Charles (Chip) B. Rosenberg is a Partner and Co-Chair of the International Dispute Resolution Practice. He is a specialist in public international law and international arbitration, focusing on both investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration. He has significant experience representing individuals, corporate entities, and sovereign governments in ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, SCIA, ICDR, and ECT arbitrations. Chip also specializes in U.S. and international enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards..
Chip has been recognized as a “Global Thought Leader” by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration due to his “vast expertise and experience advising on some of the world’s most significant and cutting-edge legal matters,” as well as his “ability to innovate, inspire, and go above and beyond to deliver for [his] clients.” In its 2022 edition, Chip was named one of the 8 “Most Highly Regarded” non-partners in the Americas.
Clients and peers have confirmed that Chip “has an ambitious outlook and works hard to win and deliver results for his clients,” and is commended for his “intellect and original approach to arbitration issues” as well as his “encyclopedic knowledge of investor-state disputes.” Chip has also been described as a “very talented, collaborative and responsive lawyer” who is considered to be “a true heavyweight in the arbitration arena” thanks to his “remarkable experience in international investment disputes.” He also has been recognized as “‘a brilliant writer and tactician’ who peers note ‘really gets it’ when it comes to complex arbitration proceedings and is ‘one to watch.'”
Chip is Co-Editor-in-Chief of ITA in Review, the law journal of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA). He previously held leadership positions with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARB), DC Bar International Dispute Resolution Committee, and Washington Arbitration Week. He is listed on the Panel of Arbitrators of the Energy Disputes Arbitration Center (EDAC) based in Ankara, Türkiye.
Chip has created and taught seminars on investment treaty arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and international investment law at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, DC and The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Prior to joining the Firm, Chip spent two years clerking for The Honorable Charles N. Brower, who was ranked the “world’s busiest arbitrator” by The American Lawyer in terms of large investment treaty and international commercial arbitrations, in London, England and at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, The Netherlands. As a law clerk, he also served as Tribunal Secretary in multiple ICC arbitrations.