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David Weiss is in King & Spalding’s International Arbitration Group.
Mr. Weiss concentrates on investor-state arbitration and international commercial disputes. Mr. Weiss has significant experience in investment disputes, energy disputes, and disputes in Latin America. He has participated in proceedings before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague (PCA).
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague (PCA).
In 2017, Mr. Weiss was named to Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration – Future Leaders 2017.
Mr. Weiss graduated from The University of Texas School of Law, with honors, where he was a member of the Texas International Law Journal and the International Arbitration Moot Court Team. Mr. Weiss spent one semester of law school at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in São Paulo, Brazil. Before law school, Mr. Weiss graduated, with Phi Beta Kappa honors, from the University of Richmond with majors in Diplomacy and Political Science. He spent one semester of his undergraduate studies at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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J.D., The University of Texas at Austin, with honors
B.A., University of Richmond, Phi Beta Kappa
Texas
Portuguese
Spanish
April 4, 2022
King & Spalding Named Top International Arbitration Practice Worldwide
Representing a major U.S. energy company in an UNCITRAL arbitration involving over US$ 9 billion against Ecuador for denial of justice, violation of an investment agreement, and breach of the U.S.-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty
Representing a Spanish energy company in an ICSID case against Egypt for improper interference in a natural gas sale purchase agreement
Representing a Bermudian company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against Bolivia for expropriation of a mining concession
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September 4, 2020
Arbitration Team of The Month (September) – King & Spalding
April 4, 2022
King & Spalding Named Top International Arbitration Practice Worldwide
Representing a major U.S. energy company in an UNCITRAL arbitration involving over US$ 9 billion against Ecuador for denial of justice, violation of an investment agreement, and breach of the U.S.-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty
Representing a Spanish energy company in an ICSID case against Egypt for improper interference in a natural gas sale purchase agreement
Representing a Bermudian company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against Bolivia for expropriation of a mining concession
See more
September 4, 2020
Arbitration Team of The Month (September) – King & Spalding
April 4, 2022
King & Spalding Named Top International Arbitration Practice Worldwide
J.D., The University of Texas at Austin, with honors
B.A., University of Richmond, Phi Beta Kappa
Texas
Portuguese
Spanish