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For over 30 years, Mr. Garibaldi has drawn on his triple training as a common-law, civil-law and public- international-law lawyer in representing clients in a broad range of international matters involving complex issues of national and international law. His current practice is centered on international arbitration and international litigation. On international arbitration, Mr. Garibaldi is specialized in investor-State dispute resolution and also represents clients in international commercial arbitration and trade disputes. On international litigation, Mr. Garibaldi concentrates on representing clients in complex disputes that require strategic direction or coordination of multiple lawsuits around the world.
Representative Matters
- Lead counsel to a major U.S. oil company in respect of an investment dispute with a South American country (pending).
- Co-Lead counsel to the claimants in MTD Equity Sdn. Bhd. et al. v. Republic of Chile (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/7) (final award and final decision in annulment proceedings in favor of the claimants).
- Co-Lead counsel to the claimants in LG&E Energy Corp et al. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/1) (favorable decisions on jurisdiction, and liability; pending in quantum of damages).
- Co-Lead counsel to the claimants in Phoenix Action Ltd. v. Czech Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/05) (pending).
- Co-Lead counsel to the claimants in Rail World Estonia LLC et al v. Republic of Estonia (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/6) (settled).
- Lead coordinating counsel to the Bacardi Group in multi-country litigation over ownership of the HAVANA CLUB trademark and co-lead counsel in litigation in the U.S. regarding the same dispute.
- Coordinating counsel to SPI Group S.A. in multi-country litigation over ownership of the STOLICHNAYA trademark and co-lead counsel in litigation in the U.S. regarding the same dispute.
Previous Experience
- University of Virginia Law School, Lecturer on public international law and legal philosophy (1979-1981)
- Cornell Law School, Assistant Professor of Law for public international law and legal philosophy (1976-1978)
Honors and Rankings
- The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration Lawyers (2008)
- ICSID Panel of Conciliators (appointed by the United States for a term ending on 7 February 2008), Member
- Chambers Global for international arbitration (2007)
- Chambers USA for international arbitration (2007)
- The Legal 500 - United States, for international arbitration (2007)
- Who's Who Legal (2007), arbitration.
- Global Arbitration Review.
- Best Lawyers in America for international arbitration (2006)
- Euromoney’s Expert Guides to the World’s Leading Lawyers for international commercial arbitration (2006)
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Rómulo Gallegos Fellowship (1974)
Publications and Speeches
- "Expropriation of Energy Investments," The International Energy Review (May 2007), Co-Author
- "National Sovereignty v. Investment Treaties," University of Dundee (2/15/2007)
- "Carlos Calvo Redivivus: The Rediscovery of the Calvo Doctrine in the Era of Investment Treaties," PROC. OF THE 57TH ANN. INST. ON OIL & GAS LAW (2006); reprinted in Transnational Dispute Management, Vol.3, Issue 5 (2006), Author
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