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Rose Marie Wong
Associate | Philadelphia
Rose Marie Wong

Rose Marie Wong focuses her practice on international arbitration, international litigation, and litigation matters. Ms. Wong has experience handling commercial and investor-State disputes under the ICSID, ICDR, UNCITRAL, CPR, and JAMS Rules. She has served as an arbitrator’s assistant in more than a half-dozen arbitrations under the ICDR, ICC, and LCIA. In addition to her arbitration work, she has also handled U.S. court proceedings in connection with clients’ arbitral disputes, particularly enforcement actions, petitions for discoverable materials and testimony, and motions to intervene in pending United States court cases.

She has extensive experience representing clients in the information technology sector, specifically regarding the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and its governance of the domain name industry. She has represented clients in relation to various ICANN-specific accountability mechanisms, including Documentary Information Disclosure Policy Requests, Reconsideration Requests, and ICANN’s own international arbitration process: the Independent Review Process. Furthermore, she organized and moderated a panel for the American Branch of the International Law Association’s International Law Weekend on “Accountability in Internet Governance” based upon her work regarding ICANN.

Ms. Wong also maintains an active pro bono practice by representing individuals facing violations of their civil rights and organizations advocating for policy change. As part of her practice, she has represented Outright Action International with regards to its amicus curiae brief before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. She has also assisted clients with submitting amicus curiae briefs before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the Supreme Court of New Jersey. In recognition of her pro bono work representing an environmental group in an appeal of a state agency’s approval of a natural gas pipeline through a conservation area, Ms. Wong received Dechert’s 2017 Samuel E. Klein Pro Bono Award.

Ms. Wong was a Dechert summer associate in 2014.

Prior to joining Dechert, she served as a research assistant to international arbitrator John Y. Gotanda.

Investor-State Arbitration

  • The Republic of the Philippines in a UNCITRAL arbitration regarding investments in the oil and gas industry, captioned Chevron Overseas Finance GmbH v. The Republic of the Philippines, PCA Case No. 2019-25.
  • MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Company in an ICSID arbitration captioned, MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Company v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/32), in which claims were asserted under the Energy Charter Treaty for the unfair and inequitable treatment and expropriation.
  • A South American State in an UNCITRAL investment dispute with a foreign mining company relating to the reversion of mining assets to the State.
  • An Investment Firm in an investment dispute regarding the development of a European State’s energy sector.
  • An Energy Company in an investment dispute with a European State regarding its investments in the State’s oil and gas industry.

Internet Governance Disputes

  • Afilias plc in multiple ICDR arbitrations regarding the .WEB top-level domain, captioned Altanovo Domains Limited v. ICANN (ICDR Case No. 01-23-0003-2351) and Afilias Domains No. 3 Limited v. ICANN (ICDR Case No. 01-18-0004-2702).
  • Dotgay LLC in its dispute with ICANN regarding the .GAY top-level domain.
  • Dot Music LLC in its dispute with ICANN regarding the .MUSIC top-level domain.
  • DotConnect Africa Trust in proceedings before the Califnoria Court of Appeal regarding its dispute with ICANN regarding the .AFRICA top-level domain.
  • Amazon.com, Inc. in an ICDR arbitration regarding its dispute with ICANN regarding the .AMAZON top-level domain, captioned Amazon EU Ś.A R.L. v. ICANN (ICDR Case No. 01-16-0000-7056).
  • Dot Registry LLC in an ICDR arbitration regarding its dispute with ICANN regarding the .INC, .LLC, and .LLP top-level domains, captioned Dot Registry, LLC v. ICANN (ICDR Case No. 01-14-0001-5004).

United States Court Proceedings

  • A South American State in relation to several Section 1782 petitions for discoverable materials submitted to different United States courts.
  • Individuals from the entertainment industry in a multi-million dollar employment contract dispute before the New York courts.
  • The Innocence Project in multiple efforts to protect and strengthen individuals’ Miranda rights.
  • Pinelands Preservation Alliance in multiple efforts to prevent the construction of a national gas pipeline through a protected forest area.

Commercial Arbitrations

  • A pharmaceutical company in a CPR arbitration regarding the interpretation of a commercial supply agreement.
  • A South American franchisee in an ICC arbitration regarding the interpretation of am international development agreement.
  • A technology company in multiple JAMS arbitrations regarding license agreements with electronics manufacturers.

As an Arbitrator’s Assistant

  • A party-appointed arbitrator in an ICDR arbitration regarding a commercial dispute over the delivery of commodities by a subcontractor.
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC arbitration regarding a multinational energy dispute over an electric power system.
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration regarding a dispute over the sale of natural gas.
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC arbitration regarding a dispute over the sale of shares in a corporation.
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC arbitration regarding a construction dispute caused by delays to the contracted-for work.
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in an ICC arbitration regarding an energy sector dispute over compliance with an engineering, procurement, and construction contract.
  • Contributor to The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution’s Guidelines for Arbitrator Disclosure (2024).
  • Mesa Power v. Canada, PCA Case No. 2012-17, 20 ICSID Rep 267 (Eduardo Silva Romero, David L. Attanasio and Rose Marie Wong 2022).
  • Caratube International v. Kazakhstan, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/12, 19 ICSID Rep 423 (Eduardo Silva Romero, David L. Attanasio, Rose Marie Wong, and Panos Theodoropoulos 2021).
Services
    • The University of Scranton, B.A., English and History, 2012, summa cum laude
    • Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2015, Villanova Law Review
    • Pennsylvania
    • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • Board of Directors, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania
    • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
    • Philadelphia Bar Association
    • International Center for Dispute Resolution: Young & International
    • Institute for Transnational Arbitration
    • International Bar Association

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