Cooley

Cooley is expanding its litigation capabilities with the arrival of three international arbitration partners. Mark Beckett, Rachel Thorn and Marc Suskin join Cooley as partners from Chadbourne & Parke, based in New York.

Mark, former chair of Chadbourne & Parke’s international arbitration group, focuses on international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, public international law and multi-jurisdictional enforcement actions, as well as international corporate social responsibility. Mark has been a lecturer at Harvard Law School for the last ten years and is the former US member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. He received his JD from Rutgers University School of Law and his BA from Drew University.

Rachel's practice emphasises international commercial arbitration, international litigation, public international law and US federal and state arbitration law. She has successfully represented companies, states and state-owned entities in proceedings conducted in all major arbitration forums. Rachelhas been heavily involved in representing clients in post-award proceedings, defending and successfully challenging awards in courts in the US. She received her JD from the University of Chicago School of Law and her BA from the University of Wisconsin.

Marc’s practice focuses on international commercial arbitration and international investment arbitration. He has represented international corporations in complex commercial disputes, as well as states and investors in public international law disputes. He has also represented clients before US courts in the enforcement of arbitral agreements and arbitral awards under the Federal Arbitration Act and New York Convention. Suskin received his JD from Columbia Law School and his BA from Yale University. He also has a Maîtrise en Droit and DESS degrees from the Université Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and is fluent in French.

“This has been another tremendous year for Cooley,” said Michael Attanasio, chair of Cooley’s global litigation department. “We’ve seen impressive growth coupled with numerous litigation successes for our clients. The arrival of Mark, Rachel and Marc adds a further dimension to Cooley’s global litigation practice, as we steer clients successfully through their most complex challenges around the world. We are excited by this addition to our New York litigation team, which strongly complements our already deep bench in London and its extensive international reach, particularly in the areas of international arbitration, asset recovery and public international law. With Mark, Rachel and Marc, the transatlantic depth of our practice will be distinctive among US law firms.”