Daniel Schimmel

Daniel Schimmel is the Chair of Foley Hoag’s International Commercial Arbitration Practice Group. He leads the International Litigation & Arbitration practice of the firm’s New York office.

Daniel has served as Chair, Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator, Emergency Arbitrator, Appellate Arbitrator, and counsel in more than 100 international and domestic arbitrations. He has co-drafted awards that courts in the U.S., France, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, and the Swiss Tribunal Federal have confirmed, or enforced. He is the Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, NY Branch.

He also represents clients, including major French and other European clients, in international commercial litigation in the United States and international corruption investigations. This includes securing a victory for the Republic of France, the French Ministère des Armées, and Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Northern District of California. It also involves securing a unanimous jury verdict for French telecommunications company Orange SA in federal court as well as enforcement actions regarding arbitral awards. Daniel has represented major groups, such as Air France, Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, Alcatel-Lucent, Caceis, and Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank in international disputes. The French Minister of Justice has appointed Daniel as a member of a working group to reform French arbitration law.