Carson W. Bennett

International Commercial Arbitration

• Representing The Coca-Cola Company in a Europe-based commercial arbitration under a long-term sponsorship agreement.
• Representing a European trading company in an ICC arbitration seated in New York, concerning US$ 500 million breach of contract claims under various corporate and shareholders' agreements in a South American joint venture.
• Represented a UK-based pharmaceutical company against a sublicensee regarding unpaid royalties and sublicense fees; the parties settled on terms favorable to the client.
• Part of the commercial arbitration team that won declaratory relief worth over US$ 600 million for a U.S.-based natural gas liquefaction company in a AAA arbitration involving a disputed payment calculation.

Investment Treaty Arbitration

• Representing Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production Co. in a Zurich-seated ad hoc arbitration against the Government of Thailand, concerning a dispute in excess of US$ 2 billion regarding the decommissioning of offshore assets in the Gulf of Thailand.
• Representing Halliburton Company in a treaty arbitration under the ICSID Additional Facility Rules against the Republic of Venezuela.
• Representing Chevron Corporation in a treaty arbitration against the Republic of Ecuador seated in The Hague, concerning the fraudulent US$ 9 billion "Lago Agrio" environmental judgment issued by the Ecuadorian courts.

Enforcement of Arbitral Awards and Judgments

• Enforcing a US$ 110 million ICSID award against the Kingdom of Spain in U.S. federal court on behalf of Blasket Renewable Investments.
• Representing a space company enforce an arbitration award against the Government of India.

Carson represents clients in high-stakes international commercial disputes, investment treaty arbitrations, and global award enforcement actions.  He regularly represents clients in the oil and gas, renewable energy, and aerospace sectors.  Carson is licensed in New York, Georgia, and Washington, D.C.

Carson has experience in arbitrations before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the American Arbitration Association and its International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR), and the Swiss Arbitration Centre (SAC).  Committed to the latest developments in the field, Carson has served as a delegate to the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) during its discussion on reforms to Investor-State Dispute Settlement. 

Carson frequently publishes and speaks on panels on international arbitration. He currently serves as an ICC YAAF Representative for North America.

Carson received his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Dispute Resolution Law Journal. Carson earned his B.A. from Brigham Young University and graduated with University Honors, the highest academic distinction awarded to undergraduates. 

During law school, Carson served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Dolly M. Gee of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. He also interned in the chambers of Presiding Justice Tricia A. Bigelow of the California Court of Appeal.

Carson is fluent in Portuguese.