Eric Leikin
Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
[email protected]Eric Leikin is a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Vienna and continental Europe.
Eric specialises in international arbitration, with a focus on investment arbitration and post-M&A commercial disputes. He has represented clients in proceedings under various procedural rules, most often in the energy, finance and technology sectors, and has developed a particular interest and experience in earn-out disputes. Eric is also experienced in US civil litigation and crossborder compliance investigations, particularly in the former Soviet Union.
Before joining Freshfields in 2015, Eric worked for several years with another leading international law firm in Washington, DC, and clerked on the Constitutional Court of South Africa under Justice Madlanga. Eric is admitted to practice and is a member of the bar in New York and Washington, DC (attorney-at-law).