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Nikhil V. Gore's practice in the international and financial institutions groups focuses on complex international disputes, cross-border financial investigations, and other contentious arbitration, litigation and enforcement matters.
- Representation of a global financial institution in connection with an investigation of international money laundering, foreign corruption, and related issues.
- Representation of Ukraine in an arbitration against the Russian Federation under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- Regular representation of major financial institutions in responding to regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions.
- Representation of a sovereign state on head of state immunity matters.
- Representation of a large property developer in connection with an investment dispute.
- Representation of a major pharmaceutical company in an investment arbitration.
- Representation of Synchrony Financial and GE Capital in connection with Synchrony’s separation from GE Capital, its approximately $2.95 billion initial public offering and a related $3.6 billion debt offering.
- Representation of a major natural resource company in an investment dispute.
Pro Bono
- Representation of criminal defendants in Maryland courts.
- Representation of a nonprofit organization in a Federal FOIA lawsuit.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Professorial Lecturer in Law (International Arbitration), George Washington University Law School
- Member, American Society of International Law
Previous Experience
- National Serviceman, Singapore Armed Forces (2006-2008)
February 3, 2017, Covington Alert
Throughout his campaign, President Donald Trump promised to curtail financial regulations, particularly those promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act. President Trump argued frequently that the regulations issued under the act have proven overly burdensome and, among other things, limited job growth. This afternoon, the President took his first formal step in ...
May 5, 2016, Covington Alert
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a proposed rule substantially curtailing the ability of financial services firms and consumers to enter into voluntary pre-dispute arbitration clauses. The proposed rule would prevent financial services providers from including arbitration clauses in consumer contracts unless those arbitration clauses ...
February 8, 2016, BNA's Banking Daily
December 30, 2015, BNA's International Trade Daily
November 17, 2015, Global Policy Watch
Note: This post is the second in a series of posts on the final text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by Covington’s International and Public Policy lawyers. The final TPP text, which was released on November 5, 2015, is available here. TPP is not expected to enter into force until at least 2016, with the timeline...… Continue Reading
October 15, 2015, Covington Alert
India’s Investment Treaties – Will the Government Reject a Core Standard of Investment Protection?
May 18, 2015, Global Policy Watch
Almost all of the more than 3,000 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in existence offer foreign investors the protection of “fair and equitable treatment” under international law. India’s new draft model BIT does not. In place of the well-established standard of protection, which has been interpreted and applied in hundreds of prior investment arbitrations, ...
January 26, 2015, Global Policy Watch
One of the items at the top of President Obama’s agenda in India this week is the long-delayed U.S.-India bilateral investment treaty (BIT). Such a treaty was proposed by the President during his 2010 visit to India, but the proposal got little traction with the prior government. It is likely to do better with the...… Continue Reading
July 10, 2014, Global Policy Watch
On July 9, Indonesians went to the polls to vote for the nation’s second directly-elected President. Neither candidate has conceded, and official results will not be announced until July 22. However, independent polling and election monitoring organizations point to the loss of Prabowo Subianto, a Suharto-era general, to relative newcomer Joko Widodo, a ...
April 30, 2014, BankDirector.com
February 24, 2014, Covington E-Alert
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