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Eleanor Erney Adjunct Assistant Professor WCL Adjunct Faculty

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Eleanor Erney
WCL | General Academics & Research
Yuma Building Y343
Degrees
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2015
Carnegie Mellon University, B.S., 2011

Bio

Eleanor C. Erney is a senior associate in the Washington, D.C.聽 office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. As part of the firm鈥檚 Arbitration practice聽 group, Eleanor has significant experience in both investment treaty聽 arbitrations and international commercial arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC,聽 UNCITRAL,聽SIAC, and LCIA Rules. She has represented both investors and聽 Sovereign States in arbitration proceedings in Europe, Latin America, North聽 America, and Asia in the energy, mining, aviation, banking, construction,聽 hotel, real estate, and restaurant sectors.

Eleanor is an experienced oral advocate, having appeared before聽 multiple international arbitration tribunals, in U.S. Federal Court, and before聽 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the U.S. Department of Justice. She聽 also has experience drafting pleadings and motions in cases involving聽 international law and cross-border transactions and in proceedings to enforce聽 arbitral awards in the U.S. courts, as well as in proceedings to set aside聽 arbitral awards in courts in Switzerland and The Netherlands.

Eleanor is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at WCL,聽 teaching a course on International Commercial Arbitration Advocacy for the聽 benefit of the students competing in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial聽 Arbitration Moot Competition, for which she has acted as Co-Coach of the聽 艾可直播 University Team since 2017.

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