Squire Patton Boggs has once again been recognized as one of the world's most successful firms for international arbitration, with the firm ranked 9th in Global Arbitration Review’s prestigious GAR 30.
Noting Squire Patton Boggs has achieved “its highest ever finish,” Global Arbitration Review attributed this to the firm’s “success in winning big work” and observed that its position is “well above many of the firms it routinely pitches against.” According to GAR, the firm has the second largest case portfolio in the world by value of claims, totalling US$250 billion.
The GAR 30 ranks firms primarily on the number of arbitral hearings conducted over a two-year period, the value at stake in those hearings and the number of hours billed to arbitration. It also considers activities that reflect a strong reputation, such as arbitrator appointments received by firm members and for a strong performance in GAR’s sister publications, Lexology Index: Arbitration, a guide to the leading practitioners in the field as selected by their peers.
During the last year, the firm has:
Increased its docket to 199 international arbitrations
Achieved some of the year’s largest and most significant investment treaty arbitration victories, most recently for the Slovak Republic, the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Turkmenistan.
18 of our lawyers are named in Lexology Index: Arbitration; eight in the “Arbitrators and Counsel” category, five in in the “Arbitration Future Leaders - Partners” category, three in the “Arbitration Future Leaders – Non-Partners” category. The prestigious honor of Who’s Who Legal Thought Leader – Arbitration, was bestowed on José Feris (Paris) and Rostislav Pekař (Prague).
Stephen Anway (New York) was redesignated by the Slovak Republic to the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for the 2026-2032 term.
Global co-chair and founder of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Practice, George von Mehren, commented: “Thinking back to when we launched the practice twenty-five years ago, I’m incredibly proud of how far we’ve come. What began as a small, ambitious group has grown into a global team adept at winning results for our clients.”
Mr. Anway, Practice co-chair, added: “To be ranked again as one of the elite firms by Global Arbitration Review is a tremendous achievement. Our clients have placed their trust and confidence in us to support them with their most significant matters and this has helped drive our progress and remains the foundation of our success.”
Squire Patton Boggs was recognized by Law360 as a winner of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2025 for International Arbitration. The awards honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.
The firm was also ranked in Jus Connect’s 2025 Data-Driven Arbitration Rankings as among the top five ‘Most Active Law Firms in Investment Arbitration (Global)’ and “Most Active Law Firms in Commercial Arbitration (Global)”.
