Überblick
Ena Cefo focuses her practice on complex cross-border disputes and investigations, drawing on more than a decade of experience representing multinational corporations and foreign sovereigns in high-stakes international arbitrations, commercial litigations, and investigations.
Ena has served as counsel in high-profile arbitration claims totaling tens of billions of dollars before leading arbitral institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, London Court of International Arbitration, and Dubai International Arbitration Centre. She has represented clients in complex US district and appellate court litigation involving asset recovery, judgment enforcement, and foreign sovereign immunity. Ena has also managed cross-border investigations for major multinational companies concerning the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-competitive laws and regulations, and various other national law obligations.
Ena has broad experience across a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, finance, technology, construction, oil and gas, nuclear power, consumer products, and retail, and she has advised client in all major jurisdictions. Although currently based in Washington, DC, Ena draws on extensive international experience gained through living and working across Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia.
At Georgetown Law School, Ena was a Global Law Scholar and a member of the Georgetown Journal of International Law. Through her clinic work with the Harrison Institute for Public Policy, she advised clients on the drafting of foreign investment legislation and the implementation of proposed multilateral trade frameworks.
Ena maintains an active pro bono practice representing individuals in immigration and asylum proceedings.
Referenzmandate
- Represented a foreign sovereign and two state-owned entities in consolidated London Court of International Arbitration proceedings
- Represented a multinational corporation in a Dubai International Arbitration Centre arbitration relating to services provided in the Gulf Cooperation Council
- Represented the Republic of India in US federal litigations relating to the enforcement of high-value arbitral awards*
- Represented claimants in an interpretation proceeding under Article 50 of the ICSID Convention relating to currency conversion in enforcement proceedings*
- Represented claimants in ICC proceedings involving the allocation of an ICSID arbitral award*
- Represented the Republic of Uzbekistan in ICSID arbitrations of one dispute relating to a textile industry investment and another dispute relating to a shopping complex investment*
- Represented a consortium of construction companies in a series of ICC construction arbitrations and US litigations relating to disputes over the Panama Canal expansion*
- Represented an Italian construction company in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Panama for claims arising under the Italy-Panama Bilateral Investment Treaty relating to the expansion of the Panama Canal*
- Represented TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC, before US federal and appellate courts in litigations relating to the enforcement of ICSID arbitral awards*
- Represented a global nuclear fuel supplier before US federal and appellate courts in litigations relating to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act*
- Represented a foreign sovereign before US federal and appellate courts in a dispute concerning the enforcement of multibillion-dollar arbitral awards*
- Represented Venezuelan state-owned entities before US federal and appellate courts in litigations relating to the enforcement of arbitral awards*
- Conducted numerous internal investigations and advised a major multinational technology corporation on potential global compliance risks*
- Advised foreign state-owned entities and multinational corporations on litigation and discovery risks in the United States and abroad*
- Assisted in the representation of a leading health insurance plan provider during a US Department of Justice antitrust merger investigation*
- Assisted in the representation of a global pharmaceutical company in a US federal antitrust litigation matter relating to a patent settlement agreement*
*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.
Auszeichnungen
- Legal 500 US, Recommended Lawyer, 2025
Qualifikation
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, JD, cum laude, 2016
University of Maryland, BA, 2012
Admissions
District of Columbia
Courts / Agencies
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Languages
English
French
Serbo-Croatian
