Stephanie Sarzana is a counsel in the Litigation/Controversy Department, and a member of the International Arbitration Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2009.
Practice
Ms. Sarzana’s practice focuses on international commercial arbitration and on complex commercial litigation. She has represented companies before a variety of international arbitration tribunals under the auspices of various leading arbitral institutions, under numerous substantive and procedural governing laws. She also counsels companies on drafting arbitration clauses.
Prior to joining WilmerHale, Ms. Sarzana was an associate at the New York office of another international law firm.
Recent Highlights
- Representation of a leading European telecommunications company in several arbitrations sited in Vienna with an amount in dispute of several billion Euros.
- Acting for a subsidiary of a multinational financial institution against a South American state on a petition to compel arbitration in New York, and the ensuing ICC arbitration.
- Acting for a major petroleum company in an ICSID arbitration against a Latin American country regarding alleged expropriation of the company’s assets with an amount in dispute of several billion dollars.
- Representing a major Canadian retail group in a bondholder litigation in connection with the sale of its Brooks and Eckerd drugstore operations to Rite-Aid Corporation.
- Advising an international human rights organization on its submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding alleged religious discrimination by the Republic of France relating to French legislation banning any ostentatious display of religious faith in schools.
Professional Activities
Ms. Sarzana is a member of the Young and International Group of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution.