Appleton & Associates International Lawyers advise businesses and governments on complex international investment treaty and global trade matters. Our legal team understands international public law and international investment treaty law. We help clients to resolve complex international business disputes. Our law firm has done pioneering work modernizing international law to address the needs of regulatory systems. We have successfully assisted clients to deal with unfairness and arbitrariness. We also assist governments to better design public policies to enhance competitiveness, provide predictable commercial environments and establish consistency with international trade norms. Established in 1994, we pioneered the first international arbitration claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – obtaining a landmark settlement for our client. Since then, we have spearheaded many innovative international law actions to ensure fairness and the observance of interntional investment and trade obligations. Our practice includes work under the NAFTA, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements, the Energy Charter Treaty and many other bilateral international trade and investment treaties.