Daniel is an experienced adviser and advocate for all commercial disputes – whether in mediation, arbitration or litigation proceedings – with a specialisation in international arbitration, investment and trade law issues.
In 2009, Daniel returned to Chapman Tripp after seven years abroad in New York and London. In New York, Daniel was a Fulbright Scholar and Associate-in-Law at Columbia Law School. In London, Daniel was a senior associate in the leading international arbitration group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
Daniel is widely published in the field of international economic law and makes frequent presentations on topics in this field. Most recently, he has co-authored, with two of his former colleagues, a guide to the ICSID Convention and Arbitration Rules relating to international investment disputes.
Daniel was recently selected as one of the world’s pre-eminent commercial arbitration specialists by Global Arbitration Review’s International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration 2010. He was the only lawyer from a full-service firm to be included in the New Zealand chapter.
Recent experience
Daniel has represented:
a US private equity fund in ongoing arbitration proceedings against a former co‑shareholder
a major oil company in arbitration proceedings against a North African government entity
a European FX technology provider in arbitration proceedings against a major US bank
a Russian party in a US$2.5 billion multi-jurisdictional telecommunications dispute (including in Stockholm proceedings identified as a "top 50" arbitration dispute by The American Lawyer magazine)
a major management consultancy in arbitration proceedings against an Eastern European government entity, and
the United Nations Environment Programme, in advising on the legal framework for integrating environmental, social and governance issues into institutional investment. |