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Ashley R. Riveira

Counsel

Overview

For over 15 years, Ashley’s clients have trusted her to provide tailored solutions to the complex business disputes that can arise in cross-border relationships.  Relying on her deep experience in international arbitration and litigation, companies from around the globe turn to her for pre-contractual counseling, pre-dispute risk assessments, and representation at all stages of the commercial or investment arbitration process, including any resultant enforcement or annulment proceedings.

Ashley has acted in arbitration proceedings under all major institutional rules, representing clients in a variety of industries including the defense, financial services, hospitality, manufacturing, media, mining, logistics and supply chain, and technology sectors.

Ashley has been recognized as one of Latinvex’s "Top 100 female lawyers." Ashley is also an active participant in Crowell's pro bono program, successfully representing applicants in asylum cases and upgrading service discharge characterizations for improperly discharged U.S. service-members.

Career & Education

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    • Pacific Union College, B.B.A., International Business, 2001
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2006
    • Pacific Union College, B.B.A., International Business, 2001
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2006
    • California
    • District of Columbia
    • Washington State
    • Supreme Court of the United States
    • Colorado (Inactive)
    • Texas (Inactive)
    • California
    • District of Columbia
    • Washington State
    • Supreme Court of the United States
    • Colorado (Inactive)
    • Texas (Inactive)
  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
    • National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)
    • Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA)

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
    • National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)
    • Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA)
    • Spanish
    • Spanish

Ashley's Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 11.23.21

Crowell & Moring International Dispute Resolution Lawyers Participate in Washington Arbitration Week 2021

Washington – November 24, 2021: Six members of Crowell & Moring’s International Dispute Resolutions Group will participate in panels in Washington Arbitration Week 2021, a forum on international arbitration for the Washington, D.C. legal community and the international and foreign community connected to it.  ...

Representative Matters

  • Representing the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission (APMC) regarding its NAFTA claim against the U.S. government for damages of at least $1.3 billion CAD concerning APMC’s lost investment in the Keystone XL pipeline (Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission v. United States).
  • Represented a multinational joint venture in securing a $494 million award against an Egyptian state entity, and defeating a $500 million counterclaim, with respect to the unlawful termination of a contract to build a port in Damietta, Egypt. The arbitration was conducted under the ICC Rules of Arbitration. (DIPCO v. Damietta Port Authority)
  • Advising an American hospitality company in a commercial arbitration under the ICC Rules of Arbitration, governed by U.S. and Lebanese law.
  • Represented an Egyptian consortium and Kuwaiti supply chain management company in an $80 million commercial arbitration brought by a South Korean supplier under the ICC Rules of Arbitration.
  • Represented an American company in an ICDR arbitration regarding the enforcement of a supply chain contract.
  • Representing a Russian national in a $100 million UNCITRAL arbitration against the State of Kuwait. (Lazareva v. Kuwait)
  • Successfully defended a Middle Eastern client in a $40 million shareholder dispute with a Hong Kong claimant under the ICC Rules of Arbitration.
  • Represented a Canadian uranium mining company in its dispute with the Government of Mongolia and secured an award of damages for $100 million in respect of the illegal expropriation of its licenses in Mongolia. (Khan Resources Inc. v. Mongolia)
  • Represented an American gold mining company against El Salvador in an ICSID arbitration arising out of the government's improper refusal to issue various environmental licenses and an exploitation concession. (Pac Rim v. El Salvador)
  • Represented U.S. investors in a CAFTA-DR arbitration against the Government of the Dominican Republic relating to the expropriation of a residential and resort (Ballantine v. Dominican Republic)
  • Represented an Italian investor in a dispute against Lithuania in an UNCITRAL arbitration under the Italy-Lithuania BIT. The dispute arose in relation to that State's unfair and inequitable treatment of the investor's investment in the country's alcohol industry. (Bosca v. Lithuania).
  • Represented an Internet registry services company in a dispute under the ICDR International Arbitration Rules against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), arising out of ICANN’s improper refusal to award a top-level domain name (ICM Registry v. ICANN)
  • Defeated a summary judgment motion by a DC Halfway House in litigation arising from murder of 9-year old girl by a previously released resident. (Smith v. Hope Village, Inc., 481 F. Supp.2d 172)
  • Represented victims of terrorism in before the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission arising from the Pan Am Flight 73 attack in Karachi, Pakistan (Patel, et. Al v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Ashley's Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 11.23.21

Crowell & Moring International Dispute Resolution Lawyers Participate in Washington Arbitration Week 2021

Washington – November 24, 2021: Six members of Crowell & Moring’s International Dispute Resolutions Group will participate in panels in Washington Arbitration Week 2021, a forum on international arbitration for the Washington, D.C. legal community and the international and foreign community connected to it.  ...

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Ashley's Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 11.23.21

Crowell & Moring International Dispute Resolution Lawyers Participate in Washington Arbitration Week 2021

Washington – November 24, 2021: Six members of Crowell & Moring’s International Dispute Resolutions Group will participate in panels in Washington Arbitration Week 2021, a forum on international arbitration for the Washington, D.C. legal community and the international and foreign community connected to it.  ...