David W Rivkin

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David W. Rivkin is Co-Chair of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group and past President of the International Bar Association. Mr. Rivkin is consistently ranked as one of the world’s top international dispute resolution practitioners and international lawyers. He has acted as counsel and as arbitrator in international arbitrations throughout the world and in U.S. courts. He has won some of the largest investment treaty and commercial arbitration awards. Subjects of these arbitrations have included long-term energy concessions, investment treaties, public international law, joint venture agreements, financial issues, insurance coverage, construction contracts, distribution agreements, and intellectual property, among others, and they have involved common law, civil law and Islamic law systems.

Mr. Rivkin is admitted to practice in New York.