Elliot Friedman

Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Elliot Friedman is a partner in Freshfields’ international arbitration practice based in New York. He focuses on international arbitration (investor-state and commercial) and international litigation, with a particular emphasis on disputes in the life sciences, energy, technology and financial services sectors.

Elliot represents companies in transnational litigation in US courts, including the enforcement of arbitral awards. He was part of the team that represented BG Group in its victory before the US Supreme Court in the very first case concerning a bilateral investment treaty to be considered by the Supreme Court.

Elliot also has extensive experience in enforcing arbitral awards in the United States, including awards issued under the New York and ICSID Conventions. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, Australia (LLB) and Harvard Law School (LLM).