Three Crowns
Three Crowns LLP is an elite specialist law firm dedicated to providing excellence in counselling and advocacy in international arbitration and international law. Founded by industry leaders with decades of experience in leading international practices, we are recognised by our clients and leading legal directories as “one of the premier arbitration practices in the world” and “the go-to firm for high-value and complex matters”.
Our clients include Fortune 500 companies and sovereign States, and they entrust us with their largest and most important international disputes. In return, we have secured for them some of the largest awards in arbitration history.
We have expertise in commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, and public international law and our work frequently involves clients and projects in the Middle East across a variety of business sectors. Our advice is set against a background of in-depth knowledge and cultural familiarity.
Clients note that we provide an “absolutely prime service” and that we are “easy to work with, deliver high standards and are always going the extra mile to find solutions”. Our team is recognised in all leading directories, including Chambers, The Legal 500, and Who’s Who Legal, and we are ranked in the top ten law firms for international arbitration in Global Arbitration Review.
From our offices in London, Paris, Washington, DC, and Singapore, Three Crowns offers three distinguishing factors in our approach to client representation.
First, international arbitration is what we do, and it is all we do. This means every Three Crowns lawyer is an international arbitration specialist.
Second, our way of working is premised upon deep partner involvement throughout the mandate. Lean teams with close leadership and core work by senior lawyers facilitate the collaboration and creativity required to succeed in the most challenging cases.
Finally, our size and structure allow for flexibility in staffing and pricing, ensuring that our clients receive value without waste.
With calibrated strategy and unparalleled advocacy, we set the bar for excellence and efficiency in the field.
Reza Mohtashami QC
Partner
Reza is a partner in the London office of Three Crowns. He has represented clients as counsel and advocate in more than 90 arbitrations conducted under a variety of arbitration rules in many different jurisdictions. Before returning to London, Reza practised in Dubai for six years from where he established the Middle East international arbitration practice of an international law firm. Reza has particular expertise in disputes arising in the Middle East with a focus on the telecoms, energy, and infrastructure sectors.
Reza is a trustee of the Bahrain Chamber of Dispute Resolution, a member of the LCIA Court, and a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration. He is a past president of the LCIA Arab Users’ Council, a trustee of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, and Vice-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee. He was a founding member of the Steering Committee of the ICC UAE Commission on Arbitration and ADR.
Reza is a qualified English solicitor-advocate and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in recognition of his advocacy skills in 2018. He is recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Arbitration by Who Who’s Legal, noting that he is “extremely highly regarded”. Chambers describes him as a “highly rated Middle Eastern disputes expert” and that “he is the real deal, especially when it comes to his business acumen and ability to craft strategy”. Reza is also ranked in The Legal 500. He speaks English, French, and Farsi.
Todd Wetmore
Founding Partner
Todd Wetmore, a founding partner of Three Crowns, based in Paris, where he has handled complex international commercial arbitration cases for over 25 years. As counsel, he represents clients in high-stakes disputes around the world in diverse sectors including high-tech manufacturing, automobile distribution, aviation, oil and gas, electricity, and mining. He has deep experience with disputes presenting challenging financial and technical issues, such as those arising from banking operations, teaming arrangements, supply and M&A deals, and gas pricing, under both common law and civil law systems. Todd is also a recognised specialist in infrastructure and construction disputes and has led teams handling some of the largest construction disputes in arbitration. He has advised numerous clients across the Middle East, including States, in high profile disputes. Todd is a Vice-President of the ICC Court and also regularly sits as an arbitrator.
Who’s Who Legal recognises him as a “Thought Leader” in arbitration and a “Recommended Global Leader” in construction and energy law and describe him as “a very brilliant advocate”. Chambers notes that Todd is “furiously bright, gets very deep into the case details and is very passionate about his work” and is “outstanding counsel” whilst The Legal 500 describes him as “tireless, very intelligent and pragmatic”.
Todd is qualified as an avocat in France, a solicitor-advocate in England and as a barrister and solicitor in Canada.
Scott Vesel
Partner
Scott, a partner in the Washington, DC office of Three Crowns, has a decade and a half of experience handling complex international investment and commercial arbitrations in the oil and gas, construction, energy, mining, gaming, defence, technology, and agribusiness sectors. He has deep experience of working with clients, both States and corporations, based in and operating across the Middle East, and previously resided in Bahrain. In addition to his private practice in international arbitration, he has served as an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Department of State and at an international organisation.
Who’s Who Legal has recognised him every year since 2016, noting that clients singled him out as “one of the smartest lawyers I have ever worked with”, describing him as “a thoughtful and well-regarded practitioner”, and praised his “impressive pre-hearing preparation and his advocacy”. He is listed in The Legal 500’s 2019 UK Arbitration Powerlist and recommended in The Legal 500 UK where he “attracts praise for his ability to ‘master complex issues’”.
Scott is qualified as an attorney in New York and as a barrister in England & Wales and speaks English, French, German, Russian, and basic Latvian.
