Craig D. Gaver’s practice focuses on legal problems that cross international boundaries. He brings to Continental over a decade of experience representing and advising sovereign states and foreign agencies, Fortune 500 companies, investment firms, and high net worth individuals in the oil and gas, renewable energy, mining, infrastructure, transportation, financial, and technology sectors on their most challenging commercial, civil, and regulatory matters.

His multifaceted practice encompasses complex litigation and arbitration before U.S. courts and international tribunals, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, foreign investment protection under bilateral and multilateral treaties, economic sanctions and international trade, sovereign immunity, sovereign debt recovery, and public international law. 

Craig’s recent experience includes obtaining a favorable verdict for Walmart in a federal jury trial, advising a Fortune 500 company on billion-dollar investment treaty claims against two foreign states, counseling an oil and gas company on its offshore exploration license in a politically sensitive environment, advising foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds on sovereign immunity and asset protection, and successfully defending a European multinational company against M&A claims in an expedited ICC arbitration. He has practiced under all the major international arbitration institutions’ rules.

He writes and speaks widely on issues arising under public and private international law. Craig has lectured at Georgetown University Law Center, William & Mary Law School, and American University Washington College of Law. His publications have appeared in several edited books, the American Journal of International Law, Thomson Reuters – Practical Law, Transnational Litigation Blog, EJIL:Talk! – Blog of the European Journal of International Law, and others. He is an active participant in the Washington, D.C. and international legal communities. 

Craig is licensed to practice in Washington, D.C., New York, Maryland, and England and Wales. Prior to joining Continental, he practiced in the Washington, D.C., Qatar, and Singapore offices of international law firms and an asset recovery boutique.