Rena Scott
Partner, Orrick
[email protected]Rena Scott, co-leader of the Geneva office of Orrick, brings strong knowledge and experience in international arbitration, representing companies in highly complex and high-value disputes involving a wide variety of cross-border matters and on major projects (commercial, retail, residential, high-rise, lowrise, infrastructure and power (conventional and clean generation)). Rena acts as counsel in arbitrations conducted under the main institutional arbitration rules (ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICDR), as well as ad hoc rules, in venues around the world.
Rena’s practice covers numerous sectors, with a particular focus on representing owners of valuable trademarks licences, trade and commodities, major construction development project owners, contractors and sub-contractors, including pursuant to consortia and joint venture agreements and energy. Rena also provides assistance in the development of construction contract terms and conditions, as well as delivery assistance and construction project dispute avoidance assistance to construction development and delivery teams, and is regularly invited to speak on issues in the construction sector.
The depth of Rena’s practice has led her to represent clients in all stages of litigation and arbitration – from pleadings to trial or hearing to appellate matters – and in matters pending in a variety of venues, including several arbitral institutions, and before US state and federal court, the English High Court, the British Virgin Islands and the Isle of Man.