Benjamin W. Graham focuses his practice on international arbitration and complex commercial litigation. Outside the firm, Ben is also a Visiting Clinical Lecturer at Yale Law School, where he teaches a seminar on Advocacy in International Arbitration.
Ben has significant experience in trials, arbitrations, and complex motions practice. He has argued dispositive motions and appeals in both state and federal court; examined witnesses before judges, juries, and arbitrators; and presented opening statements in international arbitrations. Ben has handled investment-treaty disputes before ICSID and diverse commercial disputes before the leading arbitral institutions (ICC, LCIA, SCC, HKIAC, etc.). His clients include sovereign states, multinational corporations, and AmLaw-100 law firms.
Ben has received recognition from several leading publications: In 2024, 2023, and 2022, The Legal 500 named him a Rising Star in International Litigation. In 2021, CPR selected him as a Rising Star in international arbitration. For five years, Who’s Who Legal has recognized him as a Future Leader in Commercial Litigation (2020–2024). According to that publication, it identifies “the foremost practitioners in the litigation community aged 45 and under.” On each occasion, Ben was one of only three attorneys in the United States to receive the honor in the non-partner category.
