Ian Laird, like many of us, is watching the unfolding story of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a sense of disgust and concern about the humanitarian situation on the ground.

But Laird, the Washington, D.C.-based co-chair of the international dispute resolution group at Crowell & Moring, also has been watching the news with an eye toward an eventual resolution — and the inevitable web of legal disputes that will likely play out in any resolution’s wake. Laird and about 25 colleagues at the firm work full-time on international commercial arbitration matters and investor-state disputes. The group recently pointed out that Russia is still an active party to 60 investment treaties which could give investors ways to seek compensation for direct or indirect expropriation of their assets.

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