Sashe Dimitroff is the national practice leader of BakerHostetler’s International Commercial Arbitration team. A Chambers-ranked lawyer, he represents clients in commercial matters with an emphasis on energy disputes, breach of contract and commercial fraud, oil and gas litigation, financial matters and internal investigations.
Sashe has successfully represented U.S. and international companies in courts and arbitral tribunals around the world, including the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Paris, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) in Miami, the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington, D.C. Sashe has won multimillion-dollar awards prosecuting clients’ claims and has successfully defended Fortune 100 companies in multiplaintiff lawsuits alleging up to $300 million in damages. Sashe is currently listed as a neutral for both the ICDR and the international division of the American Arbitration Association, as well as its complex commercial arbitration panels.
As an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law School, Sashe teaches classes in International Arbitration and International Risk Management in Oil Field Services. Internationally respected for his insight, Sashe was an invited lecturer at Qatar University College of Law in 2012 and 2014 to energy lawyers and executives regarding “Commercial and Litigation Options When Catastrophe Disrupts International Energy Projects.” He has also spoken extensively on international arbitration and litigation topics throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as in Moscow, London, Kazakhstan and Mexico.
Oil, Gas and Energy Disputes
- Prosecuted claims of an oil and gas exploration company relating to its claims at the LCIA against a Nigerian drilling company, while concomitantly addressing related complicated multijurisdictional proceedings around the world. Ultimately negotiated a settlement, and the client company collected an eight-digit recovery. To obtain security for the award, won interim measures awards in courts worldwide, including:
- Arresting several million dollars in cash that flowed through U.S. intermediary banks in New York.
- Arresting $400 million of physical assets in Dubai.
- Obtaining injunctions in Panama and Cyprus to prevent the assets’ sale or mortgage until the end of the LCIA proceedings, so the assets could be used as security to satisfy a potential award.
International Litigation and Arbitration
- Prosecuted claims of a Malaysian manufacturer of pipeline equipment in an ICDR arbitration against a U.S. energy company for breach of a long-term supply contract. Complex matter involving U.S. governmental regulatory issues as well as technical disputes over manufacturing standards.
Domestic Litigation
- Represented major airline company in dispute over merger terms.
Environmental Disputes
- Won jury verdict defending a chemical plant in a wrongful death case based on purported exposure to benzene in plant emissions.
Internal Investigations
- Conducted internal investigations for corporate clients relating to issues such as Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, governmental reporting and employment issues.