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Carson is an associate in King & Spalding’s International Arbitration practice. He represents clients in international commercial disputes and investment treaty arbitrations.

Carson has experience in arbitrations before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the American Arbitration Association and its International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR), and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).  Committed to the latest developments in the field, Carson has served as a delegate to the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) during its discussion on reforms to Investor-State Dispute Settlement. 

Carson received his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Dispute Resolution Law Journal. Carson earned his B.A. from Brigham Young University and graduated with University Honors. 

During law school, Carson served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Dolly M. Gee of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. He also interned in the chambers of Presiding Justice Tricia A. Bigelow of the California Court of Appeal.

Carson is fluent in Portuguese.

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Credentials

J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law

B.A., Brigham Young University, University Honors

District of Columbia

Georgia

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

American Society of International Law

J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Young ICCA

Portuguese

Matters

Representing Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production Co. in a Zurich-seated ad hoc arbitration against the Government of Thailand concerning the decommissioning of offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Thailand.

Part of the commercial arbitration team that won declaratory relief worth over US$ 600 million for a U.S.-based natural gas liquefaction company in a AAA arbitration involving a disputed payment calculation.

Representing an American LNG company in an ICDR arbitration governed by New York law concerning the scheduling terms of a long-term Sale and Purchase Agreement.

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Representing Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production Co. in a Zurich-seated ad hoc arbitration against the Government of Thailand concerning the decommissioning of offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Thailand.

Part of the commercial arbitration team that won declaratory relief worth over US$ 600 million for a U.S.-based natural gas liquefaction company in a AAA arbitration involving a disputed payment calculation.

Representing an American LNG company in an ICDR arbitration governed by New York law concerning the scheduling terms of a long-term Sale and Purchase Agreement.

Representing a major Spanish energy company in an UNCITRAL arbitration involving a force majeure declaration resulting from an earthquake in the Caribbean and a utility's inability to take regasified LNG.

Part of core associate team representing Chevron Corporation in a treaty arbitration against the Republic of Ecuador seated in The Hague, concerning the fraudulent US$ 9 billion "Lago Agrio" environmental judgment issued by the Ecuadorian courts.

Represented an American storage company in an ICC arbitration concerning the purchase price of a Brazilian joint venture. Prior to the merits hearing, the parties settled on terms favorable to the client.

Represented a major U.S.-based electric utility in an ICDR arbitration involving a contract dispute with its Canadian supplier of nuclear fuel. Prior to the merits hearing, the parties settled the dispute on terms favorable to the client.

Representing a U.A.E-based retailer in a dispute with an American franchisee over breaches of the Franchise Agreement.

Representing ICE detainees in a Religious Liberty case stemming from state and federal authorities restricting the detainees' ability to practice their faith while in custody.

Matters

Representing Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production Co. in a Zurich-seated ad hoc arbitration against the Government of Thailand concerning the decommissioning of offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Thailand.

Part of the commercial arbitration team that won declaratory relief worth over US$ 600 million for a U.S.-based natural gas liquefaction company in a AAA arbitration involving a disputed payment calculation.

Representing an American LNG company in an ICDR arbitration governed by New York law concerning the scheduling terms of a long-term Sale and Purchase Agreement.

See more

Close

Matters

Representing Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production Co. in a Zurich-seated ad hoc arbitration against the Government of Thailand concerning the decommissioning of offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Thailand.

Part of the commercial arbitration team that won declaratory relief worth over US$ 600 million for a U.S.-based natural gas liquefaction company in a AAA arbitration involving a disputed payment calculation.

Representing an American LNG company in an ICDR arbitration governed by New York law concerning the scheduling terms of a long-term Sale and Purchase Agreement.

Representing a major Spanish energy company in an UNCITRAL arbitration involving a force majeure declaration resulting from an earthquake in the Caribbean and a utility's inability to take regasified LNG.

Part of core associate team representing Chevron Corporation in a treaty arbitration against the Republic of Ecuador seated in The Hague, concerning the fraudulent US$ 9 billion "Lago Agrio" environmental judgment issued by the Ecuadorian courts.

Represented an American storage company in an ICC arbitration concerning the purchase price of a Brazilian joint venture. Prior to the merits hearing, the parties settled on terms favorable to the client.

Represented a major U.S.-based electric utility in an ICDR arbitration involving a contract dispute with its Canadian supplier of nuclear fuel. Prior to the merits hearing, the parties settled the dispute on terms favorable to the client.

Representing a U.A.E-based retailer in a dispute with an American franchisee over breaches of the Franchise Agreement.

Representing ICE detainees in a Religious Liberty case stemming from state and federal authorities restricting the detainees' ability to practice their faith while in custody.

Credentials

J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law

B.A., Brigham Young University, University Honors

District of Columbia

Georgia

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

American Society of International Law

J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Young ICCA

Portuguese