Investor-State Disputes

• A South American State in an ICSID investment dispute with two mining companies relating to the enforcement of domestic regulations.
• A South American State in an UNCITRAL investment dispute with a foreign mining company relating to the reversion of mining assets to the State.
• A Central European energy company in an ICSID investment dispute with a Central European State concerning corporate control of an energy company.
• A Central European energy company in an UNCITRAL proceeding with a Central European State concerning corporate control of an energy company.
• A Central European State in an UNCITRAL investment dispute with a company relating to regulation in the gambling sector.
• A Central European State in an UNCITRAL investment dispute with a foreign company relating to the privatization of a formerly State-owned construction company.
• A South American State in an ICSID investment dispute with a foreign oil company relating to the termination of an oil contract.
• A South American State in an UNCITRAL investment dispute with a foreign mining company relating to the termination of a mining project.
• A South American State in an UNCITRAL investment dispute with a foreign oil company arising from domestic litigation

Internet Governance

• An internet company in an Independent Review Process against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers under the ICDR Rules regarding the failure to delegate a top level internet domain name for political reasons.
• An internet company in an Independent Review Process against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers under the ICDR Rules regarding the rejection of a community-based application for a top level internet domain name.

Includes matters handled at Dechert or prior to joining the firm.

• Tufts University, B.A., 2003, summa cum laude
• University of California, Los Angeles, M.A., 2008
• University of California, Los Angeles, C. Phil, 2008
• Harvard Law School, J.D., 2012, cum laude, Senior Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal, Dean's Scholar Prizes in Federal Courts, Corporations, Human Rights Clinic and Transitional Justice
• University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., 2015

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• Corruption Findings and Investment Law - ASIL Biennial Conference on International Economic Law, Miami, FL (February 14, 2020)
• Investment Law and Human Rights: Friends, Strangers, or Enemies? - University of Virginia, (November 12, 2019)
• Investment Law and Human Rights: Friends, Strangers, or Enemies? - ILA American Branch International Law Weekend, Washington, D.C. (October 4, 2019)
• Document Production is a Useful Tool in International Arbitration - Freshfields-ASIL Young Arbitrator Debate Series, Washington, D.C. (July 25, 2019)
• Resolving Corruption Allegations in International Arbitration: Practical Challenges - Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA (April 15, 2019)
• Negotiation of Treaties for the Promotion and Protection of Foreign Investment - Dechert LLP - The Embassy Law Series (April 10, 2019)
• What to do about Corruption Allegations? Debating the Options for Investment Law - Georgetown International Arbitration Society and ILA American Branch Investment Law Committee, Washington, DC (February 19, 2019) 
  
• Is Investment Arbitration in Serious Danger? — International Law Association American Branch, New York, NY (October 19, 2018)
• Investment Arbitration, Human Rights Defenses, and the Transformation of International Law —Joint North American Conference on International Economic Law incorporating the 2018 ASIL IEcLIG Biennial, Montreal (September 21-22, 2018)
• Investor-State Dispute Settlement as a Norm Generating System — Harvard International Law Journal 2018 Symposium: Frontiers of International Law, Harvard Law School (March 31, 2018)
• Resolver Conflictos entre el Derecho de los Derechos Humanos y el de Inversión - Inversión Extranjera y Arbitraje de Inversiones en Colombia: Retos y Oportunidades para el País y la Región — Universidad de los Andes (March 21, 2018)
• Practical and Strategic Dimensions of Counterclaims in Investor-State Arbitration — Georgetown International Arbitration Society and International Law Association American Branch Investment Law Committee, Washington, DC (February 13, 2018)
• Georgetown University Latin American Conference —Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (October 27, 2017)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution CLE Seminar (March 16, 2017)
• Review and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards — Washington, D.C. (December 10, 2015)
• Extraordinary Reparations, Legitimacy, and the Inter-American Court — American Society of International Law Midyear Meeting and Research Forum, Chicago, Illinois (November 8, 2014)
• The Future of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives — Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia (August 26, 2013)
• Transformative Reparations: A Social Repair Framework — Foro Fulbright Seminar Series, Bogotá, Colombia