Viren Mascarenhas

Partner at Milbank (USA)

Speaker

Viren is a Partner in Milbank’s New York office where he leads the international arbitration practice in the US. He specializes in international arbitration (construction, commercial, and investment arbitration) as well as enforcement of awards and judgments in U.S. courts. He has nearly two decades of experience acting as counsel for parties in a broad range of industries, with a particular focus on energy and mining disputes. His investment treaty experience includes representing investors in disputes against Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Timor-Leste, Uruguay, and Venezuela. He sits as arbitrator in commercial arbitrations and teaches international arbitration at Columbia Law School.

Viren has been recognized for his accomplishments in international arbitration by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, The Best Lawyers in America: International Arbitration, Euromoney (commercial arbitration), Latinvex (disputes in Latin America), Law360 (energy disputes), Lawdragon (500 Leading Global Litigators, 2021, 2023, 2024), The New York Law Journal, Crain’s Business New York, The LGBT Bar Association, the South Asian Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.