J.P. Duffy is an associate in the Litigation practice group in New York. He focuses on international arbitration and complex and international litigation.

Mr. Duffy has represented clients in international arbitrations administered under the ICC, ICDR, ICSID and UNCITRAL rules in the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, and regularly advises on matters such as drafting dispute resolution clauses, enforcing arbitral awards in the US and abroad, obtaining prospective relief in aid of arbitration and structuring foreign investments to take advantage of bilateral and multilateral investment treaties. His expertise lies primarily in investment, accounting, and merger and acquisition claims, with a focus on the power generation and distribution industry.

Mr. Duffy has also represented clients in litigations before several US state and federal courts in a variety of international, commercial and securities disputes, as well as in actions before regulatory bodies in the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of India. He has participated in internal corporate investigations and has expertise with specialized areas of US law, such as the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Before joining DLA Piper, Mr. Duffy clerked for the Honorable Thomas C. Platt in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and spent several years at a large international law firm. Mr. Duffy speaks both French and Spanish.

Representative Matters

• Representing an Austrian claimant in an ICSID arbitration against the government of Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Representing a US power company as respondent in an ad hoc arbitration against a state owned power generation company in India
• Representing a European bank as claimant in an ICC arbitration against a US corporation
• Representing a US public company as claimant in an ICSID arbitration against the government of Argentina
• Representing an individual defendant accused of insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission
• Representing a hedge fund against a US corporation for failing to honor anti-dilution rights
• Representing an individual defendant accused of market manipulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission
• Advising a US company on structuring an investment in Iraq to take advantage of available bilateral and multilateral investment treaties
• Representing a US public company in an internal investigation into alleged bid rigging in a privatization in the Federative Republic of Brazil
• Representing a US public company in an internal investigation into potential securities improprieties

資格

• New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

メンバーシップ

• American Bar Association Section of International Law
• New York State Bar Association, International Law Practice Section
• New York County Lawyers Association
• ICC YAF
• LCIA YAG
• ICDR Y&I

執筆・出版

• Author: "Hall Street: The End of Manifest Disregard Challenges to International Arbitral Awards in the US?"; TDM (2008)
• Author: "Opposing Confirmation of International Arbitration Awards: Is It Worth the Sanctions?" 17 Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 1 (2006)
• Author: "HMO Doctors as ERISA Fiduciaries: A Bankruptcy Perspective," 8 ABI L. Rev. 125 (2000)

Seminars

• Moderator, "Best Practices for Meeting Client Needs in International Arbitration - An Associate Perspective" sponsored by the USCIB YAF

職位の情報

• Honorable Thomas C. Platt in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2001-02