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Mr David Attanasio

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+1 202 261 3379 david.attanasio@dechert.com

Work Department

International Arbitration

Position

Associate

Career

David L. Attanasio concentrates his practice on international arbitration and international litigation matters, and especially those with difficult issues of public international law or foreign law. He is currently completing a book on international investment law entitled International Investment Protection for Global Banking and Finance that will be published later this year by Wolters Kluwer.

Dr. Attanasio has extensive experience in international dispute resolution under a range of procedural rules, including the ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICDR, SCC, and EDF rules, as well as with ancillary litigation, including Section 1782 proceedings. His expertise covers the banking and finance, oil and gas, mining, information technology, and construction sectors as well as multiple geographic regions, including Latin America, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East.

In addition to his work as counsel, Dr. Attanasio is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course on current topics in investor-State arbitration. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Law Association (American Branch) and as Co-Chair of the International Law Association (American Branch) Investment Law Committee. He also regularly teaches at the International Law Institute’s annual program on International Investment Treaties and Investor-State Arbitration.

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Memberships

  • Board of Directors of the International Law Association (American Branch)
  • Rule of Law and International Investment Law Committee of the International Law Association
  • International Law Association (American Branch) Investment Law Committee

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., 2015
  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2012, cum laude
  • University of California, Los Angeles, C. Phil, 2008
  • University of California, Los Angeles, M.A., 2008
  • Tufts University, B.A., 2003, summa cum laude

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United States > Dispute resolution > International arbitration

Dechert LLP’s global international arbitration practice leans on well-staffed platforms in many of the world’s principal arbitration hubs, including London, Paris and Hong Kong. Striking a balance between commercial and investor-state work, the team represents a range of investors, corporations, sovereign nations and state-owned entities, with an emphasis on the financial services, energy, mining, construction and TMT industries. From bases in Washington DC and London, Arif H. Ali co-chairs the international arbitration and public international law group and is lauded as a ‘heavyweight figure in the world of arbitration’. The Washington DC team also includes experienced arbitration partner Alexandre de Gramont and newly promoted counsel David Attanasio.

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