Dr Peter Bekker

Dr Bekker has handled major arbitration matters across industries, particularly in the banking and energy sectors. He advises clients on treaty law, state responsibility, jurisdictional immunity, enforcement and expropriation, and he has represented private and sovereign parties and state-owned entities before domestic and international tribunals.

In addition to his legal practice, he serves as chair in international law at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy within the University of Dundee and previously taught at Columbia Law School in New York. He served as head of the investment arbitration task force at his prior firm.

“Peter’s international arbitration expertise and his ability to navigate complex cross-border disputes will be a tremendous asset to our clients in the US and globally,” said Sandy Hauser, head of Dentons’ US commercial litigation practice.