 24, 2025
Paul Hastings LLP has been ranked in the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) 100 survey of the top firms in the world for the 18th consecutive year thanks to a surging case portfolio, a series of client victories and premier arbitration practice rankings.
Paul Hastings provides “top-notch guidance through complex commercial, economic and political situations,” according to the 2025 edition of the GAR rankings. “The practice has been reshaped” through “significant” growth, according to GAR. The firm has 500 global disputes lawyers and dozens of partners with deep experience in generating new mandates with an elite client roster in commercial and investment arbitration across sectors and regions.
The Legal 500 has described the growth of Paul Hastings’ international arbitration practice as “a groundbreaking shift in the international arbitration market” by “a leader in the global dispute resolution landscape.”
Bold Arbitration Portfolio
Paul Hastings moved higher among the top 20 law firms in the world ranked by value of arbitration caseload, according to statistics reported by GAR. The Paul Hastings team has advised over the past year on dozens of matters collectively valued at close to $75 billion.
Strength Across Sectors
Paul Hastings handles “big-ticket arbitrations” across a “range of industries,” according to GAR, including sectors such as energy, infrastructure, financial services, insurance, intellectual property, mining, pharmaceuticals, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and select sovereign and sovereign wealth fund clients.
Global Platform
As highlighted in GAR, the Paul Hastings arbitration practice has a presence in over 15 of the firm’s global offices, including the global arbitration hubs of Washington, D.C., New York, London and Hong Kong, as well as offices in Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo, Houston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. GAR also highlighted that various attorneys are included in the Lexology guide to leading lawyers in the field, including global practice leaders Jonathan C. Hamilton and Garreth Wong.
Client Focus
Clients and commentators cited by GAR laud the Paul Hastings team as “outstanding in its preparation and strategy design,” providing “intelligence, collaboration, commitment, hard work and tirelessness” and “top-notch guidance through complex commercial, economic and political situations.”
The latest rankings reflect a series of headline-making arbitration victories by Paul Hastings team members over the past year, many of them recognized in special coverage by The American Lawyer, such as victories in:
- A $27.5 billion commercial arbitration win that was among the largest in American Arbitration Association (AAA) and International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) history;
- A $1 billion International Chamber of Congress (ICC) arbitration in the life sciences sector;
- A $1.2 billion commercial arbitration in the health sector;
- Obtaining an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award of $380 million plus interest and costs — the largest known investment arbitration award against Colombia;
- Enforcing $200 million in arbitration awards related to the infrastructure sector;
- A U.S. court of appeals decision upholding an arbitration clause in the energy sector.
Drawing on the momentum of strong recent results and rankings [please see additional information here], Paul Hastings is leading the future of international arbitration.
About Paul Hastings
With widely recognized elite teams across 17 core practices, Paul Hastings is a premier law firm with a culture of excellence focused on providing intellectual capital and superior execution globally to the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers and corporations.