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He has extensive experience with appellate litigation and defense of complex securities, commodities and consumer banking class actions and has represented clients in cases involving claims arising under securities laws, antitrust, CEA, RICO, FCRA, TILA, contract, and tort law claims, among others.\nHe has also represented financial institutions and other clients in regulatory examination and enforcement matters involving the CFPB, FDIC, OCC, and other federal and state regulators. He also regularly provides regulatory counseling to financial institutions, including conducting compliance reviews concerning federal and state consumer financial laws.\nDavid received his JD from Yale Law School in 2001. While pursuing his JD, he also obtained a graduate M.Phil. degree in American Studies. Upon graduating from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Rosemary Barkett of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 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Lamm eds.)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Final Award in Occidental v. Ecuador, in\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;The Reasons Requirement in International Investment Arbitration 211-30 (G. Aguilar-Alvarez \u0026amp; W.M. Reisman eds., 2008)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eJurisdiction and Compliance in Recent Decisions of the International Court of Justice\u003c/em\u003e, 18 European Journal of International Law\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e815 (2007)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Generally Accepted Principles of International Law\u0026rdquo; as Philippine Law,\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;47 Ateneo Law Journal\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e243 (2002)\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelect Speaking Engagements\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(chronological)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, New York, March 2, 2020, Panelist, Seminar on \u0026ldquo;The Hague Court of Appeal\u0026rsquo;s Yukos Judgment\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasel University, Basel Institute of Governance, Switzerland, January 10, 2020, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Legal Consequences of Corruption on an Arbitral Award in Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnergy Charter Secretariat, Energy Charter Treaty Forum 2019, Singapore, November 20, 2019, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Stakeholder Participation in Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Disputes: Forms and Forums of Participation\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeio University, Tokyo, November 11-12, 2019, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Corruption in Investment Treaty Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing \u0026amp; Spalding Seminar, Manila, May 15, 2020, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Anatomy of a Finance Deal: From Global Transactions to Dispute Resolution\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUNCITRAL Working Group III, New York, April 3, 2019, Side Event: Building Blocks for a New ISDS System\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILA American Branch Investment Law Committee and the Georgetown International Arbitration Society, Washington, D.C., February 19, 2019, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;What To Do About Corruption Allegations? Debating the Options for Investment Law\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., February 13, 2019, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Handling Allegations of Corruption in Arbitration and Judicial Dispute Resolution\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasel University, Basel Institute of Governance, Switzerland, January 10-11, 2019, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Legal Consequences of the Establishment of Corruption in Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDutch Arbitration Association, October 18, 2018 (Dutch Arbitration Day) Amsterdam, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Artificial Intelligence and Calculating Your Chances of Success\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFTI Consulting, King \u0026amp; Spalding, and RPA Inc., Toronto, March 5, 2018, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Trends in Mining\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2018, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;So You Want To Be an Arbitrator\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreshfields/ASIL Debate Series, Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 2017, Debater, \u0026ldquo;This House Believes that States May Not Rely on their Own Acts of Corruption to Object to the Jurisdiction of International Tribunals\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC), 3rd ICC Asia Conference on International Arbitration, Singapore, June 29, 2017, Lecturer, ICC Institute Training for Tribunal Secretaries\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorgetown International Arbitration Society, Washington, D.C., April 2017, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Corruption in Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), October 2016, Speaker ADR in Asia Conference, \u0026ldquo;Corruption: Arbitrators Beware\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Hong Kong, October 2016, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;International Arbitration in Rising Asia: Philippines\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePham Van Dong University and Nha Trang University, Vietnam, August 2016, Speaker, International Workshop on the \u0026ldquo;Legal Status of Islands and Rocks in International Law and Practice\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., June 2016, Speaker, 12th International Arbitration Summer Program\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York University Arbitration Lecture Series, New York City, April 11, 2016, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Investor Misconduct in International Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York International Arbitration Center, New York City, April 7, 2016, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Corruption and International Arbitration: A 360 Degree View\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstitute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA) Americas Workshop, Mexico City, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2015, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;State Responsibility for Corruption: the Attribution Asymmetry\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvard Law School, Transnational Corruption Seminar (Fall 2015), Cambridge, MA, Oct. 23, 2015, Guest Lecturer, \u0026ldquo;International Arbitration as a tool for Combating Transnational Corruption\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law, International Courts and Tribunals Seminar, Oct. 22, 2015, Guest Lecturer, \u0026ldquo;Inter-State Arbitration: Dipsutes under the UNCLOS and Other Treaties\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eICC Young Arbitrators Forum, New York, Sept. 29, 2015, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Addressing Corruption Issues in International Commercial Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoung ICCA, Skills Training Workshop, New York, March 5, 2015, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Practical Ethical Dilemmas in International Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJuris Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration, 9th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2015, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Burdens and Standards of Proof for Corruption\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Arbitration Club of New York, New York, Feb. 19, 2015, Main Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Investor Wrongdoing in International Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 34th Annual Meeting of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, Paris, Nov. 24, 2014, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;The Impact of Corruption on Gateway Issues of Arbitrability, Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Procedural Issues\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) 22nd Congress, Biennial meeting, Miami, April 6-9, 2014, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Treaty Arbitration: Pleading and Proof of Fraud and Comparable Forms of Abuse\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Young Arbitrator\u0026rsquo;s Forum, Paris, Jan. 20, 2014, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Standards for Disqualifying Arbitrators in Commercial and Investment Arbitration: Convergence or Divergence?\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsian Strategy and Leadership Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Dec 5, 2013, Speaker, Public Forum on International Courts and Tribunals in The Hague\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Human Rights Day, Erasmus House, Jakarta Dec. 2, 2013, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Challenges facing the ASEAN Charter on Human Rights\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater Diplomacy Consortium, Water Security and Peace Conference, The Hague, Nov 14-15, 2013, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Water and Peace from the Perspective of the Permanent Court of Arbitration: The Indus, The Rhine, and Beyond\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViet Nam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1st Annual Inter-Ministry Seminar on International Law and Dispute Settlement, Ha Long, Vietnam, Sept 10-12, 2013, Lecturer, \u0026ldquo;Inter-State Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational University of Singapore, International Law Week, Singapore, Aug 27, 2013, Singapore, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;International Dispute Settlement and the Permanent Court of Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited Nations International Law Fellowship Programme, The Hague, June 26-27, 2013, Lecturer,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Inter-State Arbitration: Past and Present\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUNCTAD-City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Nov. 21-22, 2011, Speaker,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Revision of Arbitration Rules and Procedural Issues Arising in Investor-State Disputes\u0026rdquo;,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eConference on \u0026ldquo;Contemporary Issues in Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAPEC-UNCTAD, Workshop on Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Manila, June 22-24, 2011, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Investment Arbitration 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Magallona)\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSociety of International Economic Law, 2nd Biennial Global Conference, Barcelona, July 8-10, 2010, Panelist,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Contemporary Jurisdictional Problems in Investor-State Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican Society of International Law, 102nd Annual Meeting Washington, D.C., April 9-12, 2008, Panelist,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;International Law and the Fight Against Corruption\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","slug":"aloysius-llamzon","email":"allamzon@kslaw.com","phone":null,"matters":["\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of the Republic of Turkey in a multi-billion dollar inter-State ICC arbitration initiated by the Republic of Iraq in relation to a crude oil pipeline system between Iraq and Turkey\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. in a multi-billion dollar ICSID arbitration against the Republic of the Philippines under the Netherlands-Philippines bilateral investment treaty in relation to the Malampaya gas-to-power project, the largest foreign investment in Philippine history\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of a major Spanish energy company in multi-billion dollar commercial and treaty arbitrations against the Arab Republic of Egypt and its State-owned company\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of claimant in an UNCITRAL/PCA-administered Arbitration against a South American state brought under a bilateral investment treaty in relation to a consumer goods manufacturing enterprise\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of two oil majors in a USD3 billion ICC arbitration against an Asian State\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of a major Southeast Asian conglomerate in a SIAC contract arbitration involving a USD500 million shareholders dispute over infrastructure projects\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of Claimant in an UNCITRAL Arbitration against Peru brought under the U.S. - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, concerning a copper mining project and poly-metallic smelting operation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of respondent in an ICC arbitration by a multinational technology provider against a Philippine telecom company, including related Philippine court litigation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of a multinational infrastructure company in relation to the recognition and enforcement of an ICC arbitration agreement and eventual award against a Philippine energy company before Philippine courts\u003c/p\u003e"],"taggings":{"tags":[],"meta_tags":[]},"expertise":[{"id":1,"guid":"1.aofs","index":0,"source":"aofs"},{"id":102,"guid":"102.capabilities","index":1,"source":"capabilities"},{"id":74,"guid":"74.capabilities","index":2,"source":"capabilities"},{"id":14,"guid":"14.capabilities","index":3,"source":"capabilities"}],"is_active":true,"last_name":"Llamzon","nick_name":"Aloysius","clerkships":[],"first_name":"Aloysius","title_rank":9999,"updated_by":101,"law_schools":[{"id":2914,"meta":{"degree":"A.B. 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Blackaby eds., forthcoming 2020)(with Edward Kehoe)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eArticle 18: Influence Peddling, in\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eM. Kubiciel, C. Rose, and O. Landwehr eds., Commentary on the U.N. Convention Against Corruption (Oxford University Press, 2019)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eMining Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific, in\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eThe Guide to Mining Arbitrations (Global Arbitration Review, J. Fry \u0026amp; LA Bret eds., 2019)(with William Panlilio)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eActa Iure Gestionis, Acta Iure Imperii, entry in\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eMax Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (2018) (with Charlene Sun)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Juridical Island: From the Island of Palmas to the South China Sea Arbitrations, in\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eLegal Status of Islands and Rocks in International law and Practice in the South China Sea (2016)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvestor Wrongdoing in Investment Arbitration: Standards Governing Issues of Corruption, Fraud, Misrepresentation, and other Investor Misconduct,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ein Legitimacy: Myths, Realities, Challenges, ICCA Congress Series No. 18 (A.J. van den Berg ed., 2015) (with Dr. A. Sinclair)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe State of the\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eUnclean Hands Doctrine in International Investment Law:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eYukos\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eas Omega and Alpha,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e30 ICSID Review 315-25 (2015)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Corruption\u0026rsquo;s Peremptory Treatment in International Investment Arbitration, in\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eAddressing Issues of Corruption in Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Dossiers of the ICC Institute of World Business Law No. 13 32-50\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e(D. Baizeau and R. Kreindler eds., 2015)\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eState Responsibility for Corruption: The Attribution Asymmetry in International Investment Arbitration\u003c/em\u003e, Transnational Disp. Mgt., Vol. 10, No. 3, May 2013 (R. Kreindler \u0026amp; C. Lamm eds.)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Final Award in Occidental v. Ecuador, in\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;The Reasons Requirement in International Investment Arbitration 211-30 (G. Aguilar-Alvarez \u0026amp; W.M. Reisman eds., 2008)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eJurisdiction and Compliance in Recent Decisions of the International Court of Justice\u003c/em\u003e, 18 European Journal of International Law\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e815 (2007)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Generally Accepted Principles of International Law\u0026rdquo; as Philippine Law,\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;47 Ateneo Law Journal\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e243 (2002)\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelect Speaking Engagements\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(chronological)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, New York, March 2, 2020, Panelist, Seminar on \u0026ldquo;The Hague Court of Appeal\u0026rsquo;s Yukos Judgment\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasel University, Basel Institute of Governance, Switzerland, January 10, 2020, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Legal Consequences of Corruption on an Arbitral Award in Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnergy Charter Secretariat, Energy Charter Treaty Forum 2019, Singapore, November 20, 2019, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Stakeholder Participation in Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Disputes: Forms and Forums of Participation\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeio University, Tokyo, November 11-12, 2019, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Corruption in Investment Treaty Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing \u0026amp; Spalding Seminar, Manila, May 15, 2020, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Anatomy of a Finance Deal: From Global Transactions to Dispute Resolution\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUNCITRAL Working Group III, New York, April 3, 2019, Side Event: Building Blocks for a New ISDS System\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILA American Branch Investment Law Committee and the Georgetown International Arbitration Society, Washington, D.C., February 19, 2019, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;What To Do About Corruption Allegations? Debating the Options for Investment Law\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., February 13, 2019, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Handling Allegations of Corruption in Arbitration and Judicial Dispute Resolution\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasel University, Basel Institute of Governance, Switzerland, January 10-11, 2019, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Legal Consequences of the Establishment of Corruption in Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDutch Arbitration Association, October 18, 2018 (Dutch Arbitration Day) Amsterdam, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Artificial Intelligence and Calculating Your Chances of Success\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFTI Consulting, King \u0026amp; Spalding, and RPA Inc., Toronto, March 5, 2018, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Trends in Mining\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2018, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;So You Want To Be an Arbitrator\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreshfields/ASIL Debate Series, Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 2017, Debater, \u0026ldquo;This House Believes that States May Not Rely on their Own Acts of Corruption to Object to the Jurisdiction of International Tribunals\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC), 3rd ICC Asia Conference on International Arbitration, Singapore, June 29, 2017, Lecturer, ICC Institute Training for Tribunal Secretaries\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorgetown International Arbitration Society, Washington, D.C., April 2017, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Corruption in Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), October 2016, Speaker ADR in Asia Conference, \u0026ldquo;Corruption: Arbitrators Beware\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Hong Kong, October 2016, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;International Arbitration in Rising Asia: Philippines\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePham Van Dong University and Nha Trang University, Vietnam, August 2016, Speaker, International Workshop on the \u0026ldquo;Legal Status of Islands and Rocks in International Law and Practice\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., June 2016, Speaker, 12th International Arbitration Summer Program\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York University Arbitration Lecture Series, New York City, April 11, 2016, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Investor Misconduct in International Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York International Arbitration Center, New York City, April 7, 2016, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Corruption and International Arbitration: A 360 Degree View\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstitute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA) Americas Workshop, Mexico City, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2015, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;State Responsibility for Corruption: the Attribution Asymmetry\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvard Law School, Transnational Corruption Seminar (Fall 2015), Cambridge, MA, Oct. 23, 2015, Guest Lecturer, \u0026ldquo;International Arbitration as a tool for Combating Transnational Corruption\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law, International Courts and Tribunals Seminar, Oct. 22, 2015, Guest Lecturer, \u0026ldquo;Inter-State Arbitration: Dipsutes under the UNCLOS and Other Treaties\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eICC Young Arbitrators Forum, New York, Sept. 29, 2015, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Addressing Corruption Issues in International Commercial Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoung ICCA, Skills Training Workshop, New York, March 5, 2015, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Practical Ethical Dilemmas in International Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJuris Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration, 9th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2015, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Burdens and Standards of Proof for Corruption\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Arbitration Club of New York, New York, Feb. 19, 2015, Main Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Investor Wrongdoing in International Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 34th Annual Meeting of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, Paris, Nov. 24, 2014, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;The Impact of Corruption on Gateway Issues of Arbitrability, Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Procedural Issues\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) 22nd Congress, Biennial meeting, Miami, April 6-9, 2014, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Treaty Arbitration: Pleading and Proof of Fraud and Comparable Forms of Abuse\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Young Arbitrator\u0026rsquo;s Forum, Paris, Jan. 20, 2014, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Standards for Disqualifying Arbitrators in Commercial and Investment Arbitration: Convergence or Divergence?\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsian Strategy and Leadership Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Dec 5, 2013, Speaker, Public Forum on International Courts and Tribunals in The Hague\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Human Rights Day, Erasmus House, Jakarta Dec. 2, 2013, Panelist, \u0026ldquo;Challenges facing the ASEAN Charter on Human Rights\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater Diplomacy Consortium, Water Security and Peace Conference, The Hague, Nov 14-15, 2013, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Water and Peace from the Perspective of the Permanent Court of Arbitration: The Indus, The Rhine, and Beyond\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViet Nam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1st Annual Inter-Ministry Seminar on International Law and Dispute Settlement, Ha Long, Vietnam, Sept 10-12, 2013, Lecturer, \u0026ldquo;Inter-State Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational University of Singapore, International Law Week, Singapore, Aug 27, 2013, Singapore, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;International Dispute Settlement and the Permanent Court of Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited Nations International Law Fellowship Programme, The Hague, June 26-27, 2013, Lecturer,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Inter-State Arbitration: Past and Present\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUNCTAD-City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Nov. 21-22, 2011, Speaker,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Revision of Arbitration Rules and Procedural Issues Arising in Investor-State Disputes\u0026rdquo;,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eConference on \u0026ldquo;Contemporary Issues in Investment Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAPEC-UNCTAD, Workshop on Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Manila, June 22-24, 2011, Speaker, \u0026ldquo;Investment Arbitration Procedure under the UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilippine Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippine Judicial Academy, and the University of the Philippines Law Center, Manila, March 2, 2011, Speaker, Forum on Philippine Membership to the PCA, Manila (with Justice F.P. Feliciano and Dean M. Magallona)\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSociety of International Economic Law, 2nd Biennial Global Conference, Barcelona, July 8-10, 2010, Panelist,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Contemporary Jurisdictional Problems in Investor-State Arbitration\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican Society of International Law, 102nd Annual Meeting Washington, D.C., April 9-12, 2008, Panelist,\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;International Law and the Fight Against Corruption\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","matters":["\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of the Republic of Turkey in a multi-billion dollar inter-State ICC arbitration initiated by the Republic of Iraq in relation to a crude oil pipeline system between Iraq and Turkey\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. in a multi-billion dollar ICSID arbitration against the Republic of the Philippines under the Netherlands-Philippines bilateral investment treaty in relation to the Malampaya gas-to-power project, the largest foreign investment in Philippine history\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of a major Spanish energy company in multi-billion dollar commercial and treaty arbitrations against the Arab Republic of Egypt and its State-owned company\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of claimant in an UNCITRAL/PCA-administered Arbitration against a South American state brought under a bilateral investment treaty in relation to a consumer goods manufacturing enterprise\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of two oil majors in a USD3 billion ICC arbitration against an Asian State\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of a major Southeast Asian conglomerate in a SIAC contract arbitration involving a USD500 million shareholders dispute over infrastructure projects\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of Claimant in an UNCITRAL Arbitration against Peru brought under the U.S. - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, concerning a copper mining project and poly-metallic smelting operation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of respondent in an ICC arbitration by a multinational technology provider against a Philippine telecom company, including related Philippine court litigation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepresentation of a multinational infrastructure company in relation to the recognition and enforcement of an ICC arbitration agreement and eventual award against a Philippine energy company before Philippine courts\u003c/p\u003e"],"recognitions":[{"title":"Smit-Lowenfeld Prize for Best International Arbitration Article (2017) ","detail":""},{"title":"Yale Law School: Ambrose Gherini Prize (“best paper upon a subject of international law, either public or private”); Howard M. 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Olin Fellow in Law, Economics and Public Policy\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"\"}{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"Ateneo de Manila Law School: St. Thomas More Award, Dean’s Award for Best Thesis\", :detail=\u0026gt;\"\"}{{ FIELD }}Representation of the Republic of Turkey in a multi-billion dollar inter-State ICC arbitration initiated by the Republic of Iraq in relation to a crude oil pipeline system between Iraq and Turkey{{ FIELD }}Representation of Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. in a multi-billion dollar ICSID arbitration against the Republic of the Philippines under the Netherlands-Philippines bilateral investment treaty in relation to the Malampaya gas-to-power project, the largest foreign investment in Philippine history{{ FIELD }}Representation of a major Spanish energy company in multi-billion dollar commercial and treaty arbitrations against the Arab Republic of Egypt and its State-owned company{{ FIELD }}Representation of claimant in an UNCITRAL/PCA-administered Arbitration against a South American state brought under a bilateral investment treaty in relation to a consumer goods manufacturing enterprise{{ FIELD }}Representation of two oil majors in a USD3 billion ICC arbitration against an Asian State{{ FIELD }}Representation of a major Southeast Asian conglomerate in a SIAC contract arbitration involving a USD500 million shareholders dispute over infrastructure projects{{ FIELD }}Representation of Claimant in an UNCITRAL Arbitration against Peru brought under the U.S. - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, concerning a copper mining project and poly-metallic smelting operation{{ FIELD }}Representation of respondent in an ICC arbitration by a multinational technology provider against a Philippine telecom company, including related Philippine court litigation{{ FIELD }}Representation of a multinational infrastructure company in relation to the recognition and enforcement of an ICC arbitration agreement and eventual award against a Philippine energy company before Philippine courts{{ FIELD }}Aloysius (Louie) Llamzon is a partner at K\u0026amp;S’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices and a member of its International Arbitration group.  Dr. Llamzon represents private and sovereign clients in commercial, investment, and inter-State disputes.  Having practiced in Asia, Europe, and the U.S., Louie is thoroughly familiar with civil and common law systems.  He advocates before tribunals seated throughout the world, involving energy, infrastructure, financial, manufacturing, mining, and construction disputes.  He also acts as arbitrator.\nDr. Llamzon was previously a corporate finance associate at a leading international law firm’s Hong Kong office, and an associate at a large firm in Manila.  He is admitted in the Philippines, New York and D.C.  Louie was also a Senior Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague.  There, he was Registrar and Tribunal Secretary in inter-State, treaty, and contract arbitrations involving States.  His public international law experience includes disputes involving land and maritime boundaries, treaty interpretation, the environment, and transnational pipelines.\nLouie holds J.S.D. and LL.M. degrees from Yale Law School, and A.B. and J.D. degrees from Ateneo de Manila University.  He publishes widely and is a research professor and former lecturer at law schools in Manila and The Hague.  His book “Corruption in International Investment Arbitration” (Oxford, 2014), is the leading treatise in the subject.  His article “Investor Wrongdoing in Investment Arbitration” won the 2017 Smit-Lowenfeld Prize.  He is a frequent speaker, including at the biennial ICCA Congress and the annual meetings of ASIL and the ICC Institute of World Business Law.  He is a member of ASIL’s Executive Council.\nLouie has been recognized annually in Who’s Who Legal Future Leaders – Arbitration since 2017, which has described him as a “star”, “an expert in international corruption matters relating to disputes,” “a top emerging name in the arbitration space”  who “possesses ‘a rare combination of strong theoretical and academic knowledge with top lawyering and advocacy skills”, with a “fantastic Asia practice.”\nSelect Publications\nBook:\n\nCorruption in International Investment Arbitration (Oxford University Press, 2014; second edition forthcoming mid-2021)\n\nReviews include: (i) Judge Joan Donoghue, The Corruption Trump in Investment Arbitration, 30 ICSID Review 756-61 (2015); (ii) Stanimir Alexandrov, Review of “Corruption in International Investment Arbitration by Aloysius P. Llamzon”, 109 American Journal of International Law 702-07 (2015)  \nArticles and Book Chapters include (in chronological order):\n\nThe Due Diligence Expansion in International Investment Arbitration, in Chester Brown and Mahdev Mohan (eds.), Regulation \u0026amp; Investment Disputes: Asian Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2020) (with Jessica Beess und Chrostin)\nProving Corruption in International Arbitration: The Utility of “Red Flags”, in Arbitration Beyond Borders: Essays in Memory of Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez (W.M. Reisman \u0026amp; N. Blackaby eds., forthcoming 2020)(with Edward Kehoe)\nArticle 18: Influence Peddling, in M. Kubiciel, C. Rose, and O. Landwehr eds., Commentary on the U.N. Convention Against Corruption (Oxford University Press, 2019)\nMining Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific, in The Guide to Mining Arbitrations (Global Arbitration Review, J. Fry \u0026amp; LA Bret eds., 2019)(with William Panlilio)\nActa Iure Gestionis, Acta Iure Imperii, entry in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (2018) (with Charlene Sun)\nThe Juridical Island: From the Island of Palmas to the South China Sea Arbitrations, in Legal Status of Islands and Rocks in International law and Practice in the South China Sea (2016)\nInvestor Wrongdoing in Investment Arbitration: Standards Governing Issues of Corruption, Fraud, Misrepresentation, and other Investor Misconduct, in Legitimacy: Myths, Realities, Challenges, ICCA Congress Series No. 18 (A.J. van den Berg ed., 2015) (with Dr. A. Sinclair)\nThe State of the Unclean Hands Doctrine in International Investment Law: Yukos as Omega and Alpha, 30 ICSID Review 315-25 (2015)\nOn Corruption’s Peremptory Treatment in International Investment Arbitration, in Addressing Issues of Corruption in Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Dossiers of the ICC Institute of World Business Law No. 13 32-50 (D. Baizeau and R. Kreindler eds., 2015) \nState Responsibility for Corruption: The Attribution Asymmetry in International Investment Arbitration, Transnational Disp. Mgt., Vol. 10, No. 3, May 2013 (R. Kreindler \u0026amp; C. Lamm eds.)\nThe Final Award in Occidental v. Ecuador, in The Reasons Requirement in International Investment Arbitration 211-30 (G. Aguilar-Alvarez \u0026amp; W.M. Reisman eds., 2008)\nJurisdiction and Compliance in Recent Decisions of the International Court of Justice, 18 European Journal of International Law 815 (2007)\n“The Generally Accepted Principles of International Law” as Philippine Law, 47 Ateneo Law Journal 243 (2002) \n\nSelect Speaking Engagements (chronological)\n\nDe Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, New York, March 2, 2020, Panelist, Seminar on “The Hague Court of Appeal’s Yukos Judgment”\nBasel University, Basel Institute of Governance, Switzerland, January 10, 2020, Panelist, “Legal Consequences of Corruption on an Arbitral Award in Investment Arbitration”\nEnergy Charter Secretariat, Energy Charter Treaty Forum 2019, Singapore, November 20, 2019, Panelist, “Stakeholder Participation in Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Disputes: Forms and Forums of Participation”\nKeio University, Tokyo, November 11-12, 2019, Speaker, “Corruption in Investment Treaty Arbitration”\nKing \u0026amp; Spalding Seminar, Manila, May 15, 2020, Speaker, “Anatomy of a Finance Deal: From Global Transactions to Dispute Resolution”\nUNCITRAL Working Group III, New York, April 3, 2019, Side Event: Building Blocks for a New ISDS System\nILA American Branch Investment Law Committee and the Georgetown International Arbitration Society, Washington, D.C., February 19, 2019, Panelist, “What To Do About Corruption Allegations? Debating the Options for Investment Law”\nAmerican University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., February 13, 2019, Panelist, “Handling Allegations of Corruption in Arbitration and Judicial Dispute Resolution”\nBasel University, Basel Institute of Governance, Switzerland, January 10-11, 2019, Panelist, “Legal Consequences of the Establishment of Corruption in Arbitration”\nDutch Arbitration Association, October 18, 2018 (Dutch Arbitration Day) Amsterdam, Panelist, “Artificial Intelligence and Calculating Your Chances of Success”\nFTI Consulting, King \u0026amp; Spalding, and RPA Inc., Toronto, March 5, 2018, Speaker, “Trends in Mining”\nICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2018, Panelist, “So You Want To Be an Arbitrator”\nFreshfields/ASIL Debate Series, Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 2017, Debater, “This House Believes that States May Not Rely on their Own Acts of Corruption to Object to the Jurisdiction of International Tribunals”\nInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC), 3rd ICC Asia Conference on International Arbitration, Singapore, June 29, 2017, Lecturer, ICC Institute Training for Tribunal Secretaries\nGeorgetown International Arbitration Society, Washington, D.C., April 2017, Speaker, “Corruption in Investment Arbitration”\nHong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), October 2016, Speaker ADR in Asia Conference, “Corruption: Arbitrators Beware”\nInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Hong Kong, October 2016, Speaker, “International Arbitration in Rising Asia: Philippines”\nPham Van Dong University and Nha Trang University, Vietnam, August 2016, Speaker, International Workshop on the “Legal Status of Islands and Rocks in International Law and Practice”\nAmerican University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., June 2016, Speaker, 12th International Arbitration Summer Program\nNew York University Arbitration Lecture Series, New York City, April 11, 2016, Speaker, “Investor Misconduct in International Investment Arbitration”\nNew York International Arbitration Center, New York City, April 7, 2016, Speaker, “Corruption and International Arbitration: A 360 Degree View”\nInstitute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA) Americas Workshop, Mexico City, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2015, Speaker, “State Responsibility for Corruption: the Attribution Asymmetry”\nHarvard Law School, Transnational Corruption Seminar (Fall 2015), Cambridge, MA, Oct. 23, 2015, Guest Lecturer, “International Arbitration as a tool for Combating Transnational Corruption”\nUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law, International Courts and Tribunals Seminar, Oct. 22, 2015, Guest Lecturer, “Inter-State Arbitration: Dipsutes under the UNCLOS and Other Treaties”\nICC Young Arbitrators Forum, New York, Sept. 29, 2015, Speaker, “Addressing Corruption Issues in International Commercial Arbitration”\nYoung ICCA, Skills Training Workshop, New York, March 5, 2015, Speaker, “Practical Ethical Dilemmas in International Arbitration”\nJuris Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration, 9th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2015, Panelist, “Burdens and Standards of Proof for Corruption”\nInternational Arbitration Club of New York, New York, Feb. 19, 2015, Main Speaker, “Investor Wrongdoing in International Investment Arbitration”\nInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 34th Annual Meeting of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, Paris, Nov. 24, 2014, Speaker, “The Impact of Corruption on Gateway Issues of Arbitrability, Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Procedural Issues”\nInternational Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) 22nd Congress, Biennial meeting, Miami, April 6-9, 2014, Speaker, “Treaty Arbitration: Pleading and Proof of Fraud and Comparable Forms of Abuse”\nInternational Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Young Arbitrator’s Forum, Paris, Jan. 20, 2014, Speaker, “Standards for Disqualifying Arbitrators in Commercial and Investment Arbitration: Convergence or Divergence?”\nAsian Strategy and Leadership Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Dec 5, 2013, Speaker, Public Forum on International Courts and Tribunals in The Hague\nInternational Human Rights Day, Erasmus House, Jakarta Dec. 2, 2013, Panelist, “Challenges facing the ASEAN Charter on Human Rights”\nWater Diplomacy Consortium, Water Security and Peace Conference, The Hague, Nov 14-15, 2013, Speaker, “Water and Peace from the Perspective of the Permanent Court of Arbitration: The Indus, The Rhine, and Beyond”\nViet Nam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1st Annual Inter-Ministry Seminar on International Law and Dispute Settlement, Ha Long, Vietnam, Sept 10-12, 2013, Lecturer, “Inter-State Arbitration”\nNational University of Singapore, International Law Week, Singapore, Aug 27, 2013, Singapore, Speaker, “International Dispute Settlement and the Permanent Court of Arbitration”\nUnited Nations International Law Fellowship Programme, The Hague, June 26-27, 2013, Lecturer, “Inter-State Arbitration: Past and Present”\nUNCTAD-City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Nov. 21-22, 2011, Speaker, “Revision of Arbitration Rules and Procedural Issues Arising in Investor-State Disputes”, Conference on “Contemporary Issues in Investment Arbitration”\nAPEC-UNCTAD, Workshop on Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Manila, June 22-24, 2011, Speaker, “Investment Arbitration Procedure under the UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules”\nPhilippine Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippine Judicial Academy, and the University of the Philippines Law Center, Manila, March 2, 2011, Speaker, Forum on Philippine Membership to the PCA, Manila (with Justice F.P. 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Dirk advises clients at all growth stages, from emerging and early stage companies to established public companies, on commercial and technology transactions, including procurement, sourcing, distribution, resale, marketing, purchase and supply, and consulting and professional services transactions. \nDirk’s commercial contracts and technology practices include the structuring and negotiation of software, content/data and other technology development, licensing and transfer agreements; product integration and distribution agreements; terms of service and platform/software-as-a-service agreements; maintenance, support and hosting agreements; e-commerce transactions; and logistics agreements. 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