Ashley R. Riveira
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.
Career & Education
- 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)
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
Ashley's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 05.01.25
Crowell & Moring Named to Global Arbitration Review’s 2025 “GAR 100” List
Washington – May 1, 2025: Crowell & Moring’s International Dispute Resolution Group has earned a spot in the 18th edition of Global Arbitration Review's GAR 100, a guide to the top 100 law firms with international arbitration capabilities. GAR is one of the leading journals of public and private arbitration.
Client Alert | 11 min read | 02.04.25
Firm News | 2 min read | 11.23.21
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 | 05.01.25
Crowell & Moring Named to Global Arbitration Review’s 2025 “GAR 100” List
Washington – May 1, 2025: Crowell & Moring’s International Dispute Resolution Group has earned a spot in the 18th edition of Global Arbitration Review's GAR 100, a guide to the top 100 law firms with international arbitration capabilities. GAR is one of the leading journals of public and private arbitration.
Client Alert | 11 min read | 02.04.25
Firm News | 2 min read | 11.23.21
Insights
Rethinking International Investment Disputes: A Proposal for an Investment Court and Tenured Judges
|10.01.13
Juris Publishing
The Ad Hoc Committee Annulment Decision in Malaysian Historical Salvors: The Meaning of 'Investment' Re-established?
|01.01.11
Global Trade and Customs Journal
Headnote, "Sempra Energy International v Argentina, Award and Partial dissenting opinion of the Hon Marc Lalonde, ICSID Case No ARB/02/16; IIC 304 (2007)," Oxford University Press
|03.25.07
The Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Law: Is What's Sauce For the Goose Good For the Gander?
|01.01.07
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute
Inaugural Washington Arbitration Week: COVID-19 Silver Linings And Prudent Prognostics
|12.17.20
Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Ashley's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 05.01.25
Crowell & Moring Named to Global Arbitration Review’s 2025 “GAR 100” List
Washington – May 1, 2025: Crowell & Moring’s International Dispute Resolution Group has earned a spot in the 18th edition of Global Arbitration Review's GAR 100, a guide to the top 100 law firms with international arbitration capabilities. GAR is one of the leading journals of public and private arbitration.
Client Alert | 11 min read | 02.04.25
Firm News | 2 min read | 11.23.21
