Henry G Burnett
Partner, King & Spalding LLP
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With over 25 years of experience, Henry G Burnett represents clients in litigation international commercial and investor-state disputes under the rules of the ICC, ICDR, UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICSID Additional Facility, JAMS and CPR and has handled numerous cases related to claims under bilateral investment trea- ties, the Energy Charter Treaty, multilateral investment instruments and local investment laws. Harry also frequently serves as arbitrator (sole arbitrator, party- appointed or chair) and is a Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the College of Commercial Arbitrators.
Harry has been ranked in Chambers Global, Chamber USA, Chamber Latin America and The Legal 500 USA and Latin America. (‘He is off-the-charts smart but has absolutely no ego. He takes a great idea from any source, makes it better and executes it flawlessly. He has the best relationships of any outside counsel I’ve ever met, which directly helped us achieve our goals in multiple cases.’) He has been recognised by The International Who’s Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers and The International Who’s Who of Energy Lawyers and is an Approved Leading Private Practitioner, as voted by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association. He is co-author of Arbitration of International Mining Disputes-Law and Practice (Oxford Univ. Press) and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
