Profession:
Independent Arbitrator and Mediator
Work History:
Arbitrator & Mediator 2001-present
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 1994-01 - Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 1990-94 -International Counsel
Gluck & Associates, 1985-90
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1982-85 - Associate
Labaton Sucharow LLP, 1979-82- Associate
Experience:
More than 25 years of broad corporate, commercial and international legal experience in common law and civil law jurisdictions in the United States, Canada and Europe, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions (private and public companies) as well as related banking and financial transactions (including international syndicated loan agreements).
Significant corporate experience, including negotiation and drafting of: partnership, joint venture, and shareholder agreements; executive employment agreements; licensing, copyright and distribution agreements. Securities and capital markets (public and private offerings of debt/equity); private equity (represented both fund sponsors and investors). Represented sovereign States and investors in Central Europe in the privatization of national industries involving telecommunications, electrical and gas utilities (including electrical power generation and distribution companies), aviation and pharmaceuticals.
Areas of special expertise: Energy -- development, acquisition and financing of energy projects (particularly electrical generating facilities and independent power plants); negotiation of electrical power purchase agreements, and oil & gas concession, exploration and joint operating agreements; Telecommunications -- acquisition and spin-off of regional and national telecommunication entities, including negotiations with governmental bodies. Served as outside general counsel to an NYSE listed telecommunications company.
Listed in "An International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisitions Lawyers," Law Business Research and in “Guide to the World's Leading Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers", Euromoney.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience:
ARBITRATOR
Arbitraton Panels: American Arbitration Association (AAA) Panels --Commercial, Large Complex Cases, Energy, and Telecommunications; International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR); London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA);
U.S. and Canadian Panels of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) Panels--Distinguished Panel of Neutrals, International and Energy; ADR Chambers International (Toronto, Canada).
Arbitration Committees: Arbitration Committees: Canadian National Arbitration Committee (ICC); New York State Bar Association, Arbitration and Mediation Committees; American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution.
Arbitrator: Served as sole and panel arbitrator for international and domestic commercial disputes, including: acquisition of oil and gas interests in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan involving parties from Canada, the U.S. and Switzerland; acquisition of an electric power plant in Ecuador involving parties from Finland, Ecuador and the U.S.; dispute relating to delivery and payment obligations under a long-term power purchase agreement between a U.S. utility and a power generation company; purchase of aircraft by a French entity from a U.S. manufacturer; claim for breach of representations and warranties under an agreement to acquire U.S. and Brazilian telecommunications operating companies; a financial dispute between a Brazilian company, a U.S. investment bank and an escrow agreement; dispute between a major European integrated oil and gas company and an Asian trading company; dispute between an investment bank and its client relating to the bank’s rights and obligations under a financial advisory agreement; termination of executive employment agreements; termination of a CEO of a U.S. bank for alleged malfeasance concerning investments in mortgage-backed securities.
MEDIATOR
IMI Certified Mediator
Mediation Panels: United States District Court, Southern District of New York; AAA; CPR; ADR Chambers International.
Mediator for cases at various stages of litigation process, including breach of contract, surety, negotiable instruments, intellectual property, shareholder derivative suit, real property development, sovereign immunity, attached assets, cargo claim and personal injury disputes.
ADR Training
AAA/ICDR Arbitration Training, 2009; AAA Arbitration Training, 2007; ICC Canadian Arbitration Committee Training, 2006-2008; CPR Ethics Training for Arbitrators and Mediators, 2007; CPR Training and Certificate in Mediation, 2006; ICDR Training of International Arbitrators, 2005.
Professional Licenses:
Admitted to the Bar, New York (1981), U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1981); Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor, Ontario, (Canada) (1979).
Education:
York University, Toronto (B.A., Hons. First Class-1973); The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (A.M., International Affairs-1974); Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto (LL.B-1977, Law Review). Recipient of the ITT International Fellowship.
Publications and Speaking Engagements:
Numerous publications and speaking engagements in the United States and Europe on international business issues.
Languages:
English, Hungarian
Citizenship:
United States of America, Canada
