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Allan B. Moore

Partner

Washington +1 202 662 5575

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    Allan B. Moore practices in the areas of international arbitration and insurance coverage. He co-chairs the firm’s Energy Industry Group and previously co-chaired the firm’s Arbitration Practice Group for 10 years. Allan has served as lead counsel in some of the largest and most prominent insurance disputes of the past 15 years, helping clients recover more than $1.7 billion since early 2023 alone. Described by clients as “a wonderful lawyer” with “deep knowledge,” he “articulates positions clearly” and “focuses on the key issues” (Chambers). He was a runner-up for “Litigator of the Week” in The American Lawyer’s Litigation Daily in May 2020 for a victory for ExxonMobil, and he has been recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, and The Legal 500.

    Clients in major cases include Norfolk Southern, whom Allan has represented in connection with the East Palestine, Ohio derailment; BP, for whom Allan was lead insurance recovery counsel in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation; ExxonMobil, Hertz, Komatsu, Merck, Plains All American Pipeline, Samsung, S&P Global, TotalEnergies, and Tyco Fire Products. Allan has served as lead counsel before federal and state courts and arbitral tribunals throughout the United States and for disputes in Europe, Canada, the UK, East Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and Africa. Allan has extensive experience with “Bermuda Form” arbitrations and has served as lead counsel for successful parties in ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, DIFC-LCIA, SCC, AAA, CPR, and ad hoc arbitrations, as well as in ICC expert proceedings. He also occasionally sits as an arbitrator.

    Allan is a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA); a former Member of the LCIA Court; a peer-selected “Distinguished Neutral” for arbitration and mediation with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR); a rostered arbitrator with the Institute for Energy Law (IEL); and a member of the CPR Council. He coaches law students in oral advocacy and is a frequent speaker on insurance coverage and arbitration topics.

    Areas of Expertise

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  • Representative Matters
    • Lead counsel for Norfolk Southern on coverage claims arising from the train derailment and chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio, resulting in a publicly reported recovery of more than $1.04 billion.
    • Lead counsel for BP in insurance coverage litigation arising from the Deepwater Horizon accident and resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
    • Lead counsel for an AmLaw 100 law firm in pursuing insurance coverage for a nine-figure professional negligence claim.
    • Lead counsel for Tyco Fire Products in product liability coverage litigation relating to PFAS (“forever chemicals”) in firefighting foam.
    • Lead counsel for Hertz in two, unrelated state supreme court appeals in Colorado and Delaware.
    • Lead counsel for an oil and gas exploration and production company in ICC proceedings concerning the proper valuation of a $3.6 billion transaction in Australia and Canada.
    • Lead counsel for S&P Global in a property damage and business interruption insurance claim valued at over $100 million.
    • Lead counsel for an American midstream energy company in pursuing general liability insurance coverage claims in London arbitrations valued at over $705 million.
    • Lead counsel for Apache Corporation in $400 million insurance coverage arbitration and litigation proceedings relating to the explosion of a gas pipeline in Western Australia.
    • Lead counsel for a global mining company in pursuing a $400 million UNCITRAL arbitration against an African government for breaches of a development agreement.
    • Lead counsel for a Swedish shipbuilder in successfully defending a $35 million ICC case brought under Swedish law by a U.S. subcontractor in New York.
    • Lead counsel for a U.S. government prime contractor in securing the dismissal of a DIFC-LCIA arbitration brought by a subcontractor in Afghanistan and Dubai.
    • Lead counsel for a mining equipment manufacturer in handling legacy asbestos products liability and environmental coverage claims.
    • Lead counsel for the operator of a natural gas exploration and production joint venture in a nine-figure ICDR dispute with its minority partner.
    • Lead counsel for Saudi and U.S. investment managers in successfully defending against Texas court proceedings brought by Saudi investors.
    • Lead counsel for a New York private equity fund in defending an arbitration brought by an investment research and advisory firm relating to the investment of over $100 million in European pension fund assets.

    • Representation of corporate policyholders, from diverse industries, in state and federal court actions seeking general liability, property damage, business interruption, product liability, directors and officers, crime and fidelity, cyber, product recall, fiduciary, employment practices, and other insurance recoveries in California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin and in London, Bermuda, and Canadian arbitration proceedings
    • Lead counsel for an Indian metals manufacturer in the successful pursuit of a claim for damages under Swedish law in a Stockholm Chamber arbitration against a Spanish customer relating to a Caribbean power transmission project.
    • Lead counsel for the co-owner of an American hybrid automobile battery manufacturer in an arbitration seated in Houston brought by its joint venture partner and 50% co-owner.
    • Co-lead counsel for a global mining company in an ICDR arbitration relating to alleged breaches of an EPC contract for the construction of power lines in the Andes.
    • Co-lead counsel for a Fortune 100 company in related London arbitrations involving over 40 witnesses and six weeks of testimony, resulting in the third largest commercial arbitration award of the prior five years (according to AmLaw Focus Europe) and the recovery of approximately $590 million in insurance coverage for mass tort liabilities and related fees and costs.
    • Co-lead counsel for a major U.S. railroad in a London arbitration that settled on highly favorable terms relating to losses arising from what was reportedly the largest chemical release from a train derailment in U.S. history.
    • Lead counsel for the Jordanian Government, in securing a jurisdictional dismissal and favorable merits findings, in an ICSID arbitration brought by a Turkish contractor in connection with the collapse of a dike constructed under a FIDIC contract in the Dead Sea.
    • Lead counsel for the Arab Republic of Egypt in successfully defeating private-party claims by Egyptian business owners in an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York on sovereign immunity grounds.
    • Lead counsel for an American manufacturing firm and licensee in successfully obtaining, through an ICC arbitration in London, a worldwide injunction and award of costs and fees against its South African licensor, which had become an infringing competitor.
    • Lead counsel for a Middle Eastern inventor in successfully establishing breaches of contract by a German engineering firm, and obtaining an award of costs and fees, in an ICC arbitration in London.
    • Representation of an international consumer goods conglomerate in connection with an ICC arbitration, U.S. confirmation order, and conflicting Brazilian court proceedings.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1990
        • Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Executive Editor
    • Harvard University, A.B., 1986
        • magna cum laude
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • Massachusetts
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
    • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
    • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1990 - 1991
    Accolades
    • The AmLaw Litigation Daily, "Litigator of the Week" Runner-Up (May 29, 2020)
    • Recognized for International Arbitration: USA - Nationwide (Chambers USA)
    • Recognized for International Arbitration: USA (Chambers Global)
    • Recognized for Arbitration, International Arbitration - Commercial & International Arbitration - Governmental (Best Lawyers in America)
    • Recommended for International Arbitration (Legal 500 US)
    • Recommended for Insurance: Advice to Policyholders (Legal 500 US)
    • Recommended for International Arbitration (Legal 500 Latin America)
    • Recommended for Energy Litigation (Legal 500 US)
    • Recognized for Insurance Coverage (Washington DC Super Lawyers)
    • One of the United States' 17 "Leading Lawyers" for International Arbitration (Legal 500 US) 
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • American Bar Association, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee
    • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Member of the LCIA Court (2017-2022)
    • Harvard Law School International Investment Arbitration Moot Program, Founder and Coach-Advisor
    • George Washington University Law School, Adjunct Professor (International Arbitration) (2008-)
    • ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration, Co-Chair (2019)
    • Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), Executive Committee
    • International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), Council Member and Distinguished Neutral (Arbitrator and Mediator)
    • International Bar Association (IBA), Arbitration Committee
    • Institute for Energy Law, Advisory Board Member; Listed Arbitrator
    • International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), Member
    • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Member
    • Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), Member
    • American Society of International Law (ASIL), Dispute Resolution Group
    • Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot, Sponsor and Arbitrator (formerly)

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