Rafic Bittar
Rafic’s principal area of practice is complex commercial litigation. He focuses on a wide variety of litigation matters in federal and state courts, arbitration matters, pre-litigation disputes, and internal investigations.
Experience Highlights
Representing subsidiary of Fortune 500 company in ICC Arbitration in defense and indemnity dispute relating to underlying highway construction dispute
Represented start-up in internal investigation relating to former executives
(Del. Ch.) – Represented a publicly-traded life-sciences company in a contract dispute following a merger
(W.D. Tex.) – Represented multi-national publicly-traded company in class action securities litigation; obtained favorable settlement
(AAA Arbitration) – Represented start-up company in contractual defamation suit; obtained summary judgment
Represented terminalling company in AAA Arbitration in breach of contract suit related to construction services; obtained favorable settlement
(Cal. Super., Santa Clara) – Represented solar company in breach of contract dispute relating to solar photovoltaic power plant; obtained favorable settlement
(UNCITRAL Arbitration) – Assisted in the representation of Swiss claimant in international arbitration regarding the construction of a desalination plant
(ICSID Arbitration) – Assisted in the representation of subsidiary of Fortune 500 company in an investor-state arbitration in NAFTA dispute with sovereign
Credentials
- University of California – Berkeley, J.D., 2016
- University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Government, 2013
- Judicial extern to The Honorable Jacqueline Scott Corley, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 2014
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Commercial Litigation (Austin), 2023 and 2024
- Texas
- Arabic (conversational)
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 21, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 18, 2022