Profession
Independent Arbitrator and Mediator
Work History
Arbitrator and Mediaator, 2001-present
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Partner, 1994-2001
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, International Counsel, 1990-1994
Gluck & Associates, 1985-1990
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1982-1985
Labaton Sucharow LLP, 1979-1982.
Legal Experience
Since 2001, practice limited to arbitrating and mediating complex domestic and international commercial cases.
More than 20 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
- Energy -- development, acquisition and financing of energy projects (including 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
- Privatizations -- represented sovereign States and investors in Central Europe in connection with the privatization of national industries involving telecommunications, electrical and gas utilities (including electrical power generation and distribution companies), aviation and pharmaceuticals.
Served as outside general counsel to an NYSE-listed telecommunications company. Opened and managed Skadden Arps' Budapest office and was the Managing Partner of Weil, Gotshal's Budapest office.
ADR Experience
Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and an IMI Certified Mediator. Diverse arbitration and mediation experience, involving cases varying in size and complexity, and covering a broad legal spectrum including: international, telecommunications, energy, mergers & acquisitions, partnerships, securities, intellectual property, licensing, valuations, finance, franchise, executive employment, technology, sale of goods, real property and other disputes.
ADR Panels
Admitted as an ADR neutral on the following arbitration and/or mediation panels:
- American Arbitration Association ("AAA") -- Arbitration Panels: Commercial; Large Complex Cases; Energy; Telecommunications. Mediation Panel
- International Center for Dispute Resolution ("ICDR") -- Arbitration and Mediation Panels
- CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution ("CPR") -- Arbitration Panels: Distinguished Panel of Neutrals; International; Energy. Mediation Panel
- International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC")(Listed on both United States and Canadian Panels)
- London Court of International Arbitration ("LCIA")
- Vienna International Arbitration Centre ("VIAC")
- ADR Chambers International (Toronto), Arbitration and Mediation
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York -- Mediation
- International Mediation Institute ("IMI")
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.
Professional Associations
Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators
International Bar Association (Arbitration Committee)
American Bar Association (Section of Dispute Resolution)
New York State Bar Association (Mediation and Arbitration Committees; Subcommittee on Discovery in Arbitration and International Arbitration Task Force)
National Arbitration Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Education
York University, Toronto (B.A., Honors, first class-1973)
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (A.M., International Affairs-1974)
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (J.D., Law Review-1977)
Recipient of the ITT International Fellowship, representing Canada (1973).
Languages
English, French, Hungarian
Citizenship
United States of America, Canada
