David Alderson*, of Heydary Hamilton PC , Toronto, with other panel members, Nancy Thevenin, of Baker & McKenzie LLP, New York and David Lindsey of Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, and panel co-coordinator, Gustavo Lamelas, of DLA Piper LLP, Miami, spoke at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association held August 4-9, 2011, in Toronto, Canada.
The panel convened and spoke at the ABA Annual Meeting, Section of Litigation event “Strategic Choices in International Arbitration: the Impact of Forum Selection and Choice-of-Law Decisions”.
David Alderson spoke on the subjects of the competence- competence doctrine, severability (separability) and judicial intervention in determining the jurisdiction of a tribunal; and the enforcement of arbitral awards, including public policy exclusion to enforcement and the effect of local limitation periods in the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards in UNCITRAL / Model law jurisdictions.
*David practices with Heydary Hamilton PC , Toronto, primarily in the fields of complex litigation and arbitration, including international disputes. He has been admitted to practice in Ontario (Canada), England and Wales, Bermuda and New York State. He has practiced with Holman Fenwick & Willan in London, a firm operating in 12 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, South East Asia and Australia; Conyers Dill and Pearman in Bermuda, a practice in 10 jurisdictions, including the Caribbean, Middle East, Far East, Europe, South America and South East Asia; and Afridi and Angell in Dubai, which had offices in New York, Washington, Pakistan and throughout the UAE.
His practice experience has focused on both domestic and international arbitrations; institutional and ad hoc arbitrations; expert determinations and valuations; and more rarely statutory arbitration. David has been professionally involved arbitrations in matters as diverse as reinsurance, construction, project finance, marine and maritime, business break-ups and commodities, including oil, grain and food products.
David has significant practice experience in the law of war and the legal consequences of war in the commercial world. David is the author and co-author of chapters of published works on attachment of assets, enforcement of money judgments and the regulation of securities. He blogs on matters of interest to those engaged in cross-border and international litigation and arbitration.
David Alderson, LL.B, LL.M (Lond.)
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