Elliot is a partner in Freshfields’ international arbitration group based in New York. His practice focuses on international commercial and investor-state arbitration. He has particular expertise in the life sciences, energy, financial services, and technology sectors and has handled arbitration proceedings before almost every major arbitral institution.
Recent work highlights include representing ConocoPhillips in its $8.5 billion arbitration victory against Venezuela relating to one of the largest expropriations in history, a major European corporate in a multi-billion-dollar post-M&A rep and warranty arbitration, and a leading US life sciences company in a number of its high-stakes international arbitrations.
Elliot also represents companies in transnational litigation in US courts, including in relation to the enforcement of arbitral awards and sovereign immunity issues. He was part of the team that represented BG Group in the first ever case concerning a bilateral investment treaty to be considered by the US Supreme Court.
In 2021, Elliot was named as one of Who’s Who Legal’s leading arbitration lawyers and by Legal 500 USA as a “Leading Lawyer” nationwide. He has been ranked for international arbitration by Chambers Global and Chambers USA since 2017. Elliot is a member of the Executive Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) and of the Executive Committee of the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC).