Counsel to an Eastern European country against a U.S. company in annulment proceedings concerning an UNCITRAL arbitral award.

Counsel to a French company against a Turkish company in annulment proceedings concerning a Waren-Verein der Hamburger Börse arbitral award

Counsel to a French bank against another French bank and a number of French individuals in annulments proceedings of an ad hoc award

Counsel to a Tunisian individual against a French company in enforcement proceedings concerning an ICC award

Last Friday Derains & Gharavi won the Global Arbitration Review Award for the boutique or regional practices that impressed in 2012. The award is chosen through an online vote by GAR readers.

The GAR Awards dinner took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Bogota (Colombia) on the eve of the IBA Arbitration Day. Stephen Jagusch who handed out the award, said: the award “celebrates the growing range of options available to clients in international arbitration.” The category encompasses single-focus firms with all their partners in one location or full-service firms that handle international arbitration in regions not traditionally associated with the field.