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Louis B. Kimmelman

Address: 

Sidley Austin LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-839-7322 Fax: 212-839-5599

Phone Number: 
212-839-7322
Fax Number: 
212-839-5599
Email: 
bkimmelman@sidley.com
Born: 
1951, Cincinnati, Ohio
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
Yale Law School, J.D., 1975; Yale College, B.A., 1972
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
New York – 1977; New Jersey – 1975
Present Position: 
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP (2013 – current); Partner, Allen & Overy LLP (2006-2013); Partner and Associate, O’Melveny & Myers LLP (1985-2006); Partner and Associate, Tung, Drabkin & Boynton (1984-1985); Associate, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton (1976-1983); Law Clerk to The Honorable Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1975-1976).

Teaching: Adjunct Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School (International Commercial Arbitration and International Litigation); Coach, Brooklyn Law School Vis International Commercial Arbitration team; Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown Law Center (International Commercial Arbitration); Adjunct Professor of Law at American University, Washington College of Law (ICC Arbitration).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.

Arbitration Experience: 

Serves as chairman, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in cases administered by the International Chamber of Commerce, the ICDR Division of the American Arbitration Association and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and in ad hoc cases; serves as counsel in cases administered by the International Chamber of Commerce, London Court of

International Arbitration, ICSID, the ICDR Division of the American Arbitration Association and in ad hoc cases; Member of Executive Advisory Committee of CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution; co-chair of the Fordham International Arbitration and Mediation Conference; Former Chair of the International Commercial Disputes Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Adviser to the American Law Institute project on the U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration.

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Banking & Finance
Commercial Disputes
Common Law
Construction
Corporate
Energy
Engineering
Litigation
Publications from JURIS: 
First Options and Arbitrability - Chapter 49 - Reflections on International Arbitration
Introduction - ARIA - Vol. 30, No. 2
Arbitration’s “Usual Suspects” – Myth Or Reality? - WAMR 2016 Vol. 10, No. 2
Professor Don Wallce's Opening Remarks and the Power of the Arbitral Tribunals to Offer Interim Relief - Chapter 04 - Interim and Emergency Relief in International Arbitration - International Law Institute Series on International Law, Arbitration and Practice
Impact of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules - Chapter 03 - Interim and Emergency Relief in International Arbitration - International Law Institute Series on International Law, Arbitration and Practice
Publications: 

“Arbitration of International Commercial Disputes,” in Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel (Robert L. Haig, ed. 2018) (co-author); “Litigating International Disputes in Federal Courts,” in Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (Robert L. Haig, ed. 3d ed. 2016); “Warranties,” in Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts (Robert L. Haig, ed., 3d ed. 2015); “Document Production in the United States,” Document Production in International Arbitration (ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, 2006) (co-author).