• A European chemical company as Claimant in ICC arbitration and as a defendant in parallel U.S. litigation initiated by a European company. The case arises out of claims that Respondent misappropriated certain industrial trade secrets in the development of a chemical facility in Asia. Claimant seeks injunctive relief and unspecified damages.
• A U.S. industrial company in an ICC arbitration in London against a Middle Eastern State enterprise, arising out of a wide-ranging joint venture agreement. English law governs, and over US$4.5 billion is in dispute.
• Alcolac Inc. as a defendant in a putative class action lawsuit brought by Kurdish nationals in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victims Protection Act. Plaintiffs allege that Alcolac aided-and-abetted Iraq’s violation of U.S. and international law through Iraq’s use of chemical weapons against Kurdish civilians in 1988. Alcolac successfully moved to dismiss the case.
• An African government in a commercial dispute with a contractor over performance of a FIDIC Yellow Book contract.
• A multinational consortium of construction contractors in disputes concerning one of the world’s highest profile construction projects.
• A Central Asian State-owned entity as Respondent in an UNCITRAL arbitration initiated by a North American company. The case arises out of allegations of breaches by the Respondent of the applicable investment statute and contracts in relation to mining rights allegedly granted to the Claimant.
• A European chemical company as Respondent in an ad hoc arbitration and as a defendant in parallel U.S. litigation brought by a European company. The case arises out of allegations that Respondent used misappropriated trade secrets to secure certain patents.
• An English company as Clamant in an ICC arbitration and as defendant in parallel U.S. litigation against a German company. The case arose out of allegations that Claimant breached certain contractual obligations relating to the construction and operation of an industrial gasses facility in Asia.
• A Latin American construction company as Respondent in multiple ICC arbitrations brought by a U.S. company. The cases arose from allegations that Respondent breached various obligations under an EPC contract relating to the construction of an oil refinery.
• A U.S. financial institution as Claimant in ad hoc arbitration against private and government political risk insurance companies. The cases related to the denial of claims filed by Claimant arising out of the expropriation of certain insured investments in Latin America.
• Bank of America in the first successful “lenders” claim brought to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The claim involved the expropriation of insured assets in India.
• Various clients in trade-related matters before the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and NAFTA Chapter 19 panels.

• "Discerning the Compliance Calculus: Why States Comply with International Investment Law," 38 Geo. J. Int’l & Comp. L 63 (2010)
• "Managing the International Arbitral Process," in Proceedings of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Association’s 2009 Short Course on International Mining Law (2009)
• "Meeting Expectations: Assessing the Long-Term Legitimacy and Stability of International Investment Law," 29 U. Penn. J. Int’l L. 725 (2008)
• "Hall Street Associates v. Mattel: The Supreme Court Eliminates 'Manifest Disregard' as a Ground for Vacating an Arbitral Award," National Law Journal, May 12, 2008
• "Managing Multi-Country International Risk: What to Look for Before Investment," in Special Institute on Strategic Risk Management (Rocky Mtn. Mineral L. Found., 2008) (co-author)
• "Enforcement in the United States of an International Arbitration Award Set Aside in the Country of Origin," 2007 Stockholm Int’l Arb. Rev. (Vol. 2) (December 2007)
• "Adapting the ADR Process to Meet Client Expectations," in Best Practices in International ADR (Aspatore Books, 2007)
• "Means to be Made Whole: Damages in the Context of International Investment Arbitration," in Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration 165 (Dossiers: ICC Institute of World Business Law 2006)
• "The Interplay Between Treaty and Contract Claims in the Bayindar Decision," World Mediation and Arbitration Report, Vol. 17, No. 11, Nov. 2006
• "A New Framework for International Investment: Changes in the U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty," World Mediation and Arbitration Report, Vol. 16, No. 2, Feb. 2005

Selected Presentations and Conferences

• The Mechanics of Dispute Resolution Under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Presentation at the International Law Institute. Washington, D.C. Fall 2010
• The Evolution of the American Judicial Perspective International Arbitration. Presentation at the University of Virginia School of Law as part of the J.B. Moore International Law Society’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Charlottesville, VA. October 2010
• Handling Competition Issues in International Arbitration. Presentation at the American University Washington College of Law’s Seventh Annual Conference on International Commercial Arbitration. Washington, D.C. October 2010
• When do Arbitrators Become Functus Officio and Lose their Authority to Decide? Presentation at a conference entitled “International Arbitration and the Finality of Awards – A Tour d’ Horizon,” hosted by the Thompson/Reuters and the Georgetown University School of Law. Washington, D.C. September 2010
• International Commercial Arbitration: Presentation at the Institute for U.S. Law as part of their 2010 Summer Course series. Washington, D.C. August 2010
• Dispute Resolution under NAFTA Chapters 11 and 19. Presentation at the International Law Institute’s course entitled “Dispute Mechanism of the WTO.” Washington, D.C. December 2009
• The Growing Interplay between International Arbitration and U.S. Litigation: The State of the Federal Policy Favoring Arbitration. Presentation at the University of Virginia School of Law as part of the J.B. Moore International Law Society’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Charlottesville, VA. November 2009
• The Necessity Defense in International Investment Law: Predictors for State Decision-Making in the Current Global Economic Crisis. Presentation on a panel entitled “State of Necessity and Force Majeure in an Age of Global Economic Crisis” at the American Bar Association International Law Section’s Annual Meeting. Miami, FL. October 2009
• The Future of International Investment Law – Responding to Current Challenges. Presentation at a program hosted by the International Law Institute on “Foreign Investment Agreements and International Investment Disputes.” (October 2009)
• Managing the International Arbitral Process. Presentation at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Association’s Short Course on International Mining Law. (May 2009)
• Substantive Protections Available to Foreign Investors under International Investment Law. Presentation at a seminar entitled “International Trade and Arbitration: Emerging Issues in an Interconnected World,” hosted by the Duke University School of Law and the Duke Center for Comparative Law. (February 2009)
• The Current State of International Investment Law. Presentation at a conference entitled “International Commercial Arbitration: Fifty Years After the New York Convention” hosted by the University of Georgia School of Law and the Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law (January 2009)
• Assessing the Cost of Compliance: A Critical Assessment of Why States Adhere to International Investment Law. Presentation at a conference entitled “Politics in International Law” presented by the American Society of International Law (November 2008)
• Meeting Expectations: Assessing the Long-Term Legitimacy of International Investment Law. Presentation at a symposium entitled “International Investment and Transnational Litigation: Challenges of Expanding Investor-State Disputes,” presented by the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law (February 2007)
• Potential Systemic Challenges to the International Investment Law Regime. Presentation at The George Washington University Law School (February 2006)
• Discussant on a panel entitled, International Dispute Resolution, at the Southern Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting (January 2006)
• The Role of State Consent in the Development and Enforcement of International Investment Law. Presentation at the Southern Political Association’s Annual Meeting (January 2006)
• The Convergence of International Trade and Investment Issues. Presentation at Howard University Law School (November 2005)