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Danielle Morris helps clients navigate complex cross-border disputes and investment risks, guiding them through every stage of international arbitration, from early strategy to enforcement. She advises on treaty protections and risk mitigation, enabling clients to avoid, manage, or efficiently resolve high-stakes conflicts involving States and commercial parties.
Danielle advises clients across sectors, including mining, oil and gas, financial services, construction, pharmaceuticals, and automotive. She regularly advises on substantive protections and dispute resolution mechanisms under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties, representing both investors and States in investment arbitrations. Danielle has also represented States and State-owned entities, as well as private commercial parties, in high-value contract-based arbitrations under both common and civil governing laws.
From 2008 to 2011, Danielle served as an Attorney-Adviser in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes. She represented the United States in NAFTA arbitrations and in State-to-State arbitrations under the Algiers Accords before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.
Drawing on experience acting for both investors and States, Danielle offers a balanced perspective on how disputes are evaluated and defended, enabling her to anticipate risks, position cases effectively, and deliver commercially grounded advice in complex, high-stakes matters.
J.D., Yale Law School, Editor, Yale Law Journal, Editor, Yale Law & Policy Review
B.A., Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
District of Columbia
New York
Judicial Clerk, The Hon. Mark R. Kravitz, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Lectured at Cambridge University, Duke University School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Michigan Law School
Taught international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Italian
Spanish
Represented a Cypriot investor in an ICSID arbitration against Armenia arising out of an investment in the mining sector.
Represented a UK investor in an UNCITRAL arbitration against the People’s Republic of China arising out of the expropriation of land use rights.
Represented a Singaporean company in related AAA/ICDR arbitrations against a U.S. multinational company arising out of the termination of a suite of distribution and franchise agreements in Southeast Asia.
See moreRepresented a Cypriot investor in an ICSID arbitration against Armenia arising out of an investment in the mining sector.
Represented a UK investor in an UNCITRAL arbitration against the People’s Republic of China arising out of the expropriation of land use rights.
Represented a Singaporean company in related AAA/ICDR arbitrations against a U.S. multinational company arising out of the termination of a suite of distribution and franchise agreements in Southeast Asia.
See moreJ.D., Yale Law School, Editor, Yale Law Journal, Editor, Yale Law & Policy Review
B.A., Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
District of Columbia
New York
Judicial Clerk, The Hon. Mark R. Kravitz, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Lectured at Cambridge University, Duke University School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Michigan Law School
Taught international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Italian
Spanish