Claudia T. Salomon is co-chair of DLA Piper’s International Arbitration Practice and focuses her practice on complex, international disputes. She has managed significant investor treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration cases under the AAA/ICDR, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, Stockholm, UNCITRAL, and Vienna rules, and she has extensive experience working in Europe.

Ms. Salomon has litigated in connection with arbitration, including enforcing arbitral awards worldwide and obtaining emergency relief, and she regularly advises on the drafting of arbitration agreements. She has also handled all phases of US federal and state court litigation, including evidentiary hearings, motion practice, emergency relief, appellate practice and ADR proceedings.

In 2007, The Global Arbitration Review, which had already named Ms. Salomon one of its “45 under 45” in international arbitration, listed her as one of the world's top 30 women in international arbitration. She is included in the International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration and The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. In 2005, Ms. Salomon won a Burton Award for Legal Writing Excellence for her article analyzing the major international arbitration rules.

Ms. Salomon is Chair of the USCIB’s Young Arbitrator’s Forum. She also serves on the ICC Commission on Arbitration and the LCIA North American User's Council.

SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE

• Representing a concessionaire in an ICC arbitration against a Latin American country involving the construction of a toll road.
• Representing a US real estate developer in an ICC arbitration in Mexico involving a resort.
• Representing a US hotel company in an ICC arbitration in London involving a hotel in Brazil.
• Representing a US real estate development in an ICDR arbitration in Mexico.
• Representing a Brazilian company in an international arbitration involving a $2 billion project.
• Representing a Spanish telecommunications company in an ICC arbitration against a Portuguese company involving a sale purchase agreement.
• Representing a Chinese shipyard in an ICC arbitration in Paris against a German shipping company involving breach of contract claims.
• Representing a Czech subsidiary of a US company against another Czech company in an UNCITRAL arbitration in Vienna involving a dispute over the ownership of patents.
• Representing a Greek telephone company in three arbitrations before a single tribunal in Zurich under the UNCITRAL Rules involving the privatization of an Eastern European telephone system.
• Representing a US franchisor in an ICC arbitration against an Asian franchisee involving breach of contract claims regarding royalty payments.
• Representing a Thai refinery against a Chilean mining company in an ICDR arbitration in New York.
• Representing a US company in an ICDR arbitration in Korea involving patent claims.
• Representing an Austrian citizen in an ICDR arbitration involving U.S. securities claims.
• Representing a Hong Kong electronics manufacturer against a US company in an international arbitration under the ICDR rules involving breach of contract claims.
• Representing an Italian company that invested in a Hong Kong technology company in an LCIA arbitration in London involving breach of contract claims.
• Representing a Slovak company against a Finnish company in an international arbitration under the Vienna Rules in a construction contract dispute.

SIGNIFICANT INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION

• Representing an Eastern European country in a $350 million ICSID arbitration brought under a bilateral investment treaty and the Energy Charter Treaty involving oil and gas pipelines.
• Representing an Eastern European county in an ICSID arbitration involving the Transcaucacus pipeline.
• Representing an Eastern European country in an $120 million ICSID arbitration.
• Representing a Central European country in an investor treaty arbitration and related international commercial arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules involving $5 billion worth of claims arising out of the failure of a large bank.
• Representing a Central European country in a $30 million investor treaty arbitration under the Stockholm Rules arising out of the issuance of GSM mobile telephone licenses.
• Representing an Austrian investor in an ICSID arbitration against an Eastern European country involving a supply contract.
• Representing Spanish investors against a Latin American country in international arbitration under the UNCITRAL rules involving the construction of a toll road.
• Representing US investors in a CAFTA arbitration against a Latin American country.
• Advising a bank regarding potential investment treaty claims.

PRESS MENTIONS

• “The All-Female Top 30,” Global Arbitration Review, 2007.
• “Leading Lights: 45 under 45,” Global Arbitration Review 2006.
• “Europe seeks single contract law,” Financial Times, March 24, 2005.
• “Madame Law Présidente,” American Lawyer/Focus Europe, Summer 2004.
• “Czech Republic Is Filing Claim Over Bank’s Fall,” New York Times, December 6, 2002.

ADMISIONES

• New York
• Arizona
• Virginia

Publicaciones

• Co-author, “Regional rumble: a look at regional arbitral institutions,” Legal Business Arbitration Report, 2008.
• Co-author, “Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Against States and State Entities,” Arbitration International, 2007.
• Co-author, “Is the [ICSID] annulment process open to abuse?” Global Arbitration Review, March 2007.
• Co-author, “At Home With Arbitration: A guide to the dispute resolution process emerging in cross-border commercial matters,” New York Law Journal, June 2006.
• Co-author, “Recovering Costs in Investor-State Disputes,” American Lawyer’s Focus Europe, May 2006.
• Co-author, “An uneven playing field?” a discussion of recent developments at ICSID,” Legal Business Arbitration Report, February 2006.
• Co-author, “Does investment treaty arbitration favour the wealthy?” European Lawyer, July 2005.
• “The International Arbitration Rules: Do The Rules Make A Difference,” Journal of International Arbitration, April 2004 (Winner of a 2005 Burton Award).
• Co-author, “Navigating through Investor-State Arbitrations - An Overview of Bilateral Investment Treaty Claims,” Dispute Resolution Journal, February 2004.
• Co-author, “Submitting Evidence in International Arbitrations,” Journal of International Arbitration, June 2003.
• “Selecting an International Arbitrator: Five Factors to Consider,” Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, October 2002.

Seminarios

• ITA Workshop: Damages in International Arbitration, Workshop Co-Chair, Dallas, TX, June 2008.
• PLI Conference on International Arbitration, New York, NY, March 2008, March 2007.
• ICC/AAA/ICSID Joint Colloquium on International Arbitration, Paris, France, developments in investor-state arbitration, November 2007.
• Juris’ Leading Arbitrators Conference, New York, NY, June 2007.
• ICC Conference on Arbitration, Charleston, SC, recovering costs in arbitration, June 2006.
• IBA Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, using experts in international arbitration, September 2005.
• Conference on Negligence and Damages in an International Setting, Center for International Legal Studies, Conference Chair, Salzburg, Austria, September 2004.
• Conference on International Arbitration, Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria, common law versus civil law regimes, June 2004.

Servicios Comunitarios y Benéficos

• Addis Ababa Law School, Ethiopia, taught two week course on international arbitration, 2008.
• Sri Lanka Project, Public International Law & Policy Group, 2007.
• Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, Austria, April 2004; April 2003.
• Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic, Board of Directors, 2003-2004.
• University of Richmond Law School, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voting and Political Participation, Richmond Virginia, 1998.