Constantinos SALONIDIS
Constantinos Salonidis is a partner and Global Co-Chair of the International Litigation & Arbitration Department of Foley Hoag. His work focuses on the advice and representation of sovereign States before a broad array of international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice.
An expert in disputes with geopolitical implications, Constantinos advises and represents States in high stakes international litigation before various international courts and tribunals. He has also represented several European, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American States in investment treaty arbitration matters involving a diverse range of industries such as banking, hydrocarbons, health insurance, tobacco, port operations, steel manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, cable television services, telecommunications, waste management, and mining.
Salonidis is ranked by Chambers Global in the Public International Law category, and praised by clients for his "amazing ability to cover the depth and breadth of international law" and for being a "strategy master." Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration has hailed him as a “first-rate intellectual” and for his “amazing ability to grasp the essentials quickly and respond in a most effective manner” and having “superb qualities as a leading international investment lawyer/arbitrator.” Legal 500—USA (International Arbitration) recognized Salonidis for his “outstanding knowledge and understanding of the international arbitration / international law landscape and its actors,” and as an “exceptional solution-driven strategist,” having named him Leading Individual in its 2023 edition.
Constantinos is appointed to serve on the ICSID Panel of Conciliators (by the Slovak Republic). He has lectured on various topics of public international law at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, Melbourne School of Law, Columbia Law School, Uppsala University School of Law, and several other academic institutions in the United States and abroad, and holds the prestigious Diploma in Public International Law of The Hague Academy of International Law (2006), which is awarded sparingly. In 2018, he served as the Director of Studies in English for the public international law session of the Academy.
