ccadams@hhlaw.com
Geneva
PHONE
+41.22.787.4000
FAX
+41.22.787.4010
Paris
PHONE
+33(0).1.55.73.23.00
FAX
+33(0).1.55.73.23.10
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Charles
C.
Adams, Jr.
Partner,
Geneva,
Paris
Charles C. Adams, Jr. is the Managing Partner of the Geneva office and the Co-director of the firm’s international litigation and arbitration practice. He practices primarily in international litigation and arbitration, with a particular focus on complex, high-value disputes involving major infrastructure construction projects, joint ventures, insurance coverage, manufacturing, telecommunications, and transportation. Charles has more than 30 years of experience in international law, practicing in Washington, D.C., and Paris before establishing residence in Geneva in 1986.
Charles represents U.S. and foreign multinational corporations and governmental entities in major international arbitrations before the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, the Zurich Chamber of Commerce, and other international fora. He has dealt extensively with the negotiation of turn-key contracts for industrial infrastructure development projects in Africa and the Middle East, and with concession agreements worldwide in the petroleum, mining, and fishing industries.
In the course of his career Charles has represented a number of leading U.S. and foreign companies, including Euro Disney S.C.A.; Alstom S.A.; Formosa Plastic Group, Taiwan; Siemens Aktiengesellschaft; and Ford Motor Company.
The most recent issue of The Legal 500, Europe, Middle East, and Africa recommends Charles for his "'extraodinary advocacy' and 'daring and creative' tactical talents."
Charles is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Centre for International Arbitration, a consultant to the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, and a frequent lecturer at the International Development Law Institute and other international organizations. His most recent publication is "L'exequatur des sentences arbitrales étrangères aux Etats-Unis," in 4 Journal du Droit International 1165 (Paris, 2004).
He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in East Africa from 1968 to 1970, and is active in various humanitarian and philanthropic organizations in Europe and Africa.
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