Daniel L. Spiegel

Senior Of Counsel

dspiegel@cov.com
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Covington & Burling LLP
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-2401
Tel: 202.662.5347
Fax: 202.778.5347


 

Practices

Industries

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1979
  • Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, M.P.A., 1969
  • Washington University, B.A., 1967
    • magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia

Languages

  • French


Ambassador Daniel Spiegel is senior of counsel and resident in the firm's Washington, DC office.

Mr. Spiegel's international policy practice enables him to provide domestic and foreign clients with a broad range of legal services, strategic advice, and representation in their relations with both government and multilateral organizations such as the United Nations, IMF, and the OECD.  He has also represented sovereign governments from Europe, Latin America, and the Persian Gulf on trade, investment, environmental, and foreign policy matters.

Representative Matters

  • Represented a broad range of food and non-alcoholic beverage companies before a UN agency setting health standards to obesity.
  • Advised a Persian gulf government on a number of policy matters central to its relations with the United States.
  • Represented a Chinese energy company in its attempt to acquire a US energy firm.
  • Represented a vaccine manufacturer in its effort to introduce its product into innovative global programs designed to provide advanced vaccines to poor nations.

Previous Experience

  • United States Permanent Representative to the European Office of the United Nations, Geneva (1993-1996)
  • Department of State, Member, Policy Planning Staff (1979-1980)
  • Department of State, Special Assistant to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance (1977-1978)
  • U.S. Senate, Legislative Assistant for Foreign Policy to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (1971-1976)

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Council on Foreign Relations

Publications and Speeches

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