Firm News April 17, 2023
Troutman Pepper Partner Reappointed to ICDR Young & International Board
PHILADELPHIA – R. Zachary Torres-Fowler, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Construction Practice Group, has been selected to serve as a member of The International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) Young & International (Y&I) Board. Torres-Fowler previously served on the board from 2020 through 2023.
Established in 2004, ICDR Y&I is a group for young arbitration practitioners, academics and government lawyers, to meet, exchange ideas, and learn from peers and more senior ADR practitioners. Y&I membership has grown to over 3,000 individuals from some 100 countries, and it has hosted numerous events throughout the world.
Torres-Fowler has a decade of experience advising clients in connection with construction-related disputes and specializes in complex domestic and international arbitration proceedings. He has counseled clients in connection with construction and infrastructure projects in the U.S., Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, and has significant experience representing owners, contractors, and suppliers/subcontractors in connection with disputes involving power plants, airports, commercial buildings, and other civil infrastructure works.
Troutman Pepper’s Construction Practice Group counsels clients on some of the largest, most sophisticated construction projects in the world and is among the leading firms in total number of complex disputes tried and won in federal and state courts nationwide and arbitration forums domestic and international. The practice has been nationally recognized by Chambers and Partners, U.S. News: Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” and local publications across the country and was named among Law360’s 2021 Practice Groups of the Year.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
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