Aníbal Martín Sabater
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November 14, 2025
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Aníbal Martín Sabater “excels at hearings, with an outstanding performance at cross-examination, knowing the key commercial goals of the client and implementing the best strategy to reach those goals,” according to sources. He is “is very thorough in his analysis, focused and oriented.” A client notes “Anibal was key to our arbitration. He showed strong commitment, expertise and full dedication to our case.”
Aníbal is an international arbitration specialist with almost 30 years of experience in commercial and investment cases under all major rules. He regularly handles matters involving complex factual and legal scenarios that require work across multiple legal traditions. Aníbal is licensed to practice in several US jurisdictions, England and Wales as a solicitor, and Spain.
Throughout his career, Aníbal has served as first chair for clients in over 15 complex cases through to final hearing and played a key role in pleadings and oral argument in scores more. He is equally at ease arguing cases in English and Spanish and has experience across a variety of industries and legal sectors, including construction, energy, natural resources, shipping, project finance, and mergers and acquisitions.
This depth of experience has been recognized by clients and peers alike. For over 15 years, Aníbal has received strong rankings and reviews from all major legal directories, including Chambers, Legal500, and Lexology. Client quotes from Chambers US 2024 include: “Aníbal excels at hearings, with an outstanding performance at cross-examination, knowing the key commercial goals of the client and implementing the best strategy to reach those goals“; Aníbal “is very thorough in his analysis, focused and oriented. His command of the case has been impressive“; “Aníbal was key to our arbitration. He showed strong commitment, expertise and full dedication to our case.”
Beyond representing clients in arbitrations, Aníbal routinely assists companies in evaluating, preserving, and strategizing about their international claims, defenses, and settlement opportunities. He also frequently serves as an arbitrator. (Click here for details on Aníbal’s experience as an arbitrator.)
A frequent speaker and writer on international arbitration, Aníbal is actively involved in professional organizations and has held thought leadership positions in several of them. Most recently, he served as president of the UIA’s commission on the future of the legal profession.
Aníbal is also a member of Chaffetz Lindsey’s management committee. He joined the firm in January 2015 and was previously a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, having spent 11 years with the firm in its Houston and New York offices. Prior to that, Aníbal practiced for six years at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo in Madrid.
Significant first chair experience from the last few years includes:
Less recently, Aníbal also acted for a US oil services company in a dispute against an Eurasian state-owned entity in an ICDR arbitration; as part of this representation, Aníbal successfully argued one of the first emergency relief application ever granted in the ICDR system.
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