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Robert H. SMIT |
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
USA
Tel: +1.212.455.7325
Fax: +1.212.455.2502
rsmit@stblaw.com
http://www.stblaw.com
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| Languages |
English (native); French, Dutch (fluent) |
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| Nationality |
USA, The Netherlands |
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| Bar Admission |
New York - 1986
Various US District Courts |
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| Education |
Cornell University (BA - 1981); Columbia University School of Law (JD - 1986); University of Paris I (DEA droit des affaires - 1986) |
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Academic
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Visiting Associate Professor (Business Law) - Université de Paris I (1987–88) |
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Experience
as Arbitrator |
Sole arbitrator or member of the tribunal in several domestic and international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc and under the Rules of the ICC |
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Experience
as Counsel |
Numerous international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (project finance, joint ventures, insurance, and general contract disputes) |
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Publications
Relating to
Arbitration |
• Comparison of International Arbitration Rules (Juris Publishing, 2002)(with C.K. Harper, P.C. Thomas, J.J. Kerr, Jr. and E.A. Fuertsman)
• A Comparison of International Commercial Arbitration Rules (Juris Publishing/Sweet & Maxwell, 1998)
• "Obtaining Preliminary Relief," in International Commercial Arbitration in New York 249 (J. Carter & J. Fellas eds., Oxford University Press, 2010) (with T. Robinson)
• "Cost Awards in International Commercial Arbitration: Proposed Guidelines for Promoting Time and Cost Efficiency," 20(3), Am. Rev. Int’l Arb. 267 (2009, published in 2010) (with T.B. Robinson)
• "Towards Greater Efficiency in Document Production before Arbitral Tribunals—A North American Viewpoint," in Document Production in International Arbitration 93 (ICC Pub., 2006)
• "The Newly Revised CPR Rules for Non Administered Arbitration of International Disputes," 18(1) J. Int’l Arb. 59 (Feb. 2001)
• "Andersen v. Andersen: The Claimants' Perspective," 10(4) Am. Rev. Int’l Arb. 443 (1999)
• "General Commentary on the WIPO Arbitration Rules, Recommended Clauses, General Provisions and the WIPO Expedited Arbitration Rules," 9 Am. Rev. Int’l Arb. 3 (1998)
• "International Arbitration of Infrastructure Project Disputes and the Enforcement Regime Under the New York Convention," presented at the 2nd Latin American Regional Conference of the IBA Section on Business Law, 1998
• "International Fast-Track Commercial Arbitration in the United States and Canada," Comp. L. Y.B. for International Business/Special Issue on Dispute Resolution Methods 434 (1995)
• "An Inside View of the ICC Court," 10(1) Arb. Int’l 53 (1994) |
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Other
Connections
with France |
Lawyer Intern, ICC Court of International Arbitration (1992) |
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