Eleanor Erney, Esq.
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP https://www.hugheshubbard.com/attorneys/eleanor-erney
About The Lecturer
Eleanor C. Erney is counsel in the Washington office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. As part of the firm’s Arbitration practice group, Eleanor has significant experience in both investment treaty arbitrations and international commercial arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, SIAC, and LCIA Rules. She has represented both investors and Sovereign States in arbitration proceedings and has served as Tribunal Secretary.
Eleanor also has experience appearing as counsel in arbitration hearings, including oral advocacy and examination of witnesses, drafting pleadings and motions in cases involving international law and cross-border transactions and in proceedings to enforce arbitral awards in the U.S. courts, as well as in proceedings to set aside arbitral awards.
She is also an active member of the firm’s pro bono practice.
In addition to her legal work, Eleanor serves as the summer assignment coordinator for the Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the firm’s Associate Committee.
Practice Area(s)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Litigation
Publications
Co-author (with Diana Tsutieva and Simon Batifort), ASIL DRIG: The Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement under the Energy Charter Treaty, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (March 29, 2021)
Author, COVID Era Technological Innovations in the Future of International Arbitration, in 40 UNDER 40 INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION (Carlos Gonzalez Bueno, ed.) (2021)
Co-author (with Diego Duran de la Vega), Arbitraje comercial y de inversión en el sector energético en America Latina, Tirant lo Blanch, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center of the University of Houston Law School (June 2020)
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2015
Carnegie Mellon University, B.S., 2011, Phi Beta Kappa, Honors
